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ROSTERS NAMED FOR 4TH APBL ALL-STAR GAME
AMERICAN WILL HOST; CONFERENCE LEADERS TOP NOMINATIONS WITH SIX EACH

NEW YORK CITY (July 27, 1874) – Final vote tallies taken from fans, coaches, players, and Writers Pool members have been completed, and telegrams detailing the rosters for the 4th 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 (see note below)

It’s the Metropolitan Conference’s turn to host the festivities this year, and who better to host than defending champions American, who arguably had the best season in baseball history in 1873.

While for each of the first three editions of the APBL All-Star Game every team had to have a player nominated, league executives decided that Kings County could go without one this year on account of their 17-55 record. That was good news for the corner infielders of the Metropolitan Conference, because 1B has been a particular strength of the Metro this year.

Not surprisingly, it’s the conference leaders, Alleghany & Orange, that lead the way in nominees with six each.

There are four first-time All-Stars among the nominees, as well as one Greenhorn: Massachusetts Bay C Lane Garvin. That means Mass. Bay 1B Albert Stoffers will miss the ASG for the first time, although he isn’t the most notable omission as Samuel Kessler is missing an All-Star Game for the first time in his career after fifteen straight appearances.

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

COLONIAL CONFERENCE

P: Raynard Cordell (ALL/3rd) – 20-12, 2.95 ERA, 304.2 IP, 22 CG, 0 SHO, 18 K, 0.6 K/BB, 1.25 WHIP, 1.8 WAR
P: James Goodman (FC/9th) – 17-7, 3.41 ERA, 214.0 IP, 14 CG, 0 SHO, 58 K, 2.3 K/BB, 1.33 WHIP, 4.9 WAR
P: Elmer Seabold (ALL/6th) – 22-13, 3.26 ERA, 282.0 IP, 21 CG, 1 SHO, 61 K, 1.4 K/BB, 1.40 WHIP, 3.5 WAR
P: Thomas Smith (STJ/7th) – 18-15, 2.59 ERA, 285.1 IP, 21 CG, 0 SHO, 17 K, 0.6 K/BB, 1.30 WHIP, 3.6 WAR

C: Lane Garvin (MB/GH) – .341, .747 OPS, 50 R, 92 H, 12 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 40 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB, 2.4 WPA, 1.4 WAR
C: Harry Thompson (ALL/1st) – .357, .812 OPS, 49 R, 85 H, 14 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 47 RBI, 3 BB, 0 SB, 2.70 WPA, 1.9 WAR
1B: Frank Bulger (SHA/3rd) – .339, .783 OPS, 62 R, 98 H, 16 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 46 RBI, 2 BB, 35 SB, 1.5 WPA, 2.5 WAR
1B: Mario Fusilli (StJ/5th) – .383, .864 OPS, 77 R, 129 H, 18 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 75 RBI, 9 BB, 6 SB, 5.1 WPA, 2.8 WAR
2B: Burton Ellerby (ALL/2nd) – .293, .658 OPS, 49 R, 88 H, 9 2B, 5 3B, 0 HR, 52 RBI, 5 BB, 1 SB, 1.3 WPA, 1.6 WAR
2B: Harold Groves (SHA/2nd) – .278, .655 OPS, 66 R, 87 H, 13 2B, 5 3B, 1 HR, 55 RBI, 6 BB, 12 SB, 3.0 WPA, 1.5 WAR
3B: William Dickerson (SHA/5th) – .317, .741 OPS, 61 R, 101 H, 16 2B, 7 3B, 0 HR, 63 RBI, 8 BB, 37 SB, 1.9 WPA, 2.0 WAR
3B: Hugh Harris (FC/6th) – .312, .804 OPS, 84 R, 103 H, 17 2B, 10 3B, 3 HR, 66 RBI, 20 BB, 28 SB, 5.7 WPA, 2.1 WAR
SS: William Schumacher (NIA/2nd) – .305, .727 OPS, 58 R, 94 H, 14 2B, 9 3B, 1 HR, 51 RBI, 2 BB, 12 SB, 3.4 WPA, 1.7 WAR
SS: Gerald Strong (ALL/4th) – .354, .803 OPS, 80 R, 123 H, 13 2B, 5 3B, 1 HR, 46 RBI, 20 SB, +17.8 ZR, 4.8 WPA, 4.1 WAR

LF: Earl Crosby (SHA/3rd) – .293, .703 OPS, 74 R, 92 H, 9 2B, 6 3B, 1 HR, 31 RBI, 13 BB, 51 SB, 3.8 WPA, 2.3 WAR
LF: Konrad Jensen (StJ/14th) – .366, .873 OPS, 76 R, 113 H, 10 2B, 9 3B, 0 HR, 61 RBI, 29 BB, 46 SB, 4.6 WPA, 3.1 WAR
CF: Rudolph Decker (StJ/2nd) – .289, .714 OPS, 87 R, 101 H, 12 2B, 12 3B, 2 HR, 49 RBI, 7 BB, 43 SB, 3.5 WPA, 1.6 WAR
CF: Ernest Dugas (FC/2nd) – .314, .737 OPS, 65 R, 109 H, 18 2B, 9 3B, 0 HR, 63 RBI, 4 BB, 18 SB, 3.4 WPA, 1.8 WAR
RF: Ashley Hearns (ALL/2nd) – .307, .720 OPS, 58 R, 101 H, 22 2B, 5 3B, 0 HR, 74 RBI, 6 BB, 9 SB, 2.7 WPA, 1.3 WAR
RF: Nelson Townsend (StJ/12th) – .324, .765 OPS, 94 R, 110 H, 10 2B, 9 3B, 0 HR, 47 RBI, 20 BB, 52 SB, 2.7 WPA, 2.0 WAR

METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE

P: Paul Caldwell (ORA/2nd) – 21-9, 2.92 ERA, 243.2 IP, 18 CG, 2 SHO, 18 K, 1.1 K/BB, 1.29 WHIP, 2.6 WAR
P: Jim Creighton (EXC/13th) – 25-15, 2.60 ERA, 318.2 IP, 22 CG, 1 SHO, 113 K, 4.2 K/BB, 1.20 WHIP, 6.7 WAR
P: John Henry (AME/5th) – 18-12, 3.38 ERA, 266.1 IP, 15 CG, 0 SHO, 17 K, 0.8 K/BB, 1.34 WHIP, 2.5 WAR
P: Everton McLean (KNI/1st) – 20-12, 2.96 ERA, 292.1 IP, 20 CG, 0 SHO, 15 K, 0.5 K/BB, 1.28 WHIP, 2.5 WAR

C: Albert Goddard (EXC/3rd) – .298, .667 OPS, 41 R, 72 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 36 RBI, 8 BB, 0 SB, 0.6 WPA, 1.2 WAR
C: Everett Schreiber (ORA/7th) – .368, .819 OPS, 56 R, 103 H, 17 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 65 RBI, 7 BB, 1 SB, 4.6 WPA, 3.0 WAR
1B: Cormack Alexander (KNI/8th) – .348, .831 OPS, 68 R, 109 H, 15 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 48 RBI, 28 BB, 10 SB, 4.2 WPA, 3.4 WAR
1B: William Busby (AME/6th) – .386, .868 OPS, 75 R, 119 H, 15 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 86 RBI, 14 BB, 1 SB, 4.0 WPA, 2.7 WAR
2B: Babe Johnson (GOT/6th) – .338, .805 OPS, 71 R, 111 H, 17 2B, 5 3B, 0 HR, 87 RBI, 27 BB, 35 SB, 5.5 WPA, 2.5 WAR
2B: Charles Whitehead (ORA/1st) – .329, .747 OPS, 67 R, 107 H, 13 2B, 6 3B, 0 HR, 46 RBI, 4 BB, 1 SB, 1.2 WPA, 2.4 WAR
3B: Will Chaffin (ORA/4th) – .320, .739 OPS, 72 R, 98 H, 19 2B, 5 3B, 0 HR, 60 RBI, 3 BB, 16 SB, 1.9 WPA, 2.3 WAR
3B: Elijah Hill (EXC/3rd) – .354, 807 OPS, 70 R, 120 H, 19 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 70 RBI, 4 BB, 6 SB, 5.6 WPA, 2.7 WAR
SS: Edward Huntley (KNI/16th) – .329, .743 OPS, 63 R, 109 H, 10 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 62 RBI, 11 BB, 18 SB, 3.7 WPA, 1.9 WAR
SS: Anthony Mascherino (ORA/15th) – .318, .704 OPS, 83 R, 113 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 42 RBI, 6 BB, 29 SB, +15.0 ZR, 4.4 WPA, 3.3 WAR

LF: Willie Davis (AME/13th) – .339, .802 OPS, 85 R, 116 H, 15 2B, 6 3B, 2 HR, 61 RBI, 13 BB, 29 SB, 3.5 WPA, 2.0 WAR
LF: Troy Oberst (EXC/4th) – .325, .754 OPS, 78 R, 113 H, 22 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 60 RBI, 7 BB, 3 SB, 2.9 WPA, 2.2 WAR
CF: Taliesin Buckley (ORA/9th) – .297, .707 OPS, 51 R, 88 H, 9 2B, 10 3B, 1 HR, 69 RBI, 4 BB, 17 SB, 3.3 WPA, 1.5 WAR
CF: James Burke (AME/8th) – .340, .801 OPS, 87 R, 115 H, 12 2B, 6 3B, 2 HR, 63 RBI, 16 BB, 66 SB, 4.7 WPA, 2.9 WAR
RF: Franklin Petty (AME/9th) – .341, .794 OPS, 62 R, 85 H, 12 2B, 4 3B, 0 HR, 45 RBI, 11 BB, 33 SB, 2.2 WPA, 1.5 WAR
RF: Clive Strachan (GOT/6th) – .344, .798 OPS, 97 R, 118 H, 10 2B, 8 3B, 2 HR, 41 RBI, 6 BB, 61 SB, 5.0 WPA, 3.1 WAR



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

• ALLEGHANY (6): Cordell, Ellerby, Hearns, Seabold, Strong, & Thompson
• ORANGE (6): Buckley, Caldwell, Chaffin, Mascherino, Schreiber, & Whitehead

Both teams lead their conference in All-Star nominations.

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

• COLONIAL: Garvin (GH) & Thompson
• METROPOLITAN: Hearns & McLean

The 4th APBL All-Star Game takes place next Monday afternoon at Glenwood Field in Philadelphia. First Pitch is scheduled for just after 1:00 PM.