# Mox McQuery
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1861–1900)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Mox McQuery
|position=[First baseman](/source/First_baseman)
|image=Mox McQuery.jpg
|width=150px
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Unknown
|birth_date={{birth date|1861|6|28|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Garrard County, Kentucky](/source/Garrard_County%2C_Kentucky), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1900|6|12|1861|6|28}}
|death_place=[Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati%2C_Ohio), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 20
|debutyear=1884
|debutteam=Cincinnati Outlaw Reds
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 25
|finalyear=1891
|finalteam=Washington Statesmen
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.271
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=13
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=160
|teams=
*[Cincinnati Outlaw Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Outlaw_Reds) (1884)
*[Detroit Wolverines](/source/Detroit_Wolverines) (1885)
*[Kansas City Cowboys](/source/Kansas_City_Cowboys_(National_League)) (1886)
*[Syracuse Stars](/source/Syracuse_Stars_(American_Association)) (1890)
*[Washington Statesmen](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899)) (1891)
}}
'''William Thomas''' '''"Mox"''' '''McQuery''' (June 28, 1861 – June 12, 1900) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [first baseman](/source/first_baseman). He played for the [Cincinnati Outlaw Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Outlaw_Reds) (1884) of the [Union Association](/source/Union_Association), the [Detroit Wolverines](/source/Detroit_Wolverines) (1885) and the [Kansas City Cowboys](/source/Kansas_City_Cowboys_(National_League)) (1886), both of the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)), and the [Syracuse Stars](/source/Syracuse_Stars_(American_Association)) (1890) and [Washington Statesmen](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899)) (1891), both of the [American Association](/source/American_Association_(19th_century)). He was a native of [Garrard County, Kentucky](/source/Garrard_County%2C_Kentucky).
On September 28, 1885, he became the second Wolverine (after [George Wood](/source/George_Wood_(baseball))) to hit for the cycle, in a 14–2 Detroit win against the [Providence Grays](/source/Providence_Grays) at [Recreation Park](/source/Recreation_Park_(Detroit)).
In the 1890 season, he finished second on his team and tenth in the league with a .308 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)). He also had career highs in nine other offensive categories. His career totals include 417 [games played](/source/games_played), 429 [hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)), 13 [home run](/source/home_run)s, 160 [RBI](/source/run_batted_in), 231 [runs scored](/source/run_(baseball)), and a lifetime batting average of .271.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcquemo01.shtml Baseball Reference]]
McQuery was a patrol [officer](/source/Police_officer) for the Covington Police Department when he was killed in the line of duty. He had stopped a horse-drawn streetcar that contained two men wanted for murder. The criminals opened fire, striking him in the chest, and he later died as result of his injuries. "Big Mox" was buried at [Linden Grove Cemetery](/source/Linden_Grove_Cemetery) in [Covington, Kentucky](/source/Covington%2C_Kentucky).[[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mcquemo01 Baseball Almanac]]
==See also==
* [List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_to_hit_for_the_cycle)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{baseballstats|br=m/mcquemo01|brm=mcquer001mox}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmcqum101.htm Retrosheet]
*{{find a Grave|12778862}}
* [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mox-mcquery/ Mox McQuery] at [SABR](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) Bio Project
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{{Succession box| before = [Henry Larkin](/source/Henry_Larkin) | title = [Hitting for the cycle](/source/Hitting_for_the_cycle)| years = September 28, 1885 | after = [Fred Dunlap](/source/Fred_Dunlap)}}
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Category:Kansas City Cowboys (NL) players
Category:Syracuse Stars (AA) players
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Category:Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players
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Category:Baseball players from Kentucky
Category:People from Garrard County, Kentucky
Category:American police officers killed in the line of duty
Category:Deaths by firearm in Kentucky
Category:People murdered in Kentucky
Category:19th-century American police officers
Category:20th-century police officers
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