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john/z28jd Jay,this Corcoran fellow you speak of actually played a game for the Giants in 1886 before being loaned to the Washington Nationals for about a month,they last used him on July 27,1886 then shortly there after he was returned to the Giants who were using him more as a coach rather than a player before the loan.The Giants had high hopes for Jim Devlin as a player,especially since he was a lefty and their biggest rival,the Detroit team was full of lefthanded batters,so they had Corcoran coaching him to be a better pitcher. Devlin only played one game for the Giants,right after they loaned Corcoran to Washington,so I guess he was done training him. They didnt use Corcoran after getting him back from Washington
So despite the fact he played just one game for the Giants in 1886,Corcoran was with the team a good portion of the season