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Larry McLean

  At Cincinnati Larry McLean took part in ninety-eight contests with more or less credit, fielding for .973 and batting for .243. Larry is generally a heavy hitter, usually hugging the .300 mark. This year, however, his batting suffered a serious slump. McLean has a great throwing arm, but he is very slow and might well be matched with Meyers in a championship slow race. - Baseball Magazine, Feb. 1913, vol. X issue 4 " The Greatest of all Catchers" by F.C Lane
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Ivey Wingo

  The bulk of the work, therefore, fell upon Ivy Wingo, who caught in ninety-two games, batted for .265 and fielded for .957. Wingo shows every promise of be-coming a great catcher. He is a hard and willing worker and when he has gained a little more experience will undoubtedly rank very high.- Baseball Magazine, Feb. 1913, vol. X issue 4 " The Greatest of all Catchers" by F.C Lane
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Fred Clarke (manager)

It seemed the settled policy of Manager Clark to put his faith in veteran stars rather than in  young players who were comers. - Baseball Magazine, Feb. 1913, vol. X issue 4 " The Greatest of all Catchers" by F.C Lane
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Billy Kelly

Kelly, the high priced partner of O’Toole, hit tremendously, fielded fault-lessly and showed great all around promise. His batting average of .318 and his fielding average of .990 tell an excellent story of his ability. - Baseball Magazine, Feb. 1913, vol. X issue 4 " The Greatest of all Catchers" by F.C Lane
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Ted Easterly

Easterly, through his varied career at Cleveland and Chicago, showed that he is a batter of much promise, but his catching ability by no means equals his work with the stick. While he batted for .311 in ninety-three games (which is a good average for an outfielder let alone a catcher) his work behind the bat was far from brilliant. Easterly is a mechanical player who has little talent  for the finer points of the game.  - Baseball Magazine, Feb. 1913, vol. X issue 4 " The Greatest of all Catchers" by F.C Lane
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Jim Stephens

  Stephens was never accused of being a star. His work, so far as the records are concerned does not appear worse than others. He took part in seventy-four games, batted for .252 and fielded for .954. But Stephens at best is a second string catcher and his participation in so many games was merely due to the fact that there was no other catcher at St. Louis who was e ven so well fitted for the position as he.
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Ed Sweeney

  At New York Sweeney suffered somewhat in the general disintegration of a once great club. When at his best Sweeney has no superiors in the Ameri-can League and it is doubtful if there was a more consistent performer than he last season. He took part in no games, batted for .268 and fielded for .955. While his work suffered noticeably at times and was never over-steady, it was generally of a high order and sometimes even brilliant. - Baseball Magazine, Feb. 1913, vol. X issue 4 " The Greatest of all Catchers" by F.C Lane
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