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ROSTERS NAMED FOR 3RD APBL ALL-STAR GAME
ST. JOHN’S WILL HOST; AMERICAN & SHAMROCK LEAD NOMINATIONS WITH FIVE EACH

NEW YORK CITY (July 28, 1873) – Final vote tallies taken from fans, coaches, players, and Writers Pool members have been completed, and telegrams detailing the rosters for the 3rd 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 Colonial Conference is hosting this year’s game, so it was only natural that the hosting duties be awarded to the conference’s only champions: St. John’s and their home venue of Olneyville Field.

Among the rosters, 33 of 40 All-Stars are returnees and two are making their 15th appearance: Knickerbocker SS Edward Huntley and Orange LF Samuel Kessler. Every starter this year is a multiple-time All-Star – NBBO & APBL – with two exceptions: Flour City CF Ernest Dugas & Gotham 1B William Theriault. The other sixteen starters will be players who fans of the sport have known for years, and in some cases well over a decade.

The big surprise this year is the absence of Orange SS Anthony Mascherino, who will be missing his first All-Star Game after making his first fourteen between the NBBO & APBL. The legendary SS has a career-low .281 Average & .629 OPS, and as a result American greenhorn Martin Prince took the second SS spot in the Metropolitan Conference roster.

Here are the All-Star Game rosters, with total All-Star appearances between the NBBO & APBL noted and starters in red:

COLONIAL CONFERENCE

P: Carlton Dempsey (NIA/GH) – 17-16, 3.90 ERA, 17 K, 265.1 IP, 16 CG, 0 SHO, 1.50 WHIP, 0.7 K/BB, 3.3 WAR
P: James Goodman (FC/8th) – 21-12, 2.99 ERA, 82 K, 294.2 IP, 23 CG, 0 SHO, 1.26 WHIP, 5.9 K/BB, 7.3 WAR
P: Elmer Seabold (ALL/5th) – 18-15, 2.69 ERA, 67 K, 294.0 IP, 24 CG, 1 SHO, 1.33 WHIP, 2.2 K/BB, 4.0 WAR
P: Thomas Smith (STJ/6th) – 22-11, 3.16 ERA, 16 K, 276.1 IP, 20 CG, 1 SHO, 1.36 WHIP, 0.9 K/BB, 3.9 WAR

C: James Simon (SHA/4th) – .352, .761 OPS, 45 R, 94 H, 14 2B, 0 3B, 64 RBI, 4 BB, 1 SB, 3.1 WPA, 1.9 WAR
C: Falco v. d. Vaart (STJ/3rd) – .304, .656 OPS, 43 R, 80 H, 8 2B, 1 3B, 56 RBI, 6 BB, 1 SB, 1.4 WPA, 1.0 WAR
1B: Frank Bulger (SHA/2nd) – .327, .753 OPS, 70 R, 112 H, 14 2B, 7 3B, 61 RBI, 5 BB, 24 SB, 3.5 WPA, 2.7 WAR
1B: Albert Stoffers (MB/3rd) – .372, .863 OPS, 72 R, 127 H, 17 2B, 6 3B, 2 HR, 64 RBI, 7 BB, 4.0 WPA, 2.4 WAR
2B: Ralph Knight (FC/3rd) – .318, .717 OPS, 55 R, 101 H, 15 XBH, 1 HR, 56 RBI, 7 SB, +19.1 ZR, 1.4 WPA, 2.0 WAR
2B: Ernest Lewis (NIA/6th) – .346, .753 OPS, 76 R, 119 H, 11 2B, 4 3B, 69 RBI, 5 BB, 5 SB, 3.4 WPA, 1.6 WAR
3B: Andrew Brannon (MB/2nd) – .309, .723 OPS, 60 R, 94 H, 14 2B, 4 3B, 52 RBI, 10 BB, 37 SB, 2.5 WPA, 1.6 WAR
3B: William Dickerson (SHA/4th) – .339, .813 OPS, 75 R, 116 H, 18 2B, 11 3B, 73 RBI, 9 BB, 30 SB, 4.3 WPA, 3.1 WAR
SS: William Schumacher (SHA/1st) – .266, .619 OPS, 59 R, 83 H, 15 XBH, 1 HR, 50 RBI, 6 BB, 9 SB, 1.4 WPA, 1.2 WAR
SS: Gerald Strong (ALL/4th) – .299, .682 OPS, 79 R, 92 H, 8 2B, 6 3B, 35 RBI, 23 SB, +16.9 ZR, 2.0 WPA, 2.7 WAR

LF: John Gaynor (NIA/1st) – .323, .762 OPS, 81 R, 101 H, 19 XBH, 2 HR, 42 RBI, 7 BB, 41 SB, 3.2 WPA, 1.6 WAR
LF: Konrad Jensen (StJ/13th) – .364, .852 OPS, 91 R, 120 H, 19 XBH, 1 HR, 66 RBI, 22 BB, 71 SB, 5.3 WPA, 3.6 WAR
CF: Ernest Dugas (FC/1st) – .337, .765 OPS, 65 R, 118 H, 14 2B, 8 3B, 73 RBI, 1 BB, 19 SB, 3.9 WPA, 2.1 WAR
CF: Hiram Majors (SHA/4th) – .310, .759 OPS, 50 R, 78 H, 20 XBH, 3 HR, 45 RBI, 7 BB, 12 SB, 2.2 WPA, 1.8 WAR
RF: Reginald Roper (NIA/5th) – .367, .844 OPS, 88 R, 127 H, 13 2B, 11 3B, 75 RBI, 6 BB, 9 SB, 3.7 WPA, 2.5 WAR
RF: Nelson Townsend (StJ/11th) – .318, .771 OPS, 81 R, 107 H, 24 XBH, 56 RBI, 18 BB, 47 SB, 3.3 WPA, 2.2 WAR

METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE

P: Paul Caldwell (ORA/1st) – 17-13, 4.00 ERA, 12 K, 254.0 IP, 17 CG, 1 SHO, 1.43 WHIP, 0.7 K/BB, 2.8 WAR
P: Jim Creighton (EXC/12th) – 21-15, 3.39 ERA, 113 K, 308.0 IP, 21 CG, 0 SHO, 1.31 WHIP, 3.0 K/BB, 5.7 WAR
P: Peadar Daly (KNI/8th) – 16-11, 3.76 ERA, 19 K, 268.1 IP, 17 G, 0 SHO, 1.42 WHIP, 0.9 K/BB, 3.2 WAR
P: John Henry (AME/4th) – 25-3, 3.20 ERA, 16 K, 272.2 IP, 16 CG, 1 SHO, 1.21 WHIP, 0.7 K/BB, 2.7 WAR

C: Howard LeBouf (GOT/3rd) – .325, .713 OPS, 49 R, 88 H, 7 2B, 4 3B, 35 RBI, 3 BB, 18 SB, 1.8 WPA, 1.8 WAR
C: Everett Schreiber (ORA/6th) – .303, .716 OPS, 41 R, 80 H, 17 XBH, 1 HR, 56 RBI, 11 BB, 0 SB, 2.2 WPA, 1.9 WAR
1B: Garfield Koonce (KC/5th) – .354, .774 OPS, 60 R, 120 H, 13 2B, 1 3B, 66 RBI, 9 BB, 6 SB, 3.6 WPA, 2.0 WAR
1B: William Theriault (GOT/1st) – .361, .832 OPS, 48 R, 92 H, 20 XBH, 1 HR, 70 RBI, 3 BB, 4 SB, 3.4 WPA, 1.8 WAR
2B: Peter Boyce (AME/6th) – .336, .756 OPS, 76 R, 110 H, 13 XBH, 1 HR, 66 RBI, 33 SB, +14.8 ZR, 3.8 WPA, 2.5 WAR
2B: Babe Johnson (GOT/5th) – .339, .810 OPS, 73 R, 113 H, 24 XBH, 1 HR, 71 RBI, 13 BB, 27 SB, 2.7 WPA, 2.1 WAR
3B: Gil Cappelletti (EXC/4th) – .355, .814 OPS, 64 R, 115 H, 14 2B, 6 3B, 59 RBI, 9 BB, 4 SB, 3.9 WPA, 2.9 WAR
3B: Werner Verstegen (KNI/5th) – .319, .746 OPS, 98 R, 111 H, 21 XBH, 1 HR, 56 RBI, 12 BB, 36 SB, 4.7 WPA, 2.3 WAR
SS: Edward Huntley (KNI/15th) – .354, .852 OPS, 92 R, 120 H, 27 XBH, 2 HR, 82 RBI, 16 BB, 28 SB, 5.5 WPA, 3.3 WAR
SS: Martin Prince (AME/GH) – .316, .743 OPS, 70 R, 96 H, 18 XBH, 2 HR, 56 RBI, 23 SB, +21.3 ZR, 3.4 WPA, 3.0 WAR

LF: Edward Donovan (KNI/6th) – .318, .740 OPS, 74 R, 104 H, 20 XBH, 2 HR, 76 RBI, 9 BB, 40 SB, 4.3 WPA, 2.5 WAR
LF: Samuel Kessler (ORA/15th) – .363, .823 OPS, 83 R, 124 H, 24 XBH, 1 HR, 62 RBI, 8 BB, 26 SB, 2.8 WPA, 2.6 WAR
CF: James Burke (AME/7th) – .360, .874 OPS, 100 R, 120 H, 26 XBH, 1 HR, 92 RBI, 15 BB, 86 SB, 5.5 WPA, 3.8 WAR
CF: Louis Dyke (KNI/1st) – .315, .726 OPS, 71 R, 101 H, 16 2B, 7 3B, 55 RBI, 3 BB, 34 SB, 3.6 WPA, 2.4 WAR
RF: Franklin Petty (AME/8th) – .306, .728 OPS, 98 R, 104 H, 23 XBH, 2 HR, 56 RBI, 12 BB, 62 SB, 4.7 WPA, 2.2 WAR
RF: Clive Strachan (GOT/5th) – .342, .794 OPS, 99 R, 125 H, 25 XBH, 2 HR, 46 RBI, 6 BB, 60 SB, 5.4 WPA, 2.9 WAR


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

• ST. JOHN’S (4): Jensen, Smith, Townsend, & van der Vaart
• AMERICAN (5): Boyce, Burke, Henry, Petty, & Prince

St. John’s does not have the most All-Stars from the Colonial. Instead, that honor goes to Shamrock:

• SHAMROCK (5): Bulger, Dickerson, Majors, Schumacher, & Simon

There are seven first-time All-Stars, and there will be two Greenhorns playing:

• COLONIAL: Carlton Dempsey (P, NIA)
• METROPOLITAN: Martin Prince (SS, AME)

The 3rd APBL All-Star Game takes place next Monday afternoon at Olneyville Field in Providence. First Pitch is scheduled for just after 1:00 PM.