Lead Story - 4/20/2025

Rookie Teams Spring Draft

1888 - Philadelphia Athletics - Athletics 10th pick
OF Tom Poorman
C George Townsend

1888 St. Louis Browns - Grays 6th pick
OF Tommy McCarthy
SS Ed Herr
OF Harry Lyons
SP Jim Devlin

1889 Boston Beaneaters -Cowboys 13th pick
SP Bill Daley

1889 Baltimore Orioles - Colonels 11th pick
C Tom Quinn
SS Will Holland

1889 Cincinnati Red Stockings - Saints !st pick
OF Bug Holiday
OF Billy Earle
SS Oliver Beard
SP Charlie Petty

1889 Washington Nationals - Maroons 3rd pick
SP Alex Ferson
SP Mike Sullivan
C Spider Clark
3B Pete Sweeney
1B John Carney

1889 Columbus Solons - Hoosiers - 5th pick
3B Lefty Marr
OF Spud Johnson

1889 Philadelphia Athletics - Blues - 15th pick
SP George Bausewine

1889 Philadelphia Quakers - Atlantics 7th pick
SS Bill Hallman

1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms - Buckeyes 8th pick
C Joe Visner
SP Tom Lovett

1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers - Bisons 4tb pick
SP Jack Free
SP Bill Burdick
C Pete Sommers

1889 Cleveland Spiders - Washington Nationals - 2nd Pick
3B Patsy Tebeau
OF Jimmy McAleer

1889 St. Louis Browns -Wolverines 12th pick
OF Charlie Duffee

1889 Louisville Colonels - Browns - 9th pick
OF Farmer Weaver
2B Dan Shannon
SS Phil Tamney
3B Harry Raymond
SP Mike McDermott

1889 New York Giants - Metropolitans - 16th pick
SP Gil Halfield

1889 Chicago White Stockings - Virginians 14th pick
SP John Tener

7/12/2025

Retirees

The following players retired
Alberts, Gus
an, Bill
Baker, George
Barr, Bob - advanced
Birchall, Jud
Blakiston, Bob
Booth, Amos
Borchers, George
Borden, Joe
Briggs, Charlie
Brown, Joe
Burdick, Bill
Burns, Dick
Cady, Charlie
Cahill, John - advanced
Calihan, Will
Campau, Count - advanced
Cleveland, Elmer
Cline, Monk
Conley, Ed
Connor, John
Conway, Jim
Crane, Ed - advanced
Critchley, Morrie
Cross, Amos
Crowell, Billy
Cusick, Tony
Daniels, Law
Davis, Daisy
Dealy, Pat
Dean, Dory
Derby, George
Dorr, Bert
Driscoll, Denny - advanced
Dundon, Ed
Egan, Jim
Eggler, Dave - advanced
Ely, Bones
Emslie, Bob
Farrell, Joe - advanced
Ferson, Alex
Field, Jim - advanced
Forster, Tom
Gardner, Gid
Geiss, Bill
Goldsby, Walt
Goodfellow, Mike
Greer, Ed
Hallinan, Jimmy
Hart, Bill - advanced
Henry, John
Hines, Mike
Hofford, John
Hogan, Ed
Horan, John
Keas, Ed
Knight, Joe
Leitner, Doc
Leonard, Andy
Lockwood, Milo
Luff, Henry
MacArthur, Mac
Manning, Tim - advanced
Manning, Jack
McCauley, Al
McClellan, Bill
McGlone, John
McGunnigle, Bill
McKeon, Larry
McLaughlin, Barney
McVey, Cal
Meister, John
Mitchell, Bobby
Morrison, Mike - advanced
Morrison, Hank
Murnane, Tim - advanced
Nichols, Tricky
Oberbeck, Henry
O'Rourke, John
Pechiney, George
Pettit, Bob
Phillips, Marr
Pierce, Gracie
Pike, Lip
Pratt, Al
Proeser, George
Reis, Laurie
Rowen, Ed
Ryan, John
Schafer, Harry
Scott, Milt
Shallix, Gus
Shaw, Sam
Smith, Ed
Smith, Bill
Smith, Skyrocket
Sowders, John
Stemmeyer, Bill
Sullivan, Sleeper
Sullivan, Tom - advanced
Tener, John
Tenney, Fred
Toole, Steve - advanced
Toy, Jim
Traffley, Bill
Van Haltren, George - advanced
Walker, Oscar - advanced
Walker, George
Werrick, Joe
White, Bill - advanced
Williams, Dale

Team Retirees
Allen, Myron
Barnes, Ross - advanced - Buckeyes
Caskin, Ed - advanced - Hoosiers
Dickerson, Buttercup - advanced - Buckeyes
Gilks, Bob - advanced - Browns
Gilmore, Frank
Gross, Emil - advanced - Nationals
Hoffman, Frank
Houck, Sadie - advanced - Wolverines
Leary, Jack - advanced - Maroons
Mathews, Bobby - advanced - Maroons
McQuery, Mox - advanced - Athletics
O'Brien, Tom - advanced - Browns
Quinn, Joe - advanced - Bisons
Robinson, Yank - advanced - Maroons
Schomberg, Otto
Shaffer, John
Whiting, Ed
Whitney, Art - advanced - Hoosiers

5/17/2025

Rookie Draft Order

1.. Saints
2. Nationals
3. Maroons
4. Bisons
5. Hoosiers
6. Grays
7. Atlantics
8. Buckeyes
9 . Browns
10. Athletics
11. Colonels
12. Wolverines
13. Cownboys
14. Virginians
15. Blues
16. Metropolitans

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