EASTERN ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/19/1888
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton Anthracites Will Kaczmarek 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Planters Vic Hanson 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Allentown Peanuts Lewis Schmidt 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Hartford Hawks DeWitt Fisher 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Newark Smiths Edwin Keegan 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Troy Rivermen Jimmy Youngblood 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bluebirds Andy Doucet 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Albany Dutchmen Daniel Thompson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Smiths Virgil Pendergrast 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Albany Dutchmen Jim Wood 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Allentown Peanuts Mike Harter 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Providence Planters Ken Tate 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bluebirds Joe Philpott 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Hartford Hawks Warren Pennington 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Troy Rivermen Wilbur Chase 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Scranton Anthracites Tom Smith 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Allentown Peanuts Steve Lawrence 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Hartford Hawks Jack McGuire 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Newark Smiths Andy Davis 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Albany Dutchmen Gavin Renwick 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Troy Rivermen Marty Mullaney 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Buffalo Bluebirds Bob Richardson 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Providence Planters Max Kroeger 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Scranton Anthracites David Nielsen 8th 1st(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Hawks Nick Hall 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Planters Jim Campbell 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Scranton Anthracites James Jennings 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Newark Smiths Steve Columbus 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Albany Dutchmen Hank Butler 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Buffalo Bluebirds Walt Bailey 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Troy Rivermen Harry Brown 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Allentown Peanuts Cy Riker 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Albany Dutchmen Richard Clair 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Planters Dick Petty 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bluebirds Joel Walker 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Allentown Peanuts Scott Wacker 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Troy Rivermen Ralph Graves 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Hartford Hawks Floyd Booker 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Newark Smiths Dave Bowman 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Scranton Anthracites Bob Allanson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Hawks Ernie Stone 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Allentown Peanuts Ron Lindsey 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Scranton Anthracites Ron Hill 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bluebirds Ben Felty 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Providence Planters Rob Quick 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Troy Rivermen John Lane 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Albany Dutchmen Guy Lacher 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Newark Smiths 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Albany Dutchmen John Kellner 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bluebirds Carpetbagger Jenkins 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Newark Smiths Ned Thousand 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Troy Rivermen George Dawson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Scranton Anthracites John Comstock 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Providence Planters George Wade 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Allentown Peanuts Larry Shuster 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Hartford Hawks Bernard Adams 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Albany Dutchmen Elmer Grimes 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bluebirds Gerard Blackman 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Providence Planters Pete Volkmann 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Allentown Peanuts Pat Mayette 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Newark Smiths Paul Hillis 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Troy Rivermen Jerry Lambert 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Hartford Hawks Billy Jenks 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Scranton Anthracites Davey Drone 8th 1st(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton Anthracites Chris Creasy 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Albany Dutchmen Bob Joy 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Newark Smiths Bill Mathes 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Allentown Peanuts Hop Spiker 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Providence Planters Gus Miller 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Troy Rivermen Henry Van Nostrand 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bluebirds Nathan Hutchings 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Hartford Hawks Floyd Hartley 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bluebirds William Gantrey 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Scranton Anthracites Jim McCann 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Hartford Hawks Dave O'Malley 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Allentown Peanuts Dave Madson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Albany Dutchmen Tom Lemoine 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Providence Planters Butch Morton 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Newark Smiths Al Boonstra 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Troy Rivermen Pat Wilson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bluebirds William Gantrey 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Planters Walter Adermann 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Scranton Anthracites Jim McCann 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Allentown Peanuts Dave Madson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Newark Smiths John Ford 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Albany Dutchmen Tom Lemoine 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Hartford Hawks Dave O'Malley 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Troy Rivermen Pat Wilson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
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