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William T. McCaffrey (April 1, 1862 – September 9, 1927) was a professional baseball player who played
pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...
in the Major Leagues for the 1885
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. His Major League debut came as the starting pitcher against the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers on June 15, 1885, a game McCaffrey and the Red Stockings won despite McCaffrey giving up 9 runs, 6 of them earned, as the Red Stockings scored 11 runs in the game against Brooklyn's starting pitcher
Adonis Terry William H. "Adonis" Terry (August 7, 1864 – February 24, 1915) was an American Major League Baseball player whose career spanned from his debut with the Brooklyn Atlantics in , to the Chicago Colts in . In his 14 seasons, he compiled a 197- ...
. In 1886, Terry played for the
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's minor league team in the
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Major League Baseball pitchers Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen Wilkes-Barre (minor league baseball) players Lynn Lions players Baseball players from Baltimore 1862 births 1927 deaths Baseball players from Baltimore County, Maryland {{US-baseball-pitcher-stub