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AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE PROJECTED STANDINGS

COLONIAL CONFERENCE
		 W	 L	 PCT	GB	 R	 RA	   RD	 1873
Flour City	51	39	.567	--	696	629	  +67	52-38
St. John’s	50	40	.556	 1	722	652	  +70	50-40
Alleghany	50	40	.556	 1	645	583	  +62	42-48
Shamrock	44	46	.489	 7	628	642	  -14	48-42
Niagara		44	46	.489	 7	617	631	  -14	43-47
Mass. Bay	32	58	.356	19	615	786	 -171	35-55

METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE
		 W	 L	 PCT	GB	 R	 RA	   RD	 1873
American	56	34	.622	--	748	656	  +92	65-25
Excelsior	51	39	.567	5	682	655	  +27	44-46
Orange		47	43	.522	9	752	687	  +65	46-44
Knick		45	45	.500	11	681	668	  +13	48-42
Gotham		41	49	.456	15	659	688	  -29	36-54
Kings Co.	32	58	.356	24	638	805	 -167	31-59

This might finally be Flour City’s year, but the Colonial is expected to be tighter than ever at the top, with Alleghany expected to join F.C. & St. John’s due to their defense. American isn’t anticipated to be as dominant as they were last year, but they remain favorites to finish with the APBL’s best record and thus take the Founders’ Cup for the third year running.

APBL AWARD FAVORITES

Batsman of the Year: James Burke (33 y/o CF, American) – projected .367/.392/.477, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 97 SB
Pitcher of the Year: James Goodman (35 y/o, Flour City) – projected 28-15, 2.56 ERA, 97 K’s over 372.0 IP
Most Valuable Player: Konrad Jensen (24 y/o LF, St. John’s) – projected .387/.417/.496, 1 HR, 84 RBI, 64 SB
Greenhorn of the Year: Tomoharu Mukai (25 y/o P, Niagara) – projected 24-18, 3.05 ERA, 15 K over 354.2 IP

APBEL TEAM OF THE YEAR FAVORITES

P: James Goodman (FC), C: Everett Schreiber (ORA), 1B: Cormack Alexander (KNI), 2B: Babe Johnson (GOT), 3B: William Dickerson (SHA), SS: Martin Prince (AME), LF: Konrad Jensen (StJ), CF: James Burke (AME), RF: Nelson Townsend (StJ)

KEY SIGNINGS & PLAYER CHANGES

P: Edgar Bradley (Greenhorn; 2.5 Stars) to Alleghany
P: John Brown (9-15, 3.08 ERA, 1.5 WAR) from Excelsior to American
P: I.A. Butler (Greenhorn; 3.5 stars) to Mass. Bay
P: Washington Kihlstedt (4.0 stars) from Sportsman’s (NBBO) to Mass. Bay
P: Everton McLean (3.0 stars) from Cantabrigians (NBBO) to Knickerbocker
P: Tomoharu Mukai (Greenhorn; 4.0 stars) to Niagara
P: Monroe Munson (Relief Man in ’72, 3.0 stars) from Flour City to Knickerbocker
P: Fred Richards (3.0 stars) from Maryland (NBBO) to Kings Co.
P: James Smith (Greenhorn; 3.0 stars) to Gotham
P: George Sturgis (4.0 stars) from Oceanic (NBBO) to Orange

C: Lane Garvin (Greenhorn; 3.5 stars) to Mass. Bay
C: Harry Thompson (.333, 73 RBI, 1.0 WAR) from Mass. Bay to Alleghany
1B: Walter Dudley (.321, 72 RBI, 1.5 WAR) from Orange to American
1B: Wilbur Graff (3.0 stars) from Mutual (NBBO) to Niagara
1B: Jerald Peterson (3.0 stars) from Metropolitan (NBBO) to Alleghany
2B: Burton Ellerby (.323, 67 RBI, 2.3 WAR) from Gotham to Alleghany
2B: Harold Groves (3.5 stars) from National (NBBO) to Shamrock
3B: Elijah Hill (3.5 stars) from Green Mtn. (NBBO) to Excelsior
3B: Jonathan Quarles (3.0 stars) from Quaker St. (NBBO) to Gotham
3B: Eamonn Todd (Greenhorn; 3.0 stars) to St. John’s
SS: George Pugatch (.235, 41 RBI, 0.4 WAR) from St. John’s to Gotham
SS: William Schumacher (.265, 64 RBI, 1.3 WAR) from Shamrock to Niagara

LF: Fred Bartholomew (.323, 79 RBI, 1.7 WAR) from Flour City to Kings Co.
LF: Charles Barrett (2.5 stars; 4.0 potential) from Merrimack Mills (NBBO) to Niagara
LF: Edward Donovan (.309, 82 RBI, 52 SB, 2.9 WAR) from Knickerbocker to Flour City
LF: Isaac Holm (2.5 stars) from Columbia (NBBO) to Orange
LF: Troy Oberst (3.5 stars) from Metropolitan (NBBO) to Excelsior
CF: Charles Foster (.285, 50 RBI, 36 SB, 1.7 WAR) from Kings Co. to Mass. Bay
CF: Charles Hormel (Backup in ’72; 2.5 stars) from Shamrock to Excelsior
CF: Solomon Springs (2.5 stars) from Scranton (NBBO) to Alleghany
CF: Obelix Tsiaris (.280, 42 RBI, 31 SB, 2.2 WAR) from Excelsior to Niagara
RF: John Gaynor (.313, 52 RBI, 49 SB, 1.6 WAR) from Niagara to Kings Co.
RF: Ashley Hearns (3.0 stars) from Hilltop (NBBO) to Alleghany