[Eckstein 4 Prez]

INDIANAPOLIS BLUES (new team)

For the most part, the Blues have stocked their team with the starters from last year's western teams, St. Louis and Louisville. While they do have a number of solid big leaguers, their only legitimate star is Andy Leonard, so they seem unlikely to finish in the first division.

14 C Frank Selman (1-25-.316-2 with St. Louis; lifetime .295 hitter) - He has been around so long that it's hard to believe he's only 25 years old. One of the better hitters for St. Louis, and he'll be expected to be one of the better ones here, too.
30 1B John Donnelly (0-6-.275-0 with Louisville; lifetime .274 hitter) - He is the type of adequate player you'd love to have as a backup, but who isn't really cut out to be a starter.
20 2B Andy Leonard (0-40-.374-5 with Louisville; lifetime .335 hitter) - He should end up being the star of this club.
23 SS "Long Jim" Holdsworth (0-27-.310-5 with Hartford; lifetime .301 hitter) - Got his first everyday starting job with Hartford last season and made the most of it. He should be a solid starter for Indy.
10 3B Ezra Sutton (0-15-.214-0 with St. Louis; lifetime .233 hitter) - A good-field, no-hit infielder. Probably should not be a big league starter.
9 LF Fred Treacey (0-20-.233-6 with Louisville; lifetime .281 hitter) - He looks like another great glove man who doesn't hit enough to be a starter.
19 CF Art Allison (0-34-.292-5 with Louisville; lifetime .295 hitter) - A solid hitter and a very good center fielder.
21 RF Steve Brady (0-19-.249-3 with Louisville; lifetime .262 hitter) - He has never lived up to the promise of his Rookie of the Year season in 1874.
45 P Pud Galvin (14-27, 3.14 with St. Louis; lifetime 39-95) - He is a far better pitcher than his woeful career record would suggest.