PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/19/1888
 
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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