PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/22/1887
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pittsburgh Vulcans Jim Frank 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Unions Alexander Faulk 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Montreal Tigers Tom Fowler 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Louisville Colts Ken Duncan 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Bannermen Tom Smith 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Toronto Provincials Standpipe Read 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Cincinnati Monarchs Jim Lacasse 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Boston Brahmins John Hagan 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Detroit Sturgeons Harry Ransom 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Chicago Cyclones Paul Hanson 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cleveland Clippers Tom Duren 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Westerners Karl Eicher 12th 1st(tied) 12th
St. Louis Pilots Farmer Eustis 13th 1st(tied) 13th
New York Barons Albert Torgerson 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Washington Federals Bob Jenkins 15th 1st(tied) 15th
New York Excelsiors Tom Horne 16th 1st(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Colts Larry Buckley 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Unions John Casey 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Chicago Cyclones Morgan Cook 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
New York Excelsiors Jim Scott 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Jerry Clay 5th 1st(tied) 5th
St. Louis Pilots Pierre Martineau 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Baltimore Bannermen Jackrabbit Hoppe 7th 1st(tied) 7th
New York Barons Ed Johnson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Boston Brahmins Pete Applegate 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Washington Federals Al Matthews 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Monarchs Ed Ford 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Cleveland Clippers Randy Mix 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Westerners Marty Teets 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Detroit Sturgeons Buck Everitt 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Montreal Tigers Roy Casey 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Toronto Provincials 16th 1st(tied) 16th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Pilots John Heyward 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Colts Sam Day 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Chicago Cyclones Roman Washington 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Baltimore Bannermen Israel Thompson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Montreal Tigers Wilbur Dobson 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Toronto Provincials Bill Lucier 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Cleveland Clippers Joe Taylor 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Vulcans John Clark 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Boston Brahmins Ron Whitehead 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Washington Federals Marty Stephenson 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Monarchs Frank Abbott 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Detroit Sturgeons Matt McFall 12th 1st(tied) 12th
New York Barons Bobby Utley 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Unions Cecil Everette 14th 1st(tied) 14th
New York Excelsiors Thomas Willcox 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Indianapolis Westerners 16th 1st(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Monarchs Will Bowling 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Montreal Tigers Crab Shelton 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
New York Barons David King 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
St. Louis Pilots Travis Krupp 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Boston Brahmins Tony Heath 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Westerners Will Wessels 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Chicago Cyclones Cap White 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Detroit Sturgeons Dave Greene 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Louisville Colts Charlie Morris 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Toronto Provincials Chicken Smothers 10th 1st(tied) 10th
New York Excelsiors Clipper Smith 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Gary Vankirk 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Cleveland Clippers Joseph DeWald 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Baltimore Bannermen Bill Michell 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Washington Federals Lee Estes 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Unions Dave Foley 16th 1st(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore Bannermen Allen Aiken 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Indianapolis Westerners Kermit Nelson 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Chicago Cyclones Dick Sebastian 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Louisville Colts Norm Heyward 4th 1st(tied) 4th
New York Barons Cornbread Collins 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cleveland Clippers Bird Brennan 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Montreal Tigers Dave Dye 7th 1st(tied) 7th
New York Excelsiors Willis Gaylord 8th 1st(tied) 8th
St. Louis Pilots Jasper Hines 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Boston Brahmins Cecil Mathews 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Detroit Sturgeons Eli Money 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Washington Federals Charlie Patterson 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Unions Mike McCord 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Toronto Provincials Doc McGuire 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Cincinnati Monarchs 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
Pittsburgh Vulcans 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cyclones Conn Bolick 1st 1st(tied) 1st
St. Louis Pilots John Tennison 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Montreal Tigers Spider Burchett 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Louisville Colts Jed Edwards 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Bannermen Walt Chambers 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Detroit Sturgeons Napoleon Crane 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Steve Ferguson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
New York Excelsiors Curt Johnston 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Westerners Jimmy Nelson 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cleveland Clippers Ed Shaw 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Washington Federals William Williamson 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Unions Ron Shippy 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Cincinnati Monarchs Ty Vanlandingham 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Boston Brahmins Steve Rogers 14th 1st(tied) 14th
New York Barons Jefferson McMillen 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Toronto Provincials 16th 1st(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Provincials Isaac Montgomery 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Detroit Sturgeons Joe Cavender 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Montreal Tigers Buster Brown 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Unions Charlie Vanmeter 4th 1st(tied) 4th
St. Louis Pilots Charlie Scheer 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Washington Federals Dick Stubbs 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Chicago Cyclones Pat Manke 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Boston Brahmins Jeff Longley 8th 1st(tied) 8th
New York Excelsiors Jonathan Coddington 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Monarchs Thaddeus Harlan 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Louisville Colts Hick Rogers 11th 1st(tied) 11th
New York Barons Conn Hausman 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Westerners Bruce Riley 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Ed Gwinn 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Cleveland Clippers Perry Manahan 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Baltimore Bannermen 16th 1st(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Barons Virgil Arwood 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Colts Charlie Shanafelt 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Toronto Provincials Merritt Hunter 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Pittsburgh Vulcans Jasper Kent 4th 1st(tied) 4th
New York Excelsiors Eli Atwood 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Baltimore Bannermen Jim Durr 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Chicago Cyclones Herbert Davis 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Philadelphia Unions Leo Showalter 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Boston Brahmins Paul Trail 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cleveland Clippers Victor Glaspie 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Montreal Tigers Zebulon Shipe 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Washington Federals Ted Greene 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Westerners Bill Windom 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Monarchs 14th (tied) 1st(tied) 14th(tied)
Detroit Sturgeons 14th (tied) 1st(tied) 14th(tied)
St. Louis Pilots 14th (tied) 1st(tied) 14th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Sturgeons Bill Poole 1st 1st(tied) 1st
St. Louis Pilots Ajax McFadden 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Chicago Cyclones Jim Lucier 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Cincinnati Monarchs Ashton Slake 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Montreal Tigers Joe Henry 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Toronto Provincials Glen Nalley 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Baltimore Bannermen Bill Silvers 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Stanley Lamb 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Louisville Colts Kip Hereford 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Washington Federals Tom Ewart 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Philadelphia Unions Bancroft King 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Boston Brahmins Lloyd Dehaan 12th 1st(tied) 12th
New York Excelsiors Bill Nolette 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Westerners Doc Burbank 14th 1st(tied) 14th
New York Barons Jack McKinley 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Cleveland Clippers Dan Hicks 16th 1st(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Clippers Alfie Briscoe 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Unions Jeff Scruggs 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Detroit Sturgeons Tom Litchfield 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Chicago Cyclones Roger Strickland 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Ted McGuire 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Baltimore Bannermen Bill Bartholomew 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Westerners Dave Starks 7th 1st(tied) 7th
New York Excelsiors Willie O'Boyle 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Boston Brahmins 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Cincinnati Monarchs 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Louisville Colts 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Montreal Tigers 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
New York Barons 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
St. Louis Pilots 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Toronto Provincials 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Washington Federals 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Unions Jeff Scruggs 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cleveland Clippers Alfie Briscoe 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Detroit Sturgeons Tom Litchfield 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Chicago Cyclones Roger Strickland 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Ted McGuire 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Baltimore Bannermen Bill Bartholomew 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Westerners Dave Starks 7th 1st(tied) 7th
New York Excelsiors Willie O'Boyle 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Boston Brahmins 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Cincinnati Monarchs 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Louisville Colts 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Montreal Tigers 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
New York Barons 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
St. Louis Pilots 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Toronto Provincials 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Washington Federals 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
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