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PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
This team is made up almost entirely of semi-pro players hailing from Philadelphia. Sensing that this was not exactly a recipe for success, ownership spent top dollar to bring in ace pitcher Pud Galvin, fresh off his Cartwright Award with Troy. Still, don't expect too much from this club.
40 C Tug Arundel (rookie) - An unknown 19-year-old from upstate New York.
39 1B Jack O'Brien (rookie) - A 21-year-old local boy who can also play catcher or outfield.
24 2B Cub Stricker (rookie) - Another local Philadelphian, this 22-year-old is said to have some real potential.
8 SS Bill Greenwood (rookie) - A switch-hitting young Philadelphian.
25 3B "Long Jim" Holdsworth (0-7-.217-0 with Worcester in 1881; lifetime .277 hitter) - Did a decent job in the late 1870s starting with a succession of mediocre teams.
18 LF Jud Birchall (rookie) - He's the oldest and probably the most skilled of the semi-pro Philadelphians this club has signed for the year.
15 CF John Mansell (rookie) - His two older brothers are mediocre outfielders, so he's just continuing the family tradition.
79 RF Bob Blakiston (rookie) - He was supposedly one of the best players in California, but who knows whether people from that wilderness can make it in pro ball?
46 P Pud Galvin (37-20, 2.48 with Troy in 1881; lifetime 162-181 record) - It's hard to tell whether he'll add legitimacy to this team, or subtract it from himself with this move. At any rate, one of the true stars of the National League will try to make it in Philadelphia.
41 P Doc Landis (rookie) - Another semi-pro Philadelphian.
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