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COLUMBUS BUCKEYES (new team)
This new team in Ohio will probably struggle in 1883, though they do have their share of National League veterans. Figure them to be bad but not terrible.
33 C Mike Hooper (3-39-.238-0 with Pittsburgh; lifetime .242 hitter) - This veteran catcher should get the job done until they can find someone better.
5 1B Sam Childs (rookie) - A completely unknown 21-year-old rookie.
82 2B Bill Smiley (0-3-.143-0 with Detroit; lifetime .233 hitter) - He has been a good fielder in the past, but can't hit much.
4 SS George Wright (1-28-.233-8 with Providence; lifetime .266 hitter) - He resurrected his career with a decent year in Providence in 1882, and now is in the first year of a three-year deal with Columbus.
36 3B Steve Bellan (2-39-.223-3 with Detroit; lifetime .258 hitter) - He's been a good-fielding, average-hitting third baseman for over a decade now.
39 LF Harry Stovey (5-41-.282-4 with Worcester; lifetime .276 hitter) - This rising star was the key acquisition of the new Columbus club.
23 CF Tom O'Brien (1-7-.225-0 with Worcester as a rookie) - This 22-year-old looks a little awkward in center field, but is supposedly a decent hitter.
28 RF Orator Shaffer (0-9-.241-1 with Detroit; lifetime .275 hitter) - He has been a good hitter and fielder over the course of his career, but has always struggled for playing time. That probably won't be an issue here.
7 LHP Jim Egan (0-2, 3.69 with Troy as a rookie) - The "Troy Terrier" looks promising, and he'll get a chance to show what he's got in Columbus.
61 RHP John Valentine (rookie) - An untested 27-year-old who they hope is good enough to keep them in games.
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