Primarily a right fielder throughout his career, Manning was the third player in Major League history to hit three home runs in a single game when he accomplished the feat on October 9th, 1884 when his Philadelphia club played the Chicago White Stockings at Lakeshore Park, a hitter-friendly ballpark that also had the previous two players (Cap Anson and Ned Williamson) also hit their three homers there as well.
Over his 12 professional seasons, Manning hit .263 with 922 hits over 3505 at-bats in 833 games, playing for eight teams in three leagues between 1873 and 1886.
