FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/06/1975
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Howard Smith 1st Stanley Moore 23rd 22nd
Dallas Wranglers John Miller 2nd Lou Howard 24th 23rd
Seattle Kings Fred Tollefson 3rd Tom Hargrove 14th 1st
Los Angeles Stars Bob Griffin 4th Sam Howard 19th(tied) 3rd
Baltimore Clippers Hank Wallace 5th Harvey Sexton 22nd 24th
Chicago Cougars Charlie Sanders 6th Henry Girten 5th 2nd
Chicago Chiefs Chris Wells 7th Al Kuechle 8th 5th
Toronto Wolves Jess McPherson 8th Pat Duffy 2nd 4th
Minneapolis Millers Julio Castaneda 9th John Smith 3rd 6th
Cincinnati Cannons Pete Bruce 10th Frank Cizek 18th 8th
Montreal Saints Woody Evans 11th Pete Little 7th 7th
Houston Comets Jerry Robinson 12th Harry Gayle 17th 10th
New York Gothams Earl Ferry 13th Sandy Richardson 19th(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Arrows Moose Patrick 14th Jack Wells 10th 11th
Los Angeles Suns Ed Mooney 15th Jeff Gaston 19th(tied) 18th
Philadelphia Keystones Jack Hinkle 16th Nick Dennis 9th 15th
Cleveland Foresters Reggie Anderson 17th George Konitzer 4th 12th
Detroit Dynamos Harvey Van Orden 18th (tied) Jose Chavez 6th 14th
San Francisco Sailors Earl Frazee 18th (tied) Cyrus O'Shields 1st 9th
Boston Minutemen Ed Cole 20th Charles O'Brien 11th 16th
Washington Eagles Mel Cardoza 21st Jim Custis 12th 17th
Kansas City Mavericks Dave Mitchel 22nd Chuck Barton 13th 19th
St. Louis Pioneers Ed Holt 23rd Harry DeRemer 15th 20th
New York Imperials Jack Peeples 24th Walter Tyler 16th 21st
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Wranglers Nick Parker 1st Curt Briggs 23rd 22nd
Los Angeles Stars Bobby Garrison 2nd Pat McKnight 19th(tied) 1st
Boston Minutemen Willie Stephens 3rd Tom Ritter 15th(tied) 3rd
Houston Comets Johnny Adams 4th 24th 24th
Cincinnati Cannons Mike Rocque 5th Joe Barrett 14th 4th
St. Louis Pioneers John Richards 6th Dick Marshall 1st 2nd
Minneapolis Millers Larry Herzberg 7th Bob Place 6th 5th
Milwaukee Arrows Rich Moyer 8th Ted Agnew 8th 7th
New York Imperials Al Reece 9th Bill Houghton 10th 8th
Kansas City Mavericks Chuck Cohen 10th Joe Lavallee 2nd 6th
Chicago Cougars John Baab 11th Don Jones 19th(tied) 11th
Montreal Saints Harry Swain 12th Al Morton 22nd 23rd
Seattle Kings Hank Williams 13th Jimmy Grider 3rd 9th
Detroit Dynamos Jack Lucas 14th Ernie Morrison 18th 13th
Atlanta Copperheads John Moreland 15th Billy Martin 15th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York Gothams Paul Church 16th Ray Bowman 4th 10th
Philadelphia Keystones Andy Parker 17th Dick Votaw 12th 12th
Cleveland Foresters Athan Metrofanis 18th Brooks Brown 9th 14th(tied)
San Francisco Sailors Harry Myers 19th Frank Dolan 13th 17th
Washington Eagles Howdy Oakes 20th Luther Wells 7th 16th
Los Angeles Suns James Huffman 21st George Peters 11th 18th
Chicago Chiefs Don Barker 22nd Howie Locke 19th(tied) 19th
Baltimore Clippers Clarence James 23rd Eddie Reed 15th(tied) 20th
Toronto Wolves Pat Kellison 24th Pedro Maldonado 5th 21st
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Al Hubbard 1st Frank Reid 4th 1st
Milwaukee Arrows Paul Burkley 2nd Jim Kumpula 7th 2nd
Chicago Chiefs John Butts 3rd Ray Olexa 13th(tied) 3rd
Boston Minutemen Charlie Hartsell 4th Bobby Porter 13th(tied) 4th
St. Louis Pioneers Larry Cimino 5th Joe Espenschied 13th(tied) 5th
Cleveland Foresters Herb Reed 6th Joe Markert 13th(tied) 6th
Montreal Saints Dixie Turner 7th Bernie Morgan 23rd 23rd
Washington Eagles Carlos Zamudio 8th Joe Stocksdale 22nd 21st
Los Angeles Stars Bill Bell 9th Dick Messer 13th(tied) 9th
Houston Comets Maury Moore 10th Fred Van der Horst 13th(tied) 10th
Seattle Kings Sam Barnes 11th Desmond Riley 11th 8th
Los Angeles Suns Eddie Kellum 12th John Pruss 21st 22nd
Philadelphia Keystones Lew Davison 13th Norm Buckingham 12th 12th
Baltimore Clippers Clay Roberts 14th Ed Smith 24th 24th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Eddy 15th Hal Quillen 13th(tied) 15th
Minneapolis Millers Bill Barber 16th George Rose 2nd 7th
Chicago Cougars Cleo Harris 17th Russ West 13th(tied) 16th
New York Gothams Joe Jones 18th Fred Dickson 8th 13th(tied)
San Francisco Sailors Joe Franklin 19th Leon Brazzle 6th 13th(tied)
Dallas Wranglers Fred Hott 20th Ivan Garcia 3rd 11th
Detroit Dynamos Melvin Williams 21st Al Ireland 10th 18th
New York Imperials Owen Drake 22nd Owen Drake 9th 19th
Kansas City Mavericks Johnny Kelley 23rd James T Williams 5th 20th
Toronto Wolves George Rigby 24th Dan Moran 1st 17th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cougars Tom Lorang 1st Bob Webster 7th(tied) 1st
Dallas Wranglers Buck Stout 2nd Dick Frost 11th(tied) 2nd
Baltimore Clippers Hal Blank 3rd Clyde Lyon 19th 18th
Montreal Saints Ken Steinbach 4th 23rd(tied) 23rd
Detroit Dynamos Bill Austin 5th Stan Griffin 2nd 3rd
Seattle Kings Jesse Walker 6th Pete Pratt 20th 19th
New York Imperials George Love 7th Joe Arnett 22nd 20th
Chicago Chiefs Mike Litteral 8th 23rd(tied) 24th
Atlanta Copperheads Jim Duchesne 9th Billy Brown 11th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Cannons Tony Nino 10th Charlie Mitchell 11th(tied) 8th
Minneapolis Millers Carl Kilkenny 11th Dick Walker 11th(tied) 9th
Los Angeles Stars Ralph Barrell 12th Wayne Valentine 11th(tied) 10th
Cleveland Foresters Dale Mosley 13th Jack Hilbert 4th 4th
Houston Comets Ernie Carter 14th Melvin Bernard 9th(tied) 11th
Los Angeles Suns Tommy Ashton 15th Harry Barber 5th 6th
St. Louis Pioneers Del Jacobs 16th Thornton Weaver 11th(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Arrows Jay Dynes 17th Dennis Miller 6th 12th
Kansas City Mavericks Bob Howard 18th Harry Wilson 3rd 7th
New York Gothams Carl Bramlett 19th Lee Norton 11th(tied) 17th
Philadelphia Keystones Leon Stapleton 20th Ben McClure 9th(tied) 15th(tied)
Toronto Wolves Leo Makepeace 21st Bob Harrison 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Washington Eagles Virgil Belisle 22nd Al Smith 21st 21st
Boston Minutemen Mickey Barker 23rd Mickey Barker 1st 14th
San Francisco Sailors Red Jackson 24th Woody Snyder 18th 22nd
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Suns Tom Lally 1st Sid Riccio 14th 12th
St. Louis Pioneers Frank Green 2nd Ted James 4th(tied) 2nd
New York Gothams Sam Hamilton 3rd Francisco Suarez 2nd 1st
Toronto Wolves Clyde Bradshaw 4th Bob Budnick 1st 3rd
Los Angeles Stars Lew Smith 5th Bob Branson 4th(tied) 5th
Atlanta Copperheads John Newton 6th Les Mason 3rd 4th
Seattle Kings Ben Baker 7th Sam Beadle 12th 13th
Chicago Cougars Tom Halliday 8th Carl Carroll 4th(tied) 6th
New York Imperials Rusty Robertson 9th Al Wright 4th(tied) 7th
Cleveland Foresters Carlos Jaramillo 10th George Horn 17th 15th
Dallas Wranglers Enos LeClair 11th 18th(tied) 18th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Brown 12th 18th(tied) 19th
Washington Eagles Al Marino 13th Frank Esposito 4th(tied) 8th
Montreal Saints Billy Taylor 14th Jack Smith 13th 14th
San Francisco Sailors Art Gates 15th 18th(tied) 20th
Boston Minutemen Dale Raz 16th Walt Harvey 15th 16th
Minneapolis Millers Heinie Spitler 17th Bruce Day 16th 17th
Baltimore Clippers Jack Goodman 18th 18th(tied) 21st
Chicago Chiefs Rankin Ziegler 19th 18th(tied) 22nd
Milwaukee Arrows Ed Thomas 20th 18th(tied) 23rd
Philadelphia Keystones Bill Viviano 21st Chris Roberts 4th(tied) 9th
Kansas City Mavericks Sam Pratt 22nd Elmer King 4th(tied) 10th
Houston Comets Bill Blair 23rd Johnny Mathewson 4th(tied) 11th
Detroit Dynamos Elmer Mortensen 24th 18th(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Cannons Billy West 1st Jack Abrams 17th 1st
Milwaukee Arrows Harry Edwards 2nd Ed Gore 12th 2nd
Chicago Chiefs Joe Siniscalchi 3rd Mike Ford 13th 4th
New York Imperials Phil Terry 4th Lloyd Day 9th 5th
Seattle Kings Mike Griffith 5th Harry Doolittle 2nd 3rd
Boston Minutemen Dick Ward 6th Bill Ward 4th 6th
Atlanta Copperheads Don Riley 7th John Walls 23rd 23rd
Houston Comets Stan Francis 8th Willie Davis 19th(tied) 11th
Detroit Dynamos Pete Dance 9th Gil Jones 16th 10th
St. Louis Pioneers Len Green 10th Gene Day 6th 8th
Baltimore Clippers Hank Butler 11th Norv McClanahan 19th(tied) 14th
Toronto Wolves Jackie Daniels 12th Pat Schmitt 1st 7th
Los Angeles Stars Paul Richardson 13th (tied) Vic Chamberlin 18th 13th
Montreal Saints Jim Smith 13th (tied) Leo Clark 5th 9th
Dallas Wranglers Joe Black 15th Tony Webster 19th(tied) 17th
Chicago Cougars Sam Morrison 16th Roy Presley 19th(tied) 18th
Washington Eagles Joe Cantrell 17th Ralph Russell 8th 12th
Los Angeles Suns Bill Calvin 18th Ray Swan 24th 24th
Philadelphia Keystones Jake Butler 19th Sherman Abbott 14th 16th
Cleveland Foresters Orlando Benitez 20th Vern Bell 10th(tied) 19th
Kansas City Mavericks Tony Keil 21st Pat McClay 7th 20th
Minneapolis Millers Bill Anderson 22nd Jim Santos 3rd 15th
New York Gothams Ed Davis 23rd Harry Griffin 15th 22nd
San Francisco Sailors John Kingsbury 24th Henry McDuffie 10th(tied) 21st
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Minneapolis Millers Bill Powell 1st Jim Ross 9th 1st
Los Angeles Stars Ed Moore 2nd Andy Alewine 10th 2nd
Atlanta Copperheads Jay Hunter 3rd Clem Austin 22nd 22nd
Chicago Cougars Fuzzy Cronin 4th Mike Van den Heuvel 24th 23rd
New York Gothams Bill Arndt 5th Barney Knox 14th(tied) 8th
Cleveland Foresters Vern Schneider 6th John Creese 1st 3rd
San Francisco Sailors Charlie Jarzombek 7th Charlie Jarzombek 7th 5th
Montreal Saints Joe Robertson 8th George Yates 11th 7th
Houston Comets Hank Andrew 9th Roy Covington 14th(tied) 12th
Chicago Chiefs Andy Ellefsen 10th John Shimp 5th 6th
Detroit Dynamos Geoff Taylor 11th Charlie Watson 2nd 4th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Bradshaw 12th Gene Armistead 14th(tied) 14th
New York Imperials Freddy Curtis 13th Isaac Abramowitz 14th(tied) 15th
Seattle Kings Tom Hicks 14th Mike Remy 8th 9th
Dallas Wranglers Tony McKittrick 15th Russ Griffith 21st 21st
St. Louis Pioneers Pete O'Leary 16th (tied) Al Pratt 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Toronto Wolves Dwayne Cleaves 16th (tied) Charlie Brawner 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Washington Eagles Don Whited 16th (tied) Tom Lieder 6th 13th
Baltimore Clippers Harry Simmons 19th Ruben Ramos 14th(tied) 16th
Milwaukee Arrows Tom Gerke 20th Bill Coates 14th(tied) 17th
Kansas City Mavericks Don Crawford 21st Don Crawford 14th(tied) 18th
Los Angeles Suns Henry Hart 22nd Roy Welch 12th(tied) 19th
Boston Minutemen Pat Allen 23rd Gil Armstrong 12th(tied) 20th
Philadelphia Keystones Charlie Cullison 24th Chris Johnson 23rd 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Comets John Edwards 1st Bob Smith 16th 1st
Atlanta Copperheads Jack Blair 2nd Bob Hannan 19th(tied) 3rd
Dallas Wranglers Steve Prather 3rd George Bell 7th 2nd
Chicago Cougars Andy Babel 4th Dallas Ratajczyk 5th 4th
Detroit Dynamos Buddy Ensey 5th Dino Sharp Jr. 11th 5th
Seattle Kings Bob Glowacki 6th Joe Bray 24th 22nd
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Stogner 7th Wally Waters 14th 8th
Baltimore Clippers Ike Barnett 8th George Cooney 19th(tied) 10th
Montreal Saints Jim Hendricks 9th Earl Quaid 15th 9th
Philadelphia Keystones Joe Landry 10th Frank Roberts 8th 6th
Los Angeles Suns Sam Forrester 11th Bob Reese 23rd 23rd
New York Imperials Mike Counts 12th Tom Haynes 6th 7th
Cleveland Foresters John Piper 13th Bernie Martin 12th(tied) 14th
New York Gothams Fred Davis 14th Charlie Smith 9th(tied) 13th
St. Louis Pioneers Quinton Vincent 15th Andy Hawkins 19th(tied) 17th
Minneapolis Millers George Fisher 16th Dan Labelle 3rd 11th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Bogan 17th Charlie Berry 12th(tied) 16th
Kansas City Mavericks Phil James 18th John Richardson 1st 12th
San Francisco Sailors Pete Gibson 19th Joe White 18th 19th
Cincinnati Cannons Bud Cormier 20th Charlie Huffman 17th 20th
Washington Eagles Ed MacNaughton 21st Frank Peterson 2nd 15th
Boston Minutemen Bob Menz 22nd Ricky Smith 9th(tied) 21st
Chicago Chiefs Bob Starr 23rd Ben Bishop 4th 18th
Toronto Wolves 24th Gail Metcalf 19th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Comets Joe McCarthy 1st Butch Mathis 21st 2nd
Seattle Kings Moe Lowery 2nd Phil Donovan 16th 1st
New York Imperials John Alfano 3rd Luis Rivas 20th 3rd
Los Angeles Suns Heinie Schmidt 4th Fred Wilkinson 19th 5th
Chicago Cougars Roger Alford 5th Lyle Lessard 5th 4th
Atlanta Copperheads Howie Burt 6th Hank Parks 24th 10th
New York Gothams Joe Nelson 7th Bob Martinelli 10th 6th
Montreal Saints Tommy Jackson 8th Allan Morris 8th 9th
Los Angeles Stars Bill Dunham 9th Mike Fulton 23rd 12th
Milwaukee Arrows Joe Wright 10th John DeWitt 4th 7th
Cincinnati Cannons Herm Quinn 11th Bob Neal 3rd 8th
Dallas Wranglers Pete Rosenbaum 12th Tony Rivera 12th 11th
Chicago Chiefs Otis Hawkins 13th Billy Blue 15th 13th
Washington Eagles Eddie Yandow 14th Marty Wilson 22nd 19th
Baltimore Clippers Jose Martinez 15th Dave Bates 18th 17th
Philadelphia Keystones Doc Carver 16th Dan King 17th 20th
Toronto Wolves Stan Terry 17th Billy Lewis 14th 18th
Boston Minutemen Bill Kelly 18th Bill Wilcox 6th 14th
St. Louis Pioneers Tige Bowe 19th Eddie Emerson 9th 16th
San Francisco Sailors Jim Teal 20th Lee Jones 13th 21st
Cleveland Foresters Juan Solorzano 21st Paul Czerwinski 11th 22nd
Minneapolis Millers Hub Huffman 22nd Jim Terry 7th 23rd
Kansas City Mavericks Harry Kluth 23rd Eddie Nordberg 1st 15th
Detroit Dynamos Jack Williams 24th Richard Elk 2nd 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Foresters Mickey Farrar 1st Johnny Cunningham 2nd 1st
Montreal Saints Johnny Lyon 2nd Jerry Demski 15th 5th
Boston Minutemen Les Snyder 3rd Les Snyder 8th 2nd
Los Angeles Suns George Cox 4th Hank Voeltz 13th 4th
Los Angeles Stars George Dunnigan 5th Vern Miller 19th 7th
New York Imperials Charlie Walker 6th Bill Moore 22nd 15th
Washington Eagles Earl Frazier 7th Bobby Hughes 1st 3rd
Baltimore Clippers Stan Boone 8th Scott Cox 17th 10th
New York Gothams Herb Isom 9th Randy Thompson 9th 6th
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 10th Larry Lee 6th 8th
Seattle Kings Bud Keeley 11th Ted Lashway 20th 20th
St. Louis Pioneers Charlie Christianson 12th Doc Hudson 3rd 9th
San Francisco Sailors Bert Alexander 13th Dick Ellison 12th 14th
Cincinnati Cannons Dutch Lane 14th Bob Chamberlain 5th 11th
Houston Comets Duane Alarcon 15th Guy Powell 4th 12th
Minneapolis Millers Del Robinson 16th Bob Schroeder 10th 13th
Detroit Dynamos Joe Jones 17th Larry Howard 24th 23rd
Chicago Chiefs Bill Smith 18th Dick Bradley 21st 22nd
Dallas Wranglers Owen Lantz 19th Jim Goodrich 23rd 24th
Toronto Wolves Bill Cox 20th Dick Johnson 11th 17th
Milwaukee Arrows Johnny Britton 21st Cal Hanson 18th 19th
Chicago Cougars Bill Jackson 22nd Billy Gallagher 14th 18th
Philadelphia Keystones Bobby Coy 23rd Len Torbett 7th 16th
Atlanta Copperheads Frank Maxwell 24th Joe Waterman 16th 21st
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Buddy Thomas 1st Frank Kennedy 1st 1st
Seattle Kings Billy Collins 2nd Bob Parker 11th(tied) 2nd
Boston Minutemen Bud Shireman 3rd Rudy Miller 4th 3rd
Cincinnati Cannons Earl White 4th John Lesperance 10th 4th
New York Gothams Jeff Pettigrew 5th Larry Banks 22nd 21st
Los Angeles Suns Ron Clark 6th Tommy Alexander 13th 5th
Chicago Chiefs Frank Carmichael 7th Stan Dominick 5th 6th
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Steuber 8th Art Cournoyer 3rd 7th
Minneapolis Millers Del Robinson 9th Bill Wright 14th(tied) 10th
Baltimore Clippers Larry Warren 10th Grady Ross 8th(tied) 9th
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 11th Andy Osborne 14th(tied) 11th
Cleveland Foresters Mickey Farrar 12th Harry Schwartz 2nd 8th
Washington Eagles Earl Frazier 13th Mike McIntyre 14th(tied) 13th
Detroit Dynamos Joe Jones 14th Larry Howard 24th 22nd
Montreal Saints Johnny Lyon 15th Buck Brooks 7th 12th
Toronto Wolves Ray Smith 16th Luther Coy 14th(tied) 14th
Houston Comets Bob Young 17th Warren Hunt 14th(tied) 15th
Dallas Wranglers Asbury Ashmore 18th Duane Nelson 11th(tied) 17th
New York Imperials Ed Cooper 19th Ike Bradley 8th(tied) 16th
Los Angeles Stars George Dunnigan 20th Bob Ballard 14th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Hart 21st Curt Kelly 21st 23rd
St. Louis Pioneers Manuel Hernandez 22nd Herm Jones 14th(tied) 19th
San Francisco Sailors Eddie Morrison 23rd Tim Young 23rd 24th
Chicago Cougars Tom Andress 24th Al McCauley 6th 20th
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