John Bernard "Trick" McSorley (December 6, 1852 – February 9, 1936) was an American professional

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player. He played all or part of four seasons in

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for the

St. Louis Red Stockings The St. Louis Red Stockings were a professional baseball team in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (National Association or NA) for the 1875 season. St. Louis (NA), in the standard short-form identification used for America ...

of the National Association, the

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of the

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and the Toledo Blue Stockings and St. Louis Browns of the American Association between 1875 and 1886. He played six different positions, including

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, but mostly played at first base,

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and

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. He was apparently removed from the Red Stockings team because of "crooked play", but returned several years later for Toledo. He died in his home town of St. Louis, Missouri in 1936 of a cerebral hemorrhage.

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