GULF STATES LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/09/1950
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Tom Coe 1st Tom Coe 2nd 1st
Biloxi Billies Bob Longstreth 2nd Bob Longstreth 6th 2nd
Gulfport Sailors Sammy Clark 3rd Sammy Clark 1st 3rd
Mobile Commodores George Lecompte 4th George Lecompte 4th 4th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Dave Green 5th Joe Clark 5th 5th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Joe Hyder 6th Tom Peterson 7th 7th
Jackson Junipers Bill Moran 7th Ike Bell 3rd 6th
Beaumont Buffaloes 8th 8th 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Freddie Parsell 1st Freddie Parsell 3rd(tied) 1st
Gulfport Sailors Bill Guthrie 2nd Wayne Cottrill 2nd 2nd
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Charlie Patterson 3rd Charlie Patterson 3rd(tied) 3rd
Jackson Junipers Jack Peck 4th Jimmy Weaver 3rd(tied) 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Jack Craig 5th Jack Craig 1st 4th
Beaumont Buffaloes 6th (tied) 6th(tied) 6th(tied)
Biloxi Billies 6th (tied) 6th(tied) 6th(tied)
Mobile Commodores 6th (tied) 6th(tied) 6th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hattiesburg Top Hats Ambrose Evans 1st Abel Young 1st 1st
Biloxi Billies Mike Couture 2nd Mike Couture 5th(tied) 4th
Beaumont Buffaloes George Potter 3rd (tied) Jack Gardner 3rd 3rd
Pensacola Pelicans Larry Jackson 3rd (tied) Jim Goss 2nd 2nd
Gulfport Sailors Curt Brooks 5th Enos Bailey 5th(tied) 6th
Jackson Junipers Don Smith 6th Milt Holt 4th 5th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Earl Dziedzic 7th George Walker 5th(tied) 7th
Mobile Commodores William Harris 8th Rube Simpson 5th(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beaumont Buffaloes Mike Smith 1st Parson Allen 3rd 1st
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Carl Matthews 2nd Carl Matthews 2nd 2nd
Pensacola Pelicans Don Matthews 3rd Roy Nash 4th 3rd
Biloxi Billies Lew Proux 4th Vic Kramer 5th(tied) 4th
Gulfport Sailors Amos Peterson 5th Amos Peterson 5th(tied) 5th
Jackson Junipers Whitey Childs 6th Harry Arthur 5th(tied) 6th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Tony Skinner 7th Tony Skinner 1st 7th
Mobile Commodores Jack Lowe 8th Jack Lowe 8th 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Biloxi Billies Joe Traylor 1st Walter Waters 4th(tied) 1st
Beaumont Buffaloes John Cochran 2nd Al Dunlap 1st 2nd
Mobile Commodores Truman Jones 3rd Clarence Arnold 2nd 3rd
Gulfport Sailors Billy Sharon 4th Ed Shepherd 3rd 4th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Slim Hopkins 5th Slim Hopkins 7th 7th
Jackson Junipers Harry Graham 6th Harry Graham 4th(tied) 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Bob Laun 7th Ed Wise 4th(tied) 6th
Pensacola Pelicans 8th 8th 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Jim Arnold 1st Jim Arnold 1st(tied) 1st
Beaumont Buffaloes Johnny Mitchell 2nd Johnny Mitchell 6th 4th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Don Price 3rd Mike Malone 1st(tied) 2nd
Gulfport Sailors Donald Sutton 4th Bill Absher 1st(tied) 3rd
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Bill Irvin 5th Bill Irvin 4th 5th
Biloxi Billies Harl Smith 6th Harl Smith 5th 6th
Jackson Junipers 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 7th(tied)
Mobile Commodores 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 7th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Luther Timothy 1st Ben Wood 5th 2nd
Beaumont Buffaloes Nellie Meek 2nd Armando Estrada 1st 1st
Mobile Commodores Cleo Evans 3rd Andy Hervey 2nd 3rd
Pensacola Pelicans Ron Ryken 4th Pat Adair 4th 4th
Gulfport Sailors Frank King 5th Jim Johnston 7th 7th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Andy Nevill 6th Andy Nevill 6th 5th
Jackson Junipers Johnny Rice 7th Chick Brown 8th 8th
Biloxi Billies Goldie Smith 8th Goldie Smith 3rd 6th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Bobby Curtis 1st Bobby Curtis 2nd(tied) 1st
Beaumont Buffaloes Del Peters 2nd Del Peters 2nd(tied) 2nd
Biloxi Billies Lee Cokely 3rd Lee Cokely 7th 6th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Al Bennett 4th Tommy Aiken 2nd(tied) 3rd
Jackson Junipers John Jones 5th Doc Lawrence 1st 4th
Mobile Commodores Dick Turner 6th Dick Turner 2nd(tied) 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Guy Hart 7th Guy Hart 6th 7th
Gulfport Sailors 8th 8th 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hattiesburg Top Hats Dick Houston 1st Dick Houston 2nd 1st
Biloxi Billies Pete Seaford 2nd Stan Paul 4th 2nd
Pensacola Pelicans Barney Johnson 3rd Barney Johnson 3rd 3rd
Jackson Junipers Bob Finch 4th Bill Howard 5th 5th
Gulfport Sailors Wally Goldschmidt 5th Ed Patterson 1st 4th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Steve Talley 6th Steve Talley 6th 6th
Beaumont Buffaloes Nelson Galletta 7th Nelson Galletta 7th 7th
Mobile Commodores Hooks Foreman 8th Eddie Webb 8th 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Steve Talley 1st Steve Talley 2nd 2nd
Gulfport Sailors Bill Mason 2nd Bill Mason 4th 4th
Beaumont Buffaloes 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Biloxi Billies 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Hattiesburg Top Hats 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Jackson Junipers 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Mobile Commodores Hooks Foreman 3rd (tied) Al Schisler 1st 1st
Pensacola Pelicans John Rubeck 3rd (tied) John Rubeck 3rd 3rd
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Steve Talley 1st Steve Talley 2nd 2nd
Gulfport Sailors Bill Mason 2nd Bill Mason 4th 4th
Beaumont Buffaloes 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Biloxi Billies 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Hattiesburg Top Hats 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Jackson Junipers 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 5th(tied)
Mobile Commodores Hooks Foreman 3rd (tied) Al Schisler 1st 1st
Pensacola Pelicans John Rubeck 3rd (tied) John Rubeck 3rd 3rd
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