Paddy Quinn (baseball)

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Paddy Quinn
Catcher/Outfielder
Born: August 1849
Chicago
Died: January 2, 1909(1909-01-02) (aged 59)
Chicago
Batted: Switch
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 26, 1871, for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas
Last appearance
June 21, 1877, for the Chicago White Stockings
MLB statistics
Batting average.243
Home runs0
Runs batted in9
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
  National Association of Base Ball Players
Aetna of Chicago (1869-1871)
  League player
Fort Wayne Kekiongas (1871)
Keokuk Westerns (1875)
Hartford Dark Blues (1875)
Chicago White Stockings (1875, 1877)

Patrick James "Paddy" Quinn (August 1849 – January 2, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and outfielder during the 1870s.

Early life

Quinn was born in Chicago in 1849, the son of police officer James Quinn, who was killed in the line of duty in 1853.[1] Quinn played for the amateur club Aetna of Chicago beginning in 1869, at the dawn of the professional era.[2]

Professional career

Quinn's first professional experience was as a catcher in five games for the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas of the National Association. He hit .235 with an on-base percentage of .381, scored eight runs, drove in two, and stole three bases.[3]

Quinn returned to professional baseball in 1875, primarily as a catcher. He led the Keokuk Westerns in batting average (.326) with 14 hits, playing 11 of the 13 games the club completed before it went out of business. He moved on to Hartford and Chicago, playing 33 games in total and batting .265.[3]

In 1876, after the formation of the National League, Quinn declined an offer to catch for the Cincinnati Reds.[4]

In 1877, Quinn returned to the Chicago White Stockings and played four games in the outfield. He recorded one hit in 14 at-bats.[3]

Death

Quinn died at age 59 from unknown causes in his native Chicago in 1909.

References

  1. ^ Nemec, David (2012). The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball: Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and Umpires. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7864-9044-8. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  2. ^ Wright, Marshall D. The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857–1870. Jefferson NC: McFarland & Co. 2000. Page ???.
    Coverage of NABBP play, even the list of a player's teams, is generally limited to the record that Wright has published, which is compiled from various sources and commonly limited to regular and important substitute players.
  3. ^ a b c "Paddy Quinn Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Morris, Peter (2009). Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero. Government Institutes. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-61578-003-7. Retrieved April 25, 2021.