Philadelphia Keystones

Professional baseball franchise (1884)

Poster promoting an April 1884 match between the Keystones and the Boston Unions.

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]

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 Bakley, who was 14–25 with an earned run average 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.

## 1860s

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There was an amateur or semi-pro Keystone club in Philadelphia during the 1860s. They generally played their games at the same ballpark as the better-known Athletic ball club. The 1884 team revived the old club name, and both names reference Pennsylvania, "The Keystone State".

## 1884 season

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### Season standings

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Union Association Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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St. Louis Maroons | 94 | 19  | .832  | —  | 49‍–‍6  | 45‍–‍13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 69 | 36  | .657  | 21  | 35‍–‍17  | 34‍–‍19
Baltimore Monumentals | 58 | 47  | .552  | 32  | 29‍–‍21  | 29‍–‍26
Boston Reds | 58 | 51  | .532  | 34  | 34‍–‍22  | 24‍–‍29
Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 4  | .667  | 35½  | 8‍–‍4  | 0‍–‍0
St. Paul Saints | 2 | 6  | .250  | 39½  | 0‍–‍0  | 2‍–‍6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | 41 | 50  | .451  | 42  | 21‍–‍19  | 20‍–‍31
Altoona Mountain Citys | 6 | 19  | .240  | 44  | 6‍–‍12  | 0‍–‍7
Wilmington Quicksteps | 2 | 16  | .111  | 44½  | 1‍–‍6  | 1‍–‍10
Washington Nationals (UA) | 47 | 65  | .420  | 46½  | 36‍–‍27  | 11‍–‍38
Philadelphia Keystones | 21 | 46  | .313  | 50  | 14‍–‍21  | 7‍–‍25
Kansas City Cowboys | 16 | 63  | .203  | 61  | 11‍–‍23  | 5‍–‍40

### Record vs. opponents

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1884 Union Association record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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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1884 Philadelphia Keystones

Roster
Pitchers

* Jersey Bakley
* Dave Drew
* John Fischer
* Bill Gallagher
* Al Maul
* Sam Weaver

|  | Catchers

* Pat Carroll
* Tom Daly
* 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

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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
2B | Elias Peak | 54 | 215 | 42 | .195 | 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
OF | Bill Kienzle | 67 | 299 | 76 | .254 | 0

#### Other batters

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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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Jack Clements | 41 | 177 | 50 | .282 | 3
Henry Luff | 26 | 111 | 30 | .270 | 0
Billy Geer | 9 | 36 | 9 | .250 | 0
Fred Siegel | 8 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0
Chris Rickley | 6 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0
Pat Carroll | 5 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0
Bill Jones | 4 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0
Levi Meyerle | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0
Clarence Cross | 2 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0
Dave Drew | 2 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0
Tom Daly | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0
George Patterson | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0
Fergy Malone | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0
John O'Donnell | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0
Lefty Johnson | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0
Robert Foster | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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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 Bakley | 39 | 344.2 | 14 | 25 | 4.47 | 204
Sam Weaver | 17 | 136.0 | 5 | 10 | 5.76 | 40
John Fischer | 8 | 70.2 | 1 | 7 | 3.57 | 42
Bill Gallagher | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.24 | 12
Al Maul | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 7

#### Relief pitchers

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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

## References

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

## External links

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* 1884 Philadelphia Keystones at Baseball Reference

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