19th-Century Majors
Kansas City Blues
Active 1888–1889 · 44 players · 1 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Kansas City Blues itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Kansas City Blues itself. A season counts here only when Kansas City Blues is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 1 contested season is credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 27 of 44 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1888–1889 · CF13.9HOF ’61
- 1888–1889 · CF10.6
- 1889 · P9.9
- 1889 · SS9.8
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy HamiltonHOF | 1888–1889 | 13.9 |
| 2 | Jim Burns | 1888–1889 | 10.6 |
| 3 | Jim Conway | 1889 | 9.9 |
| 4 | Herman Long | 1889 | 9.8 |
| 5 | Ecky Stearns | 1889 | 9.7 |
| 6 | Jim McTamany | 1888 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Sam Barkley | 1888–1889 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Jumbo Davis | 1888–1889 | 8.3 |
| 9 | Park Swartzel | 1889 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Bill Phillips | 1888 | 6.1 |
| 11 | Jim Donahue | 1888–1889 | 5.4 |
| 12 | Jim Manning | 1889 | 5.4 |
| 13 | John Sowders | 1889 | 4.4 |
| 14 | Henry Easterday | 1888 | 3.9 |
| 15 | Tom Sullivan | 1888–1889 | 3.0 |
Hall of Famers
Full Roster (44)
| Player | Pos | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Fagan | P | 1888 |
| Bill Phillips | 1B | 1888 |
| Billy HamiltonHOF ’61 | CF | 1888–1889 |
| Charley Jones | LF | 1888 |
| Charlie Hoover | C | 1888–1889 |
| Dave Rowe | CF | 1888 |
| Ed Glenn | LF | 1888 |
| Fatty Briody | C | 1888 |
| Frank Hafner | P | 1888 |
| Frank Hankinson | 3B | 1888 |
| Frank Hoffman | P | 1888 |
| Henry Easterday | SS | 1888 |
| Henry Porter | P | 1888–1889 |
| Jack Brennan | C | 1888 |
| Jim Burns | CF | 1888–1889 |
| Jim Donahue | C | 1888–1889 |
| Jim McTamany | CF | 1888 |
| John Kirby | P | 1888 |
| Jumbo Davis | 3B | 1888–1889 |
| Law Daniels | C | 1888 |
| Monk Cline | OF | 1888 |
| Myron Allen | LF | 1888 |
| Red Ehret | P | 1888 |
| Sam Barkley | 2B | 1888–1889 |
| Steve Toole | P | 1888 |
| Tom Sullivan | P | 1888–1889 |
| Billy Alvord | 3B | 1889 |
| Charlie Bell | P | 1889 |
| Charlie Reynolds | C | 1889 |
| Chippy McGarr | 3B | 1889 |
| Ecky Stearns | 1B | 1889 |
| Frank Pears | P | 1889 |
| Herman Long | SS | 1889 |
| Jim Conway | P | 1889 |
| Jim Manning | CF | 1889 |
| Joe Gunson | C | 1889 |
| John Bates | P | 1889 |
| John McCarty | P | 1889 |
| John Pickett | 2B | 1889 |
| John Sowders | P | 1889 |
| Mike Mattimore | P | 1889 |
| Park Swartzel | P | 1889 |
| Red Bittman | 2B | 1889 |
| Steve Ladew | P | 1889 |