EASTERN ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/01/1974
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Akron Wheels Carl Adams 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne Generals Art Dolby 2nd Art Dolby 2nd 1st
Dayton Dukes Johnny Ezzo 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Youngstown Phenoms Chuck Carbell 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Erie Cannons Pete Verna 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Reading Coal Barons Jim Lee 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Harrisburg Red Wings Cy Alessi 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Charleston Blue Legs Charles O'Brien 8th Charles O'Brien 1st 2nd
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fort Wayne Generals Lew Cross 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Erie Cannons Jeff Lovejoy 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Youngstown Phenoms Jack Hoyt 3rd Jack Hoyt 1st 1st
Akron Wheels George Stout 4th Jim Kerr 3rd 2nd
Reading Coal Barons Sonny Burnett 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Charleston Blue Legs Duke Carpenter 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Harrisburg Red Wings Red Chase 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dukes Curt Briggs 8th Curt Briggs 2nd 3rd
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Akron Wheels Eddie Hoffman 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Harrisburg Red Wings Frank Blackman 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne Generals Bobby Mendez 3rd Bobby Mendez 2nd 2nd
Reading Coal Barons Dave Rankin 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Dayton Dukes Pat Godfrey 5th Pat Godfrey 1st 1st
Youngstown Phenoms Bobby Zimmerman 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Charleston Blue Legs Sam Johnson 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Erie Cannons Russ Fox 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Youngstown Phenoms Paul Hanson 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Akron Wheels Bernie Bartlett 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne Generals Willie Davis 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Dayton Dukes Bill Grant 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Charleston Blue Legs Stu Duer 5th Stu Duer 1st 1st
Erie Cannons Red Baker 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Harrisburg Red Wings Bryan Odgers 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Reading Coal Barons Herb Flam 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Erie Cannons Willie Cole 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Dayton Dukes Lindsay Grove 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Fort Wayne Generals Marv Klimowicz 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Harrisburg Red Wings Gene Lewis 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Reading Coal Barons Charlie Walker 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Youngstown Phenoms Charlie Berkley 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Akron Wheels Danny Henderson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Charleston Blue Legs Ed Cannon 8th 1st(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Erie Cannons Scotty Rains 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Charleston Blue Legs Si Connell 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Youngstown Phenoms Cal Sellers 3rd Sid Packer 3rd 3rd
Harrisburg Red Wings Cleo Freeman 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Reading Coal Barons Barney Knox 5th Barney Knox 1st 1st
Akron Wheels Paul Baglio 6th Paul Baglio 2nd 2nd
Dayton Dukes Ken Jones 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Fort Wayne Generals Fred Smith 8th 4th(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Erie Cannons George Miller 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Charleston Blue Legs John Mann 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Reading Coal Barons Bob Baysinger 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Youngstown Phenoms John Creese 4th John Creese 2nd 1st
Akron Wheels Dixie Baker 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Harrisburg Red Wings Gil Armstrong 6th Gil Armstrong 1st 2nd
Fort Wayne Generals Harry Davis 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Dayton Dukes Lou Wilkerson 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Akron Wheels Roberto Lopez 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Charleston Blue Legs Elmer Miller 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Reading Coal Barons Johnny Brackett 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne Generals Charlie Thomas 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Dayton Dukes Billy Kirkham 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Erie Cannons Granville Nelson 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Youngstown Phenoms Danny Girard 7th Danny Girard 1st 1st
Harrisburg Red Wings Jerry Brock 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Blue Legs Willie Davis 1st Tom Dodson 7th 6th
Fort Wayne Generals Guy Austin 2nd Billy Cunningham 4th(tied) 4th
Reading Coal Barons Harry Weaver 3rd Lloyd Greiner 4th(tied) 5th
Erie Cannons Bob Neal 4th Bob Neal 1st 1st
Harrisburg Red Wings Hanson Allen 5th Joe Lacy 8th 8th
Youngstown Phenoms Frank Williams 6th Harry Bigelow 6th 7th
Dayton Dukes Jack Newton 7th Johnny Westlake 3rd 2nd
Akron Wheels Oscar Lopez 8th John Jones 2nd 3rd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Harrisburg Red Wings Red Johnson 1st Johnnie Coleman 4th 2nd
Dayton Dukes Charlie Williams 2nd 7th(tied) 3rd
Charleston Blue Legs Ellis Porter 3rd Herman Steele 1st 1st
Erie Cannons George McKinney 4th Dale Johnson 3rd 4th
Youngstown Phenoms Don LaMoureaux 5th Tom Ray 6th 5th
Akron Wheels Charlie Dillon 6th 7th(tied) 7th
Reading Coal Barons Howie Cook 7th Lloyd Greiner 2nd 6th
Fort Wayne Generals Dick Ellison 8th Dick Ellison 5th 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Blue Legs Herman Steele 1st Herman Steele 2nd 2nd
Harrisburg Red Wings Johnnie Coleman 2nd Johnnie Coleman 5th 3rd
Fort Wayne Generals Dick Ellison 3rd Bill Lynch 1st 1st
Dayton Dukes Glenn Smith 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Akron Wheels Sam Conrad 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Erie Cannons Joe Bass 6th Joe Bass 3rd 4th
Youngstown Phenoms Tom Ray 7th Tom Ray 6th 6th
Reading Coal Barons Billy Simpson 8th Lloyd Greiner 4th 5th
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