Pat McManus

Patrick A. McManus

• Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown

• School Manhattan College
• Debut May 22, 1879
• Final Game August 13, 1879
• Born October 18, 1859 in Lansingburgh, NY USA
• Died May 19, 1917 in Mount Hope, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Pat McManus was born in Lansingburgh, NY, which is now part of Troy, NY, and pitched for Manhattan College in New York some time in the 1870s. By the age of 17, he was already playing for the 1877 Troy team of the League Alliance, where a teammate, Charlie Comiskey, was the same age. Two years later, in 1879, he pitched for the Troy Trojans, a major league team, appearing in two games. His ERA of 3.00 was decent (the team ERA was 2.80) and his WHIP of 1.190 was better than the team WHIP. However, he allowed 14 unearned runs along with 7 earned runs in 21 innings.

Pat later became assistant district attorney of Rensselaer County and then a prominent attorney. He was typically called "Paddy". Source: The Haymakers, Unions and Trojans of Troy, New York (Jeffrey Michael Laing, author).