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1884 Cleveland Blues Season
The 1884 Cleveland Blues season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blues finishing the season at 35–72, seventh place in the National League. After the season, the team was purchased by Charles Byrne for $10,000 and shut down, many of the players being added to Byrne's Brooklyn Grays The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, Californi ... tea Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = G ...
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Kennard Street Park
National League Park is the name of two former baseball grounds located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The first ground was home to the Cleveland Blues of the National League from 1879 to 1884. The Kennard Street Baseball Grounds (Kennard Street Park) was bounded by Sibley Street (present Carnegie Avenue) on the north, Cedar Avenue on the south, Kennard Street (present East 46th Street) on the west, and the eastern edge ended at the boundary of the back yards of the houses facing Willson Avenue (present East 55th Street).''City Atlas of Cleveland, Ohio,'' plate 5. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins C.L., 1881. Available aCleveland Public Library Image Collections/ref> A contemporary plat map indicates the diamond was closest to the Kennard-Cedar intersection. The second National League Park was the home of the Cleveland Spiders of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American As ...
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Mike Moynahan
Michael Moynahan (1856 – April 9, 1899) was an American professional baseball player from 1879 to 1886. He appeared in 169 games across four seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a shortstop, for the Buffalo Bisons (1880), Detroit Wolverines (1881), Cleveland Blues (1881, 1884), and Philadelphia Athletics (1883-1884). He was the starting shortstop, and with a .310 batting average the leading hitter, for the 1883 Athletics team that won the American Association pennant with a 66-32 record. Early years Moynahan was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1856. Professional baseball player Moynahan began his career as a professional baseball player in 1879 with the Davenport Brown Stockings of the Northwestern League. In August 1880, Moynahan made his major league debut with the Buffalo Bisons of the National League. He appeared in 27 games, all at shortstop for the Bisons, and compiled a .330 batting average. During the 1881 season, Moynahan played for two National Leag ...
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Guerdon Whiteley
Guerdon W. Whiteley (October 5, 1859 – November 23, 1925) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Blues in eight games during the 1884 Cleveland Blues season and for the Boston Beaneaters for 33 games during the 1885 Boston Beaneaters season The 1885 Boston Beaneaters season was the fifteenth season of the franchise. The team finished in fifth place in the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older o .... He continued to play in the minor league until 1892. External links Cleveland Blues (NL) players Boston Beaneaters players 1859 births 1925 deaths Baseball players from Rhode Island Major League Baseball outfielders 19th-century baseball players Newburyport Clamdiggers players Biddeford (minor league baseball) players Lynn (minor league baseball) players Sioux City Corn Huskers players Hutchinson (minor league baseball) pl ...
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George Strief
George Andrew Strief (October 16, 1856 – April 1, 1946) was an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. Strief played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1879 to 1885 for the Cleveland Blues, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, St. Louis Browns, Kansas City Cowboys, Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies, and Philadelphia Athletics. On May 3, 1882, Strief hit the first-ever home run in Pittsburgh Pirates history. Strief's home run came five years before the Pirates (then called the Pittsburgh Alleghenys) entered the National League. Until 1887, the club was a member of the American Association, and Strief's home run was against the Cincinnati Red Stockings in a 7-3 Pittsburgh loss. The game was only second, and first loss, in franchise history. Strief set the record for most triples in a game, four, in 1885 (equalled by Bill Joyce in 1897). Also in 1885 he became the first player to collect five extra base hits in a game. See also * List of Major League Baseball triple ...
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Bill Smith (outfielder)
William E. Smith (1865 – August 9, 1886) was a Major League Baseball player, who appeared in one game for the 1884 Cleveland Blues of the National League as their left fielder. Smith died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the age of 21 in a diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ... accident that broke his back. References External links Cleveland Blues (NL) players 1865 births 1886 deaths Baseball players from Ohio Major League Baseball left fielders 19th-century baseball players Diving deaths {{US-baseball-outfielder-1860s-stub ...
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Willie Murphy (baseball)
William H. Murphy (a.k.a. "Gentle Willie") was a Major League Baseball player, who played outfield in 1884 for the Cleveland Blues of the National League and the Washington Nationals of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe .... External linksBaseball-Reference.com page Cleveland Blues (NL) players Washington Nationals (AA) players 1864 births Baseball players from Springfield, Massachusetts Major League Baseball outfielders 19th-century baseball players Rockville (minor league baseball) players Lawrence (minor league baseball) players Meriden Maroons players Boston Blues players Meriden Silvermen players New Haven Blues players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Hartford (minor league baseball) players Norwalk (minor league ...
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Sam Moffet
Samuel R. Moffet (March 14, 1857 – May 5, 1907) was an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played all or parts of three seasons between 1884 and 1888 for the Cleveland Blues (NL), Cleveland Blues and St. Louis Maroons / Indianapolis Hoosiers, Indianapolis Hoosiers. Moffet stood at and weighed 175 lbs. His brother, Joe Moffet, Joe, also played in the major leagues."Sam Moffet Statistics and History"
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Biography

Sam Moffet was born in Wheeling, West Virginia when it was still part of Virginia. He played on amateur baseball teams as a teenager, and in 1882 he batted .404 for the Wheeling Standards.Olshavsky, Carole

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Pete Hotaling
Peter James Hotaling (December 16, 1856 – July 2, 1928), nicknamed "Monkey", was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball from to . He has been described as one of the earliest journeymen in professional baseball. When he played catcher in the minor leagues in 1877, he was one of the first men to wear a catcher's mask. Early life Hotaling was born in Mohawk, New York. He suffered an eye injury while catching a minor league baseball game. When he came back weeks later with a catcher's mask on, his teammates gave him the nickname "Monkey". Career Hotaling was promoted to the major leagues in 1879, playing 81 games for the Cincinnati Reds, mostly in the outfield. He changed teams every year through 1882, playing for the Cleveland Blues, Worcester Ruby Legs and Boston Red Caps in that span, before returning to the Blues for 1883 and 1884. Hotaling spent 1885 with the Brooklyn Grays, but he was in the Southern League in 1886 with its Savannah club. After that seaso ...
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Pit Gilman
Pitkin Clark "Pit" Gilman (March 14, 1864 – August 17, 1950) was a Major League Baseball player. Gilman played for Cleveland Blues in the 1884 season. He only played in two games in his one-year career, having one hit in ten at-bats. Gilman was born in Laporte, Ohio and died in Elyria, Ohio Elyria ( ) is a city in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio, United States, located at the forks of the Black River in Northeast Ohio 23 miles southwest of Cleveland. As of the 2020 cen .... External linksBaseball-Reference.com page Cleveland Blues (NL) players 1864 births 1950 deaths Baseball players from Ohio Youngstown (minor league baseball) players Charleston Seagulls players Toronto Canucks players Columbus Senators players Springfield Senators players Evansville Hoosiers players 19th-century baseball players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1860s-stub ...
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Jake Evans (baseball)
Uriah L. P. "Bloody Jake" Evans (September 22, 1856 – January 16, 1907) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1879 to 1885. Evans played for the Troy Trojans, Worcester Ruby Legs, Cleveland Blues, and Baltimore Orioles. He was tall and weighed ."Jake Evans Statistics and History"
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Career

Evans was born in , in 1856. He started his professional baseball career in 1877, playing for the Rhode Islands of the New England League. The following season, he played in the
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Ernie Burch
Earnest A. Burch (September 9, 1856 – October 12, 1892) was a professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1887. Burch was born in DeKalb County, Illinois. He played for the Cleveland Blues and Brooklyn Grays. He died in Guthrie, Oklahoma Guthrie is a city and county seat in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The population was 10,191 at the 2010 census, a 2.7 percent increase from the figure of 9,925 in the 2000 census. First kno .... Sources Baseball Almanac 1856 births 1892 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball outfielders Baseball players from Illinois Brooklyn Grays players Cleveland Blues (NL) players Peoria Reds players Washington Nationals (minor league) players Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players St. Paul Saints (Northwestern League) players St. Louis Whites players Peoria Distillers players Sportspeople from DeKalb County, Illinois
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Germany Smith
George J. "Germany" Smith (April 21, 1863 – December 1, 1927) was an American Major League Baseball player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Primarily a shortstop, Smith played for five teams in 15 seasons. He made his major league debut for Altoona Mountain City of the Union Association in 1884. After Altoona's team folded after just 25 games, he jumped to the Cleveland Blues of the National League. After the 1884 season, Cleveland then sold him, along with six other players, to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $4000. On June 17, 1885, Smith reportedly committed seven errors intentionally when his team decided to punish new pitcher Phenomenal Smith, losing the game 18-5. All 18 runs against the brash left-hander were unearned‚ due to a total of 14 Brooklyn "errors". "Phenomenal" gave himself his nickname before he joined the team‚ saying that he was so good that he did not need his teammates to win. The intentional misplays of his teammates caused club President Lynch to ...
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