 | BB2F News: First-Year Player Draft
Friday, December 30th, 1949: The 1949 Baseball Back To The Future amateur draft will be conducted today. The cream of the crop in amateur baseball circles will be plucked by the baseball hierarchy. Diamond journalists and experts say these ten names are at the top of the first-year player shopping list:
1. Masaichi Kaneda, 16 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
2. Billy Loes, 20 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
3. Junzo Sekine, 22 year-old left fielder out of high-school.
4. Lew Burdette, 23 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
5. Dick Donovan, 22 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
6. Ray Herbert, 20 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
7. Connie Marrero, 38 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
8. Joe Adcock, 22 year-old first baseman out of college.
9. Charlie Maxwell, 22 year-old left fielder out of college.
10. Willard Nixon, 21 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
Boston (N), Washington, Brooklyn, New York (A) and St. Louis (A) have the top five picks and hope to cash in this year.
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| BNN Stats: Active Career Pitching Leaders
Monday, December 26th, 1949: Which active pitchers are leading the Baseball Back To The Future in career WHIP?
Don Newcombe, PHA, 1.08
Monty Stratton, -, 1.12
Paul Dean, CHN, 1.13
Russ Meyer, DET, 1.19
Ray Brown, -, 1.19
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| BNN Stats: It's Just Muscles, Honestly.
Monday, December 19th, 1949: Here is a list of the heaviest players in the Baseball Back To The Future...
Joe Nuxhall, NYY1, 259 lbs
Randy Gumpert, BSN, 257 lbs
Carl Scheib, PIT, 252 lbs
Wilmer Fields, NY1, 239 lbs
Jimmy Shevlin, -, 237 lbs
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