FEDERAL BASEBALL UNION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
09/17/1896
 
BOSTON RESOLUTES 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Cabbage Kearns 9th Jeremiah Dinan 3rd 8th
First Basemen 12th 5th 12th
Second Basemen Hugh Kilgannon 1st 2nd 1st
Third Basemen Charles Hoyle 9th 2nd 9th
Shortstops Eben Shepley 5th 4th 5th
Left Fielders Red Moxley 4th 2nd 4th
Center Fielders Seamus McGroarty 9th 1st 9th
Right Fielders Amos Carr 10th Edwin Oliver 1st 8th
Starting Pitchers Rufus Barrell 1st Lemuel Driscoll 7th 1st
Relievers 9th Milt Ayers 5th 10th
Closers 9th Milt Ayers 6th 10th
BROOKLYN UNIONS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Hyman Feldman 12th 4th 12th
First Basemen Leon Farber 11th Eli Abrams 3rd 9th
Second Basemen Alonzo Goodwin 8th 2nd (tied) 8th
Third Basemen Ephraim Meers 7th 2nd (tied) 7th
Shortstops Charlie Vinson 12th Abel Morris 3rd 11th
Left Fielders Lester Swail 5th 2nd (tied) 5th
Center Fielders Otto Redfield 8th 1st (tied) 8th
Right Fielders Con Stapleton 3rd 2nd 3rd
Starting Pitchers Abel Rosenthal 11th Elias Winston 4th 9th
Relievers 9th (tied) 9th 11th
Closers 9th (tied) 9th 11th
BUFFALO BULLS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Delbert Collins 8th 4th (tied) 9th
First Basemen Hod Vickers 1st 5th (tied) 2nd
Second Basemen 12th 2nd (tied) 12th
Third Basemen Abel Sullivan 12th 2nd (tied) 12th
Shortstops Elias Pomeroy 8th 4th (tied) 8th
Left Fielders 12th 2nd (tied) 12th
Center Fielders Delbert Haskell 10th 1st (tied) 10th
Right Fielders Abel Ashby 12th 2nd (tied) 12th
Starting Pitchers Jud Grimble 9th 10th 11th
Relievers Orville Brockway 7th Franklin Eckrich 7th 7th
Closers Hollis Nowalk 5th Franklin Eckrich 7th 5th
CHICAGO ZEPHYRS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Alton Sutter 5th Morris Trimble 2nd 4th
First Basemen Pete Dillon 7th 5th (tied) 10th
Second Basemen Miguel Herrera 7th 2nd (tied) 7th
Third Basemen Delbert Rankin 6th 2nd (tied) 6th
Shortstops Bart Connelly 6th Virgil Dobbins 2nd 6th
Left Fielders Horace Melvin 7th 2nd (tied) 7th
Center Fielders Charlie Crow 6th 1st (tied) 6th
Right Fielders Eli Ziegler 5th 2nd (tied) 5th
Starting Pitchers Hank Jenson 5th Edward Thompson 5th 7th
Relievers Hank Jenson 2nd Jacob Poehler 8th 2nd
Closers Hank Jenson 1st Jacob Poehler 8th 3rd
CINCINNATI SATRAPS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Emil Wack 10th 4th (tied) 10th
First Basemen Harvey Brown 6th Levi Krause 1st 1st
Second Basemen Chester Sanders 9th 2nd (tied) 9th
Third Basemen Rudy Feistl 4th 2nd (tied) 4th
Shortstops Simon Lehmann 9th 4th (tied) 9th
Left Fielders Nelson Uxley 3rd 2nd (tied) 3rd
Center Fielders Fritz Hoffman 3rd 1st (tied) 3rd
Right Fielders Joe Dunphy 7th 2nd (tied) 7th
Starting Pitchers Simon Snow 2nd Irving Bauman 6th 4th
Relievers Irving Getzel 3rd Irving Bauman 1st 3rd
Closers Irving Getzel 2nd Irving Bauman 3rd 4th
CLEVELAND BEARS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Harlan Selkirk 6th Milt Lederman 1st 5th
First Basemen Norris Halford 4th 5th (tied) 5th
Second Basemen Wally Pomeroy 4th 2nd (tied) 5th
Third Basemen Isaac Daugherty 10th 2nd (tied) 10th
Shortstops Corky Kittering 7th 4th (tied) 7th
Left Fielders Dutch Lenkman 9th 2nd (tied) 9th
Center Fielders Roscoe Dunlap 2nd 1st (tied) 2nd
Right Fielders Ezra Young 6th 2nd (tied) 6th
Starting Pitchers Ezra Runkle 7th 10th (tied) 10th
Relievers 9th (tied) 9th (tied) 11th (tied)
Closers 9th (tied) 9th (tied) 11th (tied)
DETROIT SPARTANS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Grover Briggs 1st 4th (tied) 1st
First Basemen Norris Hobart 8th Reuben Mott 2nd 7th
Second Basemen Si Moeller 2nd 2nd (tied) 3rd
Third Basemen Virgil Ashburn 3rd 2nd (tied) 3rd
Shortstops Ernest Reinhart 3rd 4th (tied) 3rd
Left Fielders Ellis Biddle 8th 2nd (tied) 8th
Center Fielders Buck Follis 1st 1st (tied) 1st
Right Fielders Mort Tewksbury 9th 2nd (tied) 10th
Starting Pitchers Billy Wegman 10th Chester Yerrick 1st 6th
Relievers Ernest Drake 6th 9th (tied) 8th
Closers Ernest Drake 7th 9th (tied) 8th
LOUISVILLE STALLIONS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Rollie Daniels 11th 4th (tied) 11th
First Basemen Carl Hankins 5th 5th (tied) 6th
Second Basemen James Harkness 11th 2nd (tied) 11th
Third Basemen Wilbur Santee 11th 2nd (tied) 11th
Shortstops Sam Grant 1st Sam Creel 1st 1st
Left Fielders Dennis Garherty 10th 2nd (tied) 10th
Center Fielders Julius Nettles 4th 1st (tied) 4th
Right Fielders Edgar Dobbins 8th 2nd (tied) 9th
Starting Pitchers Albert Rittenhose 4th Herman Welty 9th 8th
Relievers Hal Peters 8th Herman Welty 4th 6th
Closers Hal Peters 8th Herman Welty 5th 6th
NEW YORK TITANS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers August Riehl 2nd 4th (tied) 2nd
First Basemen Clarence McKee 3rd 5th (tied) 4th
Second Basemen Walter Raab 5th George Rennie 1st 2nd
Third Basemen Alonzo Grider 1st Patsy McEvoy 1st 1st
Shortstops George Teller 2nd 4th (tied) 2nd
Left Fielders Myron Cogswell 2nd 2nd (tied) 2nd
Center Fielders Edgar Stilton 7th 1st (tied) 7th
Right Fielders Bunny Throckmorton 1st 2nd (tied) 1st
Starting Pitchers Alphonse Dupray 3rd Bricks Rosenbaum 8th 5th
Relievers 9th (tied) Bricks Rosenbaum 2nd 9th
Closers 9th (tied) Bricks Rosenbaum 4th 9th
PHILADELPHIA BLUE CAPS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Tommy Keegan 4th 4th (tied) 6th
First Basemen Emory Lawton 10th Cal Phipps 3rd (tied) 8th
Second Basemen Nate Durfee 6th 2nd (tied) 6th
Third Basemen Harmon Bixby 8th 2nd (tied) 8th
Shortstops Joe Hanrahan 4th 4th (tied) 4th
Left Fielders Len McClelland 6th 2nd (tied) 6th
Center Fielders Howard McIntee 12th 1st (tied) 12th
Right Fielders Pete Knowles 11th 2nd (tied) 11th
Starting Pitchers Chauncey Eldridge 8th Otis Hoyle 1st (tied) 3rd
Relievers Hugh Moffat 5th Oscar Strickland 6th 5th
Closers Hugh Moffat 6th Effie Norton 1st 2nd
PITTSBURGH VULCANS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Alonzo Kraft 7th 4th (tied) 7th
First Basemen Milton Schrader 9th 5th (tied) 11th
Second Basemen Burton Tolliver 3rd 2nd (tied) 4th
Third Basemen Book Gorman 2nd 2nd (tied) 2nd
Shortstops Thomas Rooney 10th 4th (tied) 10th
Left Fielders Luther Bixler 11th 2nd (tied) 11th
Center Fielders Lloyd Trask 5th 1st (tied) 5th
Right Fielders Dutch Oberholtzer 2nd 2nd (tied) 2nd
Starting Pitchers Sy Gates 6th Irving Cutter 1st (tied) 2nd
Relievers Dwight Burdick 4th Elwood Korn 3rd 4th
Closers Dwight Burdick 3rd Elwood Korn 1st (tied) 1st
WASHINGTON COLUMBIANS 09/17/1896
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Jack Hazlett 3rd 4th (tied) 3rd
First Basemen Clark Grimsley 2nd 5th (tied) 3rd
Second Basemen Jules Fullerton 10th 2nd (tied) 10th
Third Basemen Jefferson Hanley 5th 2nd (tied) 5th
Shortstops Cyrus Booker 11th 4th (tied) 12th
Left Fielders Quincy Albright 1st Clyde Driscoll 1st 1st
Center Fielders Vernon Chilton 11th 1st (tied) 11th
Right Fielders Dan O'Connor 4th 2nd (tied) 4th
Starting Pitchers Barton Kingsley 12th 10th (tied) 12th
Relievers Ambrose Kirkland 1st 9th (tied) 1st
Closers Ambrose Kirkland 4th 9th (tied) 7th
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