1915 Player Draft
Young George Ruth will be pitching for the Tucson Saguaros organization after getting drafted in the first round. As for his twin brother, Herman "Babe" Ruth? No one is quite sure where he is...
Draft day comes and goes and no sign of
Babe Ruth. Several teams, who had tried to position themselves for the Babe sweepstakes, are disappointed that he's not in the draft but focus on other needs as they try to restock their teams.
George Ruth, the Babe's twin brother, falls deep into the first round. As it turns out, the right-handed pitcher came to Tucson for the Winter Meetings and will just stay there, since the AZL Champion Saguaros selected him with their first pick...
Hats off to pitcher
Carl Mays, who goes No. 1 to Grand Canyon. If you want to know why Sedona is perpetually bad, look at how they drafted. In the third round, the Scorpions picked a second baseman. In the fifth round, another second baseman, In the sixth round, another second baseman, In the seventh round, yet another second baseman. Good grief!
Here is the complete draft list:
Round 1:
Grand Canyon pick: P Carl Mays
Carefree pick: P Limb Mckenry
Sedona pick: P Ernie Koob
Tempe pick: P Dave Davenport
Kayenta pick: P Clint Rogge
Cottonwood pick: RF Braggo Roth
Jerome pick: P Bernie Boland
Prescott pick: P Tom Knowlson
Yuma pick: P Fred Toney
Tombstone pick: P Lee Meadows
Phoenix pick: 1B George Sisler
Bisbee pick: CF Happy Felsch
Tucson pick: P George Ruth
Nogales pick: RF Billy Southworth
Flagstaff pick: P Sherry Smith
Payson pick: P Ferdie Schupp
Round 2 :
Grand Canyon pick: CF Cy Williams
Carefree pick: P Red Oldham
Sedona pick: SS Dave Bancroft
Tempe pick: RF Elmer Smith
Kayenta pick: P Sam Jones
Cottonwood pick: P Jack Nabors
Jerome pick: CF Edd Roush
Prescott pick: P Jim Park
Yuma pick: P Cliff Markle
Tombstone pick: 1B Wally Pipp
Phoenix pick: C Hank Severeid
Bisbee pick: C John Peters
Tucson pick: 2B Ralph Young
Nogales pick: 2B Ty Helfrich
Flagstaff pick: 2B Carl Sawyer
Payson pick: 1B Fritz Mollwitz
Round 3 :
Grand Canyon pick: 2B Bill Wambsganss
Carefree pick: CF Carl East
Sedona pick: 2B Johnny Rawlings
Tempe pick: P Oscar Harstad
Kayenta pick: P Ed Appleton
Cottonwood pick: P George Dumont
Jerome pick: SS Larry Kopf
Prescott pick: P Neal Brady
Yuma pick: LF Horace Milan
Tombstone pick: RF Chick Shorten
Phoenix pick: 2B Red Shannon
Bisbee pick: 3B Walter Barbare
Tucson pick: RF Tom Long
Nogales pick: P Parson Perryman
Flagstaff pick: SS Ernie Johnson
Payson pick: 2B Ed Fitzpatrick
Round 4 :
Grand Canyon pick: CF Ed Barney
Carefree pick: P Tom Phillips
Sedona pick: C Ray Haley
Tempe pick: P Bud Davis
Kayenta pick: P Cap Crowell
Cottonwood pick: P Bill Upham
Jerome pick: 3B Ted Reed
Prescott pick: P Charlie Young
Yuma pick: RF Tommy Griffith
Tombstone pick: CF Hy Myers
Phoenix pick: CF Merwin Jacobson
Bisbee pick: 1B Ray Schmandt
Tucson pick: 3B Fred Lear
Nogales pick: P Tom Sheehan
Flagstaff pick: 3B Lew Malone
Payson pick: 2B Mike Mcnally
Round 5 :
Grand Canyon pick: C Mack Wheat
Carefree pick: LF Merlin Kopp
Sedona pick: 2B Bill Rodgers
Tempe pick: 3B Doug Baird
Kayenta pick: CF Al Nixon
Cottonwood pick: P Emilio Palmero
Jerome pick: CF Bud Weiser
Prescott pick: CF Jim Hickman
Yuma pick: 2B John Gallagher
Tombstone pick: P Clarence Garrett
Phoenix pick: P Bill Morrisette
Bisbee pick: 1B Rupert Mills
Tucson pick: 1B Pete Shields
Nogales pick: 1B Emil Huhn
Flagstaff pick: C Bill Haeffner
Payson pick: 3B Larry Strands
Round 6 :
Grand Canyon pick: P Harry Eccles
Carefree pick: 2B Bruno Betzel
Sedona pick: 2B Frank Fuller
Tempe pick: RF Red Smyth
Kayenta pick: LF Billy Lee
Cottonwood pick: 3B Art Kores
Jerome pick: 1B Joe Weiss
Prescott pick: 3B Thomas Healy
Yuma pick: 3B Eddie Mulligan
Tombstone pick: P Harry Weaver
Phoenix pick: P Tim Mccabe
Bisbee pick: 3B Tom Connolly
Tucson pick: 2B Joe Wagner
Nogales pick: P Jack Richardson
Flagstaff pick: 3B Charlie Pechous
Payson pick: 2B Jack Hammond
Round 7 :
Grand Canyon pick: C Lew Wendell
Carefree pick: 1B Ken Crawford
Sedona pick: 2B Polly Mclarry
Tempe pick: 3B Pete Johns
Kayenta pick: P Socks Seibold