WESTERN FEDERATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/16/1917
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Des Moines Browns Steve Jordan 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Colorado Springs Pioneers Mike Caruth 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
St. Paul Crusaders Dick Howe 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Omaha Packers Joel Arcella 4th Roy Sharp 1st 1st
Fort Wayne Warriors Jim Butler 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Red Caps Bobby Hiney 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
St. Joseph Saints Gene Hannah 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Denver Millionaires Steve Tacheny 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne Warriors William Schmer 1st 1st(tied) 1st
St. Joseph Saints John Lane 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Colorado Springs Pioneers Bernie Hogue 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Red Caps George Schuh 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Des Moines Browns Ken Conley 5th 1st(tied) 5th
St. Paul Crusaders Otto Schreiber 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Omaha Packers Chummy Brown 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Denver Millionaires Joe Richardson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Denver Millionaires John Bercier 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Indianapolis Red Caps Dave Galloway 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Joseph Saints Mike Badger 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne Warriors Paul Bryant 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Colorado Springs Pioneers Dick Rutledge 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Des Moines Browns John Jezior 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Omaha Packers Bobby Stephenson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
St. Paul Crusaders Milton Goldstein 8th 1st(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Denver Millionaires Jim Myers 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Indianapolis Red Caps Roy Scott 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Joseph Saints David Barrett 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
St. Paul Crusaders Rob Evelsizer 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Omaha Packers Mark Foster 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Fort Wayne Warriors George Allen 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Colorado Springs Pioneers Dale Weber 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Des Moines Browns Ted Garrett 8th 1st(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne Warriors Dick Wilson 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Denver Millionaires Jim Hendrickson 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Colorado Springs Pioneers George Nelson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
St. Paul Crusaders Dick Taylor 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Omaha Packers Harry Hicks 5th 1st(tied) 5th
St. Joseph Saints Henry Conroy 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Red Caps Jock Anderson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Des Moines Browns Ron Myers 8th 1st(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Red Caps Joe O'Connell 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Denver Millionaires Tom Long 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Colorado Springs Pioneers Frank Richards 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Omaha Packers Dave Anders 4th 1st(tied) 4th
St. Joseph Saints Amos Graff 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Des Moines Browns Richard Stroebel 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Fort Wayne Warriors Joe Kittrell 7th 1st(tied) 7th
St. Paul Crusaders Rufus Points 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Paul Crusaders Jim Gosnell 1st 1st(tied) 1st
St. Joseph Saints Carl Phelps 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Omaha Packers Claude Plott 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne Warriors Mike Lawler 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Indianapolis Red Caps Ennis Smith 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Denver Millionaires Billy Grear 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Colorado Springs Pioneers Kip Altieri 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Des Moines Browns Steve Snelling 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Packers Mike Wolfe 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Fort Wayne Warriors Larry Lance 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Denver Millionaires Bobby Roberts 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis Red Caps Joe Buckley 4th 1st(tied) 4th
St. Paul Crusaders Hal Crostic 5th 1st(tied) 5th
St. Joseph Saints Richie Burger 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Colorado Springs Pioneers Ed O'Connor 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Des Moines Browns Leonard Schut 8th 1st(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Paul Crusaders J.R. Bradley 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Des Moines Browns Bill Alexander 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Denver Millionaires Marion Bell 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Colorado Springs Pioneers Buddy Mullen 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Omaha Packers Dick Mathews 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Red Caps Doug Newby 6th 1st(tied) 6th
St. Joseph Saints Ken Ewing 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Fort Wayne Warriors Fred Gregory 8th 1st(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Red Caps Ed Cassady 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Des Moines Browns Jim Hayden 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Paul Crusaders Jim Hill 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne Warriors Billy Carroll 4th 1st(tied) 4th
St. Joseph Saints Steve Beyers 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Denver Millionaires Bill Dugger 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Colorado Springs Pioneers Gerald Monroe 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Omaha Packers Abel Ohler 8th 1st(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Joseph Saints Glenn Loesch 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Des Moines Browns Jim Hayden 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Colorado Springs Pioneers Pep Hemingway 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
St. Paul Crusaders Jim Hill 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Denver Millionaires Lynn McHenry 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Red Caps Ed Cassady 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Fort Wayne Warriors Billy Carroll 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Omaha Packers John Ginton 8th 1st(tied) 8th
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