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MLB News Flash: Draft Pool Revealed
Tuesday, November 21st , 1916
Major League Baseball divulged the 1916 list of eligible draftees today. It got little play in BNN coverage and why should it? Most players drafted in thirty days won't be on a big league club for years, if at all. Some will languish listlessly at the minor league level. Others will suffer a series of misfortunes, never quite making their mark, but always wowing scouts with their potential. And yet, some lucky team will draw a needle out of a haystack, send him off to the minors and forget about him for a while, only to realize they've got a Hall of Famer on their hands.
At any rate, teams now have thirty days to scout the draft pool prior to the draft. The Transactions page also gets a new section dedicated to the pool.
The early favorites to be high picks are the following:
1. Jelly Gardner, 21 year-old LF out of college.
2. Dick Lundy, 18 year-old SS out of high-school.
3. Ross Youngs, 19 year-old RF out of high-school.
4. Ira Flagstead, 23 year-old RF out of college.
5. Bill Lamar, 19 year-old CF out of high-school.
6. Alejandro Oms, 20 year-old CF out of college.
7. Edgar Wesley, 25 year-old 1B out of college.
8. Tony Boeckel, 24 year-old 3B out of college.
9. Fred Nicholson, 22 year-old RF out of college.
10. Jimmy Ring, 21 year-old RHP out of college.
The official OSA Mock Draft will be released on the day of the draft, or you can review the draft pool on the draft page.
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BNN Stats: Single-Season Records
Monday, November 20th , 1916
Who holds the single season record in the Major League Baseball for at bats?
Hal Chase, PHI, 676, 1910
Pete Hill, PHA, 667, 1904
Wid Conroy, NYY, 665, 1908
John Henry Lloyd, BBB, 663, 1915
Hal Chase, NYY, 663, 1906
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MLB Headline News: The Hall of Fame Voting Begins
Sunday, November 19th , 1916
Ballots are now available for the 1917 Hall of Fame class. This is your opportunity to cast your ballot to vote for the greatest players of the last generation to be forever enshrined. Balloting will continue until the results are announced on Wednesday, January 3rd , 1917.
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