Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)

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The Kansas City Cowboys (also Unions and Kaycees) were a baseball team in the Union Association during its only season, 1884. Referred to as the "Cowboys" mostly by historians, they had no official nickname during their short life and were most frequently referred to by local press of the day as the "Unions" and by the press of other cities as the "Kaycees". They were the first professional baseball team to represent Kansas City as well as the city's first major league team. Their home field was called Athletic Park.

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They began play as a replacement for the Altoona Mountain City, which collapsed in May, and played out the remainder of the season. Despite a 16-63 (.203 WL percentage) finish, the franchise was one of only two (the St. Louis club being the other) in the league to make a profit. In contemporary newspaper reports, the team had Altoona's record (6-19) combined with their own and were considered to have finished last in an eight-team league. The Unions disbanded shortly after the Union Association voted to dissolve.

1884 season

Season standings

Union Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 94190.832—49–645–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 69360.6572135–1734–19
Baltimore Monumentals 58470.5523229–2129–26
Boston Reds 58510.5323434–2224–29
Milwaukee Brewers 840.66735½8–40–0
St. Paul Saints 260.25039½0–02–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 41500.4514221–1920–31
Altoona Mountain Citys 6190.240446–120–7
Wilmington Quicksteps 2160.11144½1–61–10
Washington Nationals (UA) 47650.42046½36–2711–38
Philadelphia Keystones 21460.3135014–217–25
Kansas City Cowboys 16630.2036111–235–40

Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association record

Sources:
TeamALTBALBOSCHI/PITCINKCMILPHISTLSTPWSHWIL
Altoona —1–31–10–00–30–00–01–30–80–03–10–0
Baltimore 3–1—10–5–17–54–1010–21–310–21–140–011–51–0
Boston 1–15–10–1—4–8–15–118–42–28–38–80–012–45–0
Chicago/Pittsburgh 0–05–78–4–1—7–812–40–03–52–140–04–8–10–0
Cincinnati 3–010–411–58–7—9–10–09–04–123–010–62–1
Kansas City 0–02–104–84–121–9—0–00–40–11–11–1–14–8–10–0
Milwaukee 0–03–12–20–00–00–0—0–00–00–03–10–0
Philadelphia 3–12–103–85–30–94–00–0—0–80–04–70–0
St. Louis 8–014–18–814–212–411–0–10–08–0—2–113–34–0
St. Paul 0–00–00–00–00–31–1–10–00–01–2—0–00–0
Washington 1–35–114–128–4–16–108–4–11–37–43–130–0—4–1
Wilmington 0–00–10–50–01–20–00–00–00–40–01–4—

Roster

1884 Kansas City Cowboys
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

InfieldersOutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HR
C Kid Baldwin 5019137.1940
1B Jerry Sweeney 3112934.2640
2B Charlie Berry 2911829.2461
SS Clarence Cross 259320.2150
3B Pat Sullivan 3111422.1930
OF Taylor Shafer 4416428.1710
OF Barney McLaughlin 4216237.2280
OF Willis Wyman 3012427.2180

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

PlayerGABHAvg.HR
Bob Black 3814636.2471
Frank McLaughlin 3212328.2281
Jim Cudworth 3211617.1470
Thomas Gorman2510634.3210
Henry Oberbeck 279017.1890
Harry Decker 237510.1330
Lou Say 177014.2001
Nin Alexander 19659.1380
Harry Wheeler 146216.2580
Joe Strauss 166012.2000
George Strief 15566.1070
Jerry Turbidy 134911.2240
Charlie Bastian 11469.1961
Alex Voss 14454.0890
Al Dwight 124310.2330
John Deasley 13407.1750
Charlie Fisher 10408.2000
Jack Gorman 8314.1290
Jumbo Davis 7296.2070
James Donnelly 6233.1300
Milt Whitehead 5223.1360
Wills 5213.1430
Henry Luff 5191.0530
Billy O'Brien 4174.2350
Jim Chatterton 4152.1330
Matthew Porter 3121.0830
Joe Connors 3111.0910
Ed Callahan 3114.3640
Ted Sullivan 393.3330
Joe Ellick 280.0000
Jimmy Say 282.2500
John Kirby 271.1430
Bill Dugan 360.0000
Emmett Seery 142.5000
Charlie Cady 230.0000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ernie Hickman 17137.14134.5268
Bob Black 16123.0493.2293
Peek-A-Boo Veach 12104.0392.4262
Alex Voss 753.0064.2517
Jersey Bakely 533.0232.4513
Dick Blaisdell 326.0038.658
Doug Crothers 325.0121.8011
Bill Hutchison 217.0112.655
John Kirby 211.0014.091
Harry Wheeler 18.0011.136
Frank Foreman 18.0015.635
Pat Sullivan 17.00111.571
Frank Kreeger 17.0010.003
Jim Chatterton 15.0013.602

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Barney McLaughlin 748.2135.3614
Henry Oberbeck 629.2055.766
Willis Wyman 321.0016.869
Jim Cudworth 217.0004.246
Joe Connors 212.0014.501
Frank McLaughlin 210.0005.403

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