Category talk:Rockford Forest Citys (NABBP) players

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coverage[edit]

Beside the seven players with pages now in the category, Marshall Wright lists these other members of the 1870 team.

Joe Doyle, 1870 1b
Tom Foley (outfielder), 1870 3b
Fred Cone (baseball), 1870 of

Barstow, 1870 of,1b

Those are three regulars and one sub. Relying on memory too, I give red links to the major leaguers only. P64 (talk) 21:10, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly that is Joe Doyle of the 1872 Washington Nationals, a shortstop and Virginia native

The Forest Citys were openly professional only in 1870 although Barnes or Spaldings later recalled splitting gate receipts by the end of the decade. The 1870 replaced only two regulars from 1869, outfielders Ballard Osborne and Chesney or Chaney by 1B Doyle and OF Simmons. --P64 (talk) 05:26, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

major leaguers[edit]

Two members of the 1870 team never played in the majors (see above).

Here are the known major leaguers who played for the Rockford Forest Citys before 1871, presented in two different ways.

1870 - Bob Addy, Al Barker, Ross Barnes, Fred Cone, Tom Foley, Scott Hastings, Joe Simmons, Al Spalding, Gat Stires
1869 - Addy, Barker, Barnes, Cone, Foley, Hastings, Spalding, Stires
1868 - Addy, Barker, Barnes, Cone, Spalding, Stires
1867 - Addy, Barnes, Spalding
1866 - Addy, Barnes, Spalding

66 67 68 69 70 Bob Addy

-- -- 68 69 70 Al Barker

66 67 68 69 70 Ross Barnes

-- -- 68 69 70 Fred Cone

-- -- -- 69 70 Tom Foley

-- -- -- 69 70 Scott Hastings

-- -- -- -- 70 Joe Simmons

66 67 68 69 70 Al Spalding

-- -- 68 69 70 Gat Stires

Neither one should win any awards but either one may be useful. --P64 (talk) 03:46, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

roster[edit]

Here is a presentation of the 1868-1870 teams (combining two sources) plus 1866-1867 data from three biographies.

66	67	2B	C	2B	[[Bob Addy]]
		LF 	OF	of	[[Al Barker]]
66	67 	SS	SS	SS	[[Ross Barnes]]
		1B	1B	LF	[[Fred Cone]]
 			3B	3B	[[Tom Foley]]
			2B	C	[[Scott Hastings]]
		 		CF	[[Joe Simmons]]
66	67 	P	P	P	[[Al Spalding]]
 		RF	of	RF	[[Gat Stires]]

				lf,1b	Barstow
				1B	Joe Doyle
			CF		Chesney:Chaney
			of		Sawyer
			of:LF		Trumbull
		3B:CF	RF		Ballard Osborne
		of			Waxham
		C			George King

Uppercase denotes a regular player. Comma is part of a complex listing from one source. Colon separates data from two sources, for selected differences only. --P64 (talk) 04:24, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]