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First Round of the 1903 Amateur Draft, with player ages as of June 30th, 1904, and all positions that they have ratings for:
1. Chicago White Sox: Jim McCormick, 20, RHP/LF/CF/RF
2. Pittsburgh Pirates: Robin Ventura, 20, 3B
3. Philadelphia Athletics: Raul Galata (Spritze DB Negro Leaguer), 19, LHP/1B/LF/RF
4. Boston Americans: Jack J Powell, 21, RHP/RF
5. Boston Beaneaters: Lave Cross, 20, C/3B
6. Chicago Cubs: Eddie Lopat, 25, LHP
7. Philadelphia Phillies: Pete Runnels, 22, 1B/2B
8. New York Highlanders: Chris Short, 20, LHP/C
9. Chicago Cubs: Tim Belcher, 24, RHP
10. Philadelphia Phillies: Carl Reynolds, 23, LF/CF/RF
11. Detroit Tigers: C J Wilson, 23, LHP
12. Philadelphia Phillies: George McBride, 19, SS
13. Washington Senators: Rube Foster, 24, RHP/LF
14. Chicago Cubs: Heath Bell, 25, RHP
15. Boston Beaneaters: Sandy Amoros, 21, LF/CF
16. Brooklyn Superbas: Michael Wuertz, 24, RHP
The southpaw trend continues (sort of). 10 pitchers enter the league via the draft, and four of them are lefties. We'll see if the predominantly right handed pitcher draft of 1902 (8 pitchers, all righties) filters down in a few years. No big time RL favourites to follow for me. Robin Ventura will be interesting to watch. Extremely underrated player IRL in my humble estimation.
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