hitting continued to improve in , when he batted .301 and hit eight home runs. After the season, on December 1, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys for Otto Schomberg and $400. Late career and death The season began with McKinnon improving his hitting and fielding, likely becoming one of the better first basemen in the National League, when he contracted typhoid pneumonia and subsequently died in Charlestown, Massachusetts at the age of 30. He was interred at Lowell Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts. Pittsburgh wore a black crêpe on their uniforms for the rest of the season to honor Alex. See also List of Major League Baseball player–managers List of baseball players who died during their careers References External links 1856 births 1887 deaths 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Massachusetts Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball player-managers New York Gothams players St. Louis Maroons players St. Louis Maroons managers Pittsburgh Alleghenys players Players of American football from Boston Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Capital City of Albany players Rochester Hop Bitters players San Francisco Athletics players