MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/14/1897
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Orphans Bill Lange 1st Mike Huyett 5th 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Klondike Douglass 2nd Joe Fagin 8th 6th
Louisville Colonels Wilbert Robinson 3rd Ossee Schreckengost 1st 1st
Cincinnati Reds Jack Boyle 4th Mike Kahoe 9th 7th
Philadelphia Phillies Mike Grady 5th Phil Hockett 4th 4th
Boston Beaneaters Tom Daly 6th Colby Rausch 6th 5th
St. Louis Browns Deacon McGuire 7th 11th(tied) 9th
Boston Reds Lave Cross 8th 11th(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Candy LaChance 9th Todd Pagel 3rd 8th
Washington Senators Spider Clark 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Pittsburgh Pirates Joe Sugden 11th Matt Johnston 7th 10th
Milwaukee Brewers Pop Swett 12th 11th(tied) 14th
New York Giants William Brown 13th 11th(tied) 15th
Columbus Solons Josh Corcoran 14th 11th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Spiders Jocko Milligan 15th Lou Criger 2nd 3rd
Baltimore Orioles Corey Finn 16th Tom Hess 10th 13th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Browns Matt Lenz 1st 7th(tied) 5th
Philadelphia Phillies Ed Delahanty 2nd 7th(tied) 6th
Cincinnati Reds Billy Earle 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Louisville Colonels Tom McCreery 4th Pete Cassidy 4th 4th
Washington Senators Bill Hassamaer 5th Jim Rogers 1st(tied) 1st
Chicago Orphans Bob Glenalvin 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Boston Beaneaters Dan McGann 7th Joel Miller 1st(tied) 2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates Otto Schomberg 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Boston Reds Harry Taylor 9th 7th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Biff Sheehan 10th Simon Higginson 1st(tied) 3rd
New York Giants Willie Keeler 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Cleveland Spiders Jake Virtue 12th Steve Kuykendall 6th 9th
Baltimore Orioles Tommy Tucker 13th Paul Mack 5th 8th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Luke Gordon 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Columbus Solons Dave Orr 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Milwaukee Brewers Charlie Reilly 15th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Reds Pete Browning 1st 5th(tied) 4th
Washington Senators Kip Selbach 2nd Zeke Wrigley 2nd(tied) 1st
Baltimore Orioles Dusty Miller 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Milwaukee Brewers Jack Crooks 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Louisville Colonels Ducky Holmes 5th Irv Hach 1st 2nd
Cleveland Spiders Ed McKean 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Chicago Orphans Jimmy Cooney 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Boston Beaneaters Bobby Lowe 8th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Cupid Childs 8th (tied) Ed Abbaticchio 2nd(tied) 3rd
St. Louis Browns Morrigan Sullivan 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Pittsburgh Pirates Gene DeMontreville 11th 5th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Herman Long 12th Art Ball 4th 6th
Columbus Solons Bart Hazelton 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Reds Billy Clingman 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Chris Fisher 15th 5th(tied) 15th
New York Giants Danny Richardson 16th 5th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Orphans Bill Dahlen 1st 7th(tied) 4th
Washington Senators Andy Williamson 2nd Brandon Mitchell 2nd(tied) 1st
Boston Beaneaters Jimmy Collins 3rd 7th(tied) 6th
St. Louis Cardinals Duff Cooley 4th Andrew Powell 1st 2nd
Columbus Solons Billy Nash 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Pittsburgh Pirates Jesse Hoffmeister 6th Jim Ritz 2nd(tied) 3rd
St. Louis Browns Piggy Ward 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Bill Everitt 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Boston Reds Kieron Goodall 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Jimmy Sheckard 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Reds Jeff Kane 11th Chaz Vaughn 4th 5th
Baltimore Orioles Monte Cross 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Brewers Jim Donnelly 13th Marc Robbins 5th 7th
Louisville Colonels Will Smalley 14th Bill Kemmer 6th 9th
Cleveland Spiders Joseph Herr 15th 7th(tied) 15th
New York Giants John Rainey 16th 7th(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore Orioles John McGraw 1st 6th(tied) 2nd
Louisville Colonels Sammy Strang 2nd Joe Dolan 1st 1st
Milwaukee Brewers Oyster Burns 3rd 6th(tied) 5th
St. Louis Cardinals Hughie Jennings 4th Steve Taylor 2nd 3rd
Washington Senators Shorty Fuller 5th Frank Shannon 4th 4th
Boston Reds Chicken Wolf 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Chicago Orphans Charlie Irwin 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Reds Claude Ritchey 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Pittsburgh Pirates Ben Conroy 9th John Corcoran 5th 7th
Philadelphia Phillies Bob Gilman Allen 10th William Gallagher 3rd 6th
Boston Beaneaters Frank Connaughton 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Mike Good 12th 6th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Browns Tom Sexton 13th 6th(tied) 13th
New York Giants Yale Murphy 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Cleveland Spiders Mike Young 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Columbus Solons Dave McKeough 16th 6th(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Colonels Fred Clarke 1st 8th(tied) 4th
Chicago Orphans Hugh Duffy 2nd 8th(tied) 6th
St. Louis Cardinals Billy Hamilton 3rd Frank Huelsman 1st 1st
Cincinnati Reds Mike Smith 4th Daniel Archer 5th 5th
Boston Reds George Hogriever 5th 8th(tied) 8th
St. Louis Browns Rasty Wright 6th Jeremy Kilar 3rd 2nd
Cleveland Spiders Vince Dailey 7th Brad Mustain 2nd 3rd
Columbus Solons Darby O'Brien 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Boston Beaneaters Joe Kelley 9th Matt Cappello 6th 7th
New York Giants Mike Tiernan 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Washington Senators Walt Wilmot 11th Jake Boyd 7th 9th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Jim McTamany 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Baltimore Orioles Tom O'Brien 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Pittsburgh Pirates Doggie Miller 14th Pete Mercer 4th 10th
Milwaukee Brewers Ted Scheffler 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Phillies 16th 8th(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Spiders George Davis 1st 5th(tied) 1st
Chicago Orphans Mike Slattery 2nd 5th(tied) 3rd
Louisville Colonels Honus Wagner 3rd 5th(tied) 4th
Philadelphia Phillies Tuck Turner 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Cincinnati Reds Bryan Dowler 5th 5th(tied) 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Dick Johnston 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Boston Beaneaters Fred Tenney 7th 5th(tied) 10th
St. Louis Browns Charlie Duffee 8th 5th(tied) 11th
Baltimore Orioles Mike Griffin 9th Gordie Jones 1st 2nd
Milwaukee Brewers Walt Preston 10th 5th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators William Hoy 11th Joe Boyer 4th 5th
Pittsburgh Pirates Tom Leahy 12th 5th(tied) 14th
Boston Reds David Schroeder 13th David Schroeder 2nd 9th
Columbus Solons Curt Welch 14th 5th(tied) 15th
New York Giants Dan Dugdale 15th Alex Ryder 3rd 12th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Bill Hughes 16th 5th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Browns Bob Caruthers 1st 5th(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Elmer Flick 2nd 5th(tied) 4th
Milwaukee Brewers Sam Thompson 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
St. Louis Cardinals Jimmy Bannon 4th George Farrar 4th 2nd
Boston Beaneaters Chick Stahl 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Louisville Colonels Kid Nance 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Reds Bug Holliday 7th 5th(tied) 10th
Boston Reds Kiernan Stevens 8th 5th(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Fielder Jones 9th 5th(tied) 12th
Baltimore Orioles George Treadway 10th 5th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Billy Lush 11th 5th(tied) 14th
Chicago Orphans Danny Green 12th Chris Dathout 3rd 6th
Cleveland Spiders Louis Sockalexis 13th Sport McAllister 1st 1st
New York Giants Jesse Burkett 14th Mike Alley 2nd 7th
Pittsburgh Pirates Dan Lally 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Columbus Solons Paul Radford 16th 5th(tied) 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Beaneaters Bob Black 1st 5th(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Charlie Ferguson 2nd Nixey Callahan 2nd 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Pink Hawley 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Reds Peek-A-Boo Veach 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Washington Senators Ed Morris 5th Josh Little 1st 1st
Chicago Orphans George Van Haltren 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Boston Reds Scott Stratton 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Louisville Colonels Chris Paff 8th 5th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Browns Georgs Shelton 9th Garrett Siegfried 3rd 4th
Cleveland Spiders Sid Kitson 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Columbus Solons Larry McKeon 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Baltimore Orioles Matt Kilroy 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Alex Voss 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Brewers Frank Meinke 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Pittsburgh Pirates Phil Saylor 15th 5th(tied) 16th
New York Giants Jack Sharrott 16th Ed Doheny 4th 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Solons John Fitzgerald 1st Henry Blauvelt 11th 9th
Cleveland Spiders George Kelb 2nd Bobby Wallace 7th 6th
Washington Senators Billy Serad 3rd Kid Carsey 9th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Phillies Vic Koons 4th Tully Sparks 5th 3rd
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Frank Pearce 5th Jack Cronin 2nd 1st
Milwaukee Brewers Jim Hughey 6th 13th(tied) 13th
St. Louis Browns Marty Strickland 7th Fred Blank 12th 12th
New York Giants Ed Bagley 8th Ryan Shelton 6th 7th
Cincinnati Reds Pat McManus 9th Jesse Tannehill 4th 5th
Louisville Colonels Bill Hill 10th Rube Waddell 3rd 4th
Boston Beaneaters Jonathan Frizzell 11th Scott Hawley 1st 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Mike Andler 12th 13th(tied) 14th
Baltimore Orioles Doc Amole 13th Clyde Sergeant 9th(tied) 11th
Pittsburgh Pirates Josh Moore 14th Gussie Gannon 8th 10th
Boston Reds Trevor Pearson 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Chicago Orphans Edgar Smith 16th 13th(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Phillies John Fisher 1st Nixey Callahan 7th 1st
Washington Senators Joe Corbett 2nd Josh Little 6th 2nd(tied)
Boston Beaneaters Bill Sowders 3rd Scott Hawley 2nd 2nd(tied)
Brooklyn Bridegrooms Adonis Terry 4th Jack Cronin 5th 4th
Chicago Orphans Al Atkinson 5th 13th(tied) 11th
Milwaukee Brewers Kyle Duxbury 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Boston Reds Al Mays 7th 13th(tied) 14th
Baltimore Orioles Arlie Pond 8th Clyde Sergeant 10th 5th
St. Louis Cardinals John McCarty 9th 13th(tied) 16th
Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Gardner 10th Gussie Gannon 9th 6th
Cincinnati Reds Pete Rex 11th Jesse Tannehill 4th 7th
St. Louis Browns Bert Dorr 12th Fred Blank 12th 15th
New York Giants Bill Reidy 13th Ryan Shelton 3rd 8th
Columbus Solons Henry Boyle 14th Henry Blauvelt 11th 12th
Cleveland Spiders Cy Young 15th Bobby Wallace 8th 9th
Louisville Colonels Jersey Bakley 16th Rube Waddell 1st 10th
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