The Columbus Buckeyes were a professional baseball team in the

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from 1883 to 1884. In two seasons they won 101 games and lost 104 for a

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of .493. Their home games were played at Recreation Park in Columbus, Ohio. The Buckeyes were managed by Horace Phillips in 1883 (32-65) and Gus Schmelz in 1884 (69-39). Some of their top players were

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s Ed "Cannonball" Morris, Frank Mountain, and Ed Dundon, the first deaf player in the major leagues, and

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Tom Brown. In 1884, the Buckeyes threw two no-hitters in the span of a week. Morris pitched his on May 29 and Mountain threw one on June 5.

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