Trick McSorley

{{Short description|American baseball player (1852–1936)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Trick McSorley

|image=Trick McSorley.jpg

|position=Infielder/Outfielder

|birth_date={{Birth date|1852|12|6}}

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|death_date={{death date and age|1936|2|9|1852|12|6}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 6

|debutyear=1875

|debutteam=St. Louis Red Stockings

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate= May 6

|finalyear=1886

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.233

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=19

|teams=

• St. Louis Red Stockings ({{Baseball year|1875}})
• Toledo Blue Stockings ({{Baseball year|1884}})
• St. Louis Maroons ({{Baseball year|1885}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{Baseball year|1886}})

}}

John Bernard "Trick" McSorley (December 6, 1852 – February 9, 1936) was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Red Stockings of the National Association, the St. Louis Maroons of the National League and the Toledo Blue Stockings and St. Louis Browns of the American Association between 1875 and 1886. He played six different positions, including pitcher, but mostly played at first base, third base and left field.

He was apparently removed from the Red Stockings team because of "crooked play",{{Cite web|url=http://thisgameofgames.blogspot.com/2007/09/silver-flint.html|title=This Game of Games: Silver Flint|date=16 September 2007}} but returned several years later for Toledo.{{Cite web|url=http://thisgameofgames.blogspot.com/2007/10/trick-mcsorley-with-1884-toledo-blue.html|title=This Game of Games: Trick McSorley with the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings|date=12 October 2007}}

He died in his home town of St. Louis, Missouri in 1936 of a cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite web|title=John McSorley Death Certificate|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/DeathCertificates/Certificates_M/McSorley.Trick.DC.pdf|website=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=3 February 2018}}