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TEAM-BY-TEAM PROFILES - 1878 BEADLE BASE BALL PLAYER

BOSTON RED CAPS (26-34 in 1877)

Harry Wright has assembled what he calls his "Team of Stars." In Anson, Barnes, McVey, Waterman and Shaffer, he has five players with a legitimate history of stardom. The former three have all won MVH Awards, and they finished 1-2-3 in the voting last season. This could be the squad to finally knock off the mighty White Stockings.

8 C Cal McVey (3-46-.375-9) - McVey was their star in 1877, and should be one of the better players this year as well.
5 1B Cap Anson (0-26-.375-8 with Hartford) - Anson, who has never won a championship, was the first big-name player to heed Wright's call to Boston. He should add some legitimacy to the title run in Beantown.
11 2B Ross Barnes (1-37-.390-8 with Louisville) - The reigning MVH returns to Boston, where his professional career began. With McVey, Anson, and Barnes, Boston has the top three finishers in the 1877 MVH voting.
50 SS John Morrill (2-38-.294-2) - This homegrown young player did well last year at third base. The only concern is that his fielding at short might be weak.
9 3B Fred Waterman (0-28-.325-11 with Hartford) - Another star who decided to join the "anyone but Chicago" push.
37 LF Mike Dorgan (1-22-.266-4 with St. Louis) - He was one of the promising young hitters of 1877, and will now get to start on Harry Wright's team of stars.
14 CF Count Sensenderfer (0-18-.262-4) - He had a pretty mediocre year in 1877, but was still better than George Wright, for whom he was traded.
26 RF Orator Shaffer (0-8-.286-1 with Hartford) - He is one of the better outfielders in base ball, but was injured for much of 1877.
44 P Foghorn Bradley (19-25, 2.79; lifetime 44-56) - For the first time, he will have a strong team playing behind him. He has been one of the NL's better young pitchers.