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NEW YORK GOTHAMS (new team)
After six years with no team, the city of New York has embraced their new Gothams club. The team was mostly put together out of spare parts, but New York had the money to get the best of the former Troy and Worcester players. It likely won't be enough to put them in contention this season, but they appear to be on the fast track to respectability.
8 C Dick Higham (0-28-.251-1 with Worcester; lifetime .301 hitter) - Higham hasn't hit .300 in three years, but he's still a dependable, talented backstop. A good start for Gotham.
26 1B Dan Brouthers (4-55-.358-18 with Troy; lifetime .329 hitter) - Signing him was the new team's top priority, as he gives them a bona fide superstar to build around.
13 2B Bob "Magnet" Addy (0-15-.253-2 with Detroit; lifetime .267 hitter) - He's 38 years old now, but was still a respectable hitter and fielder in 1882. New York plans to use him for a year or two until they can upgrade the position.
34 2B Ed Caskin (0-16-.243-0 with Troy; lifetime .269 hitter) - He and Addy will split time at second, and hopefully between them someone will have a decent season.
3 SS Ned Williamson (1-6-.222-0 with Troy; lifetime .229 hitter) - He has never really gotten much of a chance as a starter, so this is a big opportunity for him.
63 3B John Irwin (1-21-.243-4 with Worcester as a rookie) - He was surprisingly good as a rookie even though he had to step in after his older brother suffered a career-ending injury.
32 LF George Wood (1-38-.216-0 with Worcester; lifetime .228 hitter) - He's been called a big prospect for three years now, but has never done anything to produce. If he doesn't get it together this year, don't look for him to keep his starting job.
30 CF Buttercup Dickerson (2-42-.281-0 with Worcester; lifetime .287 hitter) - Although he's a marginal fielder in center, he makes up for it with his bat. Like Brouthers, he's only 24 years old.
94 RF Chief Roseman (0-14-.240-0 with Troy as a rookie) - He doesn't look like a star, but they'll be happy with a solid, dependable player.
4 LHP Bobby Mitchell (13-32, 2.86 with Worcester in 1882; lifetime 133-141 record) - Mitchell, one of base ball's best strikeout pitchers, should really help New York on the path to respectability.
9 RHP Tim Keefe (6-10, 3.65 with Troy in 1882; lifetime 10-12 record) - Liek George Wood, he's a guy with great promise who just hasn't shown any results yet.
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