Secondary draft available players
Players available for the secondary draft
Here is the list of secondary players that will be available to fill rosters and allow us to being the league with 24 teams and therefore with 6 divisions, two wildcards and so 8 playoff teams right from the start in 1946.
These players are drawn from four sources: The American Association teams of the 19th century; the Players League which lasted only two seasons; the Federal League of 1914-15; and those players who played ONLY during the World War II seasons 1943-45. To be eligible for this last group, players must not have played MLB at any time (at least must not have a presence in the WIS database) before 1942 or after 1945, and only their 1943-5 seasons will used here. +
The parameters I used to find these players were the following:
For position players, for the American Association and Federal League, players had to have a minimum of 200 PA and a maximum of 400 PA and a batting average of .299 or lower. No .300 hitters among secondary players. For the Players League, the maximum was raised to 550 PA but the other parameters were the same as for the AA and the FL. For the World War II players, I used a minimum of 200 PA and a maximum of 500 PA, and the same max of .299 batting average. I relaxed these criteria and made exceptions only for two or three Shortstops here and there to insure enough of this key position to go around. There seem to be an unusually large number of catchers. Remember that many of these players have secondary positions as well, which can sometimes make them valuable to a team in our league.
For pitchers, for all leagues and time periods I used the same criteria: a minimum of 50 and maximum of 200 IP and a minimum WHIP of 1.35. No cookies.
The basic standard I kept in mind was this – Would this player or type of player alter significantly the competitive balance in the league or be likely to decide a divisional race ?
These players are intended to be used as bench players, platoons where you have a half time starting regular, as pinch- hitters, as starting players where there are not enough players in our league season with full time PA, as fourth or fifth, or where we are desperate third and fourth starting pitchers, long and middle relievers, and in at least a few cases, though less often as defensive subs. Some of them are good enough to be starting players and you may use them as you like, many are just awful. You may trade them, but no team may keep them beyond the currently played season. They ALL return to the secondary draft pool after each season to re-drafted anew. We will use them until baseball itself expanded in real life so that we can already begin to reduce the use of them perhaps as early as 1962, reduce them significantly in 1969 and by the following expansions eliminate their use altogether.
These players will be available for all of our secondary drafts, following our ordinary, annual draft of new players and free agents from the American and National Leagues. These players will NOT advance in time, only these player seasons will be available to help fill rosters and positions needed. Only the specific season listed – identified by the number of PA/162 or IP/162 - may be used for the player involved.
Players with more than one available season may be drafted only in one player-season iteration in any given draft – thus if Scott Stratton 1889 has been drafted already, Scott Stratton 1888 MAY NOT also be drafted for that same league season, but may be drafted in any other season if another Stratton year has not been previously drafted, in which case the other Stratton seasons are unavailable to also draft for that same season of play. Likewise if the OF version of Famer Vaughn has been drafted already, the Catcher versions of Farmer Vaughn are no longer available for drafting for that season, and vice versa.
Players who played with more than one team in the same season (the definition of a “partial” season) likewise may only be drafted once in any given draft as well –once drafted by one owner and team, that player is no longer available for that season of our league play.
YOU MAY USE ONLY THE PLAYER SEASON WITH THE PA/162 LISTED HERE FOR THAT PLAYER, AND NOT ANY OTHER OF THE SAME SEASON OR ANY OTHER SEASON.
No clones will exist in our league. There will be only one version of any player in the league at any one time in any of our seasons, though which version it is may vary from season to season.
THE PLAYERS LISTED HERE MAY BE NOT REMAIN ON THE TEAMS DRAFTING THEM AS KEEPERS, BUT RETURN TO THE POOL OF AVAILABLE SECONDARY PLAYERS BEFORE EVERY NEW DRAFT. ONLY THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND NATIONAL LEAGUE MLB PLAYERS FROM THE SEASON WE ARE PLAYING CURRENTLY MAY BE LISTED AS KEEPERS FOR SUCCESSIVE SEASONS.
NO COMPUTER GENERATED AAA MAY BE USED OR TRADED, THOUGH THESE SECONDARY PLAYERS MAY BE TRADED, PROVIDED IT IS REMEMBERED THAT NEITHER TEAM CAN HOLD THEM AS KEEPERS FOR SUCCESSIVE SEASONS.
AL and NL available players – why we need another available pool:
Available Position players
Our League begins in the 1946 season. The available players from MLB for 1946 number:
1946 – American League -160
1946 – National League - 159
MLB 1946 Total - 319
Further:
There is a low point at the start of the Korean War in 1950:
1950 – AL (138) plus NL (134) players = 272 divided by 24 teams = 11.33 per team.
Available Pitchers
1946 American League – 102
1946 National League – 107
MLB Total 1946 – 209
Low point:
1950 – AL 107 pitchers, NL 90 – MLB total 197 – divided by 24 teams comes to – 8.20 pitchers per team
Secondary Draft Players
Position Players
All seasons
Players League min 200 up to max 550 PA/162 and max .299 BA - 37
Federal League min 200 up to max 400 PA/162 and max .299 BA - 66
American Association min 200 up to max 400 PA/162 and max .299 BA – 199
AL/NL 1943-45 only min 200 up to max 500 PA/162 and max .299 BA - 55
Total available – 357 plus 272 MLB in 1950 = 629 position players divided by 24 = 26.2 player/yrs. per team
Pitchers
Players League min 50 IP up to max 200 IP with WHIP 1.35 and up – 13
Federal League min 50 up to max 200 IP and with WHIP 1.35 and up – 42
American Association min 50 up to max 200 IP and with WHIP 1.35 and up – 114
AL/NL 1943-45 only min 50 up to max 200 IP and with WHIP 1.35 and up - 57
Total available 189 plus 1950 MLB total of 197 pitchers =386 div. by 24 teams = 16.1 pitcher/yrs per team
Secondary Draft Pool
Player PA/162
Catchers
Nick Allen 1915 254
Kid Baldwin 1886 382
Kid Baldwin 1888 335
Kid Baldwin 1889 270
Claude Berry 1915 356
Walter Blair 1915 333
Frank Bowes 1890 393
Jack Boyle 1888 328
Jack Boyle 1890 495
Jim Brennan 1890 312
Drummond Brown 1915 265
Willard Brown 1890 302
Doc Bushong 1887 257
Doc Bushong 1888 301
Harry Chapman 1914 215
Harry Chapman 1915 229
Bob Clark 1886 339
Bob Clark 1887 224
Bob Clark 1889 248
Spider Clark 1890 348
Paul Cook 1887 284
Paul Cook 1888 233
Paul Cook 1889 364
Paul Cook 1890 288
Paul Cook 1891 228
Amos Cross 1886 391
Lave Cross 1887 261
Lave Cross 1888 221
Lave Cross 1889 260
Lave Cross 1890 318
Con Daily 1890 226
Law Daniels 1887 209
Dell Darling 1890 300
Tom Dolan 1886 228
Jim Donahue 1887 296
Jim Donahue 1889 323
Jim Donahue 1891 396
Tom Dowse 1891 256
Jack Doyle 1890 376
Ted Easterly 1915 358
Bob Finley 1944 324
Chris Fulmer 1886 396
Chris Fulmer 1887 286
Chris Fulmer 1888 224
Mike Garbark 1944 344
Mike Garbark 1945 215
Jocko Halligan 1890 285
Bill Hallman 1890 488
Grover Hartley 1914 250
Jackie Hayes 1885 210
Bill Holbert 1885 315
Bill Holbert 1886 213
Bill Holbert 1887 320
Charlie Hoover 1889 342
Jim Keenan 1885 203
Jim Keenan 1887 224
Tom Kinslow 1890 312
Grover Land 1914 373
Grover Land 1915 324
Deacon McGuire 1888 213
Dave McKeough 1890 318
Doggie Miller 1885 249
Jocko Milligan 1885 395
Jocko Milligan 1886 387
Jocko Milligan 1888 286
Jocko Milligan 1890 321
Dee Moore 1943 233
John Munyan 1891 273
Morgan Murphy 1890 327
Jack O’Brien 1885 362
Jack O’Brien 1888 257
Paddy O’Connor 1915 256
Tom O’Rourke 1890 222
Frank Owens 1914 207
Frank Owens 1915 379
Jimmy Peoples 1885 261
Jimmy Peoples 1887 349
Herman Pitz 1890 388
Tom Quinn 1889 257
Tom Quinn 1890 288
Charlie Reipschlager 1886 291
Charlie Reipschlager 1887 301
Wilbert Robinson 1887 340
Wilbert Robinson 1888 321
Wilbert Robinson 1889 331
Harvey Russell 1914 200
Jack Ryan 1891 319
Harry Sage 1890 376
Ken Sears 1943 212
Mike Simon 1914 327
Pop Snyder 1885 230
Pop Snyder 1886 278
Pop Snyder 1887 362
Pop Snyder 1888 300
Pop Tate 1889 326
Pop Tate 1890 386
George Townsend 1888 203
George Townsend 1890 339
George Townsend 1891 275
Jim Toy 1890 282
Sam Trott 1887 395
Al Unser 1945 233
Farmer Vaughn 1890 218
Farmer Vaughn 1891 308
Joe Visner 1889 397
Chief Zimmer 1888 288
First Basemen
Joe Agler 1915 368
Hugh Bradley 1915 260
Charlie Comiskey 1890 466
Paul Cook 1886 324
Dell Darling 1890 300
Buck Etchison 1944 367
Clyde Engle 1914 295
Kerby Farrell 1943 321
Kerby Farrell 1945 464
Jim Field 1885 335
Jim Field 1890 279
Guy Hecker 1888 274
Max Macon 1944 400
Joe Mack 1945 323
Al McCauley 1891 286
Bill McGhee 1944 324
Mox McQuery 1891 342
Hap Myers 1914 380
Tom O’Brien 1890 391
Cy Rheam 1914 251
Otto Schomberg 1886 364
Milt Scott 1885 317
Vince Shupe 1945 326
Skyrocket Smith 1888 290
Harry Swacina 1915 336
Second Basemen
Sam Barkley 1889 226
Al Bridwell 1915 221
Jack Burdock 1888 395
Tony Daniels 1945 263
Jim Delahanty 1914 269
Tom Downey 1915 337
Jack Farrell 1915 275
Joe Farrell 1886 388
Tom Forster 1885 347
Tom Forster 1886 329
Gid Gardner 1885 271
Frank Hankinson 1888 204
Bill Higgins 1890 344
Otto Knabe 1915 392
Charlie Letchas 1944 462
Jack Lewis 1915 266
Tim Manning 1885 307
Bill McClellan 1888 370
John Meister 1886 228
John Misse 1914 388
Yank Robinson 1890 528
Taylor Shaffer 1890 358
Dan Shannon 1890 527
Ben Steiner 1945 362
Pete Sweeney 1890 335
Dasher Troy 1885 279
Fred Vaughn 1945 313
Third Basemen
Billy Alvord 1889 232
Billy Alvord 1891 388
Ollie Beard 1891 345
Bill Bradley 1915 233
Ted Cieslak 1944 259
Gray Clarke 1944 205
Ellis Clary 1943 407
Jumbo Davis 1886 284
Jumbo Davis 1889 314
Jumbo Davis 1890 290
Harry Fritz 1914 214
Harry Fritz 1915 283
Jack Gleason 1886 392
Gil Hatfield 1890 381
John Irwin 1890 436
Heinie Kappel 1889 229
Bill Keuhne 1891 321
Enos Kirkpatrick 1914 209
Enos Kirkpatrick 1915 214
Art Kores 1915 252
Ty LaForest 1945 232
Arlie Latham 1890 505
Hal Luby 1944 407
John McGlone 1888 272
Phil Reccius 1887 376
Len Schulte 1945 499
Glenn Stewart 1944 439
George Strief 1885 267
Pete Sweeney 1889 326
Johnny Tobin 1945 328
Ned Williamson 1890 361
Tex Wisterzil 1915 375
Shortstops
Vic Barnhart 1945 227
Charlie Bastian 1890 380
Ed Busch 1945 495
Bobby Bragan 1944 303
Al Cihocki 1945 343
Henry Easterday 1890 395
Jack Farrell 1889 209
Frank Fennelly 1890 341
Wally Flager 1945 260
Ed Gagnier 1914 379
Al Glossop 1943 265
Pep Goodwin 1915 276
John Grim 1890 259
Al Halt 1914 293
Ray Hamrick 1943 178
Ray Hamrick 1944 340
Ed Herr 1888 224
Joe Hoover 1944 520
Joe Hoover 1945 265
Sadie Houck 1886 332
Arthur Irwin 1890 495
Jimmy Macullar 1886 395
Chippy McGarr 1886 334
Tom McLaughlin 1886 333
Bitsy Mott 1945 339
Marr Phillips 1890 355
Joe Quest 1886 204
Johnny Rawlings 1914 309
John Richmond 1885 206
Roxey Roach 1915 395
Jimmy Smith 1915 362
Glenn Stewart 1943 401
Bobby Wheelock 1890 260
Bill White 1888 250
Outfielders
Ed Andrews 1890 536
Babe Barna 1943 273
Ed Beecher 1891 398
Steve Behel 1886 297
Everett Booe 1914 333
Ernie Burch 1887 266
Oyster Burns 1888 256
Scrappy Carroll 1887 291
Bob Caruthers 1888 384
John Cassidy 1885 336
Spider Clark 1890 348
Monk Cline 1888 387
Cad Coles 1914 220
Glenn Crawford 1945 368
Ervin Curtis 1891 280
Law Daniels 1888 289
Frank Delahanty 1914 332
Jim Donahue 1886 239
Delos Drake 1915 397
Billy Earle 1889 236
Steve Evans 1915 279
Jim Fogarty 1890 514
Pat Friel 1890 359
Tom Gettinger 1890 298
Ed Glenn 1886 349
Walt Goldsby 1888 210
Mike Goodfellow 1888 348
Pete Gray 1945 272
Ed Greer 1885 329
Ed Greer 1886 377
Jocko Halligan 1890 285
Bill Hallman 1890 488
Charlie Hanford 1915 210
Ned Harris 1943 433
Paul Hines 1891 285
Buster Hoover 1886 217
Charlie Hostetler 1944 308
Dick Johnston 1890 415
Charley Jones 1887 323
Al Kaiser 1914 228
Joe Kappel 1890 282
LaRue Kirby 1914 230
LaRue Kirby 1915 215
Lon Knight 1885 320
Fred Kommers 1914 353
Art Kruger 1915 278
Fred Mann 1887 305
Max Marshall 1944 266
Babe Martin 1945 218
Buster Maynard 1943 449
Jimmy McAleer 1890 473
Tex McDonald 1914 302
Tex McDonald 1915 300
Jack McGeachy 1891 243
Bill McGhee 1945 297
Jim McTamany 1885 203
Jim McTamany 1891 311
John Meister 1887 214
Charlie Metro 1944 136
Charlie Metro 1945 246
Candy Nelson 1887 382
Hugh Nicol 1886 326
Butch Nieman 1943 398
Butch Nieman 1945 311
Pat O’Connell 1886 221
Jack O’Connor 1891 284
Paul O’Dea 1944 209
Paul O’Dea 1945 280
John Pickett 1889 254
John Rainey 1890 240
Hardy Richardson 1891 383
Chief Roseman 1887 309
Mike Slattery 1891 278
Mayo Smith 1945 264
Joe Sommer 1888 374
Charlie Sprague 1890 268
Scott Stratton 1888 322
Scott Stratton 1889 287
Joe Strauss 1886 365
Lou Sylvester 1886 289
Adonis Terry 1885 397
Red Treadway 1944 194
Red Treadway 1945 266
Larry Twitchell 1890 549
Larry Twitchell 1891 291
Farmer Vaughn 1888 233
Curt Welch 1890 377
Guy Zinn 1914 260
Guy Zinn 1915 378
Pitchers 189 IP/162
Dan Adams 1914 146
Willie Adams 1914 60
Orie Arntzen 1943 173
Al Atkinson 1887 152
Bill Bailey 1914 136
Jersey Bakely 1891 196
Lady Baldwin 1890 77
George Bausewine 1889 68
Buck Becannon 1885 128
Ed Begley 1885 173
Charlie Bell 1891 102
Harry Billiard 1914 134
Jim Bluejacket 1915 174
Summer Bowman 1891 80
Chick Brandom 1915 54
Ad Brennan 1915 113
Jack Brewer 1944 58
Jack Brewer 1945 171
Joe Brown 1885 57
Mordecai Brown 1914 61
Cy Buker 1945 92
Harry Burrell 1891 52
Will Calhan 1891 131
Ben Cardoni 1944 80
Arnold Carter 1944 157
Arnold Carter 1945 50
Ed Cassian 1891 108
Rex Cecil 1944 65
Ben Chapman 1944 84
Ben Chapman 1945 64
Ken Chase 1943 166
Dick Conger 1943 58
Snipe Conley 1915 91
John Conner 1885 64
Dick Conway 1886 95
Billy Cowell 1888 196
Jack Creel 1945 92
Cookie Cuccurullo 1944 113
Cookie Cuccurullo 1945 60
Bert Cunningham 1890 134
Ed Cushman 1885 126
Hugh Daily 1887 173
Bill Daily 1891 153
Frank Dasso 1945 101
Walt Dickson 1915 103
John Doran 1891 149
Jesse Duryea 1891 120
Frank Dwyer 1890 82
Jack Easton 1891 161
Zeb Eaton 1945 57
Howard Ehmke 1915 58
Ed Eitejorge 1891 74
Bones Ely 1886 53
Slim Emmerich 1945 107
Bob Emslie 1885 197
Duke Esper 1890 177
Bill Fagan 1888 175
Alex Ferson 1890 88
John Fitzgerald 1890 101
Russ Ford 1915 136
Tom Ford 1890 84
Buck Freeman 1891 53
Charlie Fuchs 1943 120
Glenn Gardner 1945 58
Steve Gerkin 1945 111
Bob Gilks 1887 134
Hank Gornicki 1943 155
Ed Hanyzewski 1943 138
Ed Hanyzewski 1944 62
Ben Harris 1914 166
Clem Hausmann 1944 145
Clem Hausmann 1945 132
Randy Heflin 1945 108
George Hemming 1890 177
Hardie Henderson 1887 136
Don Hendrickson 1945 79
Pete Henning 1914 149
Ernie Herbert 1914 54
Ernie Herbert 1915 51
Frank Hoffman 1888 128
John Hofford 1886 96
Byron Houck 1914 109
Nat Hudson 1889 72
Mickey Hughes 1889 181
Mickey Hughes 1890 133
Bill Husted 1890 160
Chief Johnson 1914 149
Johnny Johnson 1945 76
Rankin Johnson 1915 61
Vic Johnson 1945 90
Matt Kilroy 1891 74
Matt Kilroy 1887 128
John Kirby 1887 128
Ed Knouff 1885 154
Ed Knouff 1887 136
Ed Lafitte 1915 180
Jack Leiper 1891 54
Ezra Lincoln 1890 170
Bob Logan 1945 200
Lou Lucier 1943 79
Kid Madden 1890 75
Dan Marion 1914 94
Ed Mars 1890 155
Rube Marshall 1915 64
Bobby Mathews 1887 71
Bert Maxwell 1914 76
Al Mays 1889 165
John McCarty 1889 142
Mike McDermott 1889 99
Willie McGill 1891 106
Jumbo McGinnis 1886 103
Tom McGuire 1914 139
Larry McKeon 1886 184
Jim Mertz 1943 124
Bob Miller 1891 51
Harry Moran 1914 166
Ed Morris 1890 183
Mike Morrison 1890 196
Frank Mountain 1885 68
Bill Mountjoy 1885 79
Bob Murphy 1890 187
Con Murphy 1890 171
Joe Murphy 1886 101
Joe Neale 1887 50
Dave Odom 1943 58
Ed O’Neil 1890 84
Emmett O’Neill 1943 62
Emmett O’Neill 1944 160
Emmett O’Neill 1945 150
Joe Orrell 1945 51
George Pechiney 1887 107
Charlie Petty 1889 52
Lee Pfund 1945 66
Abner Powell 1886 75
Jim Powers 1890 50
George Proeser 1888 73
Ewald Pyle 1943 77
Ewald Pyle 1944 173
Toad Ramsey 1889 165
Xavier Rescigno 1943 140
Xavier Rescigno 1944 132
Xavier Rescigno 1945 83
George Rettger 1891 111
Bill Sayles 1943 57
Al Schultz 1914 184
Billy Serad 1888 62
Ed Seward 1890 189
Frank Seward 1944 83
John Shaffer 1887 137
Gus Shallix 1885 133
Sam Shaw 1888 63
Lev Shreve 1887 192
Elmer Smith 1886 96
Frank Smith 1915 160
Phenomenal Smith 1889 53
Rudy Sommers 1914 87
Charlie Sproull 1945 138
General Stafford 1890 121
Charlie Stecher 1890 84
Tom Sullivan 1886 90
Tom Sullivan 1889 104
Bill Sullivan 1890 54
Billy Taylor 1885 76
Billy Taylor 1886 90
John Tener 1890 149
Yank Terry 1943 175
Yank Terry 1944 140
Yank Terry 1945 60
Cannonball Titcomb 1887 127
Steve Toole 1886 123
Steve Toole 1888 113
Steve Toole 1890 88
Sandy Ullrich 1945 86
Bill Upham 1915 129
Mysterious Walker 1914 184
Tommy Warren 1944 73
Doc Watson 1915 143
Left West 1945 80
Jim Whitney 1890 50
Bill Whitrock 1890 127
Stump Wiedman 1887 119
Ed Willett 1914 188
Ed Willett 1915 56
Walter Wilson 1945 75
Pinky Woods 1943 108
Pinky Woods 1944 180
Pinky Woods 1945 113