FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/01/1975
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Wranglers John Miller 1st Zack Heath 22nd 17th
Seattle Kings Fred Tollefson 2nd Tom Hargrove 14th 1st
Baltimore Clippers Hank Wallace 3rd 24th 24th
Atlanta Copperheads Howard Smith 4th Stanley Moore 23rd 21st
Chicago Cougars Charlie Sanders 5th Sam Calhoun 12th 2nd
Los Angeles Stars Bob Griffin 6th Sam Howard 21st 22nd
Minneapolis Millers Julio Castaneda 7th John Smith 10th 4th
Cleveland Foresters Reggie Anderson 8th Paul Bosma 3rd 3rd
Toronto Wolves Jess McPherson 9th Pat Duffy 2nd 5th
Chicago Chiefs Chris Wells 10th Al Kuechle 4th 6th
Houston Comets Jerry Robinson 11th (tied) Harry Morton 6th 7th
St. Louis Pioneers Jim Robinson 11th (tied) Harry DeRemer 8th 8th
Milwaukee Arrows Moose Patrick 13th Frank Cannon 9th 9th
New York Gothams Earl Ferry 14th Wayne Berg 15th(tied) 14th
Detroit Dynamos Harvey Van Orden 15th Jose Chavez 7th 10th
Los Angeles Suns Ed Mooney 16th Jeff Gaston 20th 23rd
Kansas City Mavericks Bobby Frost 17th Chuck Barton 13th 13th
Philadelphia Keystones Jack Hinkle 18th Mark Wilson 15th(tied) 15th(tied)
New York Imperials Jack Peeples 19th Walter Tyler 5th 12th
San Francisco Sailors Earl Frazee 20th Cyrus O'Shields 1st 11th
Boston Minutemen Ed Cole 21st Charles O'Brien 15th(tied) 18th
Montreal Saints Whitey Schindler 22nd Pete Little 11th 15th(tied)
Cincinnati Cannons Pete Bruce 23rd Frank Maxwell 15th(tied) 19th
Washington Eagles Mel Cardoza 24th Jim Custis 15th(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Wranglers Nick Parker 1st Pat Godfrey 18th 1st
Los Angeles Stars Bobby Garrison 2nd Walker Brown 19th(tied) 4th
Milwaukee Arrows Rich Moyer 3rd George Rogers 7th 2nd
Detroit Dynamos Lou Strader 4th Ernie Morrison 17th 5th
St. Louis Pioneers John Richards 5th Dick Marshall 4th 3rd
Boston Minutemen Willie Stephens 6th Tom Ritter 10th 6th
Houston Comets Johnny Adams 7th 24th 24th
New York Imperials Al Reece 8th Bill Houghton 9th 7th
Chicago Cougars John Baab 9th Don Jones 16th 9th
Minneapolis Millers Clyde Allen 10th Tracy Fisher 14th 10th
Seattle Kings Hank Williams 11th Ernie Green 8th 8th
Kansas City Mavericks Chuck Cohen 12th Joe Lavallee 6th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Joe Barrett 13th Leon Stone 19th(tied) 14th(tied)
Montreal Saints Harry Swain 14th Al Morton 23rd 23rd
New York Gothams Paul Church 15th Paul Ellis 1st 12th
Philadelphia Keystones Andy Parker 16th Dick Votaw 13th 17th
Atlanta Copperheads John Moreland 17th Joe Dentinger 11th 18th
Toronto Wolves Pat Kellison 18th Pedro Maldonado 5th 16th
Los Angeles Suns Jim Thurman 19th George Peters 3rd 14th(tied)
Cleveland Foresters Athan Metrofanis 20th Jack Hoyt 2nd 13th
Chicago Chiefs Babe Thornton 21st Howie Locke 19th(tied) 20th
San Francisco Sailors Harry Myers 22nd Frank Dolan 15th 19th
Washington Eagles Howdy Oakes 23rd Luther Wells 12th 21st
Baltimore Clippers Jack Jewell 24th Karl Teague 19th(tied) 22nd
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Al Hubbard 1st Bob Stumpf 14th(tied) 1st
Milwaukee Arrows Paul Burkley 2nd Jim Kumpula 5th 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Lew Davison 3rd Norm Buckingham 12th(tied) 3rd
Montreal Saints Dixie Turner 4th Bernie Morgan 14th(tied) 5th
Chicago Chiefs John Butts 5th Ray Olexa 23rd 21st
Los Angeles Stars Bill Bell 6th Mikey Wyatt 11th 4th
St. Louis Pioneers Larry Cimino 7th Jim Roch 10th 6th
Chicago Cougars Cleo Harris 8th Russ West 14th(tied) 8th
Boston Minutemen Charlie Hartsell 9th Bobby Porter 8th 7th
Dallas Wranglers Fred Hott 10th Ivan Garcia 9th 10th
Cincinnati Cannons Mike Rocque 11th (tied) Hal Quillen 14th(tied) 12th
Washington Eagles Carlos Zamudio 11th (tied) Joe Stocksdale 22nd 23rd
New York Imperials Owen Drake 13th Earl Burris 7th 9th
Cleveland Foresters Andy Barrington 14th Joe Markert 24th 24th
Baltimore Clippers Clay Roberts 15th Eddie Reed 12th(tied) 13th
Seattle Kings Sam Barnes 16th Hal Franke 14th(tied) 15th
Detroit Dynamos George Crain 17th Al Ireland 14th(tied) 17th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Perry 18th John Pruss 21st 22nd
New York Gothams Joe Jones 19th Fred Dickson 3rd 11th
San Francisco Sailors Eddie Sargent 20th Leon Brazzle 6th 14th
Houston Comets Maury Moore 21st Fred Van der Horst 14th(tied) 19th
Toronto Wolves Phil Story 22nd Rip Orton 1st 16th
Minneapolis Millers Gene Holbrook 23rd Jim Johnson 2nd 18th
Kansas City Mavericks Johnny Kelley 24th Harry May 4th 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cougars Tom Lorang 1st Jay Richardson 6th 1st
Dallas Wranglers Buck Stout 2nd Dick Frost 16th 14th
Minneapolis Millers Carl Kilkenny 3rd Dick Walker 10th(tied) 2nd
New York Imperials George Love 4th Russ Harris 21st 17th
Baltimore Clippers Hal Blank 5th Clyde Lyon 10th(tied) 4th
Kansas City Mavericks Bob Howard 6th Joe Cummings 3rd 3rd
Montreal Saints Ken Steinbach 7th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Seattle Kings Jesse Walker 8th 22nd(tied) 23rd
Los Angeles Stars Ralph Barrell 9th Wayne Valentine 19th 19th
St. Louis Pioneers Del Jacobs 10th Elmer Allen 10th(tied) 7th
Los Angeles Suns Eddie Kellum 11th Harry Barber 4th 6th
Chicago Chiefs Ricardo Castillo 12th 22nd(tied) 24th
Detroit Dynamos Bill Austin 13th (tied) Bill Church 1st 5th
Houston Comets Don Jones 13th (tied) Melvin Bernard 8th 8th
Atlanta Copperheads Jim Duchesne 15th Billy Brown 17th 18th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Eddy 16th Rube Hoover 10th(tied) 9th
Milwaukee Arrows Dennis Miller 17th Dave Laurence 20th 20th
New York Gothams Rich Peterson 18th Lee Norton 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Washington Eagles Virgil Belisle 19th Al Smith 18th 21st
Philadelphia Keystones Leon Stapleton 20th Caleb Johnson 9th 12th
Boston Minutemen Mickey Barker 21st Doc Osborn 2nd 10th(tied)
Cleveland Foresters Carlos Jaramillo 22nd Jack Hilbert 5th 13th
Toronto Wolves Joe Henke 23rd Bob Harrison 7th 15th
San Francisco Sailors Jack Cavin 24th Frank Torsiello 10th(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Suns Tom Lally 1st 22nd(tied) 15th
St. Louis Pioneers Frank Green 2nd Walt Staley 8th(tied) 1st
Minneapolis Millers Bill Barber 3rd 22nd(tied) 22nd
Atlanta Copperheads John Newton 4th Bill DeLandro 2nd 2nd
New York Gothams Sam Hamilton 5th Francisco Suarez 3rd 3rd
Cleveland Foresters Herb Reed 6th Bill Malone 18th 17th
Los Angeles Stars Lew Smith 7th Ralph Reed 8th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Brown 8th Billy Smith 19th 18th
Toronto Wolves Clyde Bradshaw 9th Bill Franzen 1st 4th
Seattle Kings Ben Baker 10th Sam Beadle 15th 16th
Chicago Cougars Tom Halliday 11th Carl Carroll 4th 6th
Montreal Saints Billy Taylor 12th Al Potter 8th(tied) 7th
New York Imperials Rusty Robertson 13th Al Wright 16th 19th
Dallas Wranglers Enos LeClair 14th Carl Kirby 8th(tied) 9th
Baltimore Clippers Jack Goodman 15th Mike Whipple 7th 8th
Chicago Chiefs Rankin Ziegler 16th 22nd(tied) 24th
Boston Minutemen Dale Raz 17th Ollie Edwards 17th 20th
Washington Eagles Al Marino 18th Gene Peters 8th(tied) 10th
Detroit Dynamos Alberto Alvarez 19th Walter Miller 20th 21st
San Francisco Sailors Joe Esteves 20th Joe Esteves 8th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Keystones Bill Viviano 21st Lou Walker 5th 11th
Houston Comets Fred Ruesch 22nd Johnny Mathewson 8th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Arrows Ed Thomas 23rd George Dean 21st 23rd
Kansas City Mavericks Art Davis 24th Elmer King 6th 13th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Cannons Billy West 1st Jack Abrams 12th 1st
Chicago Chiefs Joe Siniscalchi 2nd Bob Whaley 16th(tied) 4th
Boston Minutemen Dick Ward 3rd Bill Ward 2nd 2nd
Seattle Kings Mike Griffith 4th Chet Judkins 3rd 3rd
New York Imperials Phil Terry 5th Del Barney 5th 5th
Atlanta Copperheads Gus Richards 6th John Walls 22nd 22nd
Philadelphia Keystones Jake Butler 7th Sherman Abbott 16th(tied) 7th
Milwaukee Arrows Harry Edwards 8th Ed Gore 8th 6th
Houston Comets Stan Francis 9th Willie Davis 11th 8th
Kansas City Mavericks Tony Keil 10th Pat McClay 15th 10th
Toronto Wolves Jackie Daniels 11th Herb Smith 10th 9th
San Francisco Sailors Charlie Jarzombek 12th Henry McDuffie 16th(tied) 12th
Washington Eagles Joe Cantrell 13th Ralph Russell 16th(tied) 14th
Minneapolis Millers Steve Hoffer 14th Pat Steckman 6th 11th
Detroit Dynamos Gil Jones 15th Paul Baglio 14th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Joe Black 16th Ken Jones 16th(tied) 16th
Chicago Cougars Sam Morrison 17th 24th 24th
Los Angeles Stars Tommy Agosta 18th Vic Chamberlin 16th(tied) 17th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Anderson 19th Ray Swan 23rd 23rd
Montreal Saints Jim Smith 20th Leo Clark 1st 13th
Baltimore Clippers Harry Simmons 21st Ruben Ramos 7th 18th
St. Louis Pioneers Dick Huss 22nd Dick Huss 4th 19th
Cleveland Foresters Red Miller 23rd Vern Bell 13th 20th
New York Gothams Dode Caudill 24th Harry Griffin 9th 21st
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Minneapolis Millers Bill Powell 1st Johnny Moten 13th 1st
Montreal Saints Joe Robertson 2nd Ray Morrow 16th(tied) 4th
Cleveland Foresters Vern Schneider 3rd John Creese 8th 2nd
New York Gothams Bill Arndt 4th Barney Knox 20th 19th
Detroit Dynamos Geoff Taylor 5th Charlie Watson 2nd 3rd
Houston Comets Hank Andrew 6th Moses Secor 10th(tied) 5th
Chicago Chiefs Andy Ellefsen 7th John Shimp 10th(tied) 6th
Atlanta Copperheads Jay Hunter 8th (tied) Clem Austin 22nd 21st
Seattle Kings Tom Hicks 8th (tied) Joe Webster 12th 8th
Los Angeles Stars Dave Black 10th Bubba McKinney 6th 7th
Dallas Wranglers Tony McKittrick 11th Russ Griffith 19th 20th
Chicago Cougars Fuzzy Cronin 12th Joe Williams 4th 9th
San Francisco Sailors Milo Daniel 13th Jose Soto 16th(tied) 12th
Kansas City Mavericks Dick Anderson 14th Don Crawford 21st 22nd
Los Angeles Suns Larry Hurlbutt 15th Roy Welch 14th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Bradshaw 16th (tied) 24th 24th
Washington Eagles Don Whited 16th (tied) Tom Lieder 7th 10th
Baltimore Clippers Hank Butler 18th Norv McClanahan 16th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Pioneers Al Pratt 19th Sam White 3rd 13th
New York Imperials Freddy Curtis 20th Andy Alewine 15th 17th
Boston Minutemen Bob Menz 21st Jack Cook 9th 15th
Toronto Wolves Dwayne Cleaves 22nd Charlie Brawner 1st 14th
Milwaukee Arrows Tom Gerke 23rd Ernie Hamilton 5th 18th
Philadelphia Keystones Chris Johnson 24th Chris Johnson 23rd 23rd
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Jack Blair 1st 24th 24th
Los Angeles Suns Sam Forrester 2nd Leo Dill 21st 21st
Dallas Wranglers Steve Prather 3rd George Bell 14th 2nd
Seattle Kings Bob Glowacki 4th Billy Case 10th(tied) 1st
Detroit Dynamos Buddy Ensey 5th George Sloniker 22nd 22nd
Houston Comets John Edwards 6th Billy Shields 18th(tied) 3rd
Boston Minutemen Jim Morton 7th Ricky Smith 10th(tied) 5th
Minneapolis Millers George Fisher 8th Tommy Pierce 8th 4th
Montreal Saints Jim Hendricks 9th George Gant 15th 8th
Cleveland Foresters John Piper 10th Billy Hall 23rd 23rd
San Francisco Sailors Pete Gibson 11th Joe White 18th(tied) 13th
New York Imperials Mike Counts 12th Brian Miller 2nd 6th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Bogan 13th Morrie Knight 3rd 7th
Philadelphia Keystones Joe Landry 14th Frank Roberts 16th(tied) 14th
New York Gothams Fred Davis 15th Steve Grant 13th 12th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Blake 16th Charlie Huffman 6th 9th
Chicago Cougars Andy Babel 17th Dallas Ratajczyk 5th 10th
St. Louis Pioneers Quinton Vincent 18th Andy Hawkins 12th 15th
Baltimore Clippers Ike Barnett 19th Bernie Martin 18th(tied) 19th
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Stogner 20th Sam Cranmer 4th 16th
Kansas City Mavericks Phil James 21st Billy E Brown 1st 11th
Chicago Chiefs Bob Starr 22nd John Brookins 9th 17th
Washington Eagles Jimmy Henderson 23rd Jimmy Henderson 7th 18th
Toronto Wolves Gus Hayes 24th Gail Metcalf 16th(tied) 20th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Comets Joe McCarthy 1st Butch Mathis 5th 1st
Seattle Kings Moe Lowery 2nd Buzz Miller 6th 2nd
Los Angeles Suns Heinie Schmidt 3rd Al Whitman 23rd 4th
Chicago Cougars Roger Alford 4th Tom Brewer 15th 3rd
Atlanta Copperheads Harry Inge 5th Hank Parks 22nd 5th
New York Imperials Jim White 6th Al Payne 20th 7th
Los Angeles Stars Bill Dunham 7th Jack Walker 21st 9th
New York Gothams Joe Nelson 8th Bob Spencer 12th 8th
Cincinnati Cannons Herm Quinn 9th Bob Neal 1st 6th
Milwaukee Arrows Joe Wright 10th Willis Amason 8th 10th
Philadelphia Keystones Doc Carver 11th Joe Lapsley 9th 12th
Dallas Wranglers Pete Rosenbaum 12th George Drown 2nd 11th
Cleveland Foresters Charlie Sawyer 13th Pete Ayers 19th 13th
Montreal Saints Hal Bennett 14th Bill Gagnon 16th 14th
Chicago Chiefs Otis Hawkins 15th Billy Blue 17th 18th
Boston Minutemen Bill Kelly 16th Sal Baldassari 10th 15th
Baltimore Clippers Jose Martinez 17th Dave Bates 18th 19th
Washington Eagles Eddie Yandow 18th Marty Wilson 24th 20th
Detroit Dynamos Pat Fortier 19th George Carney 4th 17th
San Francisco Sailors Jim Teal 20th Lee Jones 3rd 16th
St. Louis Pioneers Lloyd Henson 21st Eddie Emerson 14th 21st
Minneapolis Millers Hank Wagner 22nd Jim Terry 11th 22nd
Kansas City Mavericks Dave Dalton 23rd Alex Vasquez 7th 23rd
Toronto Wolves Stan Terry 24th Johnny Williams 13th 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Seattle Kings Billy Collins 1st Ray Wilson 18th 1st
Chicago Chiefs Frank Carmichael 2nd John Prather 14th 5th
Washington Eagles Glenn Johnson 3rd Hank Oliver 1st 2nd
Baltimore Clippers Jack Smith 4th Charlie Douglass 4th 3rd
Minneapolis Millers Del Robinson 5th Roger Thomas 9th 4th
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 6th Larry Lee 15th 9th
Boston Minutemen Les Snyder 7th Ike Spears 23rd 17th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Garner 8th Billy D Young 19th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Pioneers Charlie Christianson 9th Max Quinn 3rd 6th
San Francisco Sailors Bert Alexander 10th Gene Davis 10th 8th
Montreal Saints Bill Richards 11th Buck Brooks 16th 13th
Detroit Dynamos Joe Jones 12th 24th 24th
Atlanta Copperheads Ike Abraham 13th Lou Isler 19th(tied) 19th
Toronto Wolves Ken Jeffrie 14th Dick Johnson 13th 11th
New York Gothams Herb Isom 15th George Webster 6th 7th
Milwaukee Arrows Johnny Britton 16th Dickie Kite 19th(tied) 21st
Philadelphia Keystones Bobby Coy 17th Frank Sweeney 2nd 10th
Los Angeles Stars John Hunt 18th Vern Miller 19th(tied) 23rd
Cleveland Foresters Ed Squires 19th John Golden 11th 18th
Dallas Wranglers Buddy Adams 20th Duane Nelson 17th 22nd
Houston Comets Joe Barnes 21st Guy Powell 5th 12th
Cincinnati Cannons John Walker 22nd Joe Bass 7th 14th
Chicago Cougars Tom McDaniel 23rd Al McCauley 8th 15th
New York Imperials Frank Stone 24th Ike Bradley 12th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Buddy Thomas 1st John Case 2nd 1st
Seattle Kings Billy Collins 2nd Bob Parker 7th 2nd
Los Angeles Suns Ron Clark 3rd Tommy Alexander 12th(tied) 3rd
Cincinnati Cannons Earl White 4th John Lesperance 3rd 4th
Chicago Chiefs Frank Carmichael 5th Vince Everett 9th 5th
Cleveland Foresters Mickey Farrar 6th Harry Schwartz 12th(tied) 7th
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Steuber 7th Art Cournoyer 5th 6th
New York Gothams Jeff Pettigrew 8th Larry Banks 22nd 19th
Boston Minutemen Bud Shireman 9th Rudy Miller 8th 8th
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 10th Andy Osborne 12th(tied) 11th
Minneapolis Millers Del Robinson 11th Bob Schroeder 10th(tied) 12th
Los Angeles Stars John Hunt 12th Paul Bennett 1st 9th
Montreal Saints Bill Richards 13th Rick Bailey 6th 10th
Detroit Dynamos Joe Jones 14th 24th 24th
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Hart 15th Curt Kelly 20th 20th
St. Louis Pioneers Roy McDonald 16th Herm Jones 12th(tied) 13th
Toronto Wolves Ray Smith 17th Luther Coy 12th(tied) 14th
Baltimore Clippers Davey Cronin 18th Frank Howard 12th(tied) 15th
Houston Comets Bob Young 19th Warren Hunt 12th(tied) 16th
San Francisco Sailors Ralph Pierce 20th Joe Thayer 21st 21st
Washington Eagles Glenn Johnson 21st Jack Moore 10th(tied) 18th
New York Imperials Ed Cooper 22nd Jim Bowman 4th 17th
Dallas Wranglers Jack Mead 23rd John Shields 23rd 23rd
Chicago Cougars Bill Jackson 24th Billy Gallagher 19th 22nd
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