FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/20/1975
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Howard Smith 1st Stanley Moore 24th 18th
Dallas Wranglers John Miller 2nd Charlie Bachman 18th(tied) 1st
Los Angeles Stars Bob Griffin 3rd Sam Howard 18th(tied) 3rd
Chicago Cougars Charlie Sanders 4th Sam Calhoun 7th(tied) 2nd
Baltimore Clippers Hank Wallace 5th Harvey Sexton 23rd 23rd
Seattle Kings Fred Tollefson 6th Tom Hargrove 12th 4th
Cincinnati Cannons Pete Bruce 7th Frank Cizek 14th 5th
Houston Comets Jerry Robinson 8th Harry Gayle 17th 10th
Minneapolis Millers Julio Castaneda 9th John Smith 3rd 6th
Chicago Chiefs Chris Wells 10th Al Kuechle 9th 9th
New York Gothams Earl Ferry 11th Sandy Richardson 22nd 24th
Toronto Wolves Jess McPherson 12th Pat Duffy 2nd 7th
Boston Minutemen Ed Cole 13th Bill Gallagher 5th 11th
San Francisco Sailors Woody Evans 14th Cyrus O'Shields 1st 8th
Detroit Dynamos Harvey Van Orden 15th Jose Chavez 7th(tied) 12th
Milwaukee Arrows Moose Patrick 16th Jack Wells 15th(tied) 14th
Los Angeles Suns Ed Mooney 17th Jeff Gaston 18th(tied) 17th
Philadelphia Keystones Jack Hinkle 18th Nick Dennis 10th 13th
Washington Eagles Mel Cardoza 19th Jim Custis 11th 16th
Kansas City Mavericks Dave Mitchel 20th Chuck Barton 13th 19th
Cleveland Foresters Reggie Anderson 21st George Konitzer 4th 15th
St. Louis Pioneers Ed Holt 22nd Harry DeRemer 15th(tied) 20th
Montreal Saints Vance Ferguson 23rd Pete Little 6th 21st
New York Imperials Jack Peeples 24th Walter Tyler 18th(tied) 22nd
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Wranglers Nick Parker 1st Pat Molnar 20th(tied) 1st
Los Angeles Stars Bobby Garrison 2nd Pat McKnight 20th(tied) 3rd
St. Louis Pioneers John Richards 3rd Dick Marshall 3rd 2nd
Cincinnati Cannons Mike Rocque 4th Joe Barrett 13th 5th
Boston Minutemen Willie Stephens 5th Tom Ritter 15th(tied) 8th
Toronto Wolves John Baab 6th Pat Kellison 8th 4th
Milwaukee Arrows Rich Moyer 7th Ted Agnew 6th 6th
Atlanta Copperheads John Moreland 8th Billy Martin 15th(tied) 9th
Detroit Dynamos Jack Lucas 9th Ernie Morrison 18th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Mavericks Chuck Cohen 10th Joe Lavallee 1st 7th
Montreal Saints Harry Swain 11th Al Morton 23rd 23rd
Philadelphia Keystones Andy Parker 12th Dick Votaw 12th 12th
Seattle Kings Hank Williams 13th Jimmy Grider 5th 10th
Minneapolis Millers Clyde Allen 14th Tracy Fisher 4th 11th
Cleveland Foresters Athan Metrofanis 15th Brooks Brown 9th 14th
Washington Eagles Howdy Oakes 16th Luther Wells 10th 15th
New York Gothams Paul Church 17th Ray Bowman 2nd 16th
Chicago Chiefs Don Barker 18th Howie Locke 20th(tied) 18th
New York Imperials Al Reece 19th Bill Houghton 7th 17th
Chicago Cougars Bill Grimm 20th Pedro Maldonado 11th 19th
San Francisco Sailors Harry Myers 21st Joe Howard 14th 20th
Baltimore Clippers Clarence James 22nd Eddie Reed 15th(tied) 21st
Houston Comets Frank Bailey 23rd 24th 24th
Los Angeles Suns James Huffman 24th Fred Hinkle 18th(tied) 22nd
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Al Hubbard 1st Wally Melvin 4th 1st
Milwaukee Arrows Paul Burkley 2nd Jim Kumpula 8th 2nd
Montreal Saints Dixie Turner 3rd Bernie Morgan 21st 21st
Chicago Chiefs John Butts 4th Ray Olexa 22nd 22nd
Boston Minutemen Charlie Hartsell 5th (tied) Bobby Porter 14th(tied) 3rd(tied)
Cleveland Foresters Herb Reed 5th (tied) Del Wood 14th(tied) 3rd(tied)
Houston Comets Maury Moore 7th Fred Van der Horst 14th(tied) 5th
Washington Eagles Carlos Zamudio 8th 24th 24th
St. Louis Pioneers Larry Cimino 9th Diego Zamora 14th(tied) 9th
Seattle Kings Sam Barnes 10th Desmond Riley 7th 6th
Los Angeles Stars Bill Bell 11th Dick Messer 14th(tied) 13th
New York Gothams Joe Jones 12th Fred Dickson 10th 8th
Chicago Cougars Cleo Harris 13th Joe Stocksdale 9th 7th
New York Imperials Sam German 14th Owen Drake 11th 10th
Los Angeles Suns Eddie Kellum 15th John Pruss 14th(tied) 14th
Kansas City Mavericks Bob Howard 16th James T Williams 6th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Eddy 17th Hal Quillen 14th(tied) 17th
Dallas Wranglers Fred Hott 18th Ivan Garcia 3rd 12th
Philadelphia Keystones Lew Davison 19th Norm Buckingham 13th 16th
Baltimore Clippers Clay Roberts 20th Ed Smith 23rd 23rd
Detroit Dynamos Melvin Williams 21st Al Ireland 12th 18th
San Francisco Sailors Eddie Sargent 22nd Leon Brazzle 5th 19th
Minneapolis Millers Bill Barber 23rd George Rose 2nd 15th
Toronto Wolves George Rigby 24th Dan Moran 1st 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Eagles Tom Lorang 1st Al Smith 21st 6th
Dallas Wranglers Buck Stout 2nd Dick Frost 9th(tied) 1st
Baltimore Clippers Hal Blank 3rd Clyde Lyon 9th(tied) 3rd
Seattle Kings Jesse Walker 4th Pete Pratt 20th 20th
Detroit Dynamos Bill Austin 5th Stan Griffin 2nd 2nd
Montreal Saints Ken Steinbach 6th 23rd(tied) 23rd
Los Angeles Suns Bill Calvin 7th Harry Barber 4th 4th
Los Angeles Stars Ralph Barrell 8th Wayne Valentine 9th(tied) 5th
New York Imperials George Love 9th Joe Arnett 22nd 21st
Atlanta Copperheads Jim Duchesne 10th Billy Brown 9th(tied) 7th
Minneapolis Millers Carl Kilkenny 11th Dick Walker 9th(tied) 10th
Houston Comets Don Jones 12th Melvin Bernard 8th 9th
Cincinnati Cannons Tony Nino 13th Charlie Mitchell 9th(tied) 11th
Chicago Chiefs Allan Griffen 14th 23rd(tied) 24th
Cleveland Foresters Dale Mosley 15th Jack Hilbert 5th 8th
Milwaukee Arrows Jay Dynes 16th Dennis Miller 6th 12th
St. Louis Pioneers Del Jacobs 17th Thornton Weaver 9th(tied) 13th
San Francisco Sailors Ernie Carter 18th Woody Snyder 19th 22nd
New York Gothams Carl Bramlett 19th Lee Norton 9th(tied) 15th
Chicago Cougars Gene Homer 20th Mel Hodges 9th(tied) 16th
Philadelphia Keystones Leon Stapleton 21st Ben McClure 9th(tied) 17th
Boston Minutemen Mickey Barker 22nd Mickey Barker 1st 14th
Toronto Wolves Leo Makepeace 23rd Bob Harrison 7th 18th
Kansas City Mavericks Charlie Goodwin 24th Harry Wilson 3rd 19th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Suns Tom Lally 1st Sid Riccio 14th 8th
New York Gothams Sam Hamilton 2nd Francisco Suarez 2nd 1st
Atlanta Copperheads John Newton 3rd Les Mason 3rd 2nd
Los Angeles Stars Lew Smith 4th Bob Branson 4th(tied) 3rd
Chicago Cougars Tom Halliday 5th Carl Carroll 4th(tied) 4th
Seattle Kings Ben Baker 6th Sam Beadle 12th 13th
St. Louis Pioneers Tom Spruill 7th Dan Winik 4th(tied) 6th
Toronto Wolves Clyde Bradshaw 8th Bob Budnick 1st 5th
New York Imperials Rusty Robertson 9th Al Wright 4th(tied) 7th
Dallas Wranglers Enos LeClair 10th 19th(tied) 19th
Montreal Saints Billy Taylor 11th Jack Smith 13th 14th
Baltimore Clippers Jack Goodman 12th 19th(tied) 20th
Washington Eagles Al Marino 13th Frank Esposito 4th(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Brown 14th 19th(tied) 21st
Minneapolis Millers Heinie Spitler 15th Bruce Day 17th 15th
Detroit Dynamos Mel Neff 16th 19th(tied) 22nd
San Francisco Sailors Art Gates 17th Joe Esteves 15th 16th
Cleveland Foresters Carlos Jaramillo 18th George Horn 18th 17th
Houston Comets Bill Blair 19th (tied) Johnny Mathewson 4th(tied) 10th
Milwaukee Arrows Ed Thomas 19th (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd
Chicago Chiefs Rankin Ziegler 21st 19th(tied) 24th
Kansas City Mavericks Sam Pratt 22nd Elmer King 4th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Keystones Bill Viviano 23rd Chris Roberts 4th(tied) 12th
Boston Minutemen Walter Huckaby 24th Walt Harvey 16th 18th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Arrows Harry Edwards 1st Ed Gore 14th 1st
Cincinnati Cannons Billy West 2nd Jack Abrams 17th(tied) 2nd
Chicago Chiefs Joe Siniscalchi 3rd Mike Ford 8th 3rd
Atlanta Copperheads Don Riley 4th John Walls 23rd 23rd
Seattle Kings Mike Griffith 5th Harry Doolittle 4th 4th
Houston Comets Johnny Adams 6th Willie Davis 20th(tied) 7th
New York Imperials Phil Terry 7th Lloyd Day 11th 5th
Cleveland Foresters Andy Babel 8th Vern Bell 13th 8th
Montreal Saints Jim Smith 9th Leo Clark 7th 6th
Baltimore Clippers Hank Butler 10th Norv McClanahan 20th(tied) 13th
Detroit Dynamos Dave Black 11th Charlie Watson 5th 9th
Boston Minutemen Dick Ward 12th Bill Ward 6th 10th
St. Louis Pioneers Len Green 13th Pete Bishop 3rd 11th
Toronto Wolves Jackie Daniels 14th Pat Schmitt 2nd 12th
Washington Eagles Joe Cantrell 15th Jimmy Henderson 9th(tied) 14th
Dallas Wranglers Ed Norris 16th Tony Webster 20th(tied) 19th
Los Angeles Stars Paul Richardson 17th (tied) Vic Chamberlin 17th(tied) 17th
New York Gothams Ed Davis 17th (tied) Harry Griffin 9th(tied) 16th
Los Angeles Suns Lou Geyer 19th Ray Swan 24th 24th
Chicago Cougars Sam Morrison 20th Ralph Russell 17th(tied) 20th
Minneapolis Millers Bill Anderson 21st Pat Steckman 1st 15th
San Francisco Sailors John Kingsbury 22nd Henry McDuffie 12th 18th
Philadelphia Keystones Jake Butler 23rd Sherman Abbott 15th 21st
Kansas City Mavericks Tony Keil 24th Pat McClay 16th 22nd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Jay Hunter 1st Clem Austin 23rd 20th
Minneapolis Millers Bill Powell 2nd Jim Ross 9th 1st
Los Angeles Stars Ed Moore 3rd Andy Alewine 8th 2nd
Seattle Kings Tom Hicks 4th Joe Webster 7th 3rd
Cleveland Foresters Vern Schneider 5th (tied) Steve Keen 1st 4th
New York Gothams Bill Arndt 5th (tied) Barney Knox 13th(tied) 5th
Houston Comets Hank Andrew 7th Roy Covington 13th(tied) 7th
Chicago Cougars Fuzzy Cronin 8th Andy Alexander 22nd 22nd
Toronto Wolves Dwayne Cleaves 9th Charlie Brawner 4th 6th
Montreal Saints Joe Robertson 10th George Yates 10th(tied) 11th
New York Imperials Freddy Curtis 11th Jim Smith 13th(tied) 12th
Washington Eagles Don Whited 12th Gil Armstrong 5th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Pioneers Pete O'Leary 13th Al Pratt 2nd 8th
Chicago Chiefs Andy Ellefsen 14th John Shimp 3rd 10th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Bradshaw 15th Gene Armistead 13th(tied) 13th
Baltimore Clippers Harry Simmons 16th Ruben Ramos 13th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Arrows Tom Gerke 17th Bill Coates 13th(tied) 15th
Detroit Dynamos Geoff Taylor 18th Don Simpson 20th 21st
Dallas Wranglers Tony McKittrick 19th Russ Griffith 21st 23rd
San Francisco Sailors Charlie Jarzombek 20th Charlie Jarzombek 5th(tied) 16th
Kansas City Mavericks Dick Anderson 21st Don Crawford 13th(tied) 17th
Los Angeles Suns Henry Hart 22nd Roy Welch 12th 18th
Philadelphia Keystones Charlie Cullison 23rd Chris Johnson 24th 24th
Boston Minutemen Pat Allen 24th Jeff June 10th(tied) 19th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Comets John Edwards 1st Bob Smith 15th 1st
Atlanta Copperheads Jack Blair 2nd Bob Hannan 23rd 22nd
Seattle Kings Bob Glowacki 3rd 24th 24th
Dallas Wranglers Steve Prather 4th George Bell 7th 2nd
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Stogner 5th Wally Waters 10th(tied) 3rd
Detroit Dynamos Buddy Ensey 6th Dino Sharp Jr. 17th(tied) 5th
Los Angeles Suns Sam Forrester 7th Bob Reese 22nd 23rd
Philadelphia Keystones Joe Landry 8th Al Glade 6th 4th
New York Imperials Mike Counts 9th Tom Haynes 8th 6th
Montreal Saints Jim Hendricks 10th Earl Quaid 12th 7th
Baltimore Clippers Ike Barnett 11th George Cooney 17th(tied) 13th
New York Gothams Fred Davis 12th Steve Grant 14th 8th
St. Louis Pioneers Quinton Vincent 13th Andy Hawkins 17th(tied) 14th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Bogan 14th Charlie Berry 10th(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Blake 15th Charlie Huffman 16th 15th
Minneapolis Millers George Fisher 16th Dan Labelle 3rd 10th
Kansas City Mavericks Phil James 17th Billy E Brown 1st 11th
Washington Eagles Ed MacNaughton 18th Bobby Crider 5th 12th
Cleveland Foresters John Piper 19th Bernie Martin 13th 17th
Chicago Chiefs Bob Starr 20th Ben Bishop 4th 16th
San Francisco Sailors Pete Gibson 21st Joe White 17th(tied) 19th
Boston Minutemen Bob Menz 22nd Ricky Smith 9th 18th
Toronto Wolves Willie Pennington 23rd Gail Metcalf 17th(tied) 20th
Chicago Cougars Henry Watson 24th Dallas Ratajczyk 2nd 21st
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Comets Joe McCarthy 1st Butch Mathis 19th 1st
Seattle Kings Moe Lowery 2nd Phil Donovan 14th 2nd
Chicago Cougars Roger Alford 3rd Lyle Lessard 2nd 3rd
Atlanta Copperheads Howie Burt 4th Hank Parks 23rd 4th
Los Angeles Suns Jim Place 5th Fred Wilkinson 21st 5th
New York Imperials Jim White 6th Luis Rivas 22nd 7th
Montreal Saints Tommy Jackson 7th Steve Blake 4th 6th
Dallas Wranglers Pete Rosenbaum 8th Tony Rivera 12th 8th
Los Angeles Stars Bill Dunham 9th Mike Fulton 24th 13th
Washington Eagles Bill Kelly 10th Mel Gordon 10th 10th
Cincinnati Cannons Herm Quinn 11th Bob Neal 6th 9th
New York Gothams Curtis Robinson 12th Bob Martinelli 7th 11th
Milwaukee Arrows Joe Wright 13th John DeWitt 3rd 12th
St. Louis Pioneers Tige Bowe 14th Eddie Emerson 11th 14th
Toronto Wolves Stan Terry 15th Billy Lewis 15th 15th
Baltimore Clippers Jose Martinez 16th Dave Bates 20th 16th
Philadelphia Keystones Doc Carver 17th Dan King 16th 17th
Chicago Chiefs Johnny Maples 18th Billy Blue 18th 18th
Cleveland Foresters Roy Rice 19th (tied) Paul Czerwinski 17th 20th
San Francisco Sailors Jim Teal 19th (tied) Lee Jones 13th 19th
Minneapolis Millers Joe McDowell 21st Jim Terry 8th 21st
Boston Minutemen Bob Scott 22nd Bill Wilcox 9th 23rd
Detroit Dynamos Ossie Schrieber 23rd Richard Elk 5th 24th
Kansas City Mavericks Van Taylor 24th Eddie Nordberg 1st 22nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Saints Johnny Lyon 1st Buck Brooks 18th 1st
Los Angeles Suns George Cox 2nd Jim Huff 20th 3rd
New York Gothams Herb Isom 3rd Johnny Bessette 16th 4th
Washington Eagles Earl Frazier 4th Howie Lee 3rd 2nd
Boston Minutemen Les Snyder 5th Les Snyder 10th 5th
Baltimore Clippers Stan Boone 6th Charlie Douglass 11th 7th
St. Louis Pioneers Charlie Christianson 7th Doc Hudson 14th 10th
Seattle Kings Bud Keeley 8th Ted Lashway 21st 19th
San Francisco Sailors Bert Alexander 9th Dick Ellison 19th 17th
Cincinnati Cannons Dutch Lane 10th Duane Bennett 4th(tied) 6th
Toronto Wolves Ken Jeffrie 11th Dick Johnson 8th 11th
Houston Comets Duane Alarcon 12th Bert Cranford 2nd 8th
Minneapolis Millers Del Robinson 13th Bob Schroeder 6th 9th
Los Angeles Stars John Hunt 14th Vern Miller 15th 16th
Chicago Chiefs Bill Smith 15th Dick Bradley 22nd 22nd
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 16th Larry Lee 12th 13th
Dallas Wranglers Owen Lantz 17th Jim Goodrich 24th 23rd
Milwaukee Arrows Johnny Britton 18th Cal Hanson 9th 14th
Philadelphia Keystones Bobby Coy 19th Len Torbett 4th(tied) 12th
Detroit Dynamos Paul Sullivan 20th Ted Zastrow 23rd 24th
Atlanta Copperheads Frank Maxwell 21st Ed Gibson 17th 21st
Cleveland Foresters Ted Thierry 22nd Tom Hurst 1st 15th
New York Imperials Eddie Watson 23rd Ike Bradley 13th 20th
Chicago Cougars Les Sechrest 24th Billy Gallagher 7th 18th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Buddy Thomas 1st John Case 1st 1st
Seattle Kings Billy Collins 2nd Bob Parker 11th(tied) 2nd
New York Gothams Jeff Pettigrew 3rd Larry Banks 17th(tied) 4th
Boston Minutemen Bud Shireman 4th Rudy Miller 6th 3rd
Los Angeles Suns Ron Clark 5th Tommy Alexander 15th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Cannons Earl White 6th (tied) John Lesperance 8th 7th
Los Angeles Stars Jackie Thompson 6th (tied) Bob Ballard 4th 6th
Cleveland Foresters Bob V James 8th Harry Schwartz 2nd 8th
Toronto Wolves Ken Jeffrie 9th Luther Coy 14th 10th
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Steuber 10th Art Cournoyer 3rd 9th
Baltimore Clippers Larry Warren 11th Scott Cox 17th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 12th Andy Osborne 15th(tied) 11th
Montreal Saints Johnny Lyon 13th Rick Bailey 5th 12th
Minneapolis Millers Del Robinson 14th Bill Wright 17th(tied) 15th
Houston Comets Bob Young 15th Warren Hunt 9th 14th
Detroit Dynamos Paul Sullivan 16th Larry Howard 24th 23rd
Washington Eagles Earl Frazier 17th Mike McIntyre 17th(tied) 16th
Chicago Chiefs Walt Jackson 18th Stan Dominick 11th(tied) 17th
Dallas Wranglers Asbury Ashmore 19th Duane Nelson 11th(tied) 18th
New York Imperials Ed Cooper 20th Jim Bowman 10th 19th
Chicago Cougars Charlie Lawson 21st Al McCauley 7th 20th
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Hart 22nd Curt Kelly 23rd 24th
St. Louis Pioneers Manuel Hernandez 23rd Herm Jones 17th(tied) 21st
San Francisco Sailors Eddie Morrison 24th Tim Young 17th(tied) 22nd
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