FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/01/1974
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Howard Smith 1st Stanley Moore 22nd 14th
Dallas Wranglers John Miller 2nd Charlie Bachman 20th 21st
Los Angeles Stars Bob Griffin 3rd Sam Howard 21st 22nd
Chicago Cougars Charlie Sanders 4th Sam Calhoun 5th 1st
Baltimore Clippers Hank Wallace 5th Harvey Sexton 23rd 23rd
Seattle Kings Fred Tollefson 6th Tom Hargrove 11th 2nd
Cincinnati Cannons Pete Bruce 7th Frank Cizek 12th 3rd
Washington Eagles Howdy Oakes 8th Jim Custis 8th 5th
Houston Comets Jerry Robinson 9th Harry Gayle 16th(tied) 9th
Minneapolis Millers Julio Castaneda 10th John Smith 2nd 4th
Chicago Chiefs Chris Wells 11th Al Kuechle 7th 7th
New York Gothams Earl Ferry 12th 24th 24th
Toronto Wolves Jess McPherson 13th Pat Duffy 3rd 8th
Boston Minutemen Ed Cole 14th Bill Gallagher 9th 10th
San Francisco Sailors Woody Evans 15th Cyrus O'Shields 1st 6th
Detroit Dynamos Harvey Van Orden 16th Jose Chavez 6th 11th
Milwaukee Arrows Moose Patrick 17th Jack Wells 16th(tied) 15th
Los Angeles Suns Ed Mooney 18th Jeff Gaston 15th 13th
Philadelphia Keystones Jack Hinkle 19th Nick Dennis 16th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Foresters Mel Cardoza 20th George Konitzer 4th 12th
New York Imperials Ty Rusconi 21st Walter Tyler 16th(tied) 18th
St. Louis Pioneers Ed Holt 22nd Harry DeRemer 13th 17th
Montreal Saints Vance Ferguson 23rd Pete Little 10th 19th
Kansas City Mavericks Raúl Zamora 24th Chuck Barton 14th 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Wranglers Nick Parker 1st Pat Molnar 19th 1st
Los Angeles Stars Bobby Garrison 2nd Norm McGuire 10th(tied) 2nd
St. Louis Pioneers John Richards 3rd Dick Marshall 3rd 3rd
Cincinnati Cannons Mike Rocque 4th Joe Barrett 12th 6th
Boston Minutemen Willie Stephens 5th Tom Ritter 16th(tied) 9th
Houston Comets Johnny Adams 6th Ed Costanzo 22nd 20th
Cleveland Foresters Andy Babel 7th Brooks Brown 9th 5th
Toronto Wolves John Baab 8th Pat Kellison 6th 4th
Milwaukee Arrows Rich Moyer 9th Ted Agnew 7th 7th
Atlanta Copperheads John Moreland 10th Billy Martin 18th 10th
Detroit Dynamos Jack Lucas 11th Ernie Morrison 16th(tied) 12th
Kansas City Mavericks Chuck Cohen 12th Andy Siqueiros 1st 8th
Montreal Saints Harry Swain 13th Al Morton 21st 21st
Philadelphia Keystones Andy Parker 14th Dick Votaw 15th 14th
Seattle Kings Hank Williams 15th Ernie Green 4th 11th
Minneapolis Millers Clyde Allen 16th Bob Place 8th 13th
Chicago Chiefs Andy Ellefsen 17th Howie Locke 24th 23rd
New York Gothams Paul Church 18th Paul Ellis 10th(tied) 15th
New York Imperials Al Reece 19th Bill Houghton 5th 16th
Chicago Cougars Gene Homer 20th Pedro Maldonado 13th(tied) 18th
San Francisco Sailors Harry Myers 21st Leon Brazzle 13th(tied) 19th
Baltimore Clippers Clarence James 22nd Chuck Peck 23rd 24th
Washington Eagles Jim Crane 23rd Stan Graham 2nd 17th
Los Angeles Suns James Huffman 24th Fred Hinkle 20th 22nd
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Al Hubbard 1st Wally Melvin 5th 1st
Milwaukee Arrows Paul Burkley 2nd Jim Kumpula 8th 2nd
Montreal Saints Dixie Turner 3rd Bernie Morgan 14th(tied) 3rd
Chicago Chiefs John Butts 4th Ray Olexa 22nd 19th
Boston Minutemen Charlie Hartsell 5th (tied) Bobby Porter 21st 20th
Cleveland Foresters Herb Reed 5th (tied) Joe Markert 23rd 22nd
Houston Comets Maury Moore 7th Fred Van der Horst 10th 4th
Washington Eagles Carlos Zamudio 8th Lee Murphy 24th 23rd
St. Louis Pioneers Larry Cimino 9th Diego Zamora 14th(tied) 9th
Seattle Kings Sam Barnes 10th Desmond Riley 7th 7th
Los Angeles Stars Bill Bell 11th Dick Messer 19th 21st
New York Gothams Joe Jones 12th Fred Dickson 9th 8th
Chicago Cougars Cleo Harris 13th Joe Stocksdale 14th(tied) 11th
New York Imperials Sam German 14th Gene Holbrook 2nd 5th
Los Angeles Suns Eddie Kellum 15th John Pruss 14th(tied) 12th
Kansas City Mavericks Bob Howard 16th Joe Lavallee 1st 6th
Dallas Wranglers Fred Hott 17th Ivan Garcia 4th 10th
Philadelphia Keystones Lew Davison 18th Norm Buckingham 12th(tied) 13th
Baltimore Clippers Clay Roberts 19th Eddie Reed 20th 24th
Cincinnati Cannons Chief Williams 20th Hal Quillen 18th 18th
Detroit Dynamos Melvin Williams 21st Al Ireland 11th 14th
San Francisco Sailors Eddie Sargent 22nd Benny Strickland 12th(tied) 17th
Minneapolis Millers Tony Nava 23rd Jim Johnson 6th 15th(tied)
Toronto Wolves George Rigby 24th Dan Moran 3rd 15th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Eagles Tom Lorang 1st Gil McCarty 17th 4th
Dallas Wranglers Buck Stout 2nd Dick Frost 10th(tied) 1st
Baltimore Clippers Hal Blank 3rd Clyde Lyon 19th 17th
Seattle Kings Jesse Walker 4th Pete Pratt 18th 18th
Detroit Dynamos Bill Austin 5th Stan Griffin 2nd 2nd
Montreal Saints Ken Steinbach 6th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Los Angeles Suns Bill Calvin 7th Harry Barber 4th 3rd
Los Angeles Stars Ralph Barrell 8th Wayne Valentine 10th(tied) 6th
New York Imperials George Love 9th Joe Arnett 21st 19th
Atlanta Copperheads Jim Duchesne 10th Billy Brown 9th 5th
Chicago Chiefs Don Barker 11th 22nd(tied) 23rd
Minneapolis Millers Carl Kilkenny 12th Dick Walker 10th(tied) 8th
Houston Comets Don Jones 13th Melvin Bernard 5th 7th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Eddy 14th Charlie Mitchell 10th(tied) 9th
Cleveland Foresters Dale Mosley 15th Jack Hilbert 10th(tied) 11th
Milwaukee Arrows Jay Dynes 16th Dennis Miller 8th 10th
St. Louis Pioneers Del Jacobs 17th 22nd(tied) 24th
San Francisco Sailors Ernie Carter 18th Woody Snyder 16th 20th
New York Gothams Carl Bramlett 19th Lee Norton 10th(tied) 13th
Chicago Cougars Pablo Vazquez 20th Bob Webster 7th 14th
Philadelphia Keystones Leon Stapleton 21st Harry Haynes 20th 21st
Boston Minutemen Mickey Barker 22nd Mickey Barker 1st 12th
Toronto Wolves Leo Makepeace 23rd Bob Harrison 6th 16th
Kansas City Mavericks George Helm 24th Harry Wilson 3rd 15th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Suns Tom Lally 1st Sid Riccio 16th 6th
New York Gothams Sam Hamilton 2nd Francisco Suarez 1st 1st
Atlanta Copperheads John Newton 3rd Les Mason 17th 15th
Los Angeles Stars Lew Smith 4th Bob Branson 7th(tied) 3rd
Chicago Cougars Tom Halliday 5th Carl Carroll 5th 2nd
Seattle Kings Ben Baker 6th Sam Beadle 13th 14th
St. Louis Pioneers Tom Spruill 7th Ted James 7th(tied) 5th
Toronto Wolves Clyde Bradshaw 8th Rogelio Bellellano 2nd 4th
Minneapolis Millers Rusty Robertson 9th Gil Dayan 15th 17th
Montreal Saints Reid Barrell 10th 20th(tied) 20th
Dallas Wranglers Enos LeClair 11th 20th(tied) 21st
Chicago Chiefs Mike Litteral 12th 20th(tied) 22nd
Baltimore Clippers Jack Goodman 13th 20th(tied) 23rd
Washington Eagles Al Marino 14th Al Smith 6th 7th
Cincinnati Cannons Bill Brown 15th Smith Strayhorn 14th 16th
Detroit Dynamos Mel Neff 16th Jake Ervin 7th(tied) 8th
New York Imperials Dale Raz 17th Al Wright 4th 9th
San Francisco Sailors Art Gates 18th 20th(tied) 24th
Cleveland Foresters Carlos Jaramillo 19th George Horn 19th 18th
Houston Comets Bill Blair 20th (tied) Johnny Mathewson 7th(tied) 10th(tied)
Milwaukee Arrows Ed Thomas 20th (tied) Lou Hill 7th(tied) 10th(tied)
Kansas City Mavericks Sam Pratt 22nd Elmer King 3rd 12th
Philadelphia Keystones Bill Viviano 23rd Jim Wright 7th(tied) 13th
Boston Minutemen Walter Huckaby 24th Walt Harvey 18th 19th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Arrows Harry Edwards 1st Ed Gore 12th(tied) 1st
Cincinnati Cannons Billy West 2nd Jack Abrams 12th(tied) 2nd
Chicago Chiefs Joe Siniscalchi 3rd Mike Ford 5th 3rd
Atlanta Copperheads Don Riley 4th John Walls 22nd 22nd
Seattle Kings Mike Griffith 5th Harry Doolittle 2nd 4th
New York Imperials Phil Terry 6th Dan Labelle 14th 5th
Montreal Saints Jim Smith 7th Leo Clark 10th 6th
Baltimore Clippers Hank Butler 8th Norv McClanahan 18th(tied) 9th
Detroit Dynamos Dave Black 9th Charlie Watson 1st 7th
Boston Minutemen Dick Ward 10th Alfonso Valdez 3rd 8th
Toronto Wolves Jackie Daniels 11th Pat Schmitt 7th 10th
Houston Comets Stan Francis 12th Willie Davis 18th(tied) 13th
Washington Eagles Joe Cantrell 13th Johnny Tucker 24th 23rd
Dallas Wranglers Joe Black 14th Tony Webster 23rd 24th
Los Angeles Stars Paul Richardson 15th (tied) Vic Chamberlin 16th 15th
New York Gothams Ed Davis 15th (tied) Barney Knox 8th 11th
Chicago Cougars Sam Morrison 17th Ralph Russell 17th 17th
Minneapolis Millers Bill Anderson 18th (tied) Pat Steckman 4th 12th
St. Louis Pioneers Pete O'Leary 18th (tied) Gene Day 9th 14th
Los Angeles Suns Ike Brown 20th Ray Swan 18th(tied) 20th
San Francisco Sailors John Kingsbury 21st Henry McDuffie 11th 16th
Philadelphia Keystones Jake Butler 22nd Jack Ayers 15th 19th
Kansas City Mavericks Tony Keil 23rd Pat McClay 18th(tied) 21st
Cleveland Foresters Orlando Benitez 24th Henry Proper 6th 18th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Jay Hunter 1st Clem Austin 22nd 21st
Minneapolis Millers Bill Powell 2nd Jim Ross 11th 1st
Los Angeles Stars Ed Moore 3rd Andy Alewine 8th 2nd
Seattle Kings Tom Hicks 4th Mike Remy 6th 3rd
St. Louis Pioneers Len Green 5th Al Pratt 1st 4th
Cleveland Foresters Vern Schneider 6th (tied) Steve Keen 7th 5th
New York Gothams Bill Arndt 6th (tied) 24th 24th
Houston Comets Hank Andrew 8th Roy Covington 13th(tied) 8th
Chicago Cougars Fuzzy Cronin 9th Andy Alexander 13th(tied) 10th
Toronto Wolves Dwayne Cleaves 10th Charlie Brawner 3rd 7th
Montreal Saints Joe Robertson 11th Tony Hernandez 2nd 6th
New York Imperials Freddy Curtis 12th Jack Queen 13th(tied) 11th
Washington Eagles Don Whited 13th Gil Armstrong 4th 9th
Cincinnati Cannons Frank Bradshaw 14th Tommy Van Landingham 13th(tied) 12th
Baltimore Clippers Harry Simmons 15th Ruben Ramos 13th(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Arrows Tom Gerke 16th Bill Coates 13th(tied) 14th
Detroit Dynamos Geoff Taylor 17th Don Simpson 13th(tied) 15th
San Francisco Sailors Charlie Jarzombek 18th Charlie Jarzombek 5th 16th
Kansas City Mavericks Roy Haynes 19th Don Crawford 13th(tied) 17th
Los Angeles Suns Henry Hart 20th Roy Welch 12th 18th
Dallas Wranglers Roy Johnson 21st Russ Griffith 21st 22nd
Philadelphia Keystones Charlie Cullison 22nd Chris Johnson 23rd 23rd
Boston Minutemen Pat Allen 23rd Jeff June 10th 19th
Chicago Chiefs Tom Blanton 24th John Shimp 9th 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Comets John Edwards 1st Bob Smith 16th(tied) 1st
Atlanta Copperheads Jack Blair 2nd 22nd(tied) 22nd
Seattle Kings Bob Glowacki 3rd 22nd(tied) 23rd
Dallas Wranglers Steve Prather 4th George Bell 4th 2nd
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Stogner 5th Wally Waters 9th 3rd
Detroit Dynamos Buddy Ensey 6th George Sloniker 16th(tied) 5th
Los Angeles Suns Sam Forrester 7th 22nd(tied) 24th
Philadelphia Keystones Joe Landry 8th Sherman Abbott 8th 4th
New York Imperials Mike Counts 9th Jim Smith 3rd 6th
Montreal Saints Jim Hendricks 10th Earl Quaid 12th 7th
Baltimore Clippers Ike Barnett 11th George Cooney 21st 21st
New York Gothams Fred Davis 12th Charlie Smith 16th(tied) 10th
St. Louis Pioneers Quinton Vincent 13th Andy Hawkins 16th(tied) 12th
Los Angeles Stars Ed Bogan 14th Charlie Berry 10th(tied) 8th
Minneapolis Millers George Fisher 15th Tommy Pierce 13th 14th
Cincinnati Cannons Bud Cormier 16th Charlie Huffman 14th 15th
Kansas City Mavericks Phil James 17th John Richardson 2nd 11th
Washington Eagles Ed MacNaughton 18th Jimmy Henderson 5th 13th
Cleveland Foresters John Piper 19th Vern Bell 1st 9th
Chicago Chiefs Bob Starr 20th Ben Bishop 6th(tied) 16th
San Francisco Sailors Pete Gibson 21st Joe White 16th(tied) 18th
Boston Minutemen Bob Menz 22nd Ricky Smith 10th(tied) 17th
Toronto Wolves Willie Pennington 23rd Thad Williams 15th 19th
Chicago Cougars Henry Watson 24th Dallas Ratajczyk 6th(tied) 20th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Comets Joe McCarthy 1st Butch Mathis 19th 1st
Seattle Kings Moe Lowery 2nd Phil Donovan 15th 2nd
Chicago Cougars Roger Alford 3rd Lyle Lessard 2nd(tied) 3rd
Atlanta Copperheads Howie Burt 4th Hank Parks 23rd(tied) 5th
Los Angeles Suns Jim Place 5th Fred Wilkinson 21st 4th
New York Imperials Jim White 6th Luis Rivas 23rd(tied) 7th
Montreal Saints Tommy Jackson 7th Steve Blake 5th 6th
Dallas Wranglers Pete Rosenbaum 8th Tony Rivera 11th 8th
Los Angeles Stars Bill Dunham 9th Mike Fulton 22nd 13th
Washington Eagles Bill Kelly 10th Mel Gordon 10th 10th
New York Gothams Curtis Robinson 11th Bob Martinelli 8th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Herm Quinn 12th Bob Neal 2nd(tied) 9th
Milwaukee Arrows Joe Wright 13th John DeWitt 4th 12th
Toronto Wolves Stan Terry 14th Billy Lewis 14th 14th
Baltimore Clippers Jose Martinez 15th Dave Bates 18th 16th
St. Louis Pioneers Tige Bowe 16th Eddie Emerson 6th 15th
Philadelphia Keystones Doc Carver 17th Dan King 13th 17th
Chicago Chiefs Johnny Maples 18th (tied) Chuck Barb 16th 18th
San Francisco Sailors Jim Teal 18th (tied) Lee Jones 20th 19th
Cleveland Foresters Roy Rice 20th Paul Czerwinski 17th 21st
Minneapolis Millers Van Taylor 21st Jim Terry 12th 20th
Boston Minutemen Bob Scott 22nd Bill Wilcox 9th 23rd
Detroit Dynamos Paddy Williamson 23rd Richard Elk 7th 24th
Kansas City Mavericks Fred Smith 24th Harry Kluth 1st 22nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Imperials Howie Weston 1st Ike Bradley 22nd 4th
Los Angeles Suns George Cox 2nd Jack Munson 23rd 8th
Montreal Saints Johnny Lyon 3rd Buck Brooks 18th 6th
Detroit Dynamos Paul Sullivan 4th Sam Hood 9th 2nd
Boston Minutemen Les Snyder 5th Les Snyder 7th 1st
New York Gothams Herb Isom 6th Randy Thompson 6th 3rd
Washington Eagles Earl Frazier 7th Howie Lee 5th 5th
Houston Comets Duane Alarcon 8th Willard Barnard 2nd 7th
Baltimore Clippers Stan Boone 9th Charlie Douglass 12th 10th
Milwaukee Arrows Tom McDaniel 10th Frank Haney 14th 14th
San Francisco Sailors Bert Alexander 11th Dick Ellison 10th 11th
Cincinnati Cannons Dutch Lane 12th Elmer Murphy 1st 9th
Los Angeles Stars John Hunt 13th Vern Miller 21st 18th
Chicago Chiefs Bill Smith 14th Dick Bradley 24th 24th
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 15th Larry Lee 13th 16th
Dallas Wranglers Owen Lantz 16th Bill Thomas 19th(tied) 19th
St. Louis Pioneers Charlie Christianson 17th Doc Hudson 3rd 12th
Cleveland Foresters Roy Brandt 18th Al Reed 8th 13th
Seattle Kings Ted Lashway 19th Ted Lashway 19th(tied) 20th
Philadelphia Keystones Bobby Coy 20th Dave Cox 4th 15th
Minneapolis Millers Del Robinson 21st Bob Schroeder 17th 21st
Atlanta Copperheads Frank Maxwell 22nd Steve Lockwood 11th 17th
Toronto Wolves Bill Cox 23rd Bill Cox 15th 22nd
Chicago Cougars Les Sechrest 24th Billy Gallagher 16th 23rd
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Copperheads Buddy Thomas 1st John Case 1st 1st
Seattle Kings Billy Collins 2nd Jim Danielson 24th 21st
New York Gothams Jeff Pettigrew 3rd Larry Banks 12th(tied) 3rd
Boston Minutemen Bud Shireman 4th Rudy Miller 3rd 2nd
Los Angeles Suns Ron Clark 5th Tommy Alexander 8th(tied) 4th
Cincinnati Cannons Earl White 6th (tied) John Lesperance 7th 5th
Los Angeles Stars Jackie Thompson 6th (tied) Bob Ballard 12th(tied) 6th
Minneapolis Millers Ike Hawley 8th Bill Wright 23rd 23rd
San Francisco Sailors Eli Kershaw 9th Bill Lynch 12th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Keystones Jim Steuber 10th Art Cournoyer 5th 7th
Baltimore Clippers Larry Warren 11th Scott Cox 12th(tied) 12th
Cleveland Foresters Mickey Farrar 12th Harry Schwartz 8th(tied) 9th
Kansas City Mavericks Vinnie Ghinato 13th Johnny Davis 11th 11th
Montreal Saints Johnny Lyon 14th Rick Bailey 2nd 10th
Houston Comets Bob Young 15th Warren Hunt 12th(tied) 13th
Detroit Dynamos Paul Sullivan 16th Oscar Ruiz 12th(tied) 14th
Washington Eagles Earl Frazier 17th Johnnie Coleman 12th(tied) 15th
Chicago Chiefs Walt Jackson 18th Stan Dominick 10th 16th
Toronto Wolves Ray Smith 19th Luther Coy 12th(tied) 19th
Dallas Wranglers Asbury Ashmore 20th Duane Nelson 12th(tied) 20th
Chicago Cougars Jim Norris 21st Al McCauley 4th 17th
New York Imperials Ed Cooper 22nd Dick Johnson 6th 18th
Milwaukee Arrows Jim Hart 23rd Curt Kelly 22nd 24th
St. Louis Pioneers Manuel Hernandez 24th Herm Jones 12th(tied) 22nd
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