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swampdragon · 07-17-2012, 08:24 AM

That's right. There were some teams that only used 11-12 men all year. There were a lot more who just would get some semipro player to fill in for one game when they got shorthanded. The 1876 St. Louis Browns only used 10 players all season long. The 10-11 man rosters were standard.

Most of the roster expansion up through the end of the century was pitching staffs. The 1901 Tigers only used 12 position players all year, counting Harry Lochhead's one game played. The champion White Sox started the season with 11 position players but released Dave Brain after 5 games and played with 10 for over half the season before picking up Jimmy Burke and Pop Foster.

07-17-2012, 08:24 AM	#35
swampdragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Lonely Mountain Posts: 2,509	That's right. There were some teams that only used 11-12 men all year. There were a lot more who just would get some semipro player to fill in for one game when they got shorthanded. The 1876 St. Louis Browns only used 10 players all season long. The 10-11 man rosters were standard. Most of the roster expansion up through the end of the century was pitching staffs. The 1901 Tigers only used 12 position players all year, counting Harry Lochhead's one game played. The champion White Sox started the season with 11 position players but released Dave Brain after 5 games and played with 10 for over half the season before picking up Jimmy Burke and Pop Foster. __________________ “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -- C.S. Lewis