1872 Season
Top 10 Prospects
1) MR Jim Britt, 16, Cleveland Forest Citys
2) MR Candy Cummings, 23, St. Louis Brown Stockings
3) CF Paul Hines, 17, Chicago White Stockings
4) C John Clapp, 20, Cincinnati Reds
5) RF Jim H O'Rourke, 21, Philadelphia Athletics
6) MR U O'Rourke, 21, Chicago White Stockings
7) SS Candy Nelson, 23, St. Louis Brown Stockings
8) MR Martin Malone, 21, St. Louis Brown Stockings
9) 2B Bill Boyd, 19, Boston Red Stockings
10) SS Jim Holdsworth, 21, Brooklyn Atlantics
| AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Runs | AVG | HR | SB | Runs against | ERA | K | BB | | Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 17 | .660 | - | 313 | .273 | 3 | 98 | 248 | 2.43 | 60 | 31 | | Cleveland Forest Citys | 27 | 23 | .540 | 6 | 276 | .268 | 4 | 74 | 280 | 2.43 | 36 | 48 | | Baltimore Canaries | 25 | 25 | .500 | 8 | 314 | .266 | 3 | 68 | 273 | 2.58 | 22 | 20 | | St. Louis Brown Stockings | 16 | 34 | .320 | 17 | 265 | .263 | 2 | 39 | 367 | 3.00 | 41 | 27 | |
| Player | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | | R. Barnes, 2B | BL1 | 50 | 221 | 0 | 30 | 20 | .317 | .340 | .412 | | E. Sutton, SS | BL1 | 50 | 220 | 1 | 46 | 5 | .331 | .333 | .424 | | J. Wood, 2B | CL1 | 50 | 208 | 0 | 30 | 7 | .317 | .333 | .451 | | G. Hall, LF | SL2 | 50 | 219 | 0 | 39 | 5 | .310 | .323 | .408 | | F. Rogers, 1B | CL1 | 50 | 189 | 2 | 26 | 1 | .340 | .341 | .417 | | C. Nelson, SS | SL2 | 50 | 220 | 0 | 27 | 6 | .304 | .308 | .365 | | A. Leonard, 2B | PH1 | 50 | 205 | 1 | 32 | 25 | .273 | .293 | .322 | | J. O'Rourke, RF | PH1 | 50 | 205 | 0 | 33 | 1 | .320 | .329 | .368 | | D. White, C | SL2 | 50 | 212 | 0 | 27 | 4 | .306 | .318 | .372 | | G. Wright, SS | PH1 | 50 | 216 | 0 | 20 | 17 | .287 | .313 | .363 | | | Player | Team | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | HA | BB | K | K/9 | | A. Spalding | PH1 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 2.43 | 448.2 | 475 | 30 | 59 | 1.19 | | B. Stearns | CL1 | 50 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 2.46 | 418.1 | 456 | 46 | 34 | 0.73 | | C. Bentley | BL1 | 46 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 2.38 | 411.0 | 465 | 17 | 19 | 0.42 | | G. Zettlein | SL2 | 50 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 3.10 | 352.2 | 454 | 16 | 36 | 0.93 | | J. Britt | CL1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.01 | 29.1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0.62 | | C. Cummings | SL2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.41 | 35.0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0.38 | | J. McMullin | SL2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.62 | 34.2 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0.66 | | M. Malone | SL2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.78 | 16.1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.28 | | A. Pratt | BL1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.88 | 36.0 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0.63 | | G. Wright | PH1 | 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 | 32 | 18 | .640 | - | 492 | .318 | 4 | 79 | 387 | 3.66 | 47 | 32 | | Chicago White Stockings | 32 | 18 | .640 | - | 487 | .314 | 7 | 58 | 436 | 3.39 | 11 | 27 | | Cincinnati Reds | 20 | 30 | .400 | 12 | 353 | .275 | 3 | 48 | 380 | 3.16 | 17 | 40 | | Boston Red Stockings | 17 | 33 | .340 | 15 | 408 | .297 | 6 | 59 | 538 | 4.55 | 36 | 56 | |
| Player | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | | L. Pike, CF | BR2 | 50 | 241 | 2 | 56 | 13 | .400 | .422 | .561 | | C. Anson, 3B | CH2 | 50 | 239 | 2 | 48 | 10 | .356 | .384 | .437 | | J. Start, 1B | CN1 | 50 | 229 | 0 | 44 | 9 | .386 | .408 | .452 | | W. Fisler, 2B | BR2 | 50 | 240 | 0 | 54 | 12 | .346 | .353 | .417 | | T. York, LF | CH2 | 50 | 246 | 1 | 61 | 3 | .319 | .331 | .404 | | C. McVey, C | CH2 | 50 | 226 | 0 | 44 | 5 | .351 | .356 | .435 | | J. Glenn, 1B | CH2 | 47 | 218 | 0 | 49 | 2 | .362 | .372 | .410 | | G. Stires, RF | BR2 | 50 | 220 | 1 | 39 | 10 | .311 | .328 | .440 | | C. Pabor, LF | BR2 | 50 | 237 | 0 | 36 | 2 | .333 | .336 | .390 | | C. Gould, 1B | BR2 | 50 | 236 | 0 | 50 | 13 | .326 | .333 | .375 | | | Player | Team | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | HA | BB | K | K/9 | | D. McBride | CH2 | 50 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 3.26 | 372.2 | 512 | 15 | 7 | 0.18 | | C. Fisher | BR2 | 50 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3.81 | 392.0 | 578 | 22 | 42 | 0.98 | | B. Mathews | CN1 | 50 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 3.21 | 392.0 | 500 | 35 | 14 | 0.32 | | A. Brainard | BS1 | 50 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 3.94 | 354.2 | 542 | 29 | 32 | 0.83 | | R. Wolters | BR2 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2.59 | 55.1 | 73 | 9 | 4 | 0.73 | | U. O'Rourke | CH2 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4.24 | 64.1 | 98 | 6 | 2 | 0.35 | | F. Fleet | CN1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.81 | 51.1 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 0.53 | | S. Studley | CH2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 7.1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | | M. Swandell | CH2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | | C. Gould | BR2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | |