The St. Paul Saints,[1][2] also known as the Apostles[3] or the White Caps,[4][5] were a replacement Major League Baseball team that represented St. Paul, Minnesota in the short-lived Union Association, which existed for the 1884 season only. The team began the 1884 season in the Northwestern League as the St. Paul Apostles.[6] In September of that year, after compiling a 24–48 record, the team jumped to the Union Association along with the Milwaukee Brewers. The club finished its short stint in the Association with a 2–6–1 record in nine road games, earning the distinction of being the only major league team not to play a single home game.[6] The team was managed by Andrew Thompson.[7] Their normal home field was the Fort Road or Fort Street Grounds, also known as West Seventh Street Park (two names for the same street).

Their top-hitting regular was pitcher/outfielder Jim Brown, who had five hits in 16 at bats, for a batting average of .313, hit four doubles, and a slugging percentage of .563.[8] The team also included Charlie Ganzel, their catcher, who went on to play in 786 games in a 14-season career, most notably with the Detroit Wolverines and the Boston Beaneaters.[9]

1884 season

The 1884 St. Paul Saints (variously known also as the "White Caps" or "Apostles") joined the Union Association on September 27, 1884, partway through its season after starting the season in the Northwestern League.[10] They finished with a 2–6–1 record. After the season the UA folded, as did the Saints.

Season standings

Union Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 9419 .832 — 49‍–‍6 45‍–‍13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 6936 .657 21 35‍–‍17 34‍–‍19
Baltimore Monumentals 5847 .552 32 29‍–‍21 29‍–‍26
Boston Reds 5851 .532 34 34‍–‍22 24‍–‍29
Milwaukee Brewers 84 .667 35½ 8‍–‍4 0‍–‍0
St. Paul Saints 26 .250 39½ 0‍–‍0 2‍–‍6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 4150 .451 42 21‍–‍19 20‍–‍31
Altoona Mountain Citys 619 .240 44 6‍–‍12 0‍–‍7
Wilmington Quicksteps 216 .111 44½ 1‍–‍6 1‍–‍10
Washington Nationals (UA) 4765 .420 46½ 36‍–‍27 11‍–‍38
Philadelphia Keystones 2146 .313 50 14‍–‍21 7‍–‍25
Kansas City Cowboys 1663 .203 61 11‍–‍23 5‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association record

Sources:
Team ALT BLU BSU CUN COR KC MIL PHK SLM SPS WST 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 St. Paul Saints
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
CCharlie Ganzel7235.2170
1BSteve Dunn9328.2500
2BMoxie Hengel9335.1520
3BBilly O'Brien9307.2330
SSJoe Werrick9272.0740
OFJohn Tilley9264.1540
OFBill Barnes8306.2000
OFScrappy Carroll9313.0970

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Jim Brown6165.3130
Pat Dealy5152.1330

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
Jim Brown636.0143.7520
Lou Galvin325.0022.8817

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Billy O'Brien21001.807

References

  1. ↑ "St. Paul Saints (1884)". retrosheet.org. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  2. ↑ "St. Paul Saints' Sortable Player Stats". MLB.com. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  3. ↑ "St. Paul Apostles History & Encyclopedia". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Complete Baseball Team and Baseball Team Encyclopedias". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  5. ↑ "1884 St. Paul White Caps Roster". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  6. 1 2 Weiss, Bill; Marshall Wright. "Team # 91--1923 ST. PAUL SAINTS (111 –57)". minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Andrew Thompson". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  8. ↑ "1884 St. Paul Apostles statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Charlie Ganzel's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  10. ↑ Thornley, Stew: Baseball in Minnesota, page 22. Minnesota Historical Society, 2006
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul_Saints_(Union_Association)