The Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of 1884, also called the Cincinnati Unions, were a member of the short-lived

Union Association The Union Association was an American professional baseball league which competed with Major League Baseball, lasting for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season. Seven of the twelv ...

. One of the league's best teams, they finished third with a record of 69–36. The team was owned by former Cincinnati Stars and

Cincinnati Red Stockings The Cincinnati Red Stockings of were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players. The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) 1867� ...

owner Justus Thorner with John McLean, and played at the Stars and Reds old ballpark, the

Bank Street Grounds The Bank Street Grounds was a baseball park located in Cincinnati. The park was home to three major league baseball teams. The National League Cincinnati Stars club in 1880 in baseball, 1880, the current Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1882 in baseb ...

. They were managed first by

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"Hustling Dan" O'Leary (20-15), then by

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Sam Crane (49–21). Their top-hitting regular was

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Dick Burns, who batted .306 with 4

home runs In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run ...

. The Outlaw Reds had three pitchers with outstanding records: Jim McCormick (21–3, 1.54), George Bradley (25–15, 2.71), and Burns (23-15, 2.46). On August 26, 1884, Burns threw a

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against the Kansas City Cowboys and was the first ever hurled by a major league ballplayer of a Cincinnati club.

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