The Kansas City Cowboys (also Unions and Kaycees) were a baseball team in the Union Association during its only season, 1884. Referred to as the "Cowboys" mostly by historians, they had no official nickname during their short life and were most frequently referred to by local press of the day as the "Unions" and by the press of other cities as the "Kaycees". They were the first professional baseball team to represent Kansas City as well as the city's first major league team. Their home field was called Athletic Park.

They began play as a replacement for the Altoona Mountain City, which collapsed in May, and played out the remainder of the season. Despite a 16-63 (.203 WL percentage) finish, the franchise was one of only two (the St. Louis club being the other) in the league to make a profit. In contemporary newspaper reports, the team had Altoona's record (6-19) combined with their own and were considered to have finished last in an eight-team league. The Unions disbanded shortly after the Union Association voted to dissolve.

1884 season

Season standings

Union Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 9419 0.832 — 49–6 45–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 6936 0.657 21 35–17 34–19
Baltimore Monumentals 5847 0.552 32 29–21 29–26
Boston Reds 5851 0.532 34 34–22 24–29
Milwaukee Brewers 84 0.667 35½ 8–4 0–0
St. Paul Saints 26 0.250 39½ 0–0 2–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 4150 0.451 42 21–19 20–31
Altoona Mountain Citys 619 0.240 44 6–12 0–7
Wilmington Quicksteps 216 0.111 44½ 1–6 1–10
Washington Nationals (UA) 4765 0.420 46½ 36–27 11–38
Philadelphia Keystones 2146 0.313 50 14–21 7–25
Kansas City Cowboys 1663 0.203 61 11–23 5–40

Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association record

Sources:
Team ALT BAL BOS CHI/PIT CIN KC MIL PHI STL STP WSH WIL
Altoona —1–31–10–00–30–00–01–30–80–03–10–0
Baltimore 3–1—10–5–17–54–1010–21–310–21–140–011–51–0
Boston 1–15–10–1—4–8–15–118–42–28–38–80–012–45–0
Chicago/Pittsburgh 0–05–78–4–1—7–812–40–03–52–140–04–8–10–0
Cincinnati 3–010–411–58–7—9–10–09–04–123–010–62–1
Kansas City 0–02–104–84–121–9—0–00–40–11–11–1–14–8–10–0
Milwaukee 0–03–12–20–00–00–0—0–00–00–03–10–0
Philadelphia 3–12–103–85–30–94–00–0—0–80–04–70–0
St. Louis 8–014–18–814–212–411–0–10–08–0—2–113–34–0
St. Paul 0–00–00–00–00–31–1–10–00–01–2—0–00–0
Washington 1–35–114–128–4–16–108–4–11–37–43–130–0—4–1
Wilmington 0–00–10–50–01–20–00–00–00–40–01–4—

Roster

1884 Kansas City Cowboys
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR
CKid Baldwin5019137.1940
1BJerry Sweeney3112934.2640
2BCharlie Berry2911829.2461
SSClarence Cross259320.2150
3BPat Sullivan3111422.1930
OFTaylor Shafer4416428.1710
OFBarney McLaughlin4216237.2280
OFWillis Wyman3012427.2180

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Bob Black3814636.2471
Frank McLaughlin3212328.2281
Jim Cudworth3211617.1470
Thomas Gorman2510634.3210
Henry Oberbeck279017.1890
Harry Decker237510.1330
Lou Say177014.2001
Nin Alexander19659.1380
Harry Wheeler146216.2580
Joe Strauss166012.2000
George Strief15566.1070
Jerry Turbidy134911.2240
Charlie Bastian11469.1961
Alex Voss14454.0890
Al Dwight124310.2330
John Deasley13407.1750
Charlie Fisher10408.2000
Jack Gorman8314.1290
Jumbo Davis7296.2070
James Donnelly6233.1300
Milt Whitehead5223.1360
Wills5213.1430
Henry Luff5191.0530
Billy O'Brien4174.2350
Jim Chatterton4152.1330
Matthew Porter3121.0830
Joe Connors3111.0910
Ed Callahan3114.3640
Ted Sullivan393.3330
Joe Ellick280.0000
Jimmy Say282.2500
John Kirby271.1430
Bill Dugan360.0000
Emmett Seery142.5000
Charlie Cady230.0000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ernie Hickman17137.14134.5268
Bob Black16123.0493.2293
Peek-A-Boo Veach12104.0392.4262
Alex Voss753.0064.2517
Jersey Bakely533.0232.4513
Dick Blaisdell326.0038.658
Doug Crothers325.0121.8011
Bill Hutchison217.0112.655
John Kirby211.0014.091
Harry Wheeler18.0011.136
Frank Foreman18.0015.635
Pat Sullivan17.00111.571
Frank Kreeger17.0010.003
Jim Chatterton15.0013.602

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Barney McLaughlin748.2135.3614
Henry Oberbeck629.2055.766
Willis Wyman321.0016.869
Jim Cudworth217.0004.246
Joe Connors212.0014.501
Frank McLaughlin210.0005.403
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