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1868’S STAR PLAYERS NAMED
TENTH ASG TO BE PLAYED IN PITTSBURGH; RECORD 9 NEWCOMERS NOMINATED

NEW YORK CITY (July 20, 1868) - Telegrams and punch cards have been sent, the votes have been counted, and the rosters have been finalized for the tenth edition of the NBBO All-Star Game, which will take place on August 3rd. Roster rules remain the same as they have been in recent years:

Rosters for the upcoming All-Star Game will be thirty men per side again this season:

• Places 1-6 in each team’s roster will go to the best pitchers in each league.
• The remaining 24 roster sports will consist of three players for every other position.

The ASG goes back to the Northeastern League this year. The two previous NEL cities to host were Boston & Providence, and this year the NBBO Executive Committee has decided to add to that list. Alleghany BC, 3x defending Inland champs and now owners of the largest venue in base ball, have received the honor of hosting this year’s game, making Pittsburgh the third NEL city to host the Midsummer Classic.

The 1868 All-Star Game will feature a record-setting nine newcomers – five from the New York League and four from the Northeastern League. One will start. ASG debutantes have increased slightly this year, from 22 to 25, with the NYL having the larger contingent of first-timers at fourteen. Of the first-time All-Stars, the one who will be receiving the most attention is Binghamton OF Curtis Bowman, who is making his ASG debut in his twelfth NBBO season.

Once again, St. John’s takes the bragging rights for having the most All-Star selections with five. Defending champions Knickerbocker have two, while no less than five different teams have tied for the lead in a very evenly distributed New York League roster with three players each. Setting aside St. John’s, the teams with the next-most nominees in the Northeastern League are Alleghany & American with four each.

Rosters for the 1868 All-Star Game, with starters highlighted in red, are as follows:


NEW YORK LEAGUE ROSTERS

P: Raynard Cordell (ORA/1st) – 20-8, 2.46 ERA, 26 K, 1.08 WHIP, 3.9 WAR
P: Jim Creighton (EXC/7th) – 22-9, 2.80 ERA, 158 K, 1.13 WHIP, 9.1 WAR
P: Peadar Daly (KNI/4th) – 20-11, 2.68 ERA, 29 K, 1.15 WHIP, 5.0 WAR
P: Will Johannessen (VIC/NC) – 19-13, 2.77 ERA, 26 K, 1.17 WHIP, 5.1 WAR
P: James Peters (K.C./1st) – 22-8, 2.59 ERA, 26 K, 1.15 WHIP, 3.1 WAR
P: Earl Quinn (CON/2nd) – 17-9, 2.35 ERA, 28 K, 1.09 WHIP, 3.9 WAR

C: Charles Luther (EXC/1st) – .306, 13 XBH, 35 RBI, 0.7 WAR
C: Wilbert Schrader (NIA/4th) – .342, 9 XBH, 47 RBI, 1.3 WAR
C: Everett Schreiber (ORA/1st) – .281, 19 XBH, 31 RBI, 1.1 WAR

1B: Mario Fusilli (SYR/3rd) – .406, 20 XBH, 44 RBI, 4.8 WPA, 2.3 WAR
1B: Collin Henderson (GOT/3rd) – .354, 17 XBH, 42 RBI, 1.5 WAR
1B: Garfield Koonce (K.C./NC) – .371, 24 XBH, 42 RBI, 2.1 WAR
2B: Leslie Arnett (GOT/7th) – .382, 22 XBH, 64 RBI, 2.5 WAR
2B: Albert Gore (MET/5th) – .333, 17 XBH, 26 RBI, 20 SB, 2.1 WAR
2B: Anderson MacGyver (MUT/6th) – .379, 17 XBH, 49 RBI, 34 SB, 2.4 WAR
3B: Galimberto Cappelletti (EXC/1st) – .383, 41 XBH, 58 RBI, 2.5 WAR
3B: Will Chaffin (ORA/1st) – .324, 24 XBH, 47 RBI, 1.6 WAR
3B: Weldon Pike (VIC/1st) – .313, 23 XBH, 5 HR, 43 RBI, 1.6 WAR
SS: Edward Huntley (KNI/10th) – .345, 32 XBH, 38 RBI, 35 SB, +12.9 ZR, 3.8 WAR
SS: Henry Nabors (VIC/3rd) – .382, 28 XBH, 43 RBI, 3.1 WAR
SS: Harold Price (F.C./2nd) – .294, 16 XBH, 25 RBI, +15.4 ZR, 2.2 WAR

OF: Curtis Bowman (BING/1st) – .356, 27 XBH, 37 RBI, 2.0 WAR
OF: Bryn Rasmussen (CON/2nd) – .363, 16 XBH, 47 RBI, 1.7 WAR
OF: Frank Riley (MIN/NC) – .340, 33 XBH, 37 RBI, 1.7 WAR
CF: Taliesin Buckley (NIA/5th) – .343, 22 XBH, 62 RBI, 57 SB, 2.6 WAR
CF: Will Buschmann (UTI/1st) – .347, 23 XBH, 3 HR, 42 RBI, 2.3 WAR
CF: Obelix Tsiaris (F.C./3rd) – .345, 16 XBH, 51 RBI, 20 SB, 2.4 WAR
OF: James Hoyt (K.C./4th) – .328, 28 XBH, 28 RBI, 1.9 WAR
OF: Reginald Roper (F.C./NC) – .325, 27 XBH, 53 RBI, 1.3 WAR
OF: Clive Strachan (GOT/NC) – .359, 30 XBH, 30 RBI, 33 SB, 1.9 WAR


NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE ROSTERS


P: Tom Hauser (AME/NC) – 22-9, 3.21 ERA, 16 K, 1.32 WHIP, 4.2 WAR
P: L.B. Myhre (STJ/1st) – 16-5, 3.15 ERA, 20 K, 1.23 WHIP, 2.8 WAR
P: Tom Paddock (PIO/1st) – 17-13, 3.30 ERA, 24 K, 1.21 WHIP, 3.4 WAR
P: Tom Ricks (SHA/2nd) – 21-8, 3.20 ERA, 42 K, 1.17 WHIP, 4.7 WAR
P: Jonathan Scott (ALL/1st) – 18-3, 2.23 ERA, 39 K, 1.14 WHIP, 3.6 WAR
P: Elmer Seabold (SUS/2nd) – 23-8, 2.42 ERA, 108 K, 1.24 WHIP, 6.4 WAR

C: Harold Constance (SUS/1st) – .318, 14 XBH, 46 RBI, 1.1 WAR
C: Joe Feuerstein (PORT/8th) – .286, 20 XBH, 41 RBI, 1.0 WAR
C: Falco v.d. Vaart (M.B./NC) – .300, 22 XBH, 46 RBI, 0.8 WAR

1B: William Busby (AME/2nd) – .385, 24 XBH, 8 HR, 57 RBI, 2.9 WAR
1B: Wilbur Graff (L.E./2nd) – .354, 24 XBH, 55 RBI, 2.0 WAR
1B: Tarmo Kuopio (STJ/NC) – .384, 23 XBH, 70 RBI, 2.1 WAR
2B: James Badner (G.M./1st) – .319, 21 XBH, 36 RBI, 1.7 WAR
2B: Peter Boyce (AME/3rd) – .327, 20 XBH, 37 RBI, 1.9 WAR
2B: Arran Duffy (ALL/2nd) – .344, 29 XBH, 55 RBI, 1.9 WAR
3B: Hugh Harris (M.B./3rd) – .311, 29 XBH, 38 RBI, 36 SB, 1.7 WAR
3B: Samuel Kessler (ALL/10th) – .312, 25 XBH, 53 RBI, 1.5 WAR
3B: Werner Verstegen (AME/2nd) – .394, 32 XBH, 39 RBI, 21 SB, 2.8 WAR
SS: Albert Brock (S.o.t.O./3rd) – .337, 22 XBH, 4 HR, 31 RBI, 2.5 WAR
SS: Anthony Mascherino (SHA/10th) – .340, 25 XBH, 61 RBI, 21 SB, +12.1 ZR, 3.2 WAR
SS: Roy Vreeken (QUI/1st) – .352, 24 XBH, 44 RBI, +10.4 ZR, 2.4 WAR

OF: Royal Altman (ALL/3rd) – .367, 35 XBH, 61 RBI, 5.1 WPA, 3.0 WAR
OF: James Burke (SHA/2nd) – .394, 29 XBH, 58 RBI, 45 SB, 3.0 WAR
OF: Thomas Maloney (M.B./8th) – .366, 33 XBH, 58 RBI, 20 SB, 2.5 WAR
CF: William Johnson (STJ/4th) – .388, 24 XBH, 33 RBI, 38 SB, 3.3 WAR
CF: Ned Morganti (Q.S./1st) – .343, 27 XBH, 44 RBI, 23 SB, 2.5 WAR
CF: Franklin Petty (L.E./3rd) – .394, 38 XBH, 63 RBI, 24 SB, 4.3 WAR
OF: Konrad Jensen (STJ/8th) – .390, 31 XBH, 64 RBI, 53 SB, 4.9 WPA, 4.0 WAR
OF: Alfred Suber (L.E./NC) – .345, 22 XBH, 71 RBI, 25 SB, 1.9 WAR
OF: Nelson Townsend (STJ/6th) – .356, 37 XBH, 53 RBI, 43 SB, 2.9 WAR


St. John’s, who currently has the best record in the NBBO by one game at 39-16 and is on pace to lead the NEL in scoring for the seventh time in eight years, leads the All-Star Game with five players nominated:

• P: Lars-Bjorn Myhre
• 1B: Tarmo Kuopio
• LF: Konrad Jensen
• CF: William Johnson
• RF: Nelson Townsend

Alleghany & American, also in the Northeastern League, have four All-Stars each, meaning that 13/30 NEL All-Star roster spots have gone to just three teams.

In the Northeastern League roster, five teams – Excelsior, Flour City, Gotham, Kings County, & Orange – are even for the lead with three All-Stars each, while defending NBBO champions Knickerbocker have two.

The following players will be making their first All-Star Game appearances:

NEW YORK LEAGUE ALL-STAR DEBUTS

• P: Cordell, Johannessen, & Peters
• C: Luther & Schreiber
• IF: Cappelletti, Chaffin, Koonce, & Pike
• OF: Bowman, Buschmann, Riley, Roper, & Strachan
• TOTAL: 14 All-Star Debuts

NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE ALL-STAR DEBUTS

• P: Hauser, Myhre, Paddock, & Scott
• C: Constance & van der Vaart
• IF: Badner, Kuopio, & Vreeken
• OF: Morganti & Suber
• TOTAL: 11 All-Star Debuts

There are a record nine newcomers in this year’s All-Star Game:

• NYL: Johannessen, Koonce, Riley, Roper, & Strachan
• NEL: Hauser, Kuopio, Suber, & van der Vaart

Of the nine nominees, the only starter is Gotham outfielder Clive Strachan.

Three players have been named to play in all ten All-Star Games

• Edward Huntley (SS, Knickerbocker)
• Samuel Kessler (3B, Alleghany)
• Anthony Mascherino (SS, Shamrock)

The All-Star Game that will take place in Pittsburgh in three weeks’ time should see a record-breaking crowd of more than 17,000 enjoy the festivities. It will be another fantastic night for the sport.