1872 Season
Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, April 1st, 1872
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 21-year-old first baseman Jim H O'Rourke of the Cleveland Forest Citys is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) 1B Jim H O'Rourke, 21, Cleveland Forest Citys
2) MR Jim Britt, 16, Boston Red Stockings
3) MR Cy Bentley, 21, St. Louis Brown Stockings
4) MR U O'Rourke, 21, Chicago White Stockings
5) C John Clapp, 20, Baltimore Canaries
6) 3B Candy Nelson, 23, Cleveland Forest Citys
7) MR Candy Cummings, 23, Cincinnati Reds
8) SS Jim Holdsworth, 21, Philadelphia Athletics
9) C Jim Clinton, 21, Baltimore Canaries
10) C Jack Burdock, 19, Chicago White Stockings
Spring Training
Will the White Stockings repeat this year? Or will the Brown Stockings finally get in?