Category talk:Rockford Forest Citys (NABBP) players

coverage
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

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)
 * Barstow, 1870 of,1b
 * 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)

major leaguers
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





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

roster
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)