SOM Negro League plans: Draft

So how do I distribute the 103 players from the Stratomatic Negro League set to the six teams I want to start in my replay?

I do want to use the small rosters (about 15 players) described in the guide book for the Stratomatic card edition. That means I can easily get six teams worth of rosters out of the available 100+ cards, with a few cards left to account for position imbalances across the set and a chance to bring in a few "free agents" during the season.

I need

• a good mix of player qualities across teams, esp. a good spread of the big names and HOF caliber players
• a way to give each team some identity (focus on pitching, hitting, defense, versatility...)
• each position covered with at least one way to substitutein case of injuries

I'm thinking of this approach:
1. seed each team with one or two players strongly associated with the team
2. sort the remaining players by position and strength (se the primary positions indicated in the player nots of the guide book to identify the main positions played)
3. write down one or two priorities for each team (strong pitching, deep rotation, offense, defense, hitting vs speed...)
4. draft the remaining players according to team prios and the need to have at least one player per position

Let's see whether sorting the player cards along these ideas will yield six teams that can field a proper defense.

Here are a few notes on the obvious and not-so-obvious candidates for an initial round of seeding teams with one-two high profile, possibly team related names:

Candidates to seed teams

• Bell, Cool Papa (St Louis Stars, CF)
• Charleston Oscar (Indianapolis ABCs, 1B/CF)
• Dihigo, Martin (Cuban Grays, OF / RHP)
• Gibson, Josh (Homestead Grays, C, top hitter)
• Mackey, Biz (Hilldale Daisies, C / everything, hitter)
• Page, Satchel (KC Monarchs, RHP)
• Rogan, Bullet Joe (KC Monarchs, CF / RHP) - I'll probably not seed him so I end up with six seeds and no double seed for the KC Monarchs

For the record / for cross reference durnig drafting: the other HOFers

• Brown, Ray (Homestead Grays, P)
• Brown, Willard (KC Monarchs, OF)
• Cooper, Andy (KC Monarchs, LHP) - seed?
• Dandridge, Ray (Newark Eagles, 3B) - seed?
• Day, Leon (Newark Eagles, RHP / UT) 
• Foster, Andrew Rube (Chicago American Giants, RHP, in HOF for later mgr career, too)
• Foster, William (Chicago American Giants, LHP)
• Hill, Peter (Chicago American Giants, CF)
• Johnson Judy (Hilldale Daisies, 3B)
• Leonard, Buck (Homestead Grays, 1B)
• Loyd, John H Pop (Bacharach Giants, SS)
• Mendez, Jose (KC Monarchs, RHP / SS)
• Santop, Louis (NY Lincoln Giants, C)
• Smith, Hilton (KC Monarchs, RHP)
• Stearnes, Turkey (Detroit Stars, CF, HR hitter)
• Suttles, Mule (St. Louis Stars, 1B, hitter, bad defense)
• Taylor, Ben (Indianapolis ABCs, 1B)
• Torriente, Cristobal (Chicago American Giants, 1B)
• Wells, Willie (St. Louis Stars, SS)
• Williams, Smokey Joe (New York Lincoln Giants, RHP, one of the two best ever) - seed?
• Wilson, Jud (Baltimore Black Sox, 1B/3B)

Other: Smith, Chino (New York Lincoln Giants, RF, great hitter, died at 30 so no HOF)