Facts: - finalteam: baltimore monumentals - finalyear: 1884 - death place: hoboken , new jersey - statlabel: batting average on-base percentage slugging percentage - position: catcher - statvalue: .091 .167 .182 - throws: unknown - debutteam: baltimore monumentals - bats: unknown - debutdate: september 11 - death date: 16 september 1916 - birth date: june 1864 - finaldate: september 16 - name: john cuff - birth place: jersey city , new jersey , united states - debutyear: 1884 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john cuff -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
john patrick cuff was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the major leagues in 1884 for the baltimore monumentals of the union association .he continued to play in the minor leagues through 1890 .