▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁White ▁Stock ings ▁( 1 8 7 5 ), ▁the ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Brown ▁Stock ings ▁( 1 8 7 6 – 1 8 7 7 ), ▁the ▁Prov idence ▁Gray s ▁( 1 8 7 9 ) – ( 1 8 8 0 ), ▁the ▁Cleveland ▁Blues ▁( 1 8 8 0 – 1 8 8 1 ) ▁and ▁the ▁Detroit ▁Wol ver ines ▁( 1 8 8 2 ). ▁ ▁Three ▁of ▁those ▁clubs , ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁White ▁Stock ings , ▁Prov idence ▁Gray s ▁and ▁Cleveland ▁Blues , ▁also ▁employed ▁him ▁as ▁player - manager . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 1 ▁major ▁league ▁seasons , ▁Mc Ge ary ▁compiled ▁a ▁. 2 7 6 ▁career ▁batt ing ▁average ▁with ▁ 4 8 4 ▁runs ▁scored ▁in ▁ 5 4 7 ▁major ▁league ▁games . ▁Rum ors ▁that ▁he ▁threw ▁games ▁pers isted ▁throughout ▁his ▁career , ▁though ▁such ▁rum ors ▁were ▁never ▁proven . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁Mc Ge ary ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Philadelphia ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 8 5 0 . ▁ ▁His ▁parents , ▁Michael ▁and ▁Ann ▁Mc Ge ary ▁( or ▁McG ary ), ▁were ▁both ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁Ireland , ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁car p enter ▁in ▁Philadelphia . ▁ ▁Mc Ge ary ▁had ▁two ▁older ▁brothers , ▁John ▁and ▁James ▁( both ▁born ▁in ▁Ireland ), ▁and ▁two ▁younger ▁sister s , ▁Mary ▁and ▁Ellen ▁( both ▁born ▁in ▁Pennsylvania ). ▁ ▁Professional ▁baseball ▁