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1870’S STAR PLAYERS NAMED
GAME GOING BACK TO PITTSBURGH AFTER ALLEGHANY WON THEIR FIRST NBBO TITLE LAST YEAR

NEW YORK CITY (July 18,1870) - There are three weeks left to play in the National Base Ball Organization season, and that means it’s time to name the All-Star rosters for 1870. Rules are the same as always:

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 game goes back to the Northeastern League and, even though they hosted just two years ago after their big venue expansion, Alleghany will be hosting the festivities again since they finally won their first Tucker-Wheaton Cup last year.

This year’s All-Star Game is not one for unfamiliar faces. There are record lows in both the number of first-time All-Stars and the number of Greenhorns named to the game, with the NYL having just four first-time nominees. The most surprising first-timer this year is Pioneer SS Lionel Gray, a career .298 hitter (.695 OPS) who has raised his average to .353 this year with an OPS well over 100 points above his career mark. While Gray is considered better as a 3B than he is at SS, Gray’s nomination to this year’s ASG is still much-deserved.

Last year’s champions, Alleghany, lead the way with five players who have been named to the NEL roster, while Knickerbocker & St. John’s, the top teams in each league, have four nominees each. This year’s big surprise, Atlantic, has two after having cooled off a bit during the month of July.

There will be six men playing in at least their tenth All-Star Game, as Willie Davis, Konrad Jensen, & Thomas Maloney are joining the 10x All-Star club with Edward Huntley, Samuel Kessler, & Anthony Mascherino.

Rosters for the 1868 All-Star Game are as follows:

NEW YORK LEAGUE ROSTERS

P: Jim Creighton (EXC/9th) – 26-7, 2.87 ERA, 136 K, 1.11 WHIP, 8.4 WAR
P: Peadar Daly (KNI/6th) – 25-6, 3.31 ERA, 22 K, 1.19 WHIP, 4.2 WAR
P: James Goodman (FC/5th) – 19-9, 2.72 ERA, 70 K, 1.32 WHIP, 6.9 WAR
P: Jonathan Jenkins (MET/2nd) – 20-10, 2.53 ERA, 21 K, 1.33 WHIP, 2.0 WAR
P: Monroe Munson (NIA/2nd) – 17-14, 2.41 ERA, 5 SHO, 1.17 WHIP, 4.1 WAR
P: James Peters (KC/2nd) – 20-10, 3.32 ERA, 37 K, 1.35 WHIP, 4.1 WAR

C: Morris Jennings (KNI/2nd) – .302, 7 XBH, 41 RBI, 2.79 C-ERA, 1.2 WAR
C: Oliver Lysiak (ATL/2nd) – .330, 14 XBH, 31 RBI, 3.16 C-ERA, 1.2 WAR
C: Everett Schreiber (ORA/3rd) – .396, 21 XBH, 1 HR, 46 RBI, 2.7 WAR

1B: Julius Bailey (FC/1st) – .356, 23 XBH, 3 HR, 43 RBI, 1.6 WAR
1B: Walter Dudley (ATL/4th) – .377, 23 XBH, 1 HR, 41 RBI, 1.9 WAR
1B: Garfield Koonce (KC/3rd) – 380, 30 XBH, 41 RBI, 2.8 WPA, 2.4 WAR
2B: Babe Johnson (GOT/2nd) – .354, 25 XBH, 47 RBI, 18 SB, 2.3 WAR
2B: Theo Kohlberg (KC/3rd) – .343, 24 XBH, 1 HR, 38 RBI, 2.9 WAR
2B: Ernest Lewis (NIA/4th) – .379, 13 XBH, 33 RBI, +10.3 ZR, 2.8 WAR
3B: Gil Cappelletti (EXC/3rd) – .329, 14 XBH, 0 HR, 53 RBI, 1.5 WAR
3B: Frank Darcy (EMP/2nd) – .332, 21 XBH, 37 RBI, 16 SB, 1.9 WAR
3B: Jerald Peterson (MIN/7th) – .363, 22 XBH, 2 HR, 52 RBI, 2.0 WAR
SS: Arthur Fisher (NC/1st) – .316, 21 XBH, 1 HR, 50 RBI, 1.5 WAR
SS: Edward Huntley (KNI/12th) – .340, 22 XBH, 47 RBI, 28 SB, 2.9 WAR
SS: Anthony Mascherino (ORA/12th) – .360, 21 XBH, 44 RBI, +15.4 ZR, 3.5 WAR

OF: Fred Bartholomew (FC/GH) – .391, 24 XBH, 55 RBI, 21 SB, 2.1 WAR
OF: Edward Donovan (KNI/3rd) – .332, 29 XBH, 37 RBI, 34 SB, 2.6 WAR
OF: Will Gentilucci (NC/2nd) – .419, 22 XBH, 1 HR, 41 RBI, 2.9 WAR
CF: Taliesin Buckley (NIA/7th) – .371, 25 XBH, 42 RBI, 51 SB, 3.6 WAR
CF: Hiram Majors (GOT/3rd) – .332, 20 XBH, 22 RBI, 21 SB, 2.7 WAR
CF: Obelix Tsiaris (EXC/5th) – .357, 23 XBH, 51 RBI, 28 SB, 2.5 WAR
OF: Jesse McClure (HILL/1st) – .389, 21 XBH, 32 RBI, 3.2 WPA, 2.2 WAR
OF: Reginald Roper (FC/3rd) – .396, 30 XBH, 59 RBI, 2.1 WPA, 2.7 WAR
OF: Clive Strachan (GOT/2nd) – .371, 19 XBH, 34 RBI, 42 SB, 2.5 WAR

NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE ROSTERS

P: Thomas Bishop (OCE/1st) – 21-12, 2.99 ERA, 19 K, 1.24 WHIP, 3.2 WAR
P: James Dressman (PORT/GH) – 19-12, 2.49 ERA, 27 K, 1.22 WHIP, 4.4 WAR
P: Daniel Flynn (MB/2nd) – 22-8, 3.47 ERA, 24 K, 1.19 WHIP, 4.4 WAR
P: John Henry (ALL/2nd) – 24-5, 2.89 ERA, 28 K, 1.12 WHIP, 4.9 WAR
P: Tom Ricks (SHA/5th) – 21-12, 3.13 ERA, 27 K, 1.30 WHIP, 3.5 WAR
P: Thomas Smith (StJ/2nd) – 24-6, 2.77 ERA, 37 K, 1.29 WHIP, 4.2 WAR

C: Howard LeBouf (AME/1st) – .341, 11 XBH, 1 HR, 40 RBI, 1.5 WAR
C: Harvey O’Donnell (CAN/2nd) – .319, 17 XBH, 40 RBI, 3.12 C-ERA, 1.0 WAR
C: James Simon (SHA/2nd) – .305, 11 XBH, 49 RBI, 2.97 C-ERA, 1.0 WAR

1B: Cormack Alexander (Q.S./6th) – .413, 17 XBH, 1 HR, 55 RBI, 2.7 WAR
1B: Collin Henderson (ALL/5th) – .414, 29 XBH, 1 HR, 37 RBI, 3.3 WAR
1B: Tarmo Kuopio (StJ/2nd) – .384, 25 XBH, 1 HR, 74 RBI, 2.4 WAR
2B: Leslie Arnett (MB/9th) – .324, 18 XBH, 35 RBI, +10.5 ZR, 1.7 WAR
2B: Peter Boyce (AME/4th) – .317, 21 XBH, 23 RBI, +12.7 ZR, 2.5 WAR
2B: Everton Lyles (OCE/1st) – .343, 27 XBH, 1 HR, 42 RBI, 2.2 WAR
3B: William Dickerson (QS/2nd) – .418, 35 XBH, 64 RBI, 36 SB, 3.3 WAR
3B: Samuel Kessler (ALL/12th) – .363, 19 XBH, 1 HR, 48 RBI, 2.4 WAR
3B: Bertrand Sargent (SPO/1st) – .371, 17 XBH, 1 HR, 41 RBI, 2.2 WAR
SS: William Chapman (MB/1st) – .307, 9 XBH, 43 RBI, +14.8 ZR, 2.0 WAR
SS: Lionel Gray (PIO/1st) – .353, 14 XBH, 2 HR, 39 RBI, 1.4 WAR
SS: Gerald Strong (ALL/1st) – .283, 15 XBH, 42 RBI, +19.3 ZR, 2.1 WAR

OF: Royal Altman (ALL/6th) – .368, 19 XBH, 42 RBI, 25 SB, 2.0 WAR
OF: Konrad Jensen (StJ/10th) – .378, 16 XBH, 47 RBI, 49 SB, 3.1 WAR
OF: Thomas Maloney (MB/10th) – .358, 18 XBH, 47 RBI, 18 SB, 1.7 WAR
CF: James Burke (SHA/4th) – .369, 27 XBH, 51 RBI, 55 SB, 3.7 WAR
CF: Willie Davis (AME/10th) – .352, 24 XBH, 34 RBI, 30 SB, 2.9 WAR
CF: Ned Morganti (QS/2nd) – .365, 28 XBH, 39 RBI, 21 SB, 2.6 WAR
OF: Franklin Skaggs (MB/1st) – .371, 19 XBH, 40 RBI, 16 SB, 2.1 WAR
OF: Alfred Suber (LE/2nd) – .350, 21 XBH, 44 RBI, 17 SB, 2.0 WAR
OF: Nelson Townsend (StJ/8th) – .424, 27 XBH, 51 RBI, 53 SB, 3.9 WAR


Unlike in previous editions, starters will be determined the weekend before the All-Star Game is played.

Here are the All-Stars from the best team in each league – Knickerbocker in the NYL & St. john’s in the NEL:

• KNICKERBOCKER (4): Daly, Donovan, Huntley, & Jennings
• ST. JOHN’S (4): Kuopio, Jensen, Smith, & Townsend

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

NEW YORK LEAGUE ALL-STAR DEBUTS

• P: None
• C: None
• IF: Bailey & Fisher
• OF: Bartholomew (GH) & McClure
• TOTAL: 4 All-Star Debuts

NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE ALL-STAR DEBUTS

• P: Bishop & Dressman (GH)
• C: LeBouf
• IF: Chapman, Gray, Lyles, Sargent, & Strong
• OF: Skaggs
• TOTAL: 9 All-Star Debuts

This is by far the lowest amount of both first-time nominees and Greenhorns named to the All-Star game, especially with the New York League only having four first-timers.

The following All-Stars have been nominated ten or more times:

• 12x: Huntley, Kessler, & Mascherino
• 11x: None
• 10x: Davis, Jensen, & Maloney