Notable Players
The best hitter of the 1884 Union Association was Fred Dunlap of the Maroons. Dunlap led the league in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, total bases, and home runs (with just 13, typical for the era). Dunlap hit .412 in 1884, but after the league folded, he never hit more than .270 in a career that ran through 1891 - another measure of the inferior quality of the Union Association. Star pitchers for the UA included Jim McCormick, Charlie Sweeney, Dupee Shaw and Hugh Daily. Players that made their debut in the Union Association included Jack Clements, remembered as the only man in baseball history to play a full career as a left-handed catcher.
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