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ROSTERS NAMED FOR 1ST APBL ALL-STAR GAME
GAME TO BE PLAYED AT ELYSIAN FIELDS ON JULY 31ST; ORANGE LEADS WITH SIX ALL-STARS

NEW YORK CITY (July 24, 1871) – Final vote tallies taken from fans, coaches, players, and Writers Pool members have been completed, and telegrams detailing the rosters for the 1st American Professional Baseball League All-Star Game have been sent out across the Northeast.

Rosters for the APBL Midsummer Classic aren’t the same as those in its NBBO counterpart:

• Twenty players per conference
• Roster places 1-4 go to pitchers – two for each rotation place
• Roster places 5-20 go to batsmen – two for each position
• All six teams from each conference must be represented

The game will be played at the venue that hosted the first National Base Ball Organization All-Star Game: the Elysian Fields in Manhattan, with its capacity of over 15,000 and its reputation as the oldest baseball park in existence.

There are many, many familiar faces on the All-Star Game rosters as nearly every perennial NBBO All-Star has been nominated to play in this year’s game. However, due to the level of competition those stars, for the most part, won’t be bringing the gaudy statistical output they were used to enjoying before the move up from the semi-pro ranks.

Here are the All-Star Game rosters:

COLONIAL CONFERENCE

P: James Goodman (FC) – 18-16, 3.15 ERA, 70 K, 280.0 IP, 23 CG, 1 SHO, 1.25 WHIP, 1.6 K/BB, 6.1 WAR
P: Tom Ricks (SHA) – 15-17, 3.53 ERA, 28 K, 295.2 IP, 22 CG, 0 SHO, 1.26 WHIP, 0.7 K/BB, 3.9 WAR
P: Thomas Smith (StJ) – 20-13, 3.97 ERA, 14 K, 297.0 IP, 22 CG, 0 SHO, 1.34 WHIP, 0.4 K/BB, 4.5 WAR
P: Gus Woods (NIA) – 16-16, 3.63 ERA, 14 K, 282.1 IP, 19 CG, 0 SHO, 1.36 WHIP, 0.3 K/BB, 3.8 WAR

C: Peter Caliguri (StJ) – .271, .617 OPS, 34 R, 55 H, 11 XBH, 0 HR, 32 RBI, 3 BB, 3 SB, 1.67 WPA, 0.3 WAR
C: Joseph Hines (NIA) – .265, .606 OPS, 33 R, 62 H, 10 XBH, 0 HR, 21 RBI, 6 BB, 33.3 RTO%, 0.5 WAR
1B: Frank Bulger (SHA) – .345, .849 OPS, 77 R, 106 H, 25 XBH, 0 HR, 36 RBI, 8 BB, 28 SB, 3.92 WPA, 2.9 WAR
1B: Albert Stoffers (MB) – .363, .875 OPS, 53 R, 98 H, 23 XBH, 3 HR, 60 RBI, 7 BB, 0 SB, 2.90 WPA, 2.1 WAR
2B: Leslie Arnett (MB) – .338, .810 OPS, 61 R, 100 H, 25 XBH, 0 HR, 36 RBI, 13 BB, 11 SB, 1.42 WPA, 2.1 WAR
2B: Ernest Lewis (NIA) – .304, .718 OPS, 56 R, 82 H, 19 XBH, 0 HR, 50 RBI, 5 BB, 8 SB, 1.57 WPA, 1.1 WAR
3B: Hugh Harris (FC) – .281, .716 OPS, 61 R, 85 H, 18 XBH, 0 HR, 39 RBI, 29 BB, 37 SB, 2.54 WPA, 2.1 WAR
3B: Samuel Kessler (ALL) – .331, .778 OPS, 61 R, 104 H, 26 XBH, 0 HR, 67 RBI, 9 BB, 5 SB, 2.17 WPA, 2.0 WAR
SS: George Pugatch (StJ) – .260, .582 OPS, 44 R, 67 H, 8 XBH, 46 RBI, 9 BB, 14 SB, +12.3 ZR, 0.86 WPA, 0.7 WAR
SS: Gerald Strong (ALL) – .261, .671 OPS, 60 R, 80 H, 24 XBH, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 14 SB, +10.8 ZR, 1.17 WPA, 2.1 WAR

LF: Royal Altman (ALL) – .367, .903 OPS, 75 R, 114 H, 32 XBH, 0 HR, 62 RBI, 12 BB, 27 SB, 5.21 WPA, 2.8 WAR
LF: Konrad Jensen (StJ) – .352, .947 OPS, 87 R, 103 H, 23 XBH, 1 HR, 58 RBI, 61 BB, 55 SB, 5.32 WPA, 3.7 WAR
CF: Taliesin Buckley (NIA) – .291, .748 OPS, 79 R, 92 H, 28 XBH, 1 HR, 40 RBI, 7 BB, 56 SB, 3.50 WPA, 1.7 WAR
CF: James Burke (SHA) – .352, .871 OPS, 85 R, 113 H, 31 XBH, 0 HR, 56 RBI, 18 BB, 71 SB, 4.98 WPA, 4.0 WAR
RF: Henry Gaul (SHA) – .361, .889 OPS, 53 R, 105 H, 35 XBH, 0 HR, 70 RBI, 8 BB, 7 SB, 2.86 WPA, 2.3 WAR
RF: Nelson Townsend (StJ) – .399, 1.080 OPS, 95 R, 128 H, 44 XBH, 4 HR, 74 RBI, 38 BB, 37 SB, 5.21 WPA, 4.7 WAR

METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE

P: George Cerven (GOT) – 17-12, 3.60 ERA, 19 K, 289.2 IP, 19 CG, 0 SHO, 1.38 WHIP, 0.4 K/BB, 4.5 WAR
P: Raynard Cordell (ORA) – 24-7, 2.79 ERA, 15 K, 303.2 IP, 24 CG, 1 SHO, 0.97 WHIP, 0.6 K/BB, 4.8 WAR
P: Jim Creighton (EXC) – 16-20, 3.99 ERA, 99 K, 291.1 IP, 19 CG, 1 SHO, 1.33 WHIP, 2.9 K/BB, 6.7 WAR
P: Peadar Daly (KNI) – 20-13, 3.08 ERA, 21 K, 298.0 IP, 23 CG, 2 SHO, 1.15 WHIP, 0.9 K/BB, 5.1 WAR

C: Oliver Lysiak (KNI) – .267, .656 OPS, 28 R, 50 H, 10 XBH, 2 HR, 32 RBI, 8 BB, 0 SB, 1.85 WPA, 0.8 WAR
C: Everett Schreiber (ORA) – .315, .747 OPS, 48 R, 84 H, 22 XBH, 0 HR, 62 RBI, 14 BB, 0 SB, 2.87 WPA, 1.8 WAR
1B: William Busby (AME) – .351, .916 OPS, 57 R, 93 H, 24 XBH, 7 HR, 65 RBI, 27 BB, 1 SB, 3.79 WPA, 2.6 WAR
1B: Garfield Koonce (KC) – .363, .878 OPS, 54 R, 118 H, 31 XBH, 2 HR, 73 RBI, 5 BB, 1 SB, 4.43 WPA, 2.5 WAR
2B: Peter Boyce (AME) – .308, .743 OPS, 84 R, 99 H, 21 XBH, 2 HR, 59 RBI, 9 BB, 29 SB, 3.39 WPA, 2.5 WAR
2B: Babe Johnson (GOT) – .318, .838 OPS, 83 R, 102 H, 30 XBH, 2 HR, 68 RBI, 26 BB, 20 SB, 4.30 WPA, 2.1 WAR
3B: Will Chaffin (ORA) – .308, .774 OPS, 93 R, 100 H, 28 XBH, 0 HR, 38 RBI, 15 BB, 29 SB, 3.27 WPA, 2.5 WAR
3B: Werner Verstegen (AME) – .383, .908 OPS, 88 R, 124 H, 26 XBH, 1 HR, 44 RBI, 10 BB, 29 SB, 6.09 WPA, 3.6 WAR
SS: Edward Huntley (KNI) – .322, .811 OPS, 78 R, 102 H, 30 XBH, 0 HR, 50 RBI, 20 BB, 33 SB, 2.61 WPA, 2.8 WAR
SS: Anthony Mascherino (ORA) – .318, .767 OPS, 68 R, 102 H, 22 XBH, 54 RBI, 24 SB, +13.3 ZR, 3.39 WPA, 3.1 WAR

LF: Edward Donovan (KNI) – .351, .865 OPS, 83 R, 111 H, 32 XBH, 0 HR, 68 RBI, 13 BB, 39 SB, 2.82 WPA, 2.6 WAR
LF: Bernard Lambert (ORA) – .317, .793 OPS, 53 R, 88 H, 22 XBH, 0 HR, 38 RBI, 11 BB, 27 SB, 2.35 WPA, 1.4 WAR
CF: Willie Davis (AME) – .337, .865 OPS, 76 R, 103 H, 35 XBH, 0 HR, 50 RBI, 16 BB, 27 SB, 3.11 WPA, 2.9 WAR
CF: Franklin Petty (ORA) – .361, .858 OPS, 71 R, 114 H, 21 XBH, 77 RBI, 19 BB, 34 SB, +10.6 ZR, 4.77 WPA, 3.1 WAR
RF: Reginald Roper (FC) – .304, .722 OPS, 52 R, 93 H, 24 XBH, 0 HR, 43 RBI, 4 BB, 5 SB, 1.96 WPA, 0.9 WAR
RF: Clive Strachan (GOT) – .361, .867 OPS, 81 R, 122 H, 31 XBH, 0 HR, 51 RBI, 3 BB, 51 SB, 4.13 WPA, 3.6 WAR

The leaders in each conference also lead the way in All-Star nominations:

• ST. JOHN’S (5): Caliguri, Jensen, Pugatch, Smith, & Townsend
• ORANGE (6): Chaffin, Cordell, Lambert, Mascherino, Petty, & Schreiber

There will be two Greenhorns in this year’s All-Star Game:

• COLONIAL: Gaul & Stoffers
• METROPOLITAN: None

When the 1st APBL All-Star Game takes place next Monday, expect plenty of excitement as a new piece of baseball history is created.