EASTERN BASEBALL CIRCUIT
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/17/1896
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Millers Ernest Abernathy 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Baltimore Tars Thomas Brown 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bluebirds Tom Adams 3rd Jimmy Murphy 1st 1st
Reading Red Caps Benny Hughes 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Newark Grays Henry Shelton 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Hartford Blue Coats Charlie Delaney 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Providence Patriots Will Chambers 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Toronto Dominions Tom Beaver 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore Tars Benny Stewart 1st Ben Qualls 1st 1st
Reading Red Caps Ben O'Brien 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bluebirds Joseph Coleman 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Hartford Blue Coats James Roth 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Newark Grays Joe Cunningham 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Rochester Millers Frank Webb 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Providence Patriots Ed Day 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Toronto Dominions 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore Tars Jim Brookman 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bluebirds Edward Breckenridge 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Rochester Millers Tom Vose 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Newark Grays Charlie Young 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Toronto Dominions Walter Fox 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Providence Patriots Henry Gallier 6th (tied) 1st(tied) 6th(tied)
Reading Red Caps Benny Shugart 6th (tied) 1st(tied) 6th(tied)
Hartford Blue Coats Samuel Winslow 8th 1st(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Blue Coats Jack Fifer 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Patriots Albert Anders 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Reading Red Caps Tom Jeffers 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Newark Grays Al Quick 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Toronto Dominions Henry Crenshaw 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Rochester Millers Charlie Calhoun 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bluebirds Benny Fitch 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Baltimore Tars Frank Pardue 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Dominions Jim Floyd 1st Edward Todd 1st 1st
Reading Red Caps Hugh Cantwell 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Newark Grays Frank Atkinson 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bluebirds Ben Buss 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Baltimore Tars Ed Dalton 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Providence Patriots Joseph Carlson 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Hartford Blue Coats 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
Rochester Millers 7th (tied) 2nd(tied) 7th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bluebirds Frank Wreath 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Hartford Blue Coats Billy Stiles 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Providence Patriots Jesse Robinson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Baltimore Tars James Robertson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Reading Red Caps Ernest Kelley 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Rochester Millers Ed Baker 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Newark Grays Charles Culpepper 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Toronto Dominions Samuel Gates 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Grays Fred Goad 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Reading Red Caps Clarence Miles 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Rochester Millers James Ewing 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Hartford Blue Coats Jimmy Bennett 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bluebirds Harry Alexander 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Providence Patriots Will Ramey 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Toronto Dominions Joseph Branch 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Baltimore Tars Ernest Smeltzer 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bluebirds William Carson 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Patriots James Barnes 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Rochester Millers Freddie Garland 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Hartford Blue Coats Harry Woods 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Newark Grays William Henderson 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Baltimore Tars John McLaurin 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Reading Red Caps Ben Abner 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Toronto Dominions 8th 1st(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Reading Red Caps Topsy Jackson 1st 2nd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bluebirds Harry Titzer 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Baltimore Tars Thomas Dillard 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Rochester Millers Edward Samuels 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Toronto Dominions Al Sexton 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Hartford Blue Coats Al Stanley 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Providence Patriots John Stewart 7th Arthur Fulton 1st 3rd
Newark Grays Tom Ferrell 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Blue Coats Will Rivers 1st Ben Shaver 1st 1st
Providence Patriots Jesse Goddard 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Reading Red Caps Jesse Brooks 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bluebirds Tom Orleans 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Baltimore Tars John Campbell 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Toronto Dominions Edward Tibbs 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Rochester Millers Jesse Burke 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Newark Grays 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Dominions Al Sexton 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Providence Patriots Jesse Goddard 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Reading Red Caps Jesse Brooks 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bluebirds Tom Orleans 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Hartford Blue Coats Will Rivers 5th Ben Shaver 1st 1st
Baltimore Tars John Campbell 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Rochester Millers Jesse Burke 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Newark Grays 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
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