1882 Season
Top 100 Prospects List Published
Friday, April 7th, 1882
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 20-year-old center fielder Pete Browning of the Detroit Wolverines is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) CF Pete Browning, 20, Detroit Wolverines
2) SP Charlie Sweeney, 18, Boston Americans
3) SS Yank Robinson, 22, Pittsburg Alleghenys
4) MR Bert Dorr, 20, Louisville Eclipse
5) MR Bill J Sweeney, 23, Philadelphia Quakers
6) 2B Bid McPhee, 22, Chicago White Stockings
7) SP Charlie Buffinton, 20, Washington Nationals
8) RF Chicken Wolf, 19, Cincinnati Red Stockings
9) MR James Burke, 21, Cincinnati Red Stockings
10) 3B Jack K O'Brien, 21, Baltimore Orioles