DIXIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/16/1917
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Birmingham Ironmen Mike McKinsey 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Nashville Chieftains Henry Burke 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Richmond Rebels Clem Campbell 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
New Orleans Crescents Mike Knight 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Louisville Stallions John Brevick 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Atlanta Peaches Andy Smith 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Knoxville Aces Bob Christner 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Memphis Blue Stockings Grover West 8th 1st(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Richmond Rebels Mike Williams 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Atlanta Peaches Frank Bowen 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Knoxville Aces Gordon Sherman 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Birmingham Ironmen Bart Bates 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Nashville Chieftains Martin Knock 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Louisville Stallions Art Emerson 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Memphis Blue Stockings Rich White 7th 1st(tied) 7th
New Orleans Crescents John Connell 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Peaches Willie Hudson 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Memphis Blue Stockings Bob Rowe 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Nashville Chieftains Bill Meister 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
New Orleans Crescents Tommy Stiles 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Richmond Rebels Dave Hudgens 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Birmingham Ironmen Percy Gamble 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Louisville Stallions Tim Thompson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Knoxville Aces Alan Covington 8th 1st(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Stallions Will Rougeau 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Nashville Chieftains Gary Whitehead 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Atlanta Peaches Bill Hughley 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Knoxville Aces Jay Slager 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Birmingham Ironmen Don Kallaus 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Memphis Blue Stockings Frank Bradley 6th 1st(tied) 6th
New Orleans Crescents Nick Connor 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Richmond Rebels Jim Harris 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Crescents Danny Buchanan 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Richmond Rebels Joe Fauss 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Stallions George Searl 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Birmingham Ironmen Jimmy Schum 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Knoxville Aces Red Bradshaw 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Memphis Blue Stockings Dennis Norris 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Atlanta Peaches Ed Stanton 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Nashville Chieftains Charles Currie 8th 1st(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Stallions Bob Carman 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Birmingham Ironmen Bill Mann 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Memphis Blue Stockings Gary Waldsmith 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Richmond Rebels Gus Koenig 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Knoxville Aces Bill Schofield 5th 1st(tied) 5th
New Orleans Crescents Harvey Koch 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Atlanta Peaches Dan Hudson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Nashville Chieftains Elmer Winther 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Knoxville Aces Jim Kulhanek 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Stallions Dave Zimmerman 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Memphis Blue Stockings Heber Gwyn 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Nashville Chieftains John Mills 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Richmond Rebels Al English 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Atlanta Peaches Joe Tucker 6th 1st(tied) 6th
New Orleans Crescents Tom Hopson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Birmingham Ironmen James Suiter 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Stallions Steve Woodard 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Knoxville Aces Al Shaffer 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
New Orleans Crescents Don Collins 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Atlanta Peaches Buck LaChapelle 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Richmond Rebels Danny Priddy 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Birmingham Ironmen Erskine Moore 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Nashville Chieftains Barney Roberts 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Memphis Blue Stockings Glenn Marino 8th 1st(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Birmingham Ironmen Joe Martin 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Louisville Stallions Mike Blazek 2nd Ham Hall 2nd 1st
Memphis Blue Stockings Jose Campana 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Atlanta Peaches Ed Collins 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Knoxville Aces Claude Davis 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Richmond Rebels Bobby Gibson 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
New Orleans Crescents Arthur Schuster 7th Bernard Manwell 1st 2nd
Nashville Chieftains Gary Rogers 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Stallions Dana Boyd 1st Ham Hall 1st 1st
Knoxville Aces Charley Luallen 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Birmingham Ironmen Steve Brown 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Memphis Blue Stockings Fred Dupuis 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Atlanta Peaches Paul Willis 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Nashville Chieftains Rich Olsen 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Richmond Rebels Dave Berry 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
New Orleans Crescents Mike Hare 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Richmond Rebels Jacob Keim 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Louisville Stallions Dana Boyd 2nd Ham Hall 1st 1st
Memphis Blue Stockings Fred Dupuis 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Nashville Chieftains Bob O'Neill 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Knoxville Aces Charley Luallen 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Birmingham Ironmen Steve Brown 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
New Orleans Crescents Mike Hare 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Atlanta Peaches Paul Willis 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
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