FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/08/1963
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Eagles Howdy Oakes 1st Harvey Van Orden 12th 1st
New York Gothams Tom Brizzolara 2nd Billy McDonald 15th 2nd
Cleveland Foresters Hal Kennedy 3rd Sheldon Mansfield 11th 3rd
Chicago Chiefs Al Padgett 4th Pete Bruce 2nd 4th
Kansas City Kings Bob Burge 5th Hal Melgaard 3rd 5th
Philadelphia Keystones Dick Christian 6th Milt Rush 6th 6th
Los Angeles Suns Stan Czerwinski 7th Felipe Ortiz 18th 18th
Cincinnati Cannons Art McKinney 8th Al Pruitt 9th 7th
Montreal Saints Garland Phelps 9th Henry Woods 14th 11th
Detroit Dynamos Lew Mercer 10th Johnny Adams 5th 9th
Los Angeles Stars Bob Griffin 11th Frank Taylor 7th 10th
Toronto Wolves Dixie Williams 12th Fred Tollefson 1st 8th
San Francisco Sailors Larry McLaren 13th Bill Jenkins 10th 13th
Chicago Cougars Dutch Miller 14th Raúl Zamora 13th 14th
Boston Minutemen Sam Walker 15th (tied) Larry Irwin 16th 15th
St. Louis Pioneers Sam Ruggles 15th (tied) Heinie Watson 4th 12th
Dallas Wranglers Tom Leisher 17th John Vance 17th 17th
Pittsburgh Miners Bob Gaines 18th Eddie Thomas 8th 16th
Minneapolis Millers Al Ormsby 19th (tied) 20th 20th
New York Imperials Jay Ziegler Jr. 19th (tied) Billy Christiansen 19th 19th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Kings Hank Williams 1st Walter Notter 11th 1st
Detroit Dynamos Ray Waggoner 2nd Johnny Day 6th 2nd
Philadelphia Keystones Andy Parker 3rd Dick Taylor 4th 4th
Montreal Saints Ham Flanders 4th Hank Benjamin 7th 5th
Washington Eagles George Whaley 5th Jack Cline 2nd 3rd
Chicago Cougars Gene Case 6th Carlos Morales 5th 6th
Cleveland Foresters Paul Williams 7th George Harding 13th 7th
San Francisco Sailors Ray Rogan 8th Dick Schnellenberg 9th 9th
Pittsburgh Miners Gale Schmitt 9th John Phillips 3rd 10th
New York Gothams Hank Estill 10th Johnny Nelson 1st 8th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Howard 11th Tony Boyd 16th(tied) 11th
Los Angeles Suns Gary Romeo 12th 18th(tied) 18th
Boston Minutemen Jack Denis 13th Dave Short 14th 12th
Chicago Chiefs Joe Flanagan 14th Joe Traster 12th 13th
Dallas Wranglers Ken Hudson 15th 18th(tied) 19th
New York Imperials Vern Reynolds 16th Ed Tilton 15th 14th
Minneapolis Millers Otis O'Keefe 17th 18th(tied) 20th
Toronto Wolves Charlie Harvey 18th Ray Abbas 16th(tied) 16th
Cincinnati Cannons Johnny Elliot 19th Pablo Vazquez 8th 15th
St. Louis Pioneers 20th Bill Kruger 10th 17th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Pioneers Bob Bell 1st Marv Kelley 5th 1st
Cleveland Foresters Stan Kleminski 2nd Ed Spinks 15th 4th
San Francisco Sailors Heinie Spitler 3rd Gordie Hartline 1st 2nd
Chicago Cougars Jack Gibson 4th Pete Meany 14th 5th
Chicago Chiefs Ed Bloom 5th Ethan Pennington 3rd 3rd
Kansas City Kings Al Farmer 6th Platon Daniels 7th(tied) 6th
Detroit Dynamos Dick Tucker 7th Chick Woods 10th 7th
Philadelphia Keystones Bob G. Murphy 8th Fernando Apodaca 16th 9th
Los Angeles Stars Charlie Barrell 9th Dick Ward 11th 8th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Bell 10th 19th(tied) 19th
Pittsburgh Miners Dixie Turner 11th Hal Rush 13th 11th
Montreal Saints Bob Vernon 12th John Richards 7th(tied) 10th
Toronto Wolves Phil Story 13th Bruce Hunt 12th 13th
Washington Eagles George Fox 14th Jake Walling 2nd 12th
Boston Minutemen Ed Wise 15th Phil Slater 4th 14th
Dallas Wranglers Earle Farmer 16th 19th(tied) 20th
New York Gothams Ed Holmes 17th Curt Day 6th 15th
New York Imperials Roxy Schilling 18th Bob Bloom 17th 16th
Minneapolis Millers Clarence Jackson 19th Don Woodard 18th 18th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Ballard 20th Bill Ballard 9th 17th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Eagles Tom Lorang 1st Joe Cantrell 3rd 1st
Kansas City Kings Ken Newman 2nd Ted Donnelly 9th 2nd
Los Angeles Stars Ralph Barrell 3rd Mel Johnson 7th 3rd
Philadelphia Keystones Lloyd Coulter 4th Bill Calvin 4th 4th
Cleveland Foresters John Low 5th Babe Thornton 16th 5th
San Francisco Sailors Ernie Carter 6th Allan Griffen 5th 6th
Montreal Saints Andy Gilman 7th Al Castle 8th 7th
Detroit Dynamos Virgil Ewing 8th Bob Adams 10th 8th
New York Gothams Frank Arnold 9th Howard Smith 12th 10th
St. Louis Pioneers Steve Schultz 10th Larry Underwood 6th 9th
Toronto Wolves Clyde Fisher 11th Stan Merrick 11th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Milt Senecal 12th Roger Locke 15th 12th
Pittsburgh Miners Reid Barrell 13th Buzz Reynolds 2nd 13th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Burke 14th Wally Hart 17th 16th
Chicago Cougars Mooney Vetter 15th George McKee 1st 14th
Minneapolis Millers Cecil Cummings 16th Bill Owen 19th 18th
Dallas Wranglers Carl Matthews 17th Athan Metrofanis 18th 17th
Boston Minutemen Pat Todd 18th Adam Byrd 13th 15th
New York Imperials Del Gaines 19th 20th 20th
Chicago Chiefs 20th Freddie Mitchel 14th 19th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sailors Carlos Jaramillo 1st Art Johnson 7th 1st
Detroit Dynamos Joe Reed 2nd Ben Baker 13th(tied) 2nd
New York Gothams Isaiah Redbird 3rd Jim Keys 3rd 3rd
Boston Minutemen Joe Kleman 4th Ed Phillips 17th(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Miners John Moreland 5th Frank Alexander 11th 6th
Kansas City Kings Bill Denney 6th Herb Connelly 8th 4th
Chicago Cougars Tom Halliday 7th Bill Grimm 4th(tied) 5th
Toronto Wolves Jesse Taylor 8th Willie Day 4th(tied) 8th
Washington Eagles Al Marino 9th Al Meaux 12th 11th
Montreal Saints Art Robbins 10th Don Dollar 2nd 9th
Cincinnati Cannons Babe Booth 11th Les Calvert 4th(tied) 10th
Los Angeles Stars Tom Clement 12th Lew Smith 15th 13th
New York Imperials Tommie Williams 13th George Love 17th(tied) 14th
Philadelphia Keystones Al Coulter 14th Danny Raymond 10th 12th
Los Angeles Suns Russ Hawkins 15th Earl Poston 16th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Ed Hester 16th Slick Dunn 17th(tied) 17th
St. Louis Pioneers Paul Watson 17th Rich Hood 9th 18th
Cleveland Foresters Herb Reed 18th Herb Reed 13th(tied) 19th
Chicago Chiefs Tom Spruill 19th Tom Spruill 1st 16th
Minneapolis Millers Hap Beach 20th Al McCoy 17th(tied) 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sailors John Kingsbury 1st Bill Baldwin 13th 1st
Cincinnati Cannons Bonnie Chapin 2nd Jud Long 17th 3rd
St. Louis Pioneers Jerry Smith 3rd Biff Mars 5th 2nd
Pittsburgh Miners Mike Whisman 4th Harry Simpson 8th(tied) 4th
Toronto Wolves Tom Reed 5th John Gates 12th 5th
Cleveland Foresters Sherry Doyal 6th Jim Pitts 8th(tied) 6th
Los Angeles Stars Charlie Sax 7th Elmer Overbay 7th 7th
New York Gothams Joe Anderson 8th Jo-Jo Gardner 3rd 8th
Kansas City Kings Charlie Rogers 9th Vern Boyd 11th 10th
Boston Minutemen Bill Newhall 10th George Wagner 4th 9th
Chicago Chiefs Doc Zimmerman 11th (tied) Ricardo Castillo 8th(tied) 11th
New York Imperials Turk Ramsey 11th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th
Minneapolis Millers Dick Sheehan 13th 19th(tied) 20th
Philadelphia Keystones Del Filo 14th Jay Dynes 16th 14th
Washington Eagles Ralph Weatherbee 15th Dick Bowen 1st 12th
Chicago Cougars Jim Barton 16th Dode Caudill 14th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Ed Thompson 17th Bud Haussler 18th 18th
Montreal Saints Jim Johnston 18th Wally Austin 2nd 13th
Los Angeles Suns Dick Turner 19th John S. Smith 15th 16th
Detroit Dynamos Yank Taylor 20th Ben Welborn 6th 17th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Keystones Harry Dellinger 1st Bobby Phelps 14th 2nd
Cincinnati Cannons Dallas Berry 2nd Mark Boyd 9th(tied) 1st
St. Louis Pioneers Bill Bather 3rd Frank McCarroll 16th 6th
Chicago Cougars Jerry McMillan 4th Orlando Benitez 2nd 3rd
Cleveland Foresters Tom Carr 5th Joe Morrison 13th 7th
Toronto Wolves Sid Cullen 6th Carlos Rivera 3rd 4th
Detroit Dynamos Ed MacNaughton 7th Freddy Curtis 5th 5th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Moore 8th Miguel Paniagua 15th 9th
Boston Minutemen Frank Kirouac 9th Bob Schultz 4th 8th
New York Gothams Otto Pilkerton 10th George James 11th 10th
Chicago Chiefs Joe Siniscalchi 11th Bob Starr 7th 11th
Kansas City Kings Tom Hicks 12th Buck Hawkins 9th(tied) 12th
Montreal Saints Malcolm Strong 13th Bill Gilman 12th 13th
New York Imperials Walt Denny 14th John Hitchcock 17th(tied) 15th
San Francisco Sailors Herbert Crawford Jr. 15th Harry Myers 8th 14th
Los Angeles Suns Andy Hervey 16th Jim Garrett 17th(tied) 17th
Minneapolis Millers John Edwards 17th John Edwards 17th(tied) 19th
Dallas Wranglers Herm Ford 18th 20th 20th
Washington Eagles Glenn Johnson 19th Sam Forrester 1st 16th
Pittsburgh Miners Dick Vitt 20th Dick Vitt 6th 18th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Kings Pat Davis 1st Red Gray 14th 1st
Philadelphia Keystones Buddy Miller 2nd Hank Graham 11th 2nd
Boston Minutemen Bill Tutwiler 3rd Red Tuttle 9th 3rd
Montreal Saints Harry Swain 4th Jeff Lovejoy 8th 5th
Chicago Chiefs Rod Shearer 5th John Howard 7th 6th
Toronto Wolves Ed Savage 6th Ed Savage 1st 4th
Detroit Dynamos Bill Morrison 7th Sammy Scott 6th 7th
Chicago Cougars Henry Watson 8th Cliff Coleman 13th 9th
Los Angeles Stars Lou Allen 9th Ed Bogan 16th 12th
San Francisco Sailors Edwin Hackberry 10th Otis Haldeman 5th 8th
Cleveland Foresters Earl Howe 11th Jim Smith 3rd 10th
Washington Eagles Jimmy Brown 12th Whitey Bell 4th 11th
Pittsburgh Miners Chuck Draper 13th Dick Pitak 12th 13th
Los Angeles Suns Mickey McClure 14th George Bieker 17th(tied) 15th
New York Gothams Rex Pilcher 15th Steve Burris 15th 14th
Minneapolis Millers Hugh Pate 16th Doug Parish 19th 19th
New York Imperials Jack Woods 17th Andy Bailey 17th(tied) 18th
Dallas Wranglers Dizzy Franz 18th 20th 20th
Cincinnati Cannons Bryan Jeffress 19th Roger Allison 10th 17th
St. Louis Pioneers Ray O'Connor 20th Grady Smith 2nd 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Pioneers Frenchy Mack 1st Harry Johnson 15th 1st
Detroit Dynamos Paul Anderson 2nd Skipper Atkins 13th 3rd
Toronto Wolves Arnie Smith 3rd Bill Carpenter 1st 2nd
Kansas City Kings Beau McClellan 4th Johnnie Higgins 17th 6th
Los Angeles Stars Dewey Allcock 5th Jim Schoolfield 7th 4th
San Francisco Sailors Charlie Lawson 6th Jim Steuber 9th(tied) 5th
Cleveland Foresters Jake Pearson 7th Chief Williams 6th 8th
Philadelphia Keystones Jorge Arellano 8th Gordie Stewart 4th 7th
Chicago Cougars Dick Champ 9th Jim Place 16th 13th
Cincinnati Cannons Jack Meeks 10th Marco Middleton 8th 9th
Washington Eagles Jim Stewart 11th Tom Arencibia 14th 12th
Pittsburgh Miners Jimmy Blair 12th Jack Kotarski 11th 10th
Chicago Chiefs John Thomas 13th Roy Brandt 9th(tied) 11th
Boston Minutemen Bob Hollister 14th John Swift 5th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Butch Abrams 15th Sonny Brown 18th(tied) 18th
New York Gothams Clarence Reimer 16th Charlie Walker 2nd 14th
Montreal Saints Nate Carr 17th Juan Quintana 3rd 16th
Los Angeles Suns Doc Carver 18th Bruce McInturf 18th(tied) 19th
Minneapolis Millers Bill Smith 19th 20th 20th
New York Imperials Frankie Sawyer 20th Art Roberts 12th 17th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Keystones Don McKeown 1st Marty Florence 13th 2nd
Cleveland Foresters Frank Young 2nd John Johnson 8th 1st
Washington Eagles Jack Kessler 3rd Roy McDonald 2nd 3rd
Los Angeles Suns Norm Van Dyne 4th Curt Papenfus 14th 14th
New York Imperials Eddie Webb 5th Tom White 18th 16th
Chicago Chiefs Dutch Lane 6th Fred Jones 10th 4th
Chicago Cougars Arch Wilson 7th Ed Wells 9th 5th
New York Gothams Russ Swift 8th Red Carson 15th(tied) 15th
Pittsburgh Miners Frank Maxwell 9th Red Osborne 1st 6th
Los Angeles Stars Mel Maddox 10th John Bennett 12th 8th
St. Louis Pioneers Mel Hill 11th Doc Greenwood 7th 7th
Boston Minutemen Ed Morris 12th Cot Bowen 6th 10th
San Francisco Sailors Davey Chamberlain 13th Ray Finigan 3rd 9th
Dallas Wranglers Chet Baker 14th 19th(tied) 19th
Toronto Wolves Zeke Blake 15th Fred Wilson 11th 12th
Montreal Saints Cliff Dinger 16th Jim Pepper 5th 11th
Kansas City Kings Fred Whitt 17th Larry Owen 4th 13th
Minneapolis Millers Bobby Crooks 18th Jake Eastman 15th(tied) 17th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Barnard 19th Joe Graf 15th(tied) 18th
Detroit Dynamos 20th 19th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Kings Del Lamb 1st Tex Ellison 18th 9th
Cincinnati Cannons Paul Williams 2nd Jake Watkins 6th(tied) 1st
Chicago Cougars Pug White 3rd Herb Thomason 15th 14th
St. Louis Pioneers John Gibson 4th Lou Clark 16th 15th
Pittsburgh Miners Frank Maxwell 5th Chuck Kelly 6th(tied) 4th
Los Angeles Stars Mel Maddox 6th John Bennett 3rd 2nd
Cleveland Foresters Johnny Ogden 7th Herman White 6th(tied) 6th
Montreal Saints Hank Myer 8th George Williams 17th 18th
Philadelphia Keystones Don McKeown 9th Davey Cronin 6th(tied) 8th
Toronto Wolves Zeke Blake 10th Elmer Wills 5th 7th
Washington Eagles Jack Kessler 11th Roy McDonald 1st 3rd
Dallas Wranglers Butch Abrams 12th 19th(tied) 19th
New York Gothams Jack White 13th Bert Scott 6th(tied) 10th
San Francisco Sailors Larry Knez 14th Ray Finigan 2nd 5th
Boston Minutemen Otey Stevens 15th Spencer Reese 14th 17th
Chicago Chiefs Dutch Lane 16th Rick Edwards 13th 16th
Los Angeles Suns Whitey Stewart 17th Curt Papenfus 4th 11th
New York Imperials Eddie Webb 18th John Billops 6th(tied) 12th
Minneapolis Millers Bobby Crooks 19th Jake Eastman 6th(tied) 13th
Detroit Dynamos 20th 19th(tied) 20th
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