GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/21/1963
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Conquistadors Al Johnson 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Salt Lake City Stars Clarence Abbott 2nd Frank Taylor 3rd 2nd
Sacramento Hawks Tom Naismith 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Denver Bruins Tom Cooper 4th John Vance 2nd 3rd
Seattle Thunderbirds Hal Melgaard 5th Hal Melgaard 1st 1st
Portland Green Sox Ed Freeman 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Hawaii Suns Sammy Clark 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Oakland Grays Jim Morgan 8th 4th(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Portland Green Sox Guy White 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Seattle Thunderbirds John Morrison 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Denver Bruins Red Milton 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Salt Lake City Stars Dave Merrill 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Sacramento Hawks Mike Logan 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Oakland Grays Oscar Parent 6th Bill Kruger 1st 1st
San Diego Conquistadors Willie Taylor 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Hawaii Suns Maury Roberts 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Salt Lake City Stars Mel Johnson 1st Mel Johnson 1st(tied) 1st
San Diego Conquistadors Pug Davis 2nd Jackie Holland 6th 5th
Seattle Thunderbirds Sam German 3rd Sam German 1st(tied) 2nd
Portland Green Sox Willie Tjaden 4th Hank Morgan 5th 6th
Oakland Grays Marv Kelley 5th Marv Kelley 1st(tied) 3rd
Hawaii Suns Jim King 6th 7th(tied) 7th
Denver Bruins Slick Dunn 7th Slick Dunn 1st(tied) 4th
Sacramento Hawks 8th 7th(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Allan Griffen 1st Dixie Giles 1st(tied) 1st
Salt Lake City Stars Hy Fry 2nd Hy Fry 1st(tied) 2nd
Seattle Thunderbirds Henry Gordon 3rd Henry Gordon 3rd 3rd
Oakland Grays Larry Underwood 4th Larry Underwood 4th 4th
Portland Green Sox Dave Martin 5th 5th(tied) 5th
San Diego Conquistadors Roland Wilhelm 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Denver Bruins Guy Lake 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Hawaii Suns 8th 5th(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Salt Lake City Stars Alberto Acuna 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Seattle Thunderbirds Charlie Johnson 2nd Charlie Johnson 2nd 2nd
Denver Bruins Bill Hamer 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
San Diego Conquistadors Tom Levitan 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Oakland Grays Johnny Davis 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Hawaii Suns Don Drew 6th Don Drew 1st 1st
Portland Green Sox Chief Rappa 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Sacramento Hawks 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Ron Turner 1st 3rd(tied) 2nd
Salt Lake City Stars Don Hall 2nd Dick DiFilippo 1st 1st
Portland Green Sox Jack Miller 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Seattle Thunderbirds Dom Hudson 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Denver Bruins Martin Perry 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Hawaii Suns John S. Smith 6th John S. Smith 2nd 3rd
San Diego Conquistadors Pete Hershman 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Oakland Grays John Ross 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Harry Myers 1st Harry Myers 1st 1st
Salt Lake City Stars Lew Stevenson 2nd Lew Stevenson 2nd 2nd
Portland Green Sox Dick Fowler 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Seattle Thunderbirds Leo Farmer 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Denver Bruins Charlie Niemiec 5th Charlie Niemiec 3rd 3rd
San Diego Conquistadors Harry Rutan 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Hawaii Suns 7th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
Oakland Grays 7th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Mike Potter 1st Mike Potter 1st 1st
Salt Lake City Stars Dan Hill 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Denver Bruins Hod Christen 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Hawaii Suns Lee Miller 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Oakland Grays Ken Tracy 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Seattle Thunderbirds King Brucker 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Portland Green Sox Jim Grow 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
San Diego Conquistadors Enos Osborn 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Jim Steuber 1st Jim Steuber 3rd 1st
Salt Lake City Stars Wally DeLong 2nd Freddy Bradshaw 2nd 2nd
San Diego Conquistadors Hi Greenstein 3rd 8th 7th
Portland Green Sox George Cooper 4th Tommy Mielke 7th 6th
Oakland Grays Héctor Zepeda 5th Ben Nicholson 1st 3rd
Hawaii Suns Paul Debo 6th Curt Papenfus 4th 4th
Seattle Thunderbirds Leon Martin 7th George Cotter 6th 8th
Denver Bruins Doc Clay 8th Sonny Brown 5th 5th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Ray Finigan 1st Ray Finigan 2nd(tied) 1st
Seattle Thunderbirds Dick Blackburn 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Denver Bruins Jack Cooper 3rd Glen Watson 2nd(tied) 3rd
Portland Green Sox Howie McGovern 4th Cornelius Maxwell 2nd(tied) 4th
Hawaii Suns Alex Ogden 5th Curt Papenfus 2nd(tied) 5th
Oakland Grays Bob Buker 6th Ben Nicholson 1st 2nd
Salt Lake City Stars Len Trautman 7th 6th(tied) 7th
San Diego Conquistadors Sammy Whipps 8th 6th(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Ray Finigan 1st Ray Finigan 1st 1st
Portland Green Sox Pete Campbell 2nd Cornelius Maxwell 5th 4th
Oakland Grays Héctor Zepeda 3rd Ben Nicholson 2nd 2nd
Seattle Thunderbirds Dixie Wilson 4th 6th(tied) 5th
Hawaii Suns Alex Ogden 5th Curt Papenfus 3rd 3rd
San Diego Conquistadors Jack Hylton 6th 6th(tied) 6th
Salt Lake City Stars Len Trautman 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Denver Bruins Glen Watson 8th Glen Watson 4th 8th
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