Regular Teams
American League, 1900

After the 1894 season, Cincinnati player-manager Charles Comiskey retired from major league baseball (the National League), acquired the Sioux Falls ballclub in the Western League and moved it to Saint Paul. Cincinnati sportswriter Ban Johnson was hired as WL President. After the 1899 season, when the NL contracted from twelve ballclubs to eight, the WL renamed itself the American League and moved the Saint Paul and Grand Rapids franchises to Chicago and Cleveland for the 1900 season.

According to two counts of AL1900 players, 102 of 200 had previous NL experience (Art Ahrens 1977); 126 of 201 played in the NL before or during 1900 (Joe Wayman 1999). I don't know whether the redefinition accounts for the numerical difference or whether Wayman's is also a significant recount.

Here are three pitchers and eight regular players for each team, identified by Wayman, and the complete roster of the champion Chicago White Stockings with auxiliary information provided by Ahrens. The three pitchers and the three regular outfielders on each team are listed alphabetically by lastname.

Regular players by team
Buffalo ( ==> replaced by Boston )
Chicago ( from St. Paul 1899 )
Cleveland ( from Grand Rapids 1899 )
Detroit
Indianapolis ( ==> replaced by Philadelphia? )
Kansas City ( ==> to Washington? )
Milwaukee 
Minneapolis ( ==> replaced by Baltimore? )
Chicago White Stockings: complete roster of the 1900 champions, with notes
Shiner's stars: best MLB players among AL1900 regulars


Buffalo
P       Amole, MG			--
P   a   Foreman, FI Frank		
P       Hastings, CM			--

C  #    Schreckengost, OF Ossee 
1B      Carey, GC "Scoops"		1895, 1902
2B      Bierbauer, LW Lou		--
SS  n   Hallman, WW Billy (not Bill)
3B      Andrews, JA			-- dnp mlb
OF      Gettman, JJ			--
OF      Halligan, WE			--
OF      Shearon, JM John (from Chicago) --
 (#,+ = regular,roster Boston 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)


Chicago White Stockings
 (owner-manager Charles Comiskey; was St Paul 1899)
P	Denzer, R			
P	Fisher, CB
P  #	Patterson, RL Ray

C  +    Sugden, J Joe
1B #    Isbell, WF Frank
2B  n   Padden, RJ Dick
SS #    Shugart, FH Frank
3B #    Hartman, FO Fred
OF  a   Brodie, WS Steve 
OF #    Hoy, WE William "Dummy" 
OF #    McFarland, HW Herm
 (#,+ = regular,roster Chicago 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)

See the complete Chicago roster with notes.


Cleveland
 (manager Jimmy McAleer; was Grand Rapids 1899)
P  #	Hart, W Bill
P  #    Hoffer, WL
P	McKenna, JW			--

C       Spies, H			--
1B #    LaChance, GJ "Candy" 
2B      Flood, TA Tim			1902-03
SS +    Shay, DC Danny			1904
3B      Sullivan, SG			--
OF      Frisbee, CA			--
OF      Genins, CF			--
OF       ?
 (#,+ = regular,roster Cleveland 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)


Detroit
P  #    Cronin, JJ
P  #    Miller, RC
P  #    Yeager, JF

C  +    Shaw, A Al
1B #    Dillon, FE "Pop"
2B  n   Ryan, JB Jack
SS #    Elberfeld, NA "Kid"
3B #    Casey, JP "Doc"
OF  n   Harley, RJ Dick		5 Cin	1897-1903
OF #    Holmes, JW "Ducky"
OF      Nicol, GE George		--
 (#,+ = regular,roster Detroit 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)


Indianapolis
P	Barnes, FE			--
P	Damman, WF			--
P   a   Kellum, WA

C  #    Powers, MR Mike
1B      Kelley, MJ			--
2B  n   Magoon, GH George "Maggie"
SS      Madison, A			--
3B      Hickey, ME Mike			--
OF  n   Hartsel, TF "Topsy"
OF      Hogriever, GC George
OF #    Seybold, RO "Socks"
 (#,+ = regular,roster Philadelphia 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)


Kansas City
P  #    Gear, DD
P  #	Lee, WA
P  #	Patten, CL Casey

C       Gonding, J			-- dnp mlb
1B #    Dungan, SM Sam
2B      Shaefer, HA "Germany"		1902, 1905-
SS      Wagner, A (brother of Hans)	--
3B #    Coughlin, WP Bill
OF #    Farrell, JS John
OF  a   Hemphill, CG Charlie
OF +a   O'Brien, JJ Jack
 (#,+ = regular,roster Washington 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)


Milwaukee Brewers
 (manager Connie Mack)
P  #	Reidy, WJ
P  #	Sparks, TF Tully
P   n	Waddell, GE "Rube"

C       Smith, HT Harry			sub 1901-10
1B #    Anderson, JJ John 
2B  a   Fultz, DL Dave
SS #    Conroy, WE Wid 
3B #    Burke, JT                       to Chicago 1901
OF      Carey, T			--
OF  a   Dowd, TJ Tommy                  from Chicago 1901
OF #    Waldron, IJ Irv
 (#,+ = regular,roster Milwaukee 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)


Minneapolis
P	Bailey, HF			--
P	Ehret, PS "Red"			--
P  ?	Parker, HP

C       Fisher, N			--
1B      Werden, PW Perry		--
2B      Abbaticchio, EJ Ed		1903-05, 07-08
SS      Smith, GJ "Germany"		--
3B  a   Nance, WG William "Kid" "Doc"
OF  n   Davis, AD Alphonzo "Lefty"
OF      Lally, DJ			--
OF      Wilmot, WR			--
 (#,+ = regular,roster Baltimore 1901; a,n = other AL,NL)


1900 Chicago White Stockings
P       Denzer Roger
P       Fisher Chauncey
P  #    Katoll John
P  #  o Patterson Roy
pitchers    Killen Frank (acquired mid-season)
            Seymour Cy (acquired mid-season, 18 Jul)
            Hill Bill
C  +    Sugden Joe
catchers    Buckley Dick
            Wood Bob
1B #    Isbell Frank
2B      Padden Dick (captain)
SS #    Shugart Frank
3B #    Hartman Fred
infielders  Martin Frank
            Geier Phil
            Motz Frank
   +  o     Brain David
      o     O'Leary Charley
   +        Burke Jimmy (from Milwaukee?)
LF #    McFarland Herm
CF #    Hoy William
RF      Brodie Steve
outfielders Dowd Tommy (sold to Milwaukee about 1 Jun)
            Shearon John (to Buffalo?)
            Dillard Pat
            Lally Bud
      o     Clayton G.E.

Key   o no previous National League experience (4 of 28)
   #    regular, 1901 Chicago White Stockings (7)
   +    roster, 1901 Chicago White Stockings (3)

Ahrens reports that 4 of 28 White Stockings (14%) had no
National League experience; compare 98 of 200 players on all
AL1900 teams (49%).  Wayman reports that 75 of 201 players
had no NL experience including 1900 (37%).


MLB All Stars in AL1900
David Shiner recently identified a "team" of players from
AL1900 by the criterion of major-league playing time
[TNP 2001].

Pitchers: the six AL1900 pitchers who pitched at least
1500 innings in the major leagues.

                            best MLB season (Shiner)
P       Ehret Red               1890
        Foreman Frank           1888
        Hart Bill               1886
        Patten Casey            1906
        Sparks Tully            1907
        Waddell Rube            1905

Three were old and over the hill in 1900; three were young
and unproven.  Shiner believes that Sparks would have been
the only regular in the 8-team National League.

Regulars: the AL1900 players with most seasons as a regular
in the majors; two played a different position in 1900.

                            seasons as MLB regular
C       Schreckengost Ossee     1899-1908
1B      LaChance "Candy"        1894-1904
2B      Bierbauer Lou           1886-1895
SS      Smith "Germany"         1884-1897
3B      Conroy Wid              1901-1911 (shortstop in 1900)
OF      Anderson John           1895-1908 (firstbase in 1900)
OF      Brodie Steve            1890-1902
OF      Hoy William "Dummy"     1888-1902

Anderson was at peak age in 1900 and LaChance was also in
the midst of his career as a regular player.