Major League Baseball Players Born in Illinois / Played in 1884

Since the 19th Century, Major League Baseball has enjoyed a rich, diverse, world-wide set of talent not seen in any other major league sport. Every state in the United States of America, and more than forty-five countries, have had at least one player make it to the show. The table below is a comprehensive historical analysis of every major league baseball player's birth place during the 1884 season. Selecting a player's name will bring up his statistics page and selecting a column title (Birthplace, Debut Year, Final Year) will allow you to re-sort the data.

"For starting pitchers we have two Dominicans, one Italian, one Mexican and one Japanese. In the bullpen we have a Venezuelan, a Mexican, a guy from the United States and a guy from St. Louis." - Los Angeles Dodger / Hall of Fame Manager Tommy Lasorda (AP Wire, 08/18/1999)
Major League Baseball Players Born in Illinois / Played in 1884

A Historical Analysis / Return To Players by Birthplace

Nin Alexander Pana, Illinois 1858-11-24 1884 1884
Nin Alexander Pana, Illinois 1858-11-24 1884 1884
Al Atkinson Clinton, Illinois 1861-03-09 1884 1887
Al Atkinson Clinton, Illinois 1861-03-09 1884 1887
Al Atkinson Clinton, Illinois 1861-03-09 1884 1887
Steve Behel Earlville, Illinois 1860-11-06 1884 1886
Frank Bishop Belvidere, Illinois 1860-09-21 1884 1884
Charlie Briggs Batavia, Illinois 1860-09-00 1884 1884
Ed Brown Chicago, Illinois 0000-00-00 1882 1884
Harry Buker Chicago, Illinois 0000-00-00 1884 1884
Ernie Burch DeKalb County, Illinois 1856-09-09 1884 1887
Charlie Cady Chicago, Illinois 1864-12-22 1883 1884
Charlie Cady Chicago, Illinois 1864-12-22 1883 1884
Ed Colgan East St. Louis, Illinois 0000-00-00 1884 1884
Charlie Comiskey Chicago, Illinois 1859-08-15 1882 1894
Harry Decker Lockport, Illinois 1864-09-03 1884 1890
Harry Decker Lockport, Illinois 1864-09-03 1884 1890
Will Foley Chicago, Illinois 1855-11-15 1876 1884
Ed Gastfield Chicago, Illinois 1865-08-01 1884 1885
Bill Geis Chicago, Illinois 1858-07-15 1884 1884
Emil Gross Chicago, Illinois 1858-03-03 1879 1884
Moxie Hengle Chicago, Illinois 1857-10-07 1884 1885
Moxie Hengle Chicago, Illinois 1857-10-07 1884 1885
John Hibbard Chicago, Illinois 1864-12-02 1884 1884
Ernie Hickman East St. Louis, Illinois 0000-00-00 1884 1884
Ed Hogan Unknown, Illinois 1862-00-00 1884 1888
Frank Jones Princeton, Illinois 1858-08-25 1884 1884
Rudy Kemmler Chicago, Illinois 1860-01-00 1879 1889
Bill Krieg Petersburg, Illinois 1859-01-29 1884 1887
Tom Lynch Peru, Illinois 1863-01-01 1884 1884
Bill McClellan Chicago, Illinois 1856-03-22 1878 1888
Frank Meinke Chicago, Illinois 1863-10-18 1884 1885
Mike Moynahan Chicago, Illinois 0000-00-00 1880 1884
Mike Moynahan Chicago, Illinois 0000-00-00 1880 1884
Al Myers Danville, Illinois 1863-10-22 1884 1891
Hank O'Day Chicago, Illinois 1859-07-08 1884 1890
George Pinkney Orange Prairie, Illinois 1859-01-11 1884 1893
Edward Santry Chicago, Illinois 0000-00-00 1884 1884
Jumbo Schoeneck Chicago, Illinois 1862-03-03 1884 1889
Jumbo Schoeneck Chicago, Illinois 1862-03-03 1884 1889
Milt Scott Chicago, Illinois 1861-01-17 1882 1886
Emmett Seery Princeville, Illinois 1861-02-13 1884 1892
Emmett Seery Princeville, Illinois 1861-02-13 1884 1892
Tom Sexton Rock Island, Illinois 1865-03-14 1884 1884
Alexander Skinner Chicago, Illinois 1856-08-14 1884 1884
Alexander Skinner Chicago, Illinois 1856-08-14 1884 1884
Len Stockwell Cordova, Illinois 1859-08-25 1879 1890
Tony Suck Chicago, Illinois 1858-11-11 1883 1884
Tony Suck Chicago, Illinois 1858-11-11 1883 1884
Fleury Sullivan East St. Louis, Illinois 0000-00-00 1884 1884
Sy Sutcliffe Wheaton, Illinois 1862-04-15 1884 1892
Ed Swartwood Rockford, Illinois 1859-01-12 1881 1892
Lou Sylvester Springfield, Illinois 1855-02-14 1884 1887

Major League Baseball Players Born in Illinois / Played in 1884



Did you know that Jose Canseco was the first foreign-born (Cuba) player to reach the four-hundred home runs plateau? Did you know that Sammy Sosa was the first foreign-born (Dominican Republic) player to reach the five-hundred home runs plateau?

Baseball Almanac is aware that researching baseball players by their place of birth is common data found easily on the Internet today. We, as you are well aware, enjoy taking that extra step here and have taken that common data and added this amazing chart which will enable you to see a historical breakdown of players from any given year in history by their place of birth:
 
1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885
1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915
1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

If you would like to see a comprehensive list broken down by country of the first player born in a country or territory other than the United States of America, we have one in our Famous First section called Foreign Born Baseball Players.

     

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