St. Paul Saints (Union Association)

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The St. Paul Saints, [1] [2] also known as the Apostles [3] or the White Caps, [4] [5] were a replacement Major League Baseball team that represented St. Paul, Minnesota in the short-lived Union Association, which existed for the 1884 season only. The team began the 1884 season in the Northwestern League as the Apostles. [6] In September of that year, after compiling a 24–48 record, the team jumped to the Union Association along with the Milwaukee Brewers. The club finished its short stint in the Association with a 2-6-1 record in nine road games, earning the distinction of being the only major league team not to play a single home game. [6] The team was managed by Andrew Thompson. [7] Their normal home field was the Fort Road or Fort Street Grounds, also known as West Seventh Street Park (two names for the same street).

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Their top-hitting regular was pitcher/outfielder Jim Brown, who had five hits in 16 at bats, for a batting average of .313, hit four doubles, and a slugging percentage of .563. [8] The team also included Charlie Ganzel, their catcher, who went on to play in 786 games in a 14-season career, most notably with the Detroit Wolverines and the Boston Beaneaters. [9]

1884 season

The 1884 St. Paul Saints(variously known also as the "White Caps" or "Apostles") joined the Union Association on September 27, 1884, partway through its season after starting the season in the Northwestern League. [10] They finished with a 2–6–1 record. After the season the UA folded, as did the Saints.

Season standings

Union Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 9419.832—49‍–‍645‍–‍13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 6936.6572135‍–‍1734‍–‍19
Baltimore Monumentals 5847.5523229‍–‍2129‍–‍26
Boston Reds 5851.5323434‍–‍2224‍–‍29
Milwaukee Brewers 84.66735½8‍–‍40‍–‍0
St. Paul Saints 26.25039½0‍–‍02‍–‍6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 4150.4514221‍–‍1920‍–‍31
Altoona Mountain Citys 619.240446‍–‍120‍–‍7
Wilmington Quicksteps 216.11144½1‍–‍61‍–‍10
Washington Nationals (UA) 4765.42046½36‍–‍2711‍–‍38
Philadelphia Keystones 2146.3135014‍–‍217‍–‍25
Kansas City Cowboys 1663.2036111‍–‍235‍–‍40

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 St. Paul Saints
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 Charlie Ganzel 7235.2170
1B Steve Dunn 9328.2500
2B Moxie Hengel 9335.1520
3B Billy O'Brien 9307.2330
SS Joe Werrick 9272.0740
OF John Tilley 9264.1540
OF Bill Barnes 8306.2000
OF Scrappy Carroll 9313.0970

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HR
Jim Brown 6165.3130
Pat Dealy 5152.1330

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Brown 636.0143.7520
Lou Galvin 325.0022.8817

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy O'Brien 21001.807

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References

  1. ↑ "St. Paul Saints (1884)". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  2. ↑ "St. Paul Saints' Sortable Player Stats". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  3. ↑ "St. Paul Apostles History & Encyclopedia". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. ↑ "Complete Baseball Team and Baseball Team Encyclopedias". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  5. ↑ "1884 St. Paul White Caps Roster". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  6. 1 2 Weiss, Bill; Marshall Wright. "Team # 91--1923 ST. PAUL SAINTS (111 –57)". minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  7. ↑ "Andrew Thompson". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  8. ↑ "1884 St. Paul Apostles statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  9. ↑ "Charlie Ganzel's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  10. ↑ Thornley, Stew: Baseball in Minnesota, page 22. Minnesota Historical Society, 2006

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