PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/01/1883
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Sturgeons Bob Marshall 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Milwaukee Creams Ken Duncan 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Philadelphia Unions Alexander Faulk 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Rochester Robins Norm Heyward 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Bannermen Bill Berglund 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Toronto Provincials Ned Edwards 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Montreal Tigers John Hagan 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Chicago Cyclones Jack Cogburn 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cleveland Blue Caps Dan Jardine 9th 1st(tied) 9th
St. Louis Pilots Marble Manning 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Monarchs Steve Gould 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Louisville Colts Matt Powell 12th 1st(tied) 12th
New York Excelsiors Charlie McCarver 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Stars Ernst Larson 14th 1st(tied) 14th
New York Columbians Steve Glassman 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Chet Nightingale 16th 1st(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Robins Larry Buckley 1st 1st(tied) 1st
New York Excelsiors Jim Scott 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Chicago Cyclones Morgan Cook 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Unions John Casey 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Bannermen Jackrabbit Hoppe 5th 1st(tied) 5th
New York Columbians Ed Johnson 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Milwaukee Creams Byron Eggleston 7th 1st(tied) 7th
St. Louis Pilots Pierre Martineau 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cleveland Blue Caps Will Hickman 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Monarchs Tommy Bernard 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Louisville Colts Pete Applegate 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Stars Lionel Wade 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Toronto Provincials Herman Henschel 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Detroit Sturgeons Buck Everitt 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Montreal Tigers 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
Pittsburgh Vulcans 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Colts Sam Day 1st 1st(tied) 1st
New York Excelsiors Paul Wayman 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Toronto Provincials Isaac Montgomery 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Rochester Robins Jed Edwards 4th 1st(tied) 4th
New York Columbians Bobby Utley 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cleveland Blue Caps Marty Stephenson 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Baltimore Bannermen Israel Thompson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Montreal Tigers Joe Taylor 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Detroit Sturgeons Ken Lister 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Milwaukee Creams John McDevitt 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Monarchs Victor White 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Unions Joe Philpott 12th 1st(tied) 12th
St. Louis Pilots Steve Kent 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Charles Eddington 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Indianapolis Stars Willis Howard 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Chicago Cyclones 16th 1st(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cyclones Dick Sebastian 1st 1st(tied) 1st
New York Columbians Dave Claiborne 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Cleveland Blue Caps Will Wessels 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Rochester Robins Charlie Morris 4th 1st(tied) 4th
St. Louis Pilots Travis Krupp 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Stars Ed Shaw 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Baltimore Bannermen Bill Michell 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Steve Columbus 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cincinnati Monarchs Jerry Stevens 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Montreal Tigers Bob Baker 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Louisville Colts Lew Davis 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Unions Steve Monson 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Milwaukee Creams Hank Butler 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Detroit Sturgeons George Sarver 14th 1st(tied) 14th
New York Excelsiors 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
Toronto Provincials 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Excelsiors Willis Gaylord 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Colts Kermit Nelson 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Baltimore Bannermen Ed Sattler 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Milwaukee Creams Jim Copple 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Chicago Cyclones Roman Washington 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cleveland Blue Caps Eli Money 6th 1st(tied) 6th
St. Louis Pilots Jasper Hines 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cincinnati Monarchs John Hammond 8th 1st(tied) 8th
New York Columbians Cornbread Collins 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Bernard Adams 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Detroit Sturgeons Doc McGuire 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Rochester Robins Glenn Wynn 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Unions Max Kroeger 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Montreal Tigers Jerry Neil 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Indianapolis Stars 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
Toronto Provincials 15th (tied) 1st(tied) 15th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Tigers Buster Brown 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Milwaukee Creams Napoleon Crane 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Colts Curt Newsom 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Chicago Cyclones Steve Ferguson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Bannermen Curt Johnston 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Pittsburgh Vulcans Walter Blasingame 6th 1st(tied) 6th
New York Columbians Jefferson McMillen 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Philadelphia Unions John Tennison 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cincinnati Monarchs J.P. Cayden 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Detroit Sturgeons Wilbur Chase 10th 1st(tied) 10th
New York Excelsiors Clipper Smith 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Toronto Provincials James Richardson 12th 1st(tied) 12th
St. Louis Pilots Louis Nadler 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Cleveland Blue Caps 14th (tied) 1st(tied) 14th(tied)
Indianapolis Stars 14th (tied) 1st(tied) 14th(tied)
Rochester Robins 14th (tied) 1st(tied) 14th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Blue Caps Dick Stubbs 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Chicago Cyclones Charlie Vanmeter 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Pittsburgh Vulcans Marty Wilson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
New York Excelsiors Brutus Strong 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Bannermen Rich Spencer 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Milwaukee Creams Hick Rogers 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Stars Dave Bowman 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cincinnati Monarchs Icicle Mullen 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Louisville Colts Victor Glaspie 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Detroit Sturgeons Arthur Huddleston 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Montreal Tigers Ben Felty 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Toronto Provincials Gus Harrell 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Rochester Robins John Thomsen 13th 1st(tied) 13th
New York Columbians Everett Brown 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Philadelphia Unions Dan Gaither 15th 1st(tied) 15th
St. Louis Pilots 16th 1st(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Robins Jason Curtis 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Pittsburgh Vulcans Paul Trail 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Chicago Cyclones Virgil Arwood 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Stars Jasper Kent 4th 1st(tied) 4th
St. Louis Pilots Jim Durr 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Toronto Provincials Merritt Hunter 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Unions Leo Showalter 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Montreal Tigers Joe Wester 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cleveland Blue Caps William Williamson 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Detroit Sturgeons Yank Williams 10th 1st(tied) 10th
New York Excelsiors Carl Collins 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Louisville Colts Turkey Carver 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Baltimore Bannermen 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
Cincinnati Monarchs 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
Milwaukee Creams 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
New York Columbians 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Robins Bill Nolette 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cleveland Blue Caps Dan Hicks 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Pittsburgh Vulcans Dennis Catchings 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Toronto Provincials Henry Clancy 4th 1st(tied) 4th
New York Columbians Tom Ewart 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Monarchs Joe Pappas 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Montreal Tigers Joe Henry 7th 1st(tied) 7th
New York Excelsiors Candy Lemmons 8th 1st(tied) 8th
St. Louis Pilots Bill Silvers 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Chicago Cyclones Doug Crockett 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Detroit Sturgeons George Ashe 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Louisville Colts Ed Wales 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Stars Tom Kitts 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Unions Mike McCord 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Baltimore Bannermen Harlan Beesley 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Milwaukee Creams Nathan Hutchings 16th 1st(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore Bannermen 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Chicago Cyclones 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Cincinnati Monarchs 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Cleveland Blue Caps 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Detroit Sturgeons 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Indianapolis Stars 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Louisville Colts 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Milwaukee Creams 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Montreal Tigers 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
New York Columbians 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
New York Excelsiors 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Philadelphia Unions 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Pittsburgh Vulcans 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Rochester Robins 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
St. Louis Pilots 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Toronto Provincials 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore Bannermen 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Chicago Cyclones 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Cincinnati Monarchs 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Cleveland Blue Caps 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Detroit Sturgeons 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Indianapolis Stars 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Louisville Colts 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Milwaukee Creams 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Montreal Tigers 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
New York Columbians 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
New York Excelsiors 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Philadelphia Unions 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Pittsburgh Vulcans 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Rochester Robins 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
St. Louis Pilots 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Toronto Provincials 1st (tied) 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
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