Hardball Retrospective – “Original” Franchise Register

By Derek Bain December 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Franchise Register catalogs the roster of every Major League team using “Original” players as defined in Hardball Retrospective such that players signing their first Major League contract with an organization are considered an “Original” member of the franchise for the balance of their career. Therefore Babe Ruth is a member of the Red Sox for the duration of his career, while Reggie Jackson and Rickey Henderson are listed with the Athletics, etc.

Based on the research for Hardball Retrospective – this section will include information that was omitted from the paperback version due to space limitations along with brand new content:

· Hardball Retrospective – “Original” Franchise Register

· Hardball Retrospective – All-Time “Original” Rosters

· Hardball Retrospective – Defensive Lineups By Decade

· Hardball Retrospective – Fielding WAR and WS Leader Boards

· Hardball Retrospective – Old-Time Franchises – Single-Season WAR Leaders

· Hardball Retrospective – Franchise Charts – Player-Seasons by Position, 20+ Win Shares

All table columns may be sorted in ascending or descending order and the number of entries displayed can be selected from 10, 25, 50 and 100 rows. To begin, you will choose the decade in which the player or players that you are seeking made their MLB debut. Let’s say you want to look up Jackie Robinson’s career Win Shares and WAR totals. Robinson made his MLB debut in 1947, so you will select “1940’s” from the grid below. The 1940’s page will load with the accompanying data. (This page defaults to the 1870’s). You can scroll through the resulting data or use the Search field to narrow your request. Try to search for a player by name such as “Robinson”. The resulting rows in that table will be restricted to players matching a first or last name of Robinson. If you want to view the results for a specific franchise, enter the 3-letter Franchise ID in the search field. LAD would list all “Original” players for the Dodgers franchise. A complete list of franchise ID’s is provided below. Note: this assumes you are viewing a table during a decade when that franchise existed. If you search for COL (Colorado Rockies) prior to the 1990’s, you will not find any entries (unless a player’s name matches on ‘col’.

* “Original” Players By Franchise and Debut Year *

Select the Debut Decade to view the associated Franchise Register table ->

1870’s	1880’s	1890’s	1900’s
1910’s	1920’s	1930’s	1940’s
1950’s	1960’s	1970’s	1980’s
1990’s	2000’s	2010’s	2020’s

Debut Decade:

1871-1879

Fr_Dec	Name	Pos	WAR	WS	Debut	TopWS	WSRank
ATH_1870	John Richmond '84	SS	5.97	47.13	1875	16.42	1
ATH_1870	John Bergh '80	C	0.04	0.56	1876	0.55	2
ATH_1870	Whitey Ritterson '76	C	0.05	0.36	1876	0.36	3
ATH_1870	John Curran '76	C	0.1	0.29	1876	0.29	4
ATH_1870	Jim Ward '76	C	0.06	0.21	1876	0.21	5
ATH_1870	Flip Lafferty '76	P	0.14	0.20	1876	0.2	6
ATH_1870	Bill Fouser '76	2B	-0.78	0.19	1876	0.19	7
ATH_1870	John Mullin '76	C	-0.03	0.01	1876	0.01	8
ATH_1870	Lou Paul '76	C	-0.05	0.00	1876	0	9
ATL_1870	Will White '82	P	44.13	230.41	1877	53.03	1
ATL_1870	John Morrill '83	1B	25.12	156.37	1876	21.97	2
ATL_1870	Lee Richmond '80	P	8.15	92.19	1879	41.09	3
ATL_1870	Sadie Houck '84	SS	8.95	67.02	1879	19.22	4
ATL_1870	Curry Foley '80	P	2.45	51.27	1879	19.3	5
ATL_1870	Lew Brown '78	C	5.85	48.04	1876	13.29	6
ATL_1870	John O'Rourke '79	CF	8.36	44.33	1879	19.92	7
ATL_1870	Ed Cogswell '79	1B	2.56	17.27	1879	9.5	8
ATL_1870	Foghorn Bradley '76	P	1.21	9.31	1876	9.31	9
ATL_1870	Bill Hawes '84	RF	-0.79	9.23	1879	8.47	10
ATL_1870	Frank Whitney '76	LF	0.07	2.47	1876	2.47	11
ATL_1870	Jim Tyng '79	P	-0.47	0.65	1879	0.65	12
BLC_1870	Bill Smiley '82	2B	-1.32	2.19	1874	2.19	1
BNA_1870	Al Spalding '75	P	104.66	297.76	1871	62.4	1
BNA_1870	Jack Manning '84	RF	5.8	127.04	1873	21.81	2
BNA_1870	Ross Barnes '75	2B	27.24	125.14	1871	23.04	3
BNA_1870	Cal McVey '75	1B	18.9	118.46	1871	24.02	4
BNA_1870	George Wright '75	SS	22.09	117.80	1871	19.21	5
BNA_1870	Harry Schafer '75	3B	2.1	34.12	1871	7.05	6
BNA_1870	Harry Wright '74	CF	0.96	26.91	1871	7.4	7
BNA_1870	Jumbo Latham '82	1B	-0.17	26.29	1875	10.6	8
BNA_1870	Charlie Gould '72	1B	0.39	11.91	1871	2.83	9
BRA_1870	Tommy Bond '78	P	68.69	303.05	1874	56.99	1
BRA_1870	Jack Burdock '83	2B	8.04	123.91	1872	21.18	2
BRA_1870	Jack Remsen '76	CF	2.88	53.93	1872	11.64	3
BRA_1870	Doc Bushong '85	C	-2.5	52.24	1875	13.68	4
BRA_1870	John Cassidy '77	RF	-8.36	51.05	1875	14.23	5
BRA_1870	Oscar Walker '82	CF	4.86	35.68	1875	12.42	6
BRA_1870	Herman Dehlman '75	1B	1.63	13.18	1872	5.94	7
BRA_1870	Jack Chapman '74	RF	0.55	7.88	1874	5.91	8
BRA_1870	Henry Kessler '76	SS	0.41	5.52	1873	3.2	9
BRA_1870	Herm Doscher '82	3B	-0.78	3.61	1872	1.14	10
BRA_1870	Al Nichols '76	3B	-1.12	2.80	1875	1.86	11
BRA_1870	Harry Arundel '84	P	-2.51	2.70	1875	1.53	12
BRA_1870	Bobby Clack '74	CF	-1.74	1.04	1874	0.86	13
BRA_1870	Jake Knodell '74	C	-0.82	1.00	1874	0.74	14
BRA_1870	Billy West '74	2B	0	0.39	1874	0.36	15
BUF_1870	Hardy Richardson '86	LF	42.76	236.32	1879	34.03	1
BUF_1870	Jack Rowe '87	SS	21.79	138.82	1879	20.12	2
BUF_1870	Joe Hornung '84	LF	13.21	112.58	1879	17.49	3
BUF_1870	Bill McGunnigle '79	RF	0.2	13.18	1879	11.82	4
BUF_1870	Steve Libby '79	1B	-0.02	0.02	1879	0.02	5
CBL_1870	Jack Glasscock '89	SS	53.05	261.89	1879	28.54	1
CBL_1870	Barney Gilligan '84	C	3.64	43.57	1875	13.48	2
CBL_1870	George Strief '83	2B	-2.58	19.94	1879	5.34	3
CBL_1870	Doc Kennedy '79	C	3.94	16.77	1879	6.38	4
CBL_1870	John Kelly '84	C	-1.19	7.83	1879	6.44	5
CBL_1870	Len Stockwell '90	1B	-0.18	0.28	1879	0.17	6
CBL_1870	Sonny Hoffman '79	C	-0.07	0.08	1879	0.08	7
CBL_1870	Fred Gunkle '79	C	-0.04	0.01	1879	0.01	8
CEN_1870	Fred Warner '79	3B	-0.61	13.45	1875	4.99	1
CEN_1870	Ed Somerville '76	2B	0.62	5.14	1875	3.52	2
CEN_1870	Tim McGinley '75	C	0.31	2.33	1875	2.26	3
CEN_1870	Charlie Mason '75	LF	-0.45	0.54	1875	0.36	4
CEN_1870	Sam Field '75	C	-0.16	0.36	1875	0.36	5
CFC_1870	Deacon White '75	C	39.58	248.20	1871	22.87	1
CFC_1870	Ezra Sutton '84	3B	27.75	197.59	1871	28.37	2
CFC_1870	Joe Battin '76	3B	3.51	45.75	1871	14.56	3
CFC_1870	Jim Holdsworth '74	3B	3.35	36.90	1872	9.41	4
CFC_1870	Joe Quest '80	2B	-0.2	32.15	1871	5.97	5
CFC_1870	Art Allison '75	RF	-0.5	9.99	1871	3.53	6
CFC_1870	John Bass '71	SS	0.37	3.38	1871	3.37	7
CH2_1870	John Peters '76	SS	9.55	66.13	1874	12.75	1
CH2_1870	Will Foley '78	3B	-0.31	9.17	1875	3.85	2
CH2_1870	Dan Collins '76	RF	-0.77	0.57	1874	0.37	3
CHC_1870	George Gore '85	CF	41.9	260.89	1879	31.74	1
CHC_1870	Frank Hankinson '79	P	2.73	85.03	1878	17.7	2
CHC_1870	Bill McClellan '86	2B	2.8	80.23	1878	20.18	3
CHC_1870	Dave Rowe '84	CF	-2.31	35.71	1877	21.26	4
CHC_1870	Charlie Eden '79	RF	0.97	23.58	1877	10.13	5
CHC_1870	Tom Dolan '84	C	-2.16	17.02	1879	7.92	6
CHC_1870	Phil Powers '83	C	-2.46	9.81	1878	2.75	7
CHC_1870	Bill Traffley '84	C	-3.63	9.56	1878	2.94	8
CHC_1870	Laurie Reis '77	P	0.83	4.04	1877	3.29	9
CHC_1870	Fred Andrus '84	P	0.36	1.53	1876	0.82	10
CHC_1870	Harry Smith '77	2B	-0.42	0.94	1877	0.86	11
CHC_1870	John Stedronsky '79	3B	-0.11	0.10	1879	0.1	12
CHC_1870	Bill Sullivan '78	LF	-0.07	0.02	1878	0.02	13
CLV_1870	Bill Phillips '85	1B	10.96	107.53	1879	18.77	1
CNA_1870	George Zettlein '73	P	32.77	144.61	1871	42.21	1
CNA_1870	Fred Treacey '71	LF	0.04	22.20	1871	8.66	2
CNR_1870	King Kelly '86	RF	52.11	287.97	1878	37.17	1
CNR_1870	Pete Hotaling '87	CF	6.97	99.06	1879	15.58	2
CNR_1870	Buttercup Dickerson '84	LF	7.37	58.31	1878	14.78	3
CNR_1870	Jack Neagle '84	P	-7.71	15.65	1879	13.47	4
CNR_1870	Bobby Mitchell '78	P	-1	14.90	1877	6.51	5
CNR_1870	Chub Sullivan '78	1B	1.7	8.90	1877	4.54	6
CNR_1870	Amos Booth '76	3B	-1.98	5.33	1876	3.65	7
CNR_1870	Dory Dean '76	P	-4.75	3.05	1876	3.05	8
CNR_1870	George Miller '84	C	0.2	1.40	1877	1.24	9
CNR_1870	Dave Pierson '76	C	-0.16	1.02	1876	1.02	10
CNR_1870	Mike Burke '79	SS	-0.11	0.73	1879	0.73	11
CNR_1870	Dale Williams '76	P	-1.06	0.47	1876	0.47	12
CNR_1870	Redleg Snyder '76	LF	-2	0.32	1876	0.18	13
CNR_1870	John Magner '79	CF	-0.05	0.00	1879	0	14
ECK_1870	Jim Clinton '84	CF	-1.56	40.70	1872	16.18	1
HAR_1870	Live Oak Taylor '84	CF	-0.96	1.50	1877	1.08	1
HAR_1870	Josh Bunce '77	LF	-0.05	0.02	1877	0.02	2.5
HAR_1870	Israel Pike '77	RF	-0.02	0.02	1877	0.02	2.5
HNA_1870	Orator Shafer '84	RF	19.63	129.79	1874	30.01	1
HNA_1870	Steve Brady '85	RF	2.91	49.69	1874	17.29	2
HNA_1870	Bill Harbridge '84	CF	1.81	34.72	1875	15.8	3
HNA_1870	Billy Barnie '74	C	-2	1.33	1874	0.65	4
IBL_1870	Jim McCormick '80	P	55.91	327.81	1878	51.67	1
IBL_1870	Ned Williamson '85	3B	34.51	174.27	1878	20.6	2
IBL_1870	The Only Nolan '78	P	-2.7	28.52	1878	15.71	3
IBL_1870	Russ McKelvy '78	CF	-1.07	4.13	1878	4.13	4
KEK_1870	Bobby Mathews '74	P	49.7	326.04	1871	53.41	1
KEK_1870	Tom Carey '74	SS	6.75	56.16	1871	9.63	2
KEK_1870	Jimmy Hallinan '76	SS	3.54	26.38	1871	12.97	3
KEK_1870	Paddy Quinn '75	C	-0.05	1.45	1871	0.74	4
KEK_1870	Nealy Phelps '75	RF	-0.39	0.55	1871	0.44	5
LGR_1870	Bill Holbert '83	C	-2.38	38.60	1876	7.94	1
LGR_1870	Frank Pearce '76	P	-0.1	0.08	1876	0.08	2
LGR_1870	John Haldeman '77	2B	-0.04	0.00	1877	0	3
MAN_1870	Jim O'Rourke '85	CF	49.15	356.01	1872	26.3	1
MAN_1870	John Clapp '76	C	14.02	91.04	1872	14	2
MAN_1870	Tim Murnane '76	1B	1.99	36.87	1872	10.3	3
MAN_1870	Eddie Booth '74	LF	-2.42	10.49	1872	4.22	4
MAR_1870	Lou Say '84	SS	0.79	23.88	1873	9.7	1
MAR_1870	Red Woodhead '79	3B	-1.14	0.32	1873	0.32	2
MLG_1870	Charlie Bennett '82	C	28.91	161.98	1878	21.63	1
MLG_1870	Abner Dalrymple '85	LF	24.17	148.90	1878	24.35	2
MLG_1870	George Creamer '83	2B	-3.35	21.43	1878	8.27	3
MLG_1870	Jake Goodman '78	1B	0.74	3.96	1878	1.98	4
MLG_1870	Frank Bliss '78	3B	-0.08	0.11	1878	0.11	5
MLG_1870	Alamazoo Jennings '78	C	-0.01	0.00	1878	0	6
NA_1870	John McMullin 'NA	NA	1.49	36.89	1871	NA	1
NA_1870	Jim Britt 'NA	NA	-5.98	34.02	1872	NA	2
NA_1870	Count Gedney 'NA	NA	2.7	26.79	1872	NA	3
NA_1870	Rynie Wolters 'NA	NA	4.68	25.84	1871	NA	4
NA_1870	Asa Brainard 'NA	NA	-5.76	25.77	1871	NA	5
NA_1870	Jimmy Wood 'NA	NA	3.12	24.17	1871	NA	6
NA_1870	John Radcliff 'NA	NA	1.73	17.46	1871	NA	7
NA_1870	Al Pratt 'NA	NA	1.45	14.81	1871	NA	8
NA_1870	Charlie Pabor 'NA	NA	-0.15	12.43	1871	NA	9
NA_1870	Al Reach 'NA	NA	-0.25	11.90	1871	NA	10
NA_1870	Bill Stearns 'NA	NA	-13.34	11.25	1871	NA	11
NA_1870	Bill Boyd 'NA	NA	2.49	10.78	1872	NA	12
NA_1870	Tom Barlow 'NA	NA	1.21	9.99	1872	NA	13
NA_1870	Warren White 'NA	NA	1.3	8.75	1871	NA	14
NA_1870	Steve King 'NA	NA	0.91	8.45	1871	NA	15
NA_1870	Fred Waterman 'NA	NA	1.54	6.83	1871	NA	16
NA_1870	Phonney Martin 'NA	NA	-2.19	6.23	1872	NA	17
NA_1870	Ed Pinkham 'NA	NA	1.03	5.89	1871	NA	18
NA_1870	Charlie Hodes 'NA	NA	-0.24	5.25	1871	NA	19
NA_1870	Jim Tipper 'NA	NA	-0.88	4.15	1872	NA	20
NA_1870	Frank Fleet 'NA	NA	-2.3	3.89	1871	NA	21
NA_1870	Tom Miller 'NA	NA	-0.48	3.62	1874	NA	22
NA_1870	Clipper Flynn 'NA	NA	0.33	3.59	1871	NA	23
NA_1870	Frank Sellman 'NA	NA	-0.2	3.48	1871	NA	24
NA_1870	Dave Birdsall 'NA	NA	-0.2	3.20	1871	NA	25
NA_1870	Jim Foran 'NA	NA	0.42	3.11	1871	NA	26
NA_1870	Dickie Flowers 'NA	NA	0.53	2.93	1871	NA	27
NA_1870	Bub McAtee 'NA	NA	-0.41	2.88	1871	NA	28
NA_1870	Fred Cone 'NA	NA	0.17	2.87	1871	NA	29
NA_1870	Count Sensenderfer 'NA	NA	-0.27	2.77	1871	NA	30
NA_1870	Charlie Mills 'NA	NA	-0.34	2.28	1871	NA	31
NA_1870	Harry Deane 'NA	NA	-0.28	2.19	1871	NA	32
NA_1870	Holly Hollingshead 'NA	NA	-0.05	2.04	1872	NA	33
NA_1870	Steve Bellan 'NA	NA	-0.24	2.00	1871	NA	34
NA_1870	Fraley Rogers 'NA	NA	0.03	1.98	1872	NA	35
NA_1870	Frank McCarton 'NA	NA	0.32	1.76	1872	NA	36
NA_1870	Jim Carleton 'NA	NA	0.34	1.73	1871	NA	37
NA_1870	Marshall King 'NA	NA	-0.28	1.59	1871	NA	38
NA_1870	John Dailey 'NA	NA	-0.21	1.56	1875	NA	39
NA_1870	Gat Stires 'NA	NA	0.33	1.43	1871	NA	40
NA_1870	Cy Bentley 'NA	NA	-3.33	1.41	1872	NA	41
NA_1870	Frank Heifer 'NA	NA	0.09	1.36	1875	NA	42
NA_1870	Joe Simmons 'NA	NA	-0.88	1.26	1871	NA	43
NA_1870	Pat McGee 'NA	NA	-1.18	1.22	1874	NA	44
NA_1870	Al Thake 'NA	NA	0.02	0.98	1872	NA	45
NA_1870	Jim Hall 'NA	NA	0.03	0.97	1872	NA	46
NA_1870	Pete Donnelly 'NA	NA	-0.5	0.93	1871	NA	47
NA_1870	Frank Buttery 'NA	NA	-1.14	0.89	1872	NA	48.5
NA_1870	John McKelvey 'NA	NA	0.08	0.89	1875	NA	48.5
NA_1870	Hugh Campbell 'NA	NA	-1.31	0.81	1873	NA	50
NA_1870	Charlie Smith 'NA	NA	0.1	0.78	1871	NA	51
NA_1870	John Greason 'NA	NA	-0.97	0.75	1873	NA	52
NA_1870	Ed Duffy 'NA	NA	-0.28	0.74	1871	NA	53
NA_1870	Tom Patterson 'NA	NA	-1.17	0.71	1871	NA	54
NA_1870	Jim Snyder 'NA	NA	0.11	0.70	1872	NA	55
NA_1870	Ham Allen 'NA	NA	-0.03	0.68	1872	NA	56
NA_1870	Bill Lennon 'NA	NA	-0.38	0.63	1871	NA	57
NA_1870	Henry Austin 'NA	NA	-0.13	0.55	1873	NA	58
NA_1870	Edward Beavens 'NA	NA	-0.07	0.52	1871	NA	59
NA_1870	Henry Burroughs 'NA	NA	-0.1	0.51	1871	NA	60
NA_1870	George Bird 'NA	NA	-0.03	0.50	1871	NA	61
NA_1870	Larry Ressler 'NA	NA	-0.26	0.47	1875	NA	62
NA_1870	Jack Farrell 'NA	NA	0.11	0.46	1874	NA	63.5
NA_1870	Sam Jackson 'NA	NA	-0.26	0.46	1871	NA	63.5
NA_1870	Bill Kelly 'NA	NA	-0.1	0.40	1871	NA	65
NA_1870	Len Lovett 'NA	NA	-0.13	0.37	1873	NA	66
NA_1870	Studs Bancker 'NA	NA	-0.39	0.34	1875	NA	67
NA_1870	Bill Barrett 'NA	NA	-0.11	0.33	1871	NA	68
NA_1870	Henry Kohler 'NA	NA	-0.41	0.32	1871	NA	69
NA_1870	Tom Foley 'NA	NA	-0.22	0.31	1871	NA	70.5
NA_1870	Henry Gilroy 'NA	NA	-0.1	0.31	1874	NA	70.5
NA_1870	James McDermott 'NA	NA	-1.96	0.30	1871	NA	72
NA_1870	George Fields 'NA	NA	-0.18	0.29	1872	NA	75
NA_1870	George Knight 'NA	NA	0.01	0.29	1875	NA	75
NA_1870	Adam Rocap 'NA	NA	-0.42	0.29	1875	NA	75
NA_1870	Charlie Snow 'NA	NA	0.05	0.29	1874	NA	75
NA_1870	Sullivan 'NA	NA	0.09	0.29	1875	NA	75
NA_1870	Jack McDonald 'NA	NA	-0.15	0.27	1872	NA	78
NA_1870	Joe Miller 'NA	NA	-0.79	0.26	1872	NA	79
NA_1870	Charlie Lowe 'NA	NA	-0.25	0.25	1872	NA	80
NA_1870	Spike Brady 'NA	NA	0.05	0.24	1875	NA	82
NA_1870	Wally Goldsmith 'NA	NA	-0.89	0.24	1871	NA	82
NA_1870	Dick Hunt 'NA	NA	0.1	0.24	1872	NA	82
NA_1870	Lester Dole 'NA	NA	0.07	0.23	1875	NA	84
NA_1870	Evans 'NA	NA	0.07	0.21	1875	NA	85.5
NA_1870	George Trenwith 'NA	NA	-0.09	0.21	1875	NA	85.5
NA_1870	John Barrett 'NA	NA	-0.18	0.18	1872	NA	87.5
NA_1870	Packy Dillon 'NA	NA	0.03	0.18	1875	NA	87.5
NA_1870	Rit Harrison 'NA	NA	0.05	0.17	1875	NA	89.5
NA_1870	Pony Sager 'NA	NA	0.04	0.17	1871	NA	89.5
NA_1870	Andy Allison 'NA	NA	-0.66	0.16	1872	NA	91.5
NA_1870	Frank Barrows 'NA	NA	-0.72	0.16	1871	NA	91.5
NA_1870	Quinlan 'NA	NA	0	0.15	1874	NA	93.5
NA_1870	Z. H. Taylor 'NA	NA	-0.08	0.15	1874	NA	93.5
NA_1870	Al Barker 'NA	NA	0.02	0.14	1871	NA	96
NA_1870	Nate Berkenstock 'NA	NA	-0.05	0.14	1871	NA	96
NA_1870	Thomas Gilmore 'NA	NA	0	0.14	1875	NA	96
NA_1870	Gavern 'NA	NA	-0.04	0.13	1874	NA	98
NA_1870	Harry Berthrong 'NA	NA	-0.16	0.12	1871	NA	99
NA_1870	Oliver Brown 'NA	NA	-0.26	0.11	1872	NA	100
NAT_1870	Paul Hines '84	CF	46.46	289.84	1872	30.54	1
NAT_1870	Oscar Bielaski '73	RF	-0.78	2.45	1872	2.12	2
NHV_1870	Jim Keenan '89	C	7.51	57.28	1875	13.99	1
NHV_1870	Tricky Nichols '77	P	-7.12	29.78	1875	22.11	2
NHV_1870	Henry Luff '75	3B	-2.95	7.14	1875	3.25	3
NHV_1870	Sam Wright '75	SS	-0.26	1.45	1875	1.12	4
NNA_1870	Joe Start '82	1B	26.65	164.17	1871	16.72	1
NNA_1870	Candy Cummings '75	P	48.67	162.88	1872	43.16	2
NNA_1870	Bob Ferguson '81	2B	8.54	87.74	1871	12.59	3
NNA_1870	Dave Eggler '72	CF	2.79	64.73	1871	14.17	4
NNA_1870	Dick Higham '76	RF	7.23	59.76	1871	14.62	5
NNA_1870	Dickey Pearce '75	SS	3.15	30.48	1871	9.39	6
NNA_1870	Nat Hicks '72	C	2.85	30.25	1872	9.32	7
NNA_1870	John Hatfield '72	2B	3.19	26.47	1871	10.49	8
NNA_1870	Billy Geer '84	SS	1.02	20.88	1874	13.16	9
NYU_1870	Terry Larkin '79	P	12.01	106.42	1876	40.04	1
NYU_1870	John McGuinness '84	1B	-0.34	4.26	1876	2.43	2
NYU_1870	John Maloney '76	CF	0.06	0.61	1876	0.59	3
NYU_1870	John Hayes '76	LF	-0.05	0.07	1876	0.07	4
NYU_1870	George Fair '76	2B	-0.04	0.02	1876	0.02	5.5
NYU_1870	Pete Treacey '76	SS	-0.06	0.02	1876	0.02	5.5
NYU_1870	Bob Valentine '76	C	-0.03	0.00	1876	0	7.5
NYU_1870	Jim Shanley '76	CF	-0.09	0.00	1876	0	7.5
OLY_1870	Davy Force '75	SS	7.94	104.54	1871	17.59	1
OLY_1870	Andy Leonard '75	LF	3.93	70.61	1871	14.99	2
OLY_1870	George Hall '75	LF	8.35	63.13	1871	15	3
OLY_1870	Doug Allison '74	RF	2.63	37.22	1871	10.11	4
OLY_1870	Everett Mills '73	1B	2.29	29.24	1871	8.54	5
OLY_1870	John Glenn '76	LF	0.7	25.84	1871	8.24	6
OLY_1870	Tommy Beals '75	CF	0.22	9.67	1871	4.71	7
OLY_1870	Charlie Sweasy '74	2B	-2.92	4.19	1871	1.28	8
PNA_1870	Dick McBride '75	P	47.74	164.17	1871	42.75	1
PNA_1870	Levi Meyerle '75	2B	10.87	65.97	1871	15.47	2
PNA_1870	Lon Knight '83	RF	-4.2	59.61	1875	14.71	3
PNA_1870	Ned Cuthbert '72	LF	-2.95	47.97	1871	8.4	4
PNA_1870	Wes Fisler '72	2B	5.9	34.60	1871	8.43	5
PNA_1870	George Bechtel '75	RF	-0.08	30.09	1871	8.13	6
PNA_1870	Fergy Malone '73	C	2.63	24.76	1871	9.85	7
PNA_1870	George Heubel '71	RF	-0.12	1.48	1871	1.48	8
PNA_1870	William Coon '75	C	-0.63	0.29	1875	0.18	9
PRO_1870	John Ward '80	P	73.72	402.24	1878	53.18	1
PRO_1870	Fred Corey '83	3B	4.79	70.54	1878	18.31	2
PRO_1870	Emil Gross '80	C	9.19	43.91	1879	11.81	3
PRO_1870	Harry Wheeler '82	RF	-2.89	16.71	1878	7.3	4
PRO_1870	Rudy Kemmler '84	C	-1.9	11.70	1879	3.26	5
PRO_1870	Tom Healey '78	P	-0.36	5.23	1878	5.23	6
PRO_1870	Dan O'Leary '84	LF	-0.19	4.91	1879	3.97	7
PRO_1870	Denny Sullivan '79	3B	0.12	0.52	1879	0.48	8
PRO_1870	Bill White '79	1B	0	0.04	1879	0.04	9
PWS_1870	Jim Devlin '77	P	29.07	134.85	1873	55.09	1
PWS_1870	Sam Weaver '82	P	7.83	72.60	1875	32.1	2
PWS_1870	Bill Crowley '84	RF	4.7	51.44	1875	14.22	3
PWS_1870	Joe Borden '76	P	1.84	14.12	1875	9.55	4
PWS_1870	Johnny Ryan '76	LF	-3.64	7.13	1873	4.59	5
PWS_1870	Ed McKenna '84	C	-0.94	0.56	1874	0.56	6
RES_1870	John Farrow '74	C	-0.59	2.31	1873	1.75	1
ROK_1870	Cap Anson '86	1B	86.43	433.47	1871	31.46	1
ROK_1870	Chick Fulmer '83	SS	8.13	67.47	1871	12.58	2
ROK_1870	Cherokee Fisher '75	P	13.27	62.61	1871	25.13	3
ROK_1870	Scott Hastings '72	C	1.73	23.86	1871	5.7	4
ROK_1870	Denny Mack '73	1B	-0.36	20.40	1871	6.38	5
ROK_1870	Bob Addy '75	RF	1.83	19.65	1871	5.67	6
SBS_1870	Mike Dorgan '85	RF	8.28	87.53	1877	17.64	1
SBS_1870	Jack Gleason '84	3B	4.3	50.66	1877	19.51	2
SBS_1870	Tom Loftus '83	CF	-0.2	0.65	1877	0.37	3
SBS_1870	Leonidas Lee '77	CF	0.03	0.36	1877	0.36	4
SBS_1870	Harry Little '77	CF	-0.1	0.25	1877	0.25	5
SBS_1870	George Newell '77	SS	-0.03	0.04	1877	0.04	6
SLR_1870	Silver Flint '79	C	6.5	67.94	1875	13.33	1
SLR_1870	Joe Blong '77	P	-2.23	22.51	1875	12.12	2
SLR_1870	Joe Ellick '84	RF	-1.83	8.13	1875	7.69	3
SLR_1870	Pidgey Morgan '75	3B	-0.49	2.61	1875	2.6	4
SLR_1870	Art Croft '77	1B	-2.64	2.47	1875	1.79	5.5
SLR_1870	Billy Redmond '78	SS	0.17	2.47	1875	1.12	5.5
SLR_1870	Trick McSorley '84	1B	-0.1	2.46	1875	1.22	7
SLR_1870	Charlie Hautz '75	1B	0.5	1.98	1875	1.65	8
SNA_1870	Pud Galvin '84	P	73.74	399.98	1875	55.69	1
SNA_1870	George Bradley '76	P	32.36	223.64	1875	62.37	2
SNA_1870	Bill Hague '77	3B	-1.71	11.67	1875	3.07	3
SNA_1870	George Seward '75	C	-0.16	4.44	1875	2.52	4
SNA_1870	Charlie Waitt '75	RF	-2.65	1.76	1875	0.85	5
SYR_1870	Blondie Purcell '90	LF	-8.68	126.34	1879	16.57	1
SYR_1870	Hick Carpenter '82	3B	3.03	104.61	1879	19.84	2
SYR_1870	Jack Farrell '83	2B	17.86	101.16	1879	19.14	3
SYR_1870	Harry McCormick '79	P	5.68	54.52	1879	20.58	4
SYR_1870	Jimmy Macullar '84	SS	0.44	41.81	1879	13.31	5
SYR_1870	Mike Mansell '82	LF	5.21	34.30	1879	13.53	6
SYR_1870	Jack Allen '79	3B	-0.66	1.01	1879	1.01	7
SYR_1870	Kick Kelly '79	C	-0.44	0.30	1879	0.3	8
SYR_1870	George Adams '79	1B	0	0.24	1879	0.24	9
SYR_1870	Frank Decker '82	2B	-0.13	0.11	1879	0.11	10
SYR_1870	Charlie Osterhout '79	C	-0.09	0.05	1879	0.05	11
TRO_1870	Tom York '81	LF	20.39	154.15	1871	18.21	1
TRO_1870	Candy Nelson '84	SS	11.23	104.20	1872	19.51	2
TRO_1870	Lip Pike '75	CF	14.59	89.53	1871	25.65	3
TRO_1870	Mike McGeary '75	3B	7.89	68.71	1871	12.16	4
TRO_1870	Bill Craver '75	2B	5.36	47.31	1871	15	5
TRT_1870	Dan Brouthers '92	1B	77.61	369.93	1879	36.06	1
TRT_1870	Fred Goldsmith '82	P	12.03	113.95	1875	28.75	2
TRT_1870	Ed Caskin '84	SS	1.8	34.63	1879	9.95	3
TRT_1870	Jake Evans '84	RF	2.96	32.03	1879	7.02	4
TRT_1870	Gid Gardner '84	RF	-1.5	24.09	1879	11.7	5
TRT_1870	Harry Salisbury '82	P	0.26	21.43	1879	19.46	6
TRT_1870	Tom Mansell '83	RF	-1.78	16.77	1879	8.86	7
TRT_1870	Thorny Hawkes '84	2B	0.1	5.21	1879	3.76	8
TRT_1870	Al Hall '79	CF	0.2	5.07	1879	5.05	9
TRT_1870	Aaron Clapp '79	1B	0.54	4.35	1879	4.35	10
TRT_1870	Charlie Reilley '79	C	-1.52	2.29	1879	1.06	11
TRT_1870	John Shoup '84	CF	-0.38	1.26	1879	1.02	12
TRT_1870	Pat McManus '79	P	-0.48	0.22	1879	0.22	13
WBL_1870	Pop Snyder '82	C	3.97	87.52	1873	13.79	1
WBL_1870	Joe Gerhardt '83	2B	6.3	76.79	1873	13.71	2
WES_1870	Charley Jones '84	LF	30.24	171.58	1875	27.31	1
WES_1870	Mike Golden '75	P	-6.35	11.10	1875	9.04	2
WES_1870	Billy Riley '79	LF	-1.57	0.74	1875	0.74	3
WES_1870	John Carbine '76	1B	-0.52	0.29	1875	0.24	4
WNT_1870	Bill Parks '75	LF	-3.57	5.96	1875	5.96	1

Key:

Fr_Dec = (Franchise_Decade)

Name = Player’s Name and Year of their TopWS

Pos = Primary Fielding Position

WAR = Wins Above Replacement (Career Totals)

WS = Win Shares (Career Totals)

Debut = MLB Debut Year

TopWS = Win Shares (Top Single-Season Result)

WSRank = Win Shares (Career Rank for Franchise_Decade)

Note: WSRank is specific to player’s “Original” teammates who made their MLB Debut in the selected Decade

Name	FranchID	Name	FranchID
Altoona Mountain City	ALT	Louisville Grays	LGR
Anaheim Angels	ANA	Louisville Colonels	LOU
California Angels	ANA	Louisville Eclipse	LOU
Los Angeles Angels	ANA	Middletown Mansfields	MAN
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	ANA	Baltimore Marylands	MAR
Arizona Diamondbacks	ARI	Milwaukee Brewers	MIL
Philadelphia Athletics	ATH	Seattle Pilots	MIL
Atlanta Braves	ATL	Minnesota Twins	MIN
Boston Beaneaters	ATL	Washington Senators	MIN
Boston Bees	ATL	Milwaukee Brewers	MLA
Boston Braves	ATL	Milwaukee Grays	MLG
Boston Doves	ATL	Milwaukee Brewers	MLU
Boston Red Caps	ATL	Washington Nationals	NAT
Boston Rustlers	ATL	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NEW
Milwaukee Braves	ATL	Newark Pepper	NEW
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	New Haven Elm Citys	NHV
Milwaukee Brewers	BAL	New York Mutuals	NNA
St. Louis Browns	BAL	New York Giants	NYI
Buffalo Bisons	BFB	New York Mets	NYM
Buffalo Blues	BFL	New York Metropolitans	NYP
Buffalo Buffeds	BFL	New York Mutuals	NYU
Baltimore Canaries	BLC	Baltimore Orioles	NYY
Baltimore Orioles	BLO	New York Highlanders	NYY
Baltimore Terrapins	BLT	New York Yankees	NYY
Baltimore Monumentals	BLU	Kansas City Athletics	OAK
Boston Red Stockings	BNA	Oakland Athletics	OAK
Boston Americans	BOS	Philadelphia Athletics	OAK
Boston Red Sox	BOS	Washington Olympics	OLY
Brooklyn Atlantics	BRA	Pittsburgh Burghers	PBB
Boston Reds	BRD	Pittsburgh Rebels	PBS
Brooklyn Gladiators	BRG	Philadelphia Athletics	PHA
Boston Reds	BRS	Philadelphia Blue Jays	PHI
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	BTT	Philadelphia Phillies	PHI
Buffalo Bisons	BUF	Philadelphia Quakers	PHI
Brooklyn Ward’s Wonders	BWW	Philadelphia Keystones	PHK
Columbus Buckeyes	CBK	Philadelphia Athletics	PHQ
Cleveland Blues	CBL	Pittsburg Alleghenys	PIT
Philadelphia Centennials	CEN	Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT
Cleveland Forest Citys	CFC	Philadelphia Athletics	PNA
Chicago Colts	CHC	Providence Grays	PRO
Chicago Cubs	CHC	Philadelphia Whites	PWS
Chicago Orphans	CHC	Elizabeth Resolutes	RES
Chicago White Stockings	CHC	Richmond Virginians	RIC
Chicago Chi-Feds	CHH	Rochester Broncos	ROC
Chicago Whales	CHH	Rockford Forest Citys	ROK
Chicago Pirates	CHP	St. Louis Brown Stockings	SBS
Chicago White Sox	CHW	San Diego Padres	SDP
Cincinnati Red Stockings	CIN	Seattle Mariners	SEA
Cincinnati Redlegs	CIN	New York Giants	SFG
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	New York Gothams	SFG
Cincinnati Kelly’s Killers	CKK	San Francisco Giants	SFG
Cleveland Blues	CLE	St. Louis Terriers	SLI
Cleveland Bronchos	CLE	St. Louis Maroons	SLM
Cleveland Indians	CLE	St. Louis Red Stockings	SLR
Cleveland Naps	CLE	St. Louis Brown Stockings	SNA
Cleveland Infants	CLI	St. Louis Brown Stockings	STL
Columbus Solons	CLS	St. Louis Browns	STL
Cleveland Blues	CLV	St. Louis Cardinals	STL
Cleveland Spiders	CLV	St. Louis Perfectos	STL
Chicago White Stockings	CNA	St. Paul White Caps	STP
Cincinnati Reds	CNR	Syracuse Stars	SYR
Colorado Rockies	COL	Syracuse Stars	SYS
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	COR	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	TBD
Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)	CPI	Tampa Bay Rays	TBD
Detroit Tigers	DET	Texas Rangers	TEX
Detroit Wolverines	DTN	Washington Senators	TEX
Brooklyn Eckfords	ECK	Toledo Maumees	TLM
Florida Marlins	FLA	Toledo Blue Stockings	TOL
Miami Marlins	FLA	Toronto Blue Jays	TOR
Hartford Dark Blues	HAR	Troy Haymakers	TRO
Hartford Dark Blues	HNA	Troy Trojans	TRT
Houston Astros	HOU	Washington Senators	WAS
Houston Colt .45’s	HOU	Washington Statesmen	WAS
Indianapolis Blues	IBL	Washington Blue Legs	WBL
Indianapolis Hoosiers	IHO	Keokuk Westerns	WES
Indianapolis Hoosiers	IND	Wilmington Quicksteps	WIL
Kansas City Cowboys	KCC	Washington Nationals	WNA
Kansas City Cowboys	KCN	Washington Nationals	WNL
Kansas City Packers	KCP	Washington Nationals	WNT
Kansas City Royals	KCR	Worcester Ruby Legs	WOR
Kansas City Cowboys	KCU	Montreal Expos	WSN
Fort Wayne Kekiongas	KEK	Washington Nationals	WSN
Brooklyn Atlantics	LAD	Washington Nationals	WST
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	LAD
Brooklyn Dodgers	LAD
Brooklyn Grays	LAD
Brooklyn Grooms	LAD
Brooklyn Robins	LAD
Brooklyn Superbas	LAD
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD

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Seamheads – Baseball Gauge Win Shares and Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Dan Hirsch

Sean Lahman – Lahman Database The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Sean Lahman. Interested parties can download the database at www.SeanLahman.com.

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“Hardball Architects” examines the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set (American League and National League). All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives.

“Hardball Retroactive”,published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. A cross-section of essays that I penned for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog spanning nearly a decade touching on subjects including "Taking the Extra Base", "General Manager Scorecard", "Worst Trades", "BABIP By Location" and "Baseball Birthplaces and the Retro World Baseball Classic". Rediscover your favorite hardball arcade and simulations in "Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser" or take a deep dive into every franchise's minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations in "Minors vs. Majors".

“Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills.

Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here.

“Hardball Retrospective - Addendum 2014 to 2016”supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each "original" team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 - 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.

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I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family. Co-chair of the SABR Games and Simulations Committee (https://sabrbaseballgaming.com) since August 2022. Visit my Amazon author page to check out my books, promotional videos, and post a review if you're a Hardball Retro fan! https://www.amazon.com/author/derekbain My Books: “Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League Teams)”, published in July 2020, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. “Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League Teams)”, published in April 2022, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. “Hardball Architects” examines the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set (American League and National League). All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives. “Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. A cross-section of essays that I penned for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog spanning nearly a decade touching on subjects including "Taking the Extra Base", "General Manager Scorecard", "Worst Trades", "BABIP By Location" and "Baseball Birthplaces and the Retro World Baseball Classic". Rediscover your favorite hardball arcade and simulations in "Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser" or take a deep dive into every franchise's minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations in "Minors vs. Majors". “Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills. Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here. “Hardball Retrospective - Addendum 2014 to 2016” supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each "original" team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 - 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.