Philadelphia Keystones
The Philadelphia Keystones (also known as the Keystone Club of Philadelphia) were a professional baseball franchise. In 1884, they were a member of the short-lived Union Association. The team was owned by former player Tom Pratt.[1]
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The Keystones were managed by catcher Fergy Malone and finished in eighth place in the 12 team league with a 21–46 record. Their top-hitting regular was left fielder/infielder Buster Hoover, who batted .364 with a slugging percentage of .495, and their best pitcher was Jersey Bakely, who was 14–25 with an ERA of 4.47. Their home games were played at Keystone Park. Jack Clements, who played for 17 seasons and was the last (and virtually the only) left-handed catcher in major-league history, made his big-league debut with the Keystones.
Like several other teams in the Union Association, the Keystones did not make it through the entire season, folding after the game of August 7. The entire league ceased operations after 1884, its first and only season.
1884 season
Season standings
Union Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Maroons | 94 | 19 | 0.832 | — | 49–6 | 45–13 |
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 69 | 36 | 0.657 | 21 | 35–17 | 34–19 |
Baltimore Monumentals | 58 | 47 | 0.552 | 32 | 29–21 | 29–26 |
Boston Reds | 58 | 51 | 0.532 | 34 | 34–22 | 24–29 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 36 | 8–4 | 0–1 |
St. Paul Saints | 2 | 6 | 0.250 | 39½ | 0–0 | 2–6 |
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | 41 | 50 | 0.451 | 42 | 21–19 | 20–31 |
Altoona Mountain Citys | 6 | 19 | 0.240 | 44 | 6–12 | 0–7 |
Wilmington Quicksteps | 2 | 16 | 0.111 | 44½ | 1–6 | 1–10 |
Washington Nationals (UA) | 47 | 65 | 0.420 | 46½ | 36–27 | 11–38 |
Philadelphia Keystones | 21 | 46 | 0.313 | 50 | 14–21 | 7–25 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 16 | 63 | 0.203 | 61 | 11–23 | 5–40 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ALT | BAL | BOS | CHI/PIT | CIN | KC | MIL | PHI | STL | STP | WSH | WIL | |||||
Altoona | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–8 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Baltimore | 3–1 | — | 10–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–10 | 10–2 | 1–3 | 10–2 | 1–14 | 0–0 | 11–5 | 1–0 | |||||
Boston | 1–1 | 5–10–1 | — | 4–8–1 | 5–11 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 8–8 | 0–0 | 12–4 | 5–0 | |||||
Chicago/Pittsburgh | 0–0 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 7–8 | 12–4 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–14 | 0–0 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Cincinnati | 3–0 | 10–4 | 11–5 | 8–7 | — | 9–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 4–12 | 3–0 | 10–6 | 2–1 | |||||
Kansas City | 0–0 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–12 | 1–9 | — | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–11–1 | 1–1–1 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Milwaukee | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–1 | 2–10 | 3–8 | 5–3 | 0–9 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–8 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 0–0 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–0 | 14–1 | 8–8 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 11–0–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 | — | 2–1 | 13–3 | 4–0 | |||||
St. Paul | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||
Washington | 1–3 | 5–11 | 4–12 | 8–4–1 | 6–10 | 8–4–1 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 3–13 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | |||||
Wilmington | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
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C | Tom Gillen | 29 | 116 | 18 | .155 | 0 |
1B | John McGuinness | 53 | 210 | 52 | .236 | 0 |
3B | Jerry McCormick | 67 | 295 | 84 | .285 | 0 |
SS | Henry Easterday | 28 | 115 | 28 | .243 | 0 |
OF | Buster Hoover | 63 | 275 | 100 | .364 | 0 |
OF | Joe Flynn | 52 | 209 | 52 | .249 | 4 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
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Henry Luff | 26 | 111 | 30 | .270 | 0 |
Pat Carroll | 5 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 |
Bill Jones | 4 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 |
Levi Meyerle | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 |
Dave Drew | 2 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 |
Lefty Johnson | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Fergy Malone | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
Robert Foster | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jersey Bakely | 39 | 344.2 | 14 | 25 | 4.47 | 204 |
Sam Weaver | 17 | 136 | 5 | 10 | 5.76 | 40 |
John Fischer | 8 | 70.2 | 1 | 7 | 3.57 | 42 |
Bill Gallagher | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3.24 | 12 |
Al Maul | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dave Drew | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 |
Jerry McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
Notes
- Spink, Alfred Henry (1911). The National Game. Carbondale, Illinois: SIU Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-8093-2304-4.