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{{Short description|Australian baseball player (1864–1940)}}
{{other people||Joe Quinn (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Joe Quinn
|image=Joe Quin 1888.jpg
|position=[[Second baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1862|12|24}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/player/joe-quinn-120845 | title=Joe Quinn | work=mlb.com | access-date=5 March 2020 }}</ref>
|birth_place=[[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]], [[Colony of Queensland]]
|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1940|11|12|1862|12|24}}
|death_place=[[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=26 April
|debutyear=1884
|debutteam=St. Louis Maroons
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=23 July
|finalyear=1901
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.261
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=29
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=794
|stat4label=Managerial record
|stat4value=23–132
|stat5label=Winning %
|stat5value=.148
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[St. Louis Maroons / Indianapolis Hoosiers|St. Louis Maroons]] ({{mlby|1884}}–{{mlby|1886}})
* [[Boston Beaneaters]] ({{mlby|1888}}–{{mlby|1889}})
* [[Boston Reds (1890–91)|Boston Reds]] ({{mlby|1890}})
* [[Boston Beaneaters]] ({{mlby|1891}}–{{mlby|1892}})
* [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] ({{mlby|1893}}–{{mlby|1896}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles (19th century)|Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1896}}–{{mlby|1898}})
* [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] ({{mlby|1898}})
* [[Cleveland Spiders]] ({{mlby|1899}})
* [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{mlby|1900}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|1900}})
* [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] ({{mlby|1901}})
'''As manager'''
* [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] ({{mlby|1895}})
* [[Cleveland Spiders]] ({{mlby|1899}})
| hofcolor= #00843D
| hoflink= Baseball Australia Hall of Fame
| hoftype= Australian
| hofdate= 2013
}}
'''Joseph James Quinn''' (25 December 1864<ref>Some sources give 1862 as his year of birth.</ref> &ndash; 12 November 1940) was an Australian [[second baseman]] who played 17 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]]. He was the only Australian-born player to reach the major leagues until [[Craig Shipley]] in 1986.

==Early life==
Quinn was born in a [[Squatting (Australian history)|squatters']] camp outside [[Ipswich, Queensland]], to poor immigrants from Ireland,<ref name="rln">{{cite book |last1=Nicholls |first1=Rochelle Llewelyn |title=Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies: The Life of Baseball's Honest Australian |date=1 October 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1531-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CifaBwAAQBAJ |access-date=25 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|3}} Patrick Quinn and Catherine, née McAfee.{{cn|date=April 2024}} Quinn's father was a [[swagman]] and the family traveled Australia so that his father could find work. As a teenager, he moved with his family to rural Iowa. Despite not playing baseball before coming to the United States, he landed his first professional contract after playing only three years of amateur baseball in [[Dubuque, Iowa]].<ref name="rln" />{{rp|3}}

==Career==
Quinn started his career in 1884 with the [[Union Association]]'s [[St. Louis Maroons]], which won the pennant. He was one of few players from that league to later find success in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]. Throughout his career, Quinn was known for his defensive skills, and he led NL second basemen in [[fielding percentage]] twice.

Quinn also had two stints as a big league manager, with the [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] in 1895 and the [[Cleveland Spiders]] in 1899. His Browns club went 11–28 under his guidance, and the Spiders were even worse, going 12–104. His career .148 [[winning percentage]] is one of the lowest in baseball history.

He was, as a player, arguably the best hitter on the Spiders team that he managed, which is considered to have been the worst team in major league history.

He [[umpire (baseball)|umpired]] two games; one each in 1894 and 1896.

In the offseason, Quinn was a mortician, and he owned a funeral home after his playing days ended. He died at age 77 in [[St. Louis]], Missouri.

Quinn was inducted into the [[Baseball Australia Hall of Fame]] on 4 May 2013.

In 2014, the Australian sports writer Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls published a biography of Joe "Undertaker" Quinn as ''Joe Quinn – Among the Rowdies''.<ref>[http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/story/2142393/the-secrets-out-american-baseball-legend-was-actually-a-campbelltonian/?cs=1185 "The secret's out: American baseball legend was actually a Campbelltonian"] by Jeff McGill, ''Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser'', 11 March 2014</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=Rochelle|last=Llewelyn Nicholls|title=Joe Quinn – Among the Rowdies|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2014|isbn=978-0786479801}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Major League Baseball player–managers]]
* [[List of St. Louis Cardinals team records]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball players from Australia]]

==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Sources'''
* {{cite book |author1=David Pietrusza|author2=Matthew Silverman |author3=Michael Gershman |others=Interior illustrated by Andy Nelson. |title=Baseball:The Biographical Encyclopedia |year=2000 |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]] |isbn=1-892129-34-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/baseballbiograph00matt/page/909 909] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/baseballbiograph00matt/page/909 }}

==External links==
{{baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=q/quinnjo02 |fangraphs=1010607 |cube=|brm=quinn-003jos}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Q/Pquinj103.htm Retrosheet]
*{{find a Grave}}
*[http://campbelltown-library.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/joe-quinn.html Joe Quinn], [[Campbelltown, New South Wales|Campbelltown]] Library, 17 July 2013

{{1884 St. Louis Maroons}}
{{1890 Boston Reds}}
{{1891 Boston Beaneaters}}
{{1892 Boston Beaneaters}}
{{St. Louis Cardinals managers}}

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