The owner states I must win it all this year.
Here is the Top Prospects for 1871
1) 2B Ross Barnes, 20,
Baltimore Canaries
2) SP Al Spalding, 20, Philadelphia Athletics
3) MR Bobby Mathews, 19, Cincinnati Reds
4) SP Bill Stearns, 18, Cleveland Forest Citys
5) 3B Cap Anson, 18, Chicago White Stockings
6) 2B Levi Meyerle, 21, Cincinnati Reds
7) 3B Fred Waterman, 25, Boston Red Stockings
8) CF Lip Pike, 25, Brooklyn Atlantics
9) C Deacon White, 23, St. Louis Brown Stockings
10) SS George Wright, 24, Philadelphia Athletics
The Predictions
| AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Runs | AVG | HR | SB | Runs against | ERA | K | BB | | Baltimore Canaries | 19 | 11 | .633 | - | 240 | .273 | 4 | 31 | 191 | 3.60 | 16 | 63 | | St. Louis Brown Stockings | 16 | 14 | .533 | 3 | 210 | .266 | 6 | 26 | 204 | 3.09 | 26 | 28 | | Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 15 | .500 | 4 | 190 | .257 | 3 | 57 | 212 | 2.99 | 30 | 35 | | Cleveland Forest Citys | 11 | 19 | .367 | 8 | 213 | .293 | 3 | 68 | 246 | 2.71 | 21 | 69 | |
| Player | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | | F. Treacey, LF | CL1 | 30 | 132 | 1 | 31 | 10 | .355 | .372 | .577 | | R. Barnes, 2B | BL1 | 30 | 131 | 0 | 26 | 6 | .335 | .388 | .506 | | G. Hall, LF | SL2 | 30 | 132 | 4 | 30 | 4 | .321 | .370 | .528 | | D. White, C | SL2 | 30 | 137 | 1 | 28 | 2 | .335 | .361 | .440 | | E. Sutton, SS | BL1 | 30 | 140 | 0 | 30 | 1 | .318 | .337 | .429 | | D. Allison, C | BL1 | 30 | 133 | 2 | 32 | 0 | .296 | .317 | .446 | | J. Wood, 2B | CL1 | 30 | 135 | 1 | 22 | 11 | .293 | .317 | .441 | | A. Reach, 2B | PH1 | 30 | 134 | 0 | 19 | 2 | .332 | .356 | .444 | | A. Leonard, 2B | CL1 | 30 | 127 | 0 | 18 | 14 | .349 | .360 | .420 | | D. Force, SS | BL1 | 30 | 147 | 0 | 20 | 8 | .296 | .308 | .374 | | | Player | Team | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | HA | BB | K | K/9 | | A. Pratt | BL1 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3.52 | 267.0 | 338 | 60 | 15 | 0.52 | | G. Zettlein | SL2 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3.05 | 240.2 | 277 | 23 | 24 | 0.92 | | A. Spalding | PH1 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | 262.1 | 297 | 33 | 30 | 1.03 | | B. Stearns | CL1 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 2.71 | 267.2 | 314 | 69 | 20 | 0.69 | | J. McMullin | SL2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.46 | 27.2 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0.49 | | C. Bierman | BL1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | | J. Wood | CL1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | A. Reach | PH1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | A. Leonard | CL1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | D. Force | BL1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Runs | AVG | HR | SB | Runs against | ERA | K | BB | | Brooklyn Atlantics | 20 | 10 | .667 | - | 303 | .297 | 9 | 41 | 219 | 3.27 | 29 | 25 | | Boston Red Stockings | 16 | 14 | .533 | 4 | 294 | .287 | 11 | 35 | 273 | 3.53 | 28 | 58 | | Cincinnati Reds | 15 | 15 | .500 | 5 | 245 | .276 | 6 | 34 | 270 | 4.12 | 11 | 65 | | Chicago White Stockings | 10 | 20 | .333 | 10 | 276 | .294 | 4 | 25 | 355 | 5.08 | 6 | 42 | |
| Player | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | | L. Pike, CF | BR2 | 30 | 142 | 5 | 34 | 6 | .335 | .381 | .577 | | C. McVey, C | CH1 | 30 | 143 | 0 | 29 | 4 | .408 | .430 | .571 | | J. Bass, SS | BS1 | 30 | 131 | 4 | 40 | 0 | .331 | .348 | .589 | | S. King, LF | BS1 | 30 | 144 | 0 | 23 | 9 | .351 | .381 | .472 | | J. Radcliff, 3B | BR2 | 30 | 161 | 0 | 34 | 6 | .326 | .328 | .450 | | F. Malone, C | BS1 | 30 | 140 | 1 | 32 | 4 | .346 | .380 | .425 | | L. Meyerle, 2B | CN1 | 30 | 131 | 1 | 24 | 1 | .357 | .369 | .510 | | T. York, LF | CH1 | 30 | 133 | 1 | 25 | 1 | .301 | .375 | .455 | | N. Cuthbert, LF | BR2 | 30 | 143 | 1 | 32 | 13 | .282 | .318 | .422 | | C. Anson, 3B | CH1 | 30 | 150 | 0 | 28 | 7 | .306 | .317 | .412 | | | Player | Team | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | HA | BB | K | K/9 | | A. Brainard | BS1 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2.81 | 230.0 | 279 | 26 | 27 | 1.05 | | C. Fisher | BR2 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3.44 | 239.0 | 300 | 22 | 24 | 0.92 | | B. Mathews | CN1 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3.84 | 233.1 | 306 | 45 | 8 | 0.33 | | R. Wolters | BR2 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.94 | 30.1 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1.19 | | D. McBride | CH1 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 5.11 | 262.1 | 421 | 40 | 5 | 0.19 | | E. Mincher | BS1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | | A. Allison | CH1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | | T. York | CH1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | N. Cuthbert | BR2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | C. Anson | CH1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | |
It looks to be a great year for the team.