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1884 Union Association Retirements

The baseball torch is passed from season to season and in some cases, from game to game. In 1911, Cy Young pitched his final Major League game, lost 1-0, and ended the final season of his career with a losing record of 7-9 and an ERA of 3.77. Young's opponent that particular day was a first-year pitcher named Grover Alexander who received the win, added to his league leading shutout total, and went on to begin his career with a winning record of 28-13 and an ERA of 2.57.

Bob Gibson, who was easily one of the most intense competitors of all time, gave up a grand slam to the last Major League hitter he faced, Pete LaCock of the Chicago Cubs. Fifteen years passed and when the two faced off during an old-timer's game, Gibson hit LaCock on his back with a fastball.

Babe Ruth summed it up when he responded to a question about retirement by saying, "A ballplayer should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill." Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of Union Association League players who hung up their spikes in 1884.

"I'll never make the mistake of being seventy (70) again." - Casey Stengel comment made after being told to quit following the 1960 World Series

Union Association Retirements
1884

# Name Team Pos Age

n/a Charlie Berry Altoona Unions 2B 24

n/a Pat Carroll Altoona Unions C uk

n/a Joe Connors Altoona Unions P 23

n/a George Daisy Altoona Unions OF 28

n/a Charlie Dougherty Altoona Unions 2B 23

n/a John Grady Altoona Unions 1B 24

n/a Frank Harris Altoona Unions 1B 26

n/a Harry Koons Altoona Unions 3B 22

n/a Jack Leary Altoona Unions OF 27

n/a Charlie Manlove Altoona Unions C 22

n/a John Murphy Altoona Unions P 27

n/a George Noftsker Altoona Unions OF 25

n/a Frank Bahret Baltimore Monumentals OF 27

n/a Frank Beck Baltimore Monumentals OF 25

n/a John Burns Baltimore Monumentals 1B 24

n/a John Cuff Baltimore Monumentals C 20

n/a Ned Cuthbert Baltimore Monumentals OF 39

n/a Jerry Dorsey Baltimore Monumentals OF 29

n/a Joe Ellick Baltimore Monumentals SS 31

n/a Bernie Graham Baltimore Monumentals OF uk

n/a Tom Lee Baltimore Monumentals P 22

n/a Chris McFarland Baltimore Monumentals OF 23

n/a Bill Morgan Baltimore Monumentals C uk

n/a Jim Morris Baltimore Monumentals OF uk

n/a John O'Brien Baltimore Monumentals OF 33

n/a Henry Oberbeck Baltimore Monumentals OF 27

n/a John Ryan Baltimore Monumentals P uk

n/a Lou Say Baltimore Monumentals SS 31

n/a Unknown Scott Baltimore Monumentals OF uk

n/a Alexander Skinner Baltimore Monumentals OF 28

n/a Unknown Smith Baltimore Monumentals P uk

n/a Joe Stanley Baltimore Monumentals OF uk

n/a Tony Suck Baltimore Monumentals C 26

n/a Bill Sweeney Baltimore Monumentals P 27

n/a Bill Tierney Baltimore Monumentals OF 27

n/a Harry Wheeler Baltimore Monumentals OF 27

n/a Tommy Bond Boston Unions P 29

n/a Lew Brown Boston Unions C 27

n/a James Burke Boston Unions P uk

n/a Kid Butler Boston Unions OF uk

n/a Ed Callahan Boston Unions OF 27

n/a Charlie Daniels Boston Unions P 23

n/a Clarence Dow Boston Unions OF 30

n/a Joe Flynn Boston Unions C 23

n/a Jim McKeever Boston Unions C 24

n/a Henry Mullin Boston Unions OF 23

n/a Tim Murnane Boston Unions 1B 33

n/a Unknown Murphy Boston Unions C uk

n/a Elias Peak Boston Unions OF 26

n/a Charlie Reilly Boston Unions OF uk

n/a John Rudderham Boston Unions OF 21

n/a Patrick Scanlan Boston Unions OF 24

n/a Art Sladen Boston Unions OF 24

n/a Fred Tenney Boston Unions P 25

n/a Charlie Baker Chicago Browns OF 29

n/a Charlie Berry Chicago Browns 2B 24

n/a Frank Bishop Chicago Browns 3B 24

n/a Charlie Briggs Chicago Browns OF 24

n/a Charlie Cady Chicago Browns P 20

n/a Phil Corridan Chicago Browns 2B 26

n/a Dan Cronin Chicago Browns 2B 28

n/a Joe Ellick Chicago Browns OF 31

n/a Charles Fisher Chicago Browns 3B 33

n/a Will Foley Chicago Browns 3B 29

n/a Bernie Graham Chicago Browns OF uk

n/a Emil Gross Chicago Browns C 27

n/a John Horan Chicago Browns P uk

n/a Charlie Householder Chicago Browns 3B uk

n/a Harry Koons Chicago Browns 3B 22

n/a Jack Leary Chicago Browns 2B 27

n/a Steve Matthias Chicago Browns SS uk

n/a Frank McLaughlin Chicago Browns 2B 28

n/a Unknown Richardson Chicago Browns 2B uk

n/a Alexander Skinner Chicago Browns OF 28

n/a Tony Suck Chicago Browns C 26

n/a Harry Wheeler Chicago Browns OF 27

n/a Frank Wyman Chicago Browns 1B 23

n/a Charlie Barber Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 3B 31

n/a Bill Harbridge Cincinnati Outlaw Reds OF 30

n/a Bill Hawes Cincinnati Outlaw Reds OF 31

n/a Jack Jones Cincinnati Outlaw Reds SS 26

n/a John Kelly Cincinnati Outlaw Reds C 26

n/a Ed Kennedy Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 3B 24

n/a Frank McLaughlin Cincinnati Outlaw Reds SS 28

n/a Lou Meyers Cincinnati Outlaw Reds C 25

n/a Dan O'Leary Cincinnati Outlaw Reds OF 28

n/a Fred Robinson Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 2B 28

n/a Bill Schwartz Cincinnati Outlaw Reds C 21

n/a Nin Alexander Kansas City Unions C 26

n/a Charlie Berry Kansas City Unions 2B 24

n/a Bob Black Kansas City Unions OF 22

n/a Dick Blaisdell Kansas City Unions P 22

n/a Charlie Cady Kansas City Unions C 20

n/a Ed Callahan Kansas City Unions SS 27

n/a Jim Chatterton Kansas City Unions OF 20

n/a Joe Connors Kansas City Unions OF 23

n/a Jim Cudworth Kansas City Unions 1B 26

n/a John Deasley Kansas City Unions SS uk

n/a Jim Donnelly Kansas City Unions 3B 18

n/a Bill Dugan Kansas City Unions OF uk

n/a Al Dwight Kansas City Unions C 29

n/a Joe Ellick Kansas City Unions 2B 31

n/a Charles Fisher Kansas City Unions 3B 33

n/a Jack Gorman Kansas City Unions 1B uk

n/a Ernie Hickman Kansas City Unions P uk

n/a Frank Kreeger Kansas City Unions OF uk

n/a Henry Luff Kansas City Unions 3B 32

n/a Frank McLaughlin Kansas City Unions 2B 28

n/a Henry Oberbeck Kansas City Unions 3B 27

n/a Matthew Porter Kansas City Unions OF 26

n/a Lou Say Kansas City Unions SS 31

n/a Pat Sullivan Kansas City Unions 3B 24

n/a Ted Sullivan Kansas City Unions OF uk

n/a Jerry Sweeney Kansas City Unions 1B 27

n/a Jerry Turbidy Kansas City Unions SS 32

n/a Alex Voss Kansas City Unions OF 27

n/a Harry Wheeler Kansas City Unions OF 27

n/a Milt Whitehead Kansas City Unions 2B uk

n/a Unknown Wills Kansas City Unions OF uk

n/a Frank Wyman Kansas City Unions OF 23

n/a George Bignell Milwaukee Grays C 26

n/a Anton Falch Milwaukee Grays OF 24

n/a Thomas Griffin Milwaukee Grays 1B uk

n/a Tom Morrissey Milwaukee Grays 3B 25

n/a Tom Sexton Milwaukee Grays SS 20

n/a Pat Carroll Philadelphia Keystones C uk

n/a Dave Drew Philadelphia Keystones P uk

n/a Joe Flynn Philadelphia Keystones OF 23

n/a Robert Foster Philadelphia Keystones C 30

n/a Bill Gallagher Philadelphia Keystones P uk

n/a Bill Jones Philadelphia Keystones C uk

n/a Bill Kienzle Philadelphia Keystones OF 23

n/a Henry Luff Philadelphia Keystones OF 32

n/a Fergy Malone Philadelphia Keystones C 40

n/a Jerry McCormick Philadelphia Keystones 3B 23

n/a John McGuinness Philadelphia Keystones 1B 28

n/a Levi Meyerle Philadelphia Keystones 1B 35

n/a John O'Donnell Philadelphia Keystones C uk

n/a George Patterson Philadelphia Keystones OF uk

n/a Elias Peak Philadelphia Keystones 2B 26

n/a Chris Rickley Philadelphia Keystones SS 25

n/a John Siegel Philadelphia Keystones 3B uk

n/a Charlie Baker Pittsburgh Stogies OF 29

n/a Charlie Berry Pittsburgh Stogies 2B 24

n/a Joe Ellick Pittsburgh Stogies SS 31

n/a Charlie Householder Pittsburgh Stogies OF uk

n/a Tony Suck Pittsburgh Stogies C 26

n/a Harry Wheeler Pittsburgh Stogies OF 27

n/a Ed Callahan St. Louis Maroons OF 27

n/a John Cattanach St. Louis Maroons P 22

n/a Dan Cronin St. Louis Maroons OF 28

n/a Charlie Hodnett St. Louis Maroons P uk

n/a C.V. Matteson St. Louis Maroons OF 23

n/a Tom Ryder St. Louis Maroons OF 22

n/a Sleeper Sullivan St. Louis Maroons OF 26

n/a Milt Whitehead St. Louis Maroons SS uk

n/a Bill Barnes St. Paul White Caps OF 27

n/a Steve Dunn St. Paul White Caps 1B 26

n/a Lou Galvin St. Paul White Caps P uk

n/a John Tilley St. Paul White Caps OF uk

n/a Al Bradley Washington Nationals OF 29

n/a Chick Carroll Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a Mark Creegan Washington Nationals OF 20

n/a John Deasley Washington Nationals SS uk

n/a Dave Drew Washington Nationals SS uk

n/a Tom Evers Washington Nationals 2B 33

n/a Unknown Franklin Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a Charlie Geggus Washington Nationals P 23

n/a Jim Green Washington Nationals 3B 31

n/a Pop Joy Washington Nationals 1B 24

n/a Charlie Kalbfus Washington Nationals OF 20

n/a John Kelly Washington Nationals C 26

n/a Terry Larkin Washington Nationals 3B 29

n/a Mike Lawlor Washington Nationals C 31

n/a James Lehan Washington Nationals SS 29

n/a Milo Lockwood Washington Nationals OF 27

n/a Jerry McCormick Washington Nationals 3B 23

n/a Frank McKee Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a Ed McKenna Washington Nationals C uk

n/a William McLaughlin Washington Nationals SS 23

n/a Unknown McRemer Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a Harry Moore Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a Pete Morris Washington Nationals SS 31

n/a John Mulligan Washington Nationals 3B uk

n/a Emory Nusz Washington Nationals OF 25

n/a Maury Pierce Washington Nationals 3B 26

n/a Walter Prince Washington Nationals 1B 24

n/a Icicle Reeder Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a Bill Rollinson Washington Nationals C 28

n/a Dan Sheehan Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a John Shoupe Washington Nationals OF 33

n/a Fred Tenney Washington Nationals OF 25

n/a Art Thompson Washington Nationals P uk

n/a Alex Voss Washington Nationals P 27

n/a John Ward Washington Nationals OF uk

n/a Warren White Washington Nationals 3B 41

n/a John Wiley Washington Nationals 3B uk

n/a Ed Yewell Washington Nationals 3B 22

n/a Ike Benners Wilmington Quicksteps OF 28

n/a John Cullen Wilmington Quicksteps OF 30

n/a George Fisher Wilmington Quicksteps OF 29

n/a Bill McCloskey Wilmington Quicksteps OF uk

n/a Jim McElroy Wilmington Quicksteps P uk

n/a John Munce Wilmington Quicksteps OF 27

n/a John Murphy Wilmington Quicksteps P 27

n/a Henry Myers Wilmington Quicksteps SS uk

n/a Dan Sheehan Wilmington Quicksteps OF uk

n/a Redleg Snyder Wilmington Quicksteps 1B 30

n/a Fred Tenney Wilmington Quicksteps P 25

# Name Team Pos Age

1884 Union Association Retirements

Find out which players made their Major League debut in the Union Association during the 1884 season as this group of players bid farewell to their field's of dreams.

Hank Aaron ended his Major League career on October 3, 1976, with a sharp single during the sixth inning off Dave Roberts of the Detroit Tigers.

On July 28, 1976, Blue Moon Odom pitched the final five innings of his Major League career. He was relieved by Francisco Barrios in the sixth inning and the two White Sox combined to pitch a 2-1 no-hitter versus the Oakland Athletics.

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