FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/02/1963
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Foresters Hal Kennedy 1st Sheldon Mansfield 11th 1st
Montreal Saints Henry Woods 2nd George White 10th 3rd
Washington Eagles Howdy Oakes 3rd Harvey Van Orden 1st 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Dick Christian 4th Simon James 6th 4th(tied)
Los Angeles Stars Bob Griffin 5th Frank Taylor 4th 4th(tied)
New York Gothams Tom Brizzolara 6th Cy Brown 14th 6th
Chicago Chiefs Al Padgett 7th Johnny Recker 8th 7th
Kansas City Kings Bob Burge 8th Joe Dupuis 7th 8th
Cincinnati Cannons Art McKinney 9th Al Pruitt 13th 10th
Boston Minutemen Sam Walker 10th (tied) Larry Irwin 15th 13th
Detroit Dynamos Brad Keylon 10th (tied) Johnny Adams 5th 9th
Chicago Cougars Chappy Sanders 12th Raúl Zamora 12th 11th
Toronto Wolves Dixie Williams 13th Fred Tollefson 3rd 12th
Pittsburgh Miners Eddie Thomas 14th (tied) Art Lee 9th 14th
San Francisco Sailors Larry McLaren 14th (tied) Howard Strother 17th 16th
Los Angeles Suns Stan Czerwinski 16th Bill Chaney 18th 17th
St. Louis Pioneers Sam Ruggles 17th Russ Harmon 2nd 15th
Dallas Wranglers Jim Gaiter 18th John Vance 16th 18th
New York Imperials Tom Reed 19th Billy Christiansen 20th 20th
Minneapolis Millers Ernie Frost 20th Hank Barker 19th 19th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Kings Hank Williams 1st Walter Notter 10th 1st
Washington Eagles George Whaley 2nd Saul Thurston 2nd 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Andy Parker 3rd Dick Taylor 4th 3rd
Detroit Dynamos Joe Holland 4th Lee Jenner 14th(tied) 4th
Chicago Cougars Gene Case 5th Carlos Morales 14th(tied) 5th
Los Angeles Stars Bobby Garrison 6th Tony Boyd 14th(tied) 7th
Cleveland Foresters Paul Williams 7th (tied) George Harding 3rd 6th
Montreal Saints Ham Flanders 7th (tied) Frank Barr 5th 8th
Pittsburgh Miners Frank Selander 9th Walter Austin 6th 9th
Chicago Chiefs Joe Flanagan 10th Polly Dawson 13th 10th
San Francisco Sailors Ray Rogan 11th Dick Schnellenberg 8th 11th
Boston Minutemen Jack Denis 12th Dave Short 9th 13th
New York Gothams Hank Estill 13th Phil Mattis 1st 12th
Dallas Wranglers Ken Hudson 14th Cecil Shepard 18th 18th
St. Louis Pioneers Dixie Hutchings 15th Bill Kruger 7th 14th
New York Imperials Vern Reynolds 16th Ed Tilton 20th 19th
Los Angeles Suns Gary Romeo 17th Ed Weber 19th 20th
Cincinnati Cannons Ray Hill 18th Rufe Wallace 12th 15th
Minneapolis Millers John Smith 19th Ray Roberts 14th(tied) 16th
Toronto Wolves Joe Parker 20th George Marsolek 11th 17th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Pioneers Bob Bell 1st Marv Kelley 5th 1st
Washington Eagles Tom Lorang 2nd Jake Walling 6th 2nd
San Francisco Sailors Heinie Spitler 3rd Gordie Hartline 2nd 3rd
Chicago Cougars Jack Gibson 4th Ralph Tuomi 12th 4th
Pittsburgh Miners Dixie Turner 5th Hal Rush 9th 5th
Toronto Wolves Phil Story 6th Bruce Hunt 11th 6th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Bell 7th Bill Smith 18th(tied) 9th
Kansas City Kings Stan Kleminski 8th Platon Daniels 4th 8th
Chicago Chiefs Ed Bloom 9th Ethan Pennington 1st 7th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Howard 10th Dick Ward 10th 10th
New York Gothams Curt Day 11th Carl Thompson 16th 11th
Detroit Dynamos Dick Tucker 12th Chick Woods 8th 12th
Montreal Saints Bob Vernon 13th John Richards 3rd 13th
Philadelphia Keystones Bob G. Murphy 14th Sam Carpenter 17th 14th
Boston Minutemen Ed Wise 15th Phil Slater 7th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Earle Farmer 16th Herman Olsen 15th 16th
New York Imperials Delos Smith 17th Tony Nava 18th(tied) 17th
Minneapolis Millers Don Woodard 18th Don Woodard 18th(tied) 19th
Cleveland Foresters Herb Reed 19th Bill Yates 13th(tied) 18th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Ballard 20th Bert LaSalle 13th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Stars Ralph Barrell 1st Mel Johnson 11th 1st
Kansas City Kings Ken Newman 2nd Cotton Thomas 5th 2nd
St. Louis Pioneers Steve Schultz 3rd Jim Stroh 9th 3rd
Detroit Dynamos Virgil Ewing 4th Charlie Klar 8th 4th
Philadelphia Keystones Lloyd Coulter 5th Bill Calvin 10th 5th
San Francisco Sailors Ernie Carter 6th Jack Lucas 3rd(tied) 6th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Burke 7th Wally Hart 14th 8th
Washington Eagles Alex Wilson 8th Joe Cantrell 12th 9th
Cincinnati Cannons Milt Senecal 9th Grady Houghtaling 2nd 7th
Minneapolis Millers Cecil Cummings 10th Bill Owen 18th(tied) 14th
New York Gothams Frank Arnold 11th Howard Smith 15th 13th
Montreal Saints Andy Gilman 12th George Tolle 13th 12th
Chicago Cougars Cal Randall 13th Tony Nino 7th 11th
Toronto Wolves Clyde Fisher 14th Carlos Rivera 1st 10th
New York Imperials Del Gaines 15th Hal Beck 18th(tied) 15th
Boston Minutemen Adam Byrd 16th (tied) Adam Byrd 16th 18th
Pittsburgh Miners Reid Barrell 16th (tied) John Jones 6th 16th
Cleveland Foresters Jerry Hubbs 18th Babe Thornton 3rd(tied) 17th
Dallas Wranglers Carl Matthews 19th Athan Metrofanis 18th(tied) 19th
Chicago Chiefs 20th Ricardo Castillo 17th 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sailors Carlos Jaramillo 1st Enos LeClair 11th 1st
Detroit Dynamos Joe Reed 2nd Ben Baker 16th 2nd
Cleveland Foresters John Low 3rd (tied) Bill Jones 4th 3rd
New York Gothams Isaiah Redbird 3rd (tied) Bobby Dunn 7th 5th
Washington Eagles Al Marino 5th Joe Miller 20th 6th
Toronto Wolves Jesse Taylor 6th Jack Goodman 1st 4th
Pittsburgh Miners John Moreland 7th Sam Peterson 17th 8th
Chicago Chiefs Tom Spruill 8th John Butts 5th 7th
St. Louis Pioneers Joe Kleman 9th Rich Hood 6th 9th
Chicago Cougars Tom Halliday 10th Bill Grimm 8th 10th
Cincinnati Cannons Babe Booth 11th Arnie Bilodeau 18th 12th
Kansas City Kings Bill Denney 12th Howard Shankle 9th 11th
Philadelphia Keystones Al Coulter 13th Johnny Lee 2nd 13th
Los Angeles Stars Tom Clement 14th Lew Smith 12th 15th
Montreal Saints Art Robbins 15th Don Dollar 3rd 14th
Los Angeles Suns Russ Hawkins 16th Earl Poston 15th 16th
New York Imperials Tommie Williams 17th George Love 19th 17th
Dallas Wranglers Ed Hester 18th Ernie Pyle 10th 18th
Minneapolis Millers Charlie Haynes 19th Al McCoy 14th 19th
Boston Minutemen Del Robinson 20th Doc Irwin 13th 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Cannons Dallas Berry 1st Jud Long 2nd 1st
St. Louis Pioneers Danny Davis 2nd Fred Craft 11th 2nd
Detroit Dynamos Ray Waggoner 3rd Ben Welborn 3rd 3rd
San Francisco Sailors John Kingsbury 4th Bill Baldwin 14th 4th
Pittsburgh Miners Mike Whisman 5th Walter Hewitt 6th 5th
Chicago Cougars Dode Caudill 6th Tex Hathaway 13th 6th
Los Angeles Stars Charlie Sax 7th Miguel Paniagua 9th 7th
Cleveland Foresters Sherry Doyal 8th Al Lewis 10th 8th
New York Imperials Turk Ramsey 9th 19th(tied) 19th
Toronto Wolves Tom Reed 10th John Gates 12th 9th
Philadelphia Keystones Del Filo 11th Jay Dynes 18th 10th
Minneapolis Millers Dick Sheehan 12th 19th(tied) 20th
Dallas Wranglers Elmer Piper 13th Ray Mitchell 17th 13th
Kansas City Kings Charlie Rogers 14th Tom White 15th 14th
Boston Minutemen Bill Newhall 15th Juan Rios 4th 11th
Chicago Chiefs Doc Zimmerman 16th Arnold Strange 5th 15th
Washington Eagles Jack Thompson 17th Red Ohman 1st 12th
New York Gothams Joe Anderson 18th Jo-Jo Gardner 7th 16th
Montreal Saints Don Whited 19th Wally Austin 8th 17th
Los Angeles Suns Dick Turner 20th Jim Thurman 16th 18th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Keystones Harry Dellinger 1st Buster Stevens 19th 1st
Cincinnati Cannons Bonnie Chapin 2nd Harry Simmons 3rd 2nd
Chicago Chiefs Bob Starr 3rd Freddie Mitchel 1st 3rd
Toronto Wolves Sid Cullen 4th Mel Bahr 5th 4th
St. Louis Pioneers Bill Bather 5th Marty Young 18th 5th
Detroit Dynamos Ed MacNaughton 6th Freddy Curtis 10th 6th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Moore 7th Charlie Sether 9th 7th
Kansas City Kings Tom Hicks 8th Vern Boyd 17th 11th
Boston Minutemen Frank Kirouac 9th Frank McCarroll 4th 9th
Chicago Cougars Jerry McMillan 10th Orlando Benitez 2nd 8th
Cleveland Foresters Tom Carr 11th Jim Crane 6th 10th
Washington Eagles Al Clark 12th Sam Forrester 15th 13th
New York Gothams Otto Pilkerton 13th George James 13th 12th
Montreal Saints Bill Gilman 14th Bill Marker 8th 14th
Pittsburgh Miners Roy McGee 15th Dick Vitt 14th 16th
Minneapolis Millers Frank Bradshaw 16th Frank Bradshaw 12th 15th
San Francisco Sailors Herbert Crawford Jr. 17th Harry Myers 7th 17th
New York Imperials Walt Denny 18th Gene Carey 16th 18th
Los Angeles Suns Andy Hervey 19th Tex Kaplan 11th 19th
Dallas Wranglers Herm Ford 20th Joe Clayton 20th 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cougars Henry Watson 1st Cliff Coleman 13th 1st
Philadelphia Keystones Buddy Miller 2nd Paul Williams 3rd 2nd
St. Louis Pioneers Bill Tutwiler 3rd Grady Smith 5th 3rd
Kansas City Kings Pat Davis 4th Jake Williams 17th 5th
Toronto Wolves Ed Savage 5th Bill Turner 1st 4th
Detroit Dynamos Bill Morrison 6th Sammy Scott 6th 6th
Los Angeles Stars Lou Allen 7th Ed Bogan 18th 9th
Chicago Chiefs Rod Shearer 8th Milt Allen 7th 7th
San Francisco Sailors Otis Haldeman 9th Mike Potter 14th 12th
Montreal Saints Harry Swain 10th Rusty Runnels 9th 11th
Pittsburgh Miners Gale Schmitt 11th Harry Simpson 2nd 8th
Washington Eagles Jimmy Brown 12th Whitey Bell 4th 10th
Boston Minutemen George Wagner 13th Jack Adams 15th 14th
Cleveland Foresters Earl Howe 14th Andy Babel 8th 13th
New York Gothams Roy Williams 15th Steve Burris 10th 15th
New York Imperials Jack Woods 16th Andy Bailey 16th 16th
Los Angeles Suns Pat Adair 17th Gus Levesque 19th 18th
Dallas Wranglers Ray Hughes 18th Don Brown 20th 20th
Cincinnati Cannons Fred Lainhart 19th Edwin Viramontes 11th 17th
Minneapolis Millers Hugh Pate 20th Jim Stogner 12th 19th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Pioneers Frenchy Mack 1st Harry Johnson 15th 1st
Kansas City Kings Gene Bailey 2nd George Cotter 16th 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Jorge Arellano 3rd Bill Smith 6th 3rd
Detroit Dynamos Jim Norris 4th Johnny Taylor 8th 4th
Washington Eagles Bob Ball 5th Lou Curry 11th 6th
Pittsburgh Miners Hank Griswold 6th Dan Wilson 7th 5th
Toronto Wolves Phil Colantuono 7th Marty Bean 2nd 7th
Los Angeles Stars Harry Stout 8th Freddy Bradshaw 3rd 8th
Chicago Chiefs John Thomas 9th Larry Gifford 4th 9th
San Francisco Sailors Charlie Lawson 10th Jim Steuber 5th 10th
Cleveland Foresters Adrian Czerwinski 11th Chief Williams 9th 11th
Chicago Cougars John Mitchell 12th Jim Place 12th 12th
Cincinnati Cannons Charlie Warren 13th John Hunt 13th 13th
Montreal Saints Juan Quintana 14th John Mullins 10th 14th
Boston Minutemen Augie Jones 15th Bill Dunlop 14th 16th
New York Gothams Les Freedman 16th Charlie Walker 1st 15th
Dallas Wranglers Butch Abrams 17th Sid Fitzgerald 18th 18th
Minneapolis Millers Don Hillshire 18th 20th 19th
New York Imperials Frankie Sawyer 19th Gil Hamilton 17th 17th
Los Angeles Suns Grant Davis 20th Fred Daniels 19th 20th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Eagles Otto Caudill 1st Roy McDonald 2nd(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Teal 2nd Marty Florence 14th 3rd
Cincinnati Cannons Paul Williams 3rd Frank Hunter 11th 2nd
Cleveland Foresters Frank Young 4th John Johnson 5th 4th
St. Louis Pioneers Mel Hill 5th Vince Warner 10th 7th
New York Gothams Chuck Kleiman 6th Art Andrews 17th(tied) 14th
Chicago Chiefs Dutch Lane 7th Fred Jones 9th 5th
Chicago Cougars Earle Turner 8th Ed Wells 7th 6th
New York Imperials Russ Edwards 9th Tom White 20th 17th
Los Angeles Suns Red Cooper 10th Curt Papenfus 15th 15th
Pittsburgh Miners Frank Maxwell 11th Cliff Davis 2nd(tied) 8th
Los Angeles Stars Mel Maddox 12th Tom Johnson 12th 11th
Kansas City Kings Del Lamb 13th Fritz Reich 4th 10th
San Francisco Sailors Davey Chamberlain 14th Ray Finigan 1st 9th
Montreal Saints Hank Myer 15th Jim Pepper 8th 12th
Toronto Wolves Zeke Blake 16th Fred Wilson 6th 13th
Boston Minutemen Chuck Murphy 17th Cot Bowen 13th 16th
Dallas Wranglers Chet Baker 18th Charlie Boyd 17th(tied) 19th
Minneapolis Millers Bobby Crooks 19th John Wolf 16th 18th
Detroit Dynamos 20th Jay Giese 19th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Kings Del Lamb 1st Tex Ellison 20th 12th
Cincinnati Cannons Paul Williams 2nd Jake Watkins 14th 10th
Chicago Cougars Pug White 3rd Tom McDaniel 11th 9th
St. Louis Pioneers John Gibson 4th Lou Clark 17th 13th
Cleveland Foresters Johnny Ogden 5th Herman White 6th(tied) 3rd
Washington Eagles Otto Caudill 6th Roy McDonald 1st 1st
Montreal Saints Hank Myer 7th George Williams 18th 15th
Los Angeles Stars Mel Maddox 8th Tom Johnson 2nd 2nd
New York Gothams Jack White 9th Bert Messner 16th 16th
Pittsburgh Miners Frank Maxwell 10th Red Osborne 3rd 4th
Chicago Chiefs Dutch Lane 11th Rick Edwards 12th 14th
Toronto Wolves Bob Campbell 12th Elmer Wills 6th(tied) 5th
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Teal 13th Davey Cronin 6th(tied) 6th
San Francisco Sailors Larry Knez 14th Frank Banton 15th 17th
Dallas Wranglers Butch Abrams 15th Charlie Boyd 6th(tied) 7th
New York Imperials Russ Edwards 16th Tom White 19th 19th
Boston Minutemen Otey Stevens 17th Spencer Reese 13th 18th
Los Angeles Suns Whitey Stewart 18th Curt Papenfus 4th 8th
Minneapolis Millers Bobby Crooks 19th John Wolf 5th 11th
Detroit Dynamos 20th Jay Giese 10th 20th
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