Complex sentence: Joseph McDermott was an American professional baseball player who played in the National Association as an outfielder for 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas and as a pitcher for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords.
Split into simpler sentences: Joseph McDermott was an American professional baseball player. In the National Association as an outfielder for the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas and as a pitcher for the 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords.