FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/21/1963
BNN Index | FABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Foresters Hal Kennedy 1st Sheldon Mansfield 11th 2nd
Washington Eagles Howdy Oakes 2nd Harvey Van Orden 1st 1st
Montreal Saints Henry Woods 3rd George White 12th 3rd
Philadelphia Keystones Dick Christian 4th Simon James 8th 4th
New York Gothams Tom Brizzolara 5th Cy Brown 15th 5th
Los Angeles Stars Bob Griffin 6th Frank Taylor 4th 6th
Chicago Chiefs Al Padgett 7th Johnny Recker 5th 7th
Kansas City Kings Bob Burge 8th Joe Dupuis 7th 8th
Boston Minutemen Sam Walker 9th Larry Irwin 16th 12th
Chicago Cougars Chappy Sanders 10th Raúl Zamora 10th 10th
Cincinnati Cannons Art McKinney 11th Al Pruitt 13th 13th
Detroit Dynamos Brad Keylon 12th Johnny Adams 9th 11th
Toronto Wolves Dixie Williams 13th Fred Tollefson 3rd 9th
St. Louis Pioneers John Sander 14th Russ Harmon 2nd 14th
San Francisco Sailors Larry McLaren 15th Andy Reeves 14th 16th
Los Angeles Suns Stan Czerwinski 16th Bill Chaney 18th(tied) 17th
Pittsburgh Miners Eddie Thomas 17th Hi Martin 6th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Tom Leisher 18th (tied) John Vance 17th 18th
New York Imperials Tom Reed 18th (tied) Jim Allen 18th(tied) 19th
Minneapolis Millers Al Ormsby 20th Hank Barker 20th 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Kings Hank Williams 1st Walter Notter 9th 1st
Washington Eagles George Whaley 2nd Saul Thurston 2nd 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Andy Parker 3rd George Martin 5th 3rd
Chicago Cougars Gene Case 4th Carlos Morales 19th 17th
Detroit Dynamos Joe Holland 5th Lee Jenner 14th(tied) 4th
Los Angeles Stars Bobby Garrison 6th Tony Boyd 14th(tied) 5th
Montreal Saints Ham Flanders 7th Frank Barr 4th 6th
Cleveland Foresters Paul Williams 8th George Harding 3rd 7th
Pittsburgh Miners Frank Selander 9th Hal Rush 8th 8th
Chicago Chiefs Joe Flanagan 10th Polly Dawson 12th 9th
San Francisco Sailors Ray Rogan 11th Dick Schnellenberg 7th 11th
Dallas Wranglers Ken Hudson 12th Cecil Shepard 17th 18th
New York Gothams Phil Mattis 13th Phil Mattis 1st 10th
Boston Minutemen Jack Denis 14th Dave Short 13th 12th
New York Imperials Vern Reynolds 15th Ed Tilton 20th 20th
Los Angeles Suns Gary Romeo 16th Ed Weber 18th 19th
Cincinnati Cannons Ray Hill 17th Pinky Thompson 10th 13th
Minneapolis Millers John Smith 18th Ray Roberts 14th(tied) 15th
St. Louis Pioneers Don Barker 19th Bill Kruger 6th 14th
Toronto Wolves Joe Parker 20th George Marsolek 11th 16th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Eagles Tom Lorang 1st Jake Walling 5th 1st
St. Louis Pioneers Bob Bell 2nd Marv Kelley 4th 2nd
San Francisco Sailors Heinie Spitler 3rd Gordie Hartline 3rd 3rd
Chicago Cougars Jack Gibson 4th Ralph Tuomi 13th 4th
Pittsburgh Miners Dixie Turner 5th Sam Peterson 9th 5th
Toronto Wolves Phil Story 6th Bruce Hunt 12th 6th
Kansas City Kings Stan Kleminski 7th Platon Daniels 7th 7th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Bell 8th Bill Smith 18th(tied) 10th
Chicago Chiefs Ed Bloom 9th Ethan Pennington 1st 8th
New York Gothams Curt Day 10th Carl Thompson 16th 9th
Detroit Dynamos Dick Tucker 11th Chick Woods 10th 12th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Howard 12th Mel Johnson 8th 11th
Montreal Saints Bob Vernon 13th John Richards 2nd 13th
Philadelphia Keystones Marshall Thomas 14th Sam Carpenter 17th 14th
Boston Minutemen Ed Wise 15th Phil Slater 6th 15th
Cleveland Foresters Herb Reed 16th Bill Yates 15th 17th
Dallas Wranglers Earle Farmer 17th Herman Olsen 11th 16th
New York Imperials Delos Smith 18th Tony Nava 18th(tied) 18th
Minneapolis Millers Don Woodard 19th Don Woodard 18th(tied) 20th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Ballard 20th Arnie Bilodeau 14th 19th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Stars Ralph Barrell 1st Chris Candelario 10th 1st
Kansas City Kings Ken Newman 2nd Cotton Thomas 6th(tied) 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Lloyd Coulter 3rd Bill Calvin 11th 4th
San Francisco Sailors Ernie Carter 4th Jack Lucas 4th(tied) 3rd
St. Louis Pioneers Steve Schultz 5th Jim Stroh 6th(tied) 5th
Detroit Dynamos Virgil Ewing 6th Charlie Klar 9th 6th
Washington Eagles Alex Wilson 7th Joe Cantrell 12th 7th
Toronto Wolves Clyde Fisher 8th Stan Merrick 1st 8th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Burke 9th Wally Hart 14th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Milt Senecal 10th Grady Houghtaling 2nd 9th
Chicago Cougars Cal Randall 11th Tony Nino 3rd 10th
New York Gothams Frank Arnold 12th Howard Smith 15th 13th
Montreal Saints Andy Gilman 13th George Tolle 13th 12th
Minneapolis Millers Cecil Cummings 14th Bill Owen 18th(tied) 14th
New York Imperials Del Gaines 15th Hal Beck 18th(tied) 15th
Boston Minutemen Adam Byrd 16th Adam Byrd 16th 18th
Cleveland Foresters Roy Snedden 17th Babe Thornton 4th(tied) 16th
Pittsburgh Miners Reid Barrell 18th John Jones 8th 17th
Dallas Wranglers Carl Matthews 19th Athan Metrofanis 20th 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 12th 1st
Detroit Dynamos Joe Reed 2nd Ben Baker 17th 2nd
New York Gothams Isaiah Redbird 3rd Bobby Dunn 8th 3rd
Washington Eagles Al Marino 4th Joe Miller 20th 5th
Toronto Wolves Jesse Taylor 5th Jack Goodman 1st 4th
Chicago Cougars Tom Halliday 6th Bill Grimm 4th 6th
Cleveland Foresters John Low 7th Bill Jones 3rd 7th
Pittsburgh Miners John Moreland 8th Don Kinney 10th 8th
Chicago Chiefs Tom Spruill 9th John Butts 6th 9th
St. Louis Pioneers Joe Kleman 10th Rich Hood 7th 10th
Kansas City Kings Bill Denney 11th Howard Shankle 9th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Babe Booth 12th Tom Davison 18th 12th
Philadelphia Keystones Al Coulter 13th Johnny Lee 2nd 13th
Los Angeles Stars Tom Clement 14th Lew Smith 15th 14th
New York Imperials Tommie Williams 15th George Love 19th 16th
Los Angeles Suns Russ Hawkins 16th Earl Poston 16th 17th
Montreal Saints Art Robbins 17th Don Dollar 5th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Ed Hester 18th Ernie Pyle 11th 18th
Boston Minutemen Del Robinson 19th Doc Irwin 13th 19th
Minneapolis Millers Hap Beach 20th Al McCoy 14th 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 12th 2nd
Detroit Dynamos Ray Waggoner 3rd Ben Welborn 3rd 3rd
San Francisco Sailors John Kingsbury 4th Bill Baldwin 14th 4th
Chicago Cougars Dode Caudill 5th Tex Hathaway 13th 5th
Pittsburgh Miners Mike Whisman 6th Rufe Wallace 4th 6th
Los Angeles Stars Charlie Sax 7th Ralph Wierzbowski 8th 7th
Toronto Wolves Tom Reed 8th John Gates 11th 8th
Cleveland Foresters Sherry Doyal 9th Al Lewis 10th 9th
Dallas Wranglers Elmer Piper 10th Don Brown 18th 11th
Philadelphia Keystones Del Filo 11th Jay Dynes 17th 12th
New York Imperials Turk Ramsey 12th 19th(tied) 19th
Minneapolis Millers Dick Sheehan 13th 19th(tied) 20th
Kansas City Kings Charlie Rogers 14th Tom White 15th 13th
Washington Eagles Jack Thompson 15th Red Ohman 1st 10th
Chicago Chiefs Gene Rader 16th Arnold Strange 6th 14th
Boston Minutemen Bill Newhall 17th Juan Rios 5th 15th
Montreal Saints Don Whited 18th Wally Austin 9th 17th
New York Gothams Joe Anderson 19th Jo-Jo Gardner 7th 16th
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 20th 1st
Cincinnati Cannons Bonnie Chapin 2nd Harry Simmons 4th 2nd
Toronto Wolves Sid Cullen 3rd Mel Bahr 7th 3rd
Chicago Chiefs Bob Starr 4th Freddie Mitchel 1st 4th
St. Louis Pioneers Bill Bather 5th Marty Young 18th 6th
Detroit Dynamos Ed MacNaughton 6th Freddy Curtis 10th 5th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Moore 7th Charlie Sether 9th 7th
Cleveland Foresters Tom Carr 8th Jim Crane 3rd 8th
Boston Minutemen Frank Kirouac 9th Frank McCarroll 6th 10th
Kansas City Kings Tom Hicks 10th Vern Boyd 17th 12th
Chicago Cougars Jerry McMillan 11th Orlando Benitez 2nd 9th
Minneapolis Millers Frank Bradshaw 12th Ned Price 13th 11th
New York Gothams Otto Pilkerton 13th George James 12th 13th
Washington Eagles Al Clark 14th Sam Forrester 15th 15th
Montreal Saints Bill Gilman 15th Bill Marker 8th 14th
Pittsburgh Miners Roy McGee 16th Dick Vitt 14th 16th
San Francisco Sailors Herbert Crawford Jr. 17th Tommy Kay 5th 17th
New York Imperials Walt Denny 18th Gene Carey 16th 18th
Dallas Wranglers Bud Haussler 19th Joe Clayton 19th 19th
Los Angeles Suns Andy Hervey 20th Tex Kaplan 11th 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Keystones Buddy Miller 1st Paul Williams 2nd 1st
Chicago Cougars Henry Watson 2nd Cliff Coleman 14th 2nd
Kansas City Kings Pat Davis 3rd Jake Williams 16th 4th
St. Louis Pioneers Bill Tutwiler 4th Grady Smith 5th 3rd
Los Angeles Stars Lou Allen 5th Ed Bogan 17th 7th
Chicago Chiefs Rod Shearer 6th Milt Allen 8th(tied) 6th
Toronto Wolves Ed Savage 7th Bill Turner 1st 5th
Boston Minutemen George Wagner 8th Jack Adams 15th 11th
San Francisco Sailors Otis Haldeman 9th Mike Potter 11th 10th
Detroit Dynamos Cecil Gregg 10th Sammy Scott 6th 8th
Washington Eagles Jimmy Brown 11th Steve Olesen 3rd 9th
Pittsburgh Miners Gale Schmitt 12th Walter Hewitt 4th 12th
Montreal Saints Harry Swain 13th Rusty Runnels 8th(tied) 13th
Cleveland Foresters Earl Howe 14th Andy Babel 7th 14th
New York Gothams Roy Williams 15th Steve Burris 10th 15th
New York Imperials Jack Woods 16th Andy Bailey 12th(tied) 16th
Los Angeles Suns Pat Adair 17th Gus Levesque 18th 17th
Dallas Wranglers Ray Hughes 18th Ray Mitchell 20th 20th
Cincinnati Cannons Fred Lainhart 19th Edwin Viramontes 12th(tied) 18th
Minneapolis Millers Hugh Pate 20th Jim Stogner 19th 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 Beau McClellan 2nd George Cotter 16th 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Jorge Arellano 3rd Bill Smith 5th 3rd
Washington Eagles Owen Lantz 4th Charlie Williams 12th 4th
Detroit Dynamos Jim Norris 5th Johnny Taylor 9th 5th
Pittsburgh Miners Hank Griswold 6th Dan Wilson 10th 7th
Toronto Wolves Phil Colantuono 7th Marty Bean 3rd 6th
Los Angeles Stars Harry Stout 8th Freddy Bradshaw 6th(tied) 9th
Chicago Chiefs Vern Osborne 9th Larry Gifford 4th 8th
San Francisco Sailors Charlie Lawson 10th Jim Steuber 2nd 10th
Cleveland Foresters Adrian Czerwinski 11th Chief Williams 8th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Jack Meeks 12th John Hunt 14th 13th
Chicago Cougars Hank Walker 13th Jim Place 11th 14th
Montreal Saints Juan Quintana 14th John Mullins 6th(tied) 12th
Boston Minutemen Augie Jones 15th Bill Dunlop 13th 16th
New York Gothams Les Freedman 16th Charlie Walker 1st 15th
Dallas Wranglers Butch Abrams 17th Sonny Brown 18th 18th
New York Imperials Frankie Sawyer 18th Gil Hamilton 17th 17th
Minneapolis Millers Don Hillshire 19th 20th 20th
Los Angeles Suns Grant Davis 20th Fred Daniels 19th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Eagles Otto Caudill 1st Roy McDonald 3rd 1st
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Teal 2nd Marty Florence 12th 4th
New York Gothams Chuck Kleiman 3rd Jake Hoy 19th 13th
Cleveland Foresters Frank Young 4th John Johnson 7th 2nd
Chicago Cougars Earle Turner 5th Ed Wells 4th 3rd
Montreal Saints Hank Myer 6th Jack Beck 8th 6th
Los Angeles Stars Mel Maddox 7th Tom Johnson 9th 7th
St. Louis Pioneers Mel Hill 8th Vince Warner 11th 12th
Chicago Chiefs Dutch Lane 9th Pug Morgan 10th 11th
Toronto Wolves Wilson Pearson 10th Fred Wilson 5th 5th
New York Imperials Eddie Webb 11th Tom White 20th 15th
Los Angeles Suns Norm Van Dyne 12th Curt Papenfus 15th(tied) 14th
Kansas City Kings Fred Whitt 13th Fritz Reich 6th 9th
Pittsburgh Miners Frank Maxwell 14th Cliff Davis 1st 8th
San Francisco Sailors Davey Chamberlain 15th Ray Finigan 2nd 10th
Boston Minutemen Chuck Murphy 16th Cot Bowen 13th 16th
Dallas Wranglers Chet Baker 17th Glen Watson 15th(tied) 18th
Minneapolis Millers Bobby Crooks 18th John Wolf 14th 17th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Barnard 19th Carl Clifford 15th(tied) 19th
Detroit Dynamos 20th Jay Giese 18th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Cannons Paul Williams 1st Jake Watkins 4th 1st
Chicago Cougars Pug White 2nd Tom McDaniel 11th 9th
Kansas City Kings Del Lamb 3rd Tex Ellison 19th 11th
St. Louis Pioneers John Gibson 4th Lou Clark 17th 12th
Cleveland Foresters Johnny Ogden 5th Herman White 6th(tied) 5th
Washington Eagles Otto Caudill 6th Roy McDonald 1st 2nd
Los Angeles Stars Mel Maddox 7th Tom Johnson 2nd 3rd
Montreal Saints Hank Myer 8th George Williams 18th 14th
Pittsburgh Miners Manny Espinosa 9th Red Osborne 3rd 4th
Toronto Wolves Bob Campbell 10th Elmer Wills 6th(tied) 6th
New York Gothams Jack White 11th Art Andrews 6th(tied) 7th
Chicago Chiefs Dutch Lane 12th Rick Edwards 12th 13th
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Teal 13th Davey Cronin 6th(tied) 8th
San Francisco Sailors Larry Knez 14th Frank Banton 14th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Butch Abrams 15th Glen Watson 15th 17th
Boston Minutemen Otey Stevens 16th Spencer Reese 13th 16th
New York Imperials Eddie Webb 17th Tom White 16th 18th
Los Angeles Suns Whitey Stewart 18th Marty Townsend 20th 19th
Minneapolis Millers Bobby Crooks 19th John Wolf 5th 10th
Detroit Dynamos 20th Jay Giese 10th 20th
Thursday, April 24th , 2025 - OOTP Baseball 25.11 Build 104