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Maloney went straight from the campus of Georgetown University to catching for Milwaukee of the AL in the league's first year. He hit .293 but his work behind the plate was unsatisfactory. In 1904 he led the NL in stolen bases (59) while an outfielder with the Cubs. Traded with three others to the Dodgers for Jimmy Sheckard the next season, he failed to hit above .229 in three years as a regular. (BC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 12, 1905: Chicago's Three Finger Brown scores the first of nine straight wins over Christy Mathewson 8-1 as he allows just two New York hits. New York's lone run scores on an error by Billy Maloney. Matty gives up 12 hits while his teammates commit five errors. Of 28 matches over their careers, Brown will win 14. » December 16, 1905: The Cubs trade OF Jack McCarthy and Billy Maloney, 3B Doc Casey, and pitcher Buttons Briggs to Brooklyn for Jimmy Sheckard, who will take over LF for the National League champions of the next three years. » September 9, 1908: In a 7-3 New York win, the Giants steal nine bases off Brooklyn's Billy Maloney, an OF pressed into service as a catcher. That's enough to make him quit the game. Following the game John McGraw makes his stage debut in a show at the Hippodrome. He has a small part in the show "Sporting Days."