1887 Season
Top 100 Prospects List Published
Tuesday, April 5th, 1887
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 22-year-old reliever Dan Bickham of the Brooklyn Grays is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) MR Dan Bickham, 22, Brooklyn Grays
2) RF Mike Tiernan, 20, Chicago White Sox
3) SP Jim Handiboe, 20, Brooklyn Grays
4) CF Mike J Griffin, 22, Chicago White Stockings
5) RF George Van Haltren, 21, Pittsburg Alleghenys
6) MR Henry Gruber, 23, Baltimore Orioles
7) LF Ed McKean, 22, Pittsburg Alleghenys
8) SP Ed Beatin, 20, Brooklyn Grays
9) MR Ice Box Chamberlin, 19, New York Giants
10) SS Heinie Kappel, 23, Boston Americans