Claim: John McKelvey of the Boston Red Stockings batted and threw with his right hand.
Evidence: He played on a number of amateur teams in Rochester. In 1869, he joined the Rochester Alerts, an amateur baseball club. In 1875, McKelvey joined the New Haven Elm Citys where he played for the entire season batting .229 with 10 RBIs. The next year, he rejoined the Rochester amateur team where he played for the remainder of his amateur career. John "Mac" Wellington McKelvey was a shortstop for the Rochester Alert amateur baseball team for a number of years and played one year for the professional New Haven Elm Citys in 1875. The Boston Reds were a 19th-century baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts that played in the Players' League in 1890 and in the American Association in 1891. The club lasted only two seasons, but in those two seasons they were league champions.