Player Profiles

Prior to the start of the season, player profiles were published by newspapers in almost every city in the league (the exception being Omaha). Sometimes these profiles included a sketch of the player. These profiles are presented here by team.

Chicago

The Chicago Daily News printed a preview of the club on April 11, 1888.

Des Moines

Profiles published in the Des Moines Register on February 26, 1888.
Charlie Morton
Billy Alvord
Ed Cushman
Bug Holliday
Ted Kennedy
Jimmy Macullar
Joe Quinn
Harry Sage
Fred Smith
Dan Stearns
Bill Traffley
Bill Van Dyke
Frank Wells
Guerdon Whitely
Summary

Kansas City

Profiles published in the Kansas City Times over three days in February, 1888.
February 4, 1888
Ed Cartwright
Joe Ardner
Jim Manning
Ralph Johnson

February 5, 1888
Michael Bradley
Count Campau
Bill Hassamaer

February 20, 1888
Jim Conway
Joe Gunson
Parke Swartzel
Charlie Reynolds
Jake Wells
John McCarty
Julie Freeman

Milwaukee

Profiles published in the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel on May 20, 1888. Sketches appear to have been done from the photos used in this Milwaukee composite.
Jim Hart
Andy Cusick
David Davin
Tom Forster
Billy Fuller
Bobby Lowe
Leech Maskrey
Lynn Mills
Pat Pettee
William Shenkel
Joe Strauss
John Struck
Jack Horner and Ed Warner

Minneapolis

Profiles published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on March 17, 1888.
 Profiles published in the St. Paul Globe on March 18, 1888.
William Goodling
Fred Leland
Tim Brosnan
Frank Graves
Bill Hawes
Fred Jevne
William Jordan
Gus Klopf
Bill Krieg
Timothy McCallum
Charlie Parsons
Owen Patton
Myers Robinson
John Shaw
James Stirling
George Winkleman

 William Goodling
Fred Leland

Infield Overview
Bill Hawes
Tim Brosnan
John Shaw
Myers Robinson

Outfield Overview
Fred Jevne
Timothy McCallum
Owen Patton

Pitching Overview
George Winkleman
Gus Klopf
Charlie Parsons
James Stirling
Fred Rehse

Catching Overview
Frank Graves
William Jordan
Bill Krieg

St. Louis

Profiles published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on March 11, 1888.
Charles Alcott
Jake Beckley
Bart Cantz
Jack Crooks
Jim Devlin
Tom Dolan
Joe Herr
Hunkey Hines
Jake Kenyon
Jerry McCormick
Parson Nicholson
Pete Somers
Ed Sproat
Harry Staley
Frank Weikart

St. Paul

Profiles published in the St. Paul Globe on March 11, 1888.

John Barnes
Varney Anderson
Scrappy Carroll
Jack Corbett
Jesse Duryea
Billy Earle
Rudy Kemmler
Tom Morrissey
Larry Murphy
John Pickett
Joe Quest
Charlie Reilly
John Sowders
William Tuckerman
Peek-a-boo Veach
Peter Vogel

Omaha

The Omaha Daily Bee published a list of the team players with ages, heights and weights on Aprl 12, 1888.

Other profiles

These are other profiles published for Western Association players.

James Allen from the Cedar Rapids Gazette on May 15, 1891
Charlie Cady from the Chicago Tribune on June 24, 1888
Chick Pedroes from the Chicago Tribune on July 15, 1888
Luke Schildknecht from the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel on March 18, 1889
Frank Weikart from the August 31, 1889 Sporting News
Frank Wells from the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel on March 18, 1889