Philadelphia Keystones

The Philadelphia Keystones (aka Keystones 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]

The Keystones were managed by catcher Fergy Malone and finished eighth in the 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
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 City	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

1884 Union Association Records Sources:
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

1884 Philadelphia Keystones
Roster
Pitchers Jersey Bakely Dave Drew John Fischer Bill Gallagher Al Maul Sam Weaver		Catchers Pat Carroll Con Daily Robert Foster Tom Gillen Bill Jones Fergy Malone John O'Donnell Infielders Clarence Cross Henry Easterday Billy Geer Jerry McCormick John McGuinness Levi Meyerle Elias Peak Chris Rickley Fred Siegel		Outfielders Jack Clements Joe Flynn Buster Hoover Lefty Johnson Bill Kienzle Henry Luff George Patterson		Manager Fergy Malone

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
C	Gillen, TomTom Gillen	29	116	18	.155	0
1B	McGuinness, JohnJohn McGuinness	53	210	52	.236	0
3B	McCormick, JerryJerry McCormick	67	295	84	.285	0
SS	Easterday, HenryHenry Easterday	28	115	28	.243	0
OF	Hoover, BusterBuster Hoover	63	275	100	.364	0
OF	Flynn, JoeJoe 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
Luff, HenryHenry Luff	26	111	30	.270	0
Carroll, PatPat Carroll	5	19	3	.158	0
Jones, BillBill Jones	4	14	2	.143	0
Meyerle, LeviLevi Meyerle	3	11	1	.091	0
Drew, DaveDave Drew	2	9	4	.444	0
Johnson, LeftyLefty Johnson	1	4	0	.000	0
Malone, FergyFergy Malone	1	4	1	.250	0
Foster, RobertRobert 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
Bakely, JerseyJersey Bakely	39	344.2	14	25	4.47	204
Weaver, SamSam Weaver	17	136	5	10	5.76	40
Fischer, JohnJohn Fischer	8	70.2	1	7	3.57	42
Gallagher, BillBill Gallagher	3	25	1	2	3.24	12
Maul, AlAl 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
Drew, DaveDave Drew	1	0	1	0	3.86	2
McCormick, JerryJerry McCormick	1	0	0	0	9.00	3

Notes

1. Spink, Alfred Henry (1911). The National Game. Carbondale, Illinois: SIU Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-8093-2304-4.

External links

• Baseball Reference page