PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/19/1888
BNN Index
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SCORES
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STANDINGS
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STATS
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TEAMS
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PLAYERS
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TRANSACTIONS
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HISTORY
CATCHERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Philadelphia Unions
Alexander Faulk
1st
2nd(tied)
2nd
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Bob Marshall
2nd
Danny Bowling
1st
1st
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Jim Frank
3rd
2nd(tied)
3rd
Montreal Tigers
Tom Fowler
4th
2nd(tied)
4th
Louisville Colts
Ken Duncan
5th
2nd(tied)
5th
Chicago Cyclones
Pat Manke
6th
2nd(tied)
6th
Toronto Provincials
Standpipe Read
7th
2nd(tied)
7th
Detroit Sturgeons
Harry Ransom
8th
2nd(tied)
8th
Baltimore Bannermen
Frank Flowers
9th
2nd(tied)
9th
Boston Brahmins
John Hagan
10th
2nd(tied)
10th
Cincinnati Monarchs
Gerald Clarke
11th
2nd(tied)
11th
Washington Federals
Bob Jenkins
12th
2nd(tied)
12th
Cleveland Clippers
Tom Duren
13th
2nd(tied)
13th
Indianapolis Westerners
Karl Eicher
14th
2nd(tied)
14th
New York Barons
Albert Torgerson
15th
2nd(tied)
15th
St. Louis Pilots
Charles Russell
16th
2nd(tied)
16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Louisville Colts
Larry Buckley
1st
2nd(tied)
1st
Philadelphia Unions
John Casey
2nd
2nd(tied)
2nd
Montreal Tigers
Crab Shelton
3rd
2nd(tied)
4th
Chicago Cyclones
Morgan Cook
4th
2nd(tied)
5th
Cincinnati Monarchs
Ed Ford
5th
2nd(tied)
6th
Toronto Provincials
Bill Lucier
6th
2nd(tied)
7th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Jim Scott
7th
Bob Burmeister
1st
3rd
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Jerry Clay
8th
2nd(tied)
8th
New York Barons
Cornbread Collins
9th
2nd(tied)
9th
Cleveland Clippers
Randy Mix
10th
2nd(tied)
10th
Baltimore Bannermen
Jackrabbit Hoppe
11th
2nd(tied)
11th
St. Louis Pilots
Pierre Martineau
12th
2nd(tied)
12th
Boston Brahmins
Pete Applegate
13th
2nd(tied)
13th
Detroit Sturgeons
Napoleon Crane
14th
2nd(tied)
14th
Indianapolis Westerners
Marty Teets
15th
2nd(tied)
15th
Washington Federals
Al Matthews
16th
2nd(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
Toronto Provincials
Frank Beauregard
3rd
1st(tied)
3rd
Pittsburgh Vulcans
John Clark
4th
1st(tied)
4th
Baltimore Bannermen
Israel Thompson
5th
1st(tied)
5th
Cleveland Clippers
Bird Brennan
6th
1st(tied)
6th
Montreal Tigers
Wilbur Dobson
7th
1st(tied)
7th
Indianapolis Westerners
Will Wessels
8th
1st(tied)
8th
New York Barons
Dave Claiborne
9th
1st(tied)
9th
Philadelphia Unions
Willis Gaylord
10th
1st(tied)
10th
Chicago Cyclones
Roman Washington
11th
1st(tied)
11th
Boston Brahmins
Roland Johnson
12th
1st(tied)
12th
Cincinnati Monarchs
Frank Abbott
13th
1st(tied)
13th
Washington Federals
Ted Greene
14th
1st(tied)
14th
Detroit Sturgeons
Matt McFall
15th
1st(tied)
15th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Billy Swanson
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
New York Barons
David King
2nd
1st(tied)
2nd
Boston Brahmins
Tony Heath
3rd
1st(tied)
3rd
Chicago Cyclones
Dick Sebastian
4th
1st(tied)
4th
Louisville Colts
Frank Crumbley
5th
1st(tied)
5th
St. Louis Pilots
Travis Krupp
6th
1st(tied)
6th
Detroit Sturgeons
Tom Moore
7th
1st(tied)
7th
Washington Federals
Charlie Patterson
8th
1st(tied)
8th
Indianapolis Westerners
Tom Woods
9th
1st(tied)
9th
Cleveland Clippers
Joseph DeWald
10th
1st(tied)
10th
Philadelphia Unions
Johnson Allen
11th
1st(tied)
11th
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Jason Foss
12th
1st(tied)
12th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Steve Monson
13th
1st(tied)
13th
Toronto Provincials
Edsel Geyer
14th
1st(tied)
14th
Montreal Tigers
Clipper Smith
15th
1st(tied)
15th
Baltimore Bannermen
Bill Michell
16th
1st(tied)
16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
New York Barons
Virgil Arwood
1st
1st(tied)
1st
Indianapolis Westerners
Kermit Nelson
2nd
1st(tied)
2nd
Cincinnati Monarchs
Jonathan Hawkins
3rd
1st(tied)
3rd
Baltimore Bannermen
Allen Aiken
4th
1st(tied)
4th
Louisville Colts
Norm Heyward
5th
1st(tied)
5th
Boston Brahmins
Cecil Mathews
6th
1st(tied)
6th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Terrence Bonney
7th
1st(tied)
7th
Montreal Tigers
Dave Dye
8th
1st(tied)
8th
Detroit Sturgeons
Eli Money
9th
1st(tied)
9th
Philadelphia Unions
Mike McCord
10th
1st(tied)
10th
Chicago Cyclones
Eli Atwood
11th
1st(tied)
11th
Cleveland Clippers
David Bodine
12th (tied)
1st(tied)
12th(tied)
St. Louis Pilots
Jasper Hines
12th (tied)
1st(tied)
12th(tied)
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Gary Vankirk
14th
1st(tied)
14th
Toronto Provincials
Chicken Smothers
15th
1st(tied)
15th
Washington Federals
Marty Stephenson
16th
1st(tied)
16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Montreal Tigers
Spider Burchett
1st
1st(tied)
1st
Toronto Provincials
Isaac Montgomery
2nd
1st(tied)
2nd
Philadelphia Unions
Mike Loughlin
3rd
1st(tied)
3rd
St. Louis Pilots
John Tennison
4th
1st(tied)
4th
Baltimore Bannermen
Tom Smith
5th
1st(tied)
5th
Chicago Cyclones
Jonathan Coddington
6th
1st(tied)
6th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Curt Johnston
7th
1st(tied)
7th
Cleveland Clippers
Ed Shaw
8th
1st(tied)
8th
Indianapolis Westerners
Jimmy Nelson
9th
1st(tied)
9th
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Steve Ferguson
10th
1st(tied)
10th
Cincinnati Monarchs
Jim Lacasse
11th
1st(tied)
11th
New York Barons
Jefferson McMillen
12th
1st(tied)
12th
Detroit Sturgeons
Jimmy Hart
13th (tied)
1st(tied)
13th(tied)
Washington Federals
William Williamson
13th (tied)
1st(tied)
13th(tied)
Boston Brahmins
Steve Rogers
15th
1st(tied)
15th
Louisville Colts
Vernon Thorne
16th
1st(tied)
16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
St. Louis Pilots
Charlie Scheer
1st
2nd(tied)
2nd
Detroit Sturgeons
Joe Cavender
2nd
2nd(tied)
3rd
Cincinnati Monarchs
Thaddeus Harlan
3rd
2nd(tied)
4th
Boston Brahmins
Jeff Longley
4th
2nd(tied)
5th
Montreal Tigers
Buster Brown
5th
Dave Crawford
1st
1st
Philadelphia Unions
Charlie Vanmeter
6th
2nd(tied)
6th
Washington Federals
Dick Stubbs
7th
2nd(tied)
7th
Chicago Cyclones
Bill Avery
8th
2nd(tied)
8th
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Jasper Kent
9th
2nd(tied)
9th
New York Barons
Conn Hausman
10th
2nd(tied)
10th
Louisville Colts
Hick Rogers
11th
2nd(tied)
11th
Indianapolis Westerners
Ken McDowell
12th
2nd(tied)
12th
Baltimore Bannermen
Rich Spencer
13th
2nd(tied)
13th
Toronto Provincials
Doc McGuire
14th
2nd(tied)
14th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Tommy Cate
15th
2nd(tied)
15th
Cleveland Clippers
Perry Manahan
16th
2nd(tied)
16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Chicago Cyclones
Conn Bolick
1st
1st(tied)
1st
Louisville Colts
Charlie Shanafelt
2nd
1st(tied)
2nd
Indianapolis Westerners
Yank Williams
3rd
1st(tied)
3rd
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
John Reding
4th
1st(tied)
4th
Cleveland Clippers
Victor Glaspie
5th
1st(tied)
5th
Toronto Provincials
Merritt Hunter
6th
1st(tied)
6th
Cincinnati Monarchs
Jason Curtis
7th
1st(tied)
7th
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Joe August
8th
1st(tied)
8th
Baltimore Bannermen
Jim Durr
9th
1st(tied)
9th
Boston Brahmins
Jim Strouse
10th
1st(tied)
10th
New York Barons
Matt Lindsley
11th
1st(tied)
11th
St. Louis Pilots
Frank McRoberts
12th
1st(tied)
12th
Philadelphia Unions
Leo Showalter
13th
1st(tied)
13th
Detroit Sturgeons
Sam Booth
14th
1st(tied)
14th
Montreal Tigers
Zebulon Shipe
15th
1st(tied)
15th
Washington Federals
Jim Bayles
16th
1st(tied)
16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Detroit Sturgeons
Bill Poole
1st
1st(tied)
1st
St. Louis Pilots
Bulldog Ayers
2nd
1st(tied)
2nd
Cincinnati Monarchs
Ashton Slake
3rd
1st(tied)
3rd
Toronto Provincials
Glen Nalley
4th
1st(tied)
4th
Chicago Cyclones
Jim Lucier
5th
1st(tied)
5th
Montreal Tigers
Joe Henry
6th
1st(tied)
6th
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Stanley Lamb
7th
1st(tied)
7th
Baltimore Bannermen
Bill Silvers
8th
1st(tied)
8th
Louisville Colts
Sam Barnhill
9th
1st(tied)
9th
Philadelphia Unions
Bancroft King
10th
1st(tied)
10th
Boston Brahmins
Lloyd Dehaan
11th
1st(tied)
11th
Indianapolis Westerners
Wilton Strickland
12th
1st(tied)
12th
Washington Federals
Tom Ewart
13th
1st(tied)
13th
New York Barons
Jack McKinley
14th
1st(tied)
14th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Bill Nolette
15th
1st(tied)
15th
Cleveland Clippers
Dan Hicks
16th
1st(tied)
16th
RELIEVERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Louisville Colts
Edmund Robinson
1st
3rd(tied)
1st
St. Louis Pilots
Zebulon Eldridge
2nd
3rd(tied)
2nd
Boston Brahmins
Tom Hagood
3rd
3rd(tied)
3rd
Cleveland Clippers
Paul Jackson
4th
3rd(tied)
4th
Montreal Tigers
Stu Archibald
5th
3rd(tied)
5th
Philadelphia Unions
Jeff Scruggs
6th
Wendell Blanchard
2nd
7th
Washington Federals
Joe Collinsworth
7th
3rd(tied)
8th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Hawk Johnson
8th
Sol Recht
1st
6th
Pittsburgh Vulcans
John Mascarenas
9th
3rd(tied)
9th
Chicago Cyclones
Julian Berry
10th
3rd(tied)
10th
Detroit Sturgeons
Tom Litchfield
11th
3rd(tied)
11th
Cincinnati Monarchs
Levi Kohrs
12th
3rd(tied)
12th
Toronto Provincials
John Cooper
13th
3rd(tied)
13th
New York Barons
Pete McClendon
14th
3rd(tied)
14th
Baltimore Bannermen
Bill Bartholomew
15th
3rd(tied)
15th
Indianapolis Westerners
Dave Starks
16th
3rd(tied)
16th
CLOSERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Chicago Cyclones
Harlan Akins
1st
3rd(tied)
2nd
Philadelphia Unions
Thomas Goss
2nd
Wendell Blanchard
2nd
1st
St. Louis Pilots
Zebulon Eldridge
3rd
3rd(tied)
3rd
Louisville Colts
Edmund Robinson
4th
3rd(tied)
4th
Detroit Sturgeons
Cy Verret
5th
3rd(tied)
5th
Boston Brahmins
Tom Hagood
6th
3rd(tied)
6th
Pittsburgh Vulcans
Ed Wales
7th
3rd(tied)
8th
Montreal Tigers
Stu Archibald
8th
3rd(tied)
9th
Baltimore Bannermen
Gus Bennett
9th
3rd(tied)
10th
Cleveland Clippers
Paul Jackson
10th (tied)
3rd(tied)
11th(tied)
New York Barons
Lloyd Pierce
10th (tied)
3rd(tied)
11th(tied)
Washington Federals
Joe Collinsworth
12th
3rd(tied)
13th
Indianapolis Westerners
Jack Turner
13th
3rd(tied)
14th
Toronto Provincials
Lawrence Phillips
14th
3rd(tied)
15th
Cincinnati Monarchs
Dave Eyler
15th
3rd(tied)
16th
Kansas City Prairie Dogs
Hawk Johnson
16th
Alexander Van Den Hoff
1st
7th
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