1881 Season
Top 100 Prospects List Published
Friday, April 1st, 1881
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 22-year-old right fielder Ed Swartwood of the Boston Red Caps is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) RF Ed Swartwood, 22, Boston Red Caps
2) SP Jim Whitney, 23, Cincinnati Red Stockings
3) MR Jack Lynch, 24, Chicago White Stockings
4) SS Sam Wise, 23, Brooklyn Atlantics
5) SS Arlie Latham, 21, Boston Red Caps
6) SP George Derby, 23, Baltimore Orioles
7) SP Tim Keefe, 24, Cleveland Blues
8) SS Hugh Nicol, 23, Philadelphia Athletics
9) MR Denny Driscoll, 25, Brooklyn Atlantics
10) 3B Jerry Denny, 22, Cincinnati Red Stockings