Samuel E. Barkley was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. Born in Wheeling, Virginia he played for four teams in six seasons from 1884 to 1889.

Harmar Denny McKnight was an early baseball manager and executive. On October 15, 1881 he founded the Allegheny Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh in anticipation of playing in the new American Association. The club then became known as the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.