1896 Season
Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, April 6th, 1896
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 21-year-old right fielder Nap Lajoie of the New York Giants is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) RF Nap Lajoie, 21, New York Giants
2) SP Buttons Briggs, 20, Cleveland Spiders
3) SP Jerry Nops, 20, Brooklyn Bridegrooms
4) 2B Bill Keister, 24, Washington Senators
5) CF Sam Mertes, 23, Baltimore Orioles
6) SS Sammy Strang, 19, Chicago White Sox
7) SP Chick Fraser, 22, Detroit Tigers
8) MR Monte McFarland, 23, Pittsburgh Pirates
9) RF Fielder Jones, 24, Chicago White Sox
10) SP Cy Seymour, 23, New York Giants
