GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/01/1974
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Wally Heilman 1st Wally Heilman 1st 1st
San Diego Conquistadors Charlie Stewart 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
San Jose Missions Eli Ewing 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Hawaii Suns Ralph Bailey 4th Ralph Bailey 3rd 2nd
Portland Green Sox Chet Smith 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Salt Lake City Stars Sam Howard 6th Sam Howard 2nd 3rd
Tucson Bulls George Roney 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Phoenix Scorchers Rube Harrison 8th 4th(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tucson Bulls Joe Dentinger 1st Tom Sims 2nd 1st
Phoenix Scorchers Ed Costanzo 2nd Ed Costanzo 4th 3rd
San Jose Missions Earl Coble 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
San Diego Conquistadors Heinie Mott 4th Heinie Mott 1st 2nd
Hawaii Suns Don Clark 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Sacramento Hawks Dick Griffen 6th Frank Dolan 3rd 4th
Salt Lake City Stars Sam Taylor 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Portland Green Sox Charlie Horton 8th Charlie Horton 5th 5th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tucson Bulls Wally Melvin 1st Wally Melvin 1st 1st
Hawaii Suns Rod Gray 2nd George Peters 2nd 2nd
Sacramento Hawks Joe Dow 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
San Jose Missions Ed Smith 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Portland Green Sox Walter Stanhope 5th (tied) 3rd(tied) 5th(tied)
San Diego Conquistadors George Rodney 5th (tied) 3rd(tied) 5th(tied)
Phoenix Scorchers Ed Lancaster 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Salt Lake City Stars Chuck Callahan 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Salt Lake City Stars Bill Coletti 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Portland Green Sox Bob Parker 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Hawaii Suns Harry Barber 3rd Harry Barber 1st 1st
San Diego Conquistadors Jack Sharp 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Scorchers Ben Cooper 5th Ben Cooper 3rd 2nd
San Jose Missions Clyde Lyon 6th Clyde Lyon 2nd 3rd
Sacramento Hawks Jack Cavin 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Tucson Bulls Bernie Dennis 8th 4th(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hawaii Suns Sid Riccio 1st Sid Riccio 2nd 1st
Tucson Bulls Miguel Serrano 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Sacramento Hawks Joe Esteves 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
San Jose Missions Jack Warner 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Scorchers Bill Clement 5th 4th(tied) 7th
San Diego Conquistadors Dan Winik 6th Dan Winik 3rd 3rd
Portland Green Sox John Freda 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Salt Lake City Stars Bob Branson 8th Bob Branson 1st 2nd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hawaii Suns Lou Geyer 1st Ray Swan 5th 1st
Tucson Bulls John Walls 2nd John Walls 2nd 2nd
San Diego Conquistadors Dick Huss 3rd Dick Huss 3rd 3rd
Salt Lake City Stars Elmer Abbott 4th Elmer Abbott 6th 5th
Sacramento Hawks Marv Mason 5th Marv Mason 4th 4th
Phoenix Scorchers Jack Campbell 6th 8th 8th
Portland Green Sox Art Hebert 7th Art Hebert 7th 7th
San Jose Missions Karl Teague 8th Karl Teague 1st 6th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Jose Soto 1st Jose Soto 2nd 1st
San Jose Missions Roger Dorsey 2nd Roger Dorsey 3rd 3rd
San Diego Conquistadors Al Pratt 3rd Al Pratt 1st 2nd
Phoenix Scorchers Charlie Phillips 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Portland Green Sox Joe Webster 5th Joe Webster 4th 4th
Hawaii Suns Andy Martin 6th Andy Martin 5th 5th
Salt Lake City Stars Chet Glass 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Tucson Bulls Dick Payne 8th 6th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Conquistadors Andy Hawkins 1st Andy Hawkins 2nd 2nd
Salt Lake City Stars Lee Yeager 2nd Lee Yeager 1st 1st
Sacramento Hawks Gordon Howard 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Tucson Bulls Billy Holly 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Phoenix Scorchers Billy Shields 5th Billy Shields 3rd 3rd
Portland Green Sox Bill Roberts 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Hawaii Suns Ollie Orr 7th 4th(tied) 7th
San Jose Missions John Lewis 8th 4th(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Conquistadors Lloyd Henson 1st Jack Cornwell 3rd 1st
Sacramento Hawks Freddy Sims 2nd Jimmie Smith 1st 2nd
Hawaii Suns Jim Perrin 3rd Al Whitman 2nd 3rd
Phoenix Scorchers Charlie French 4th Frank Rector 8th 8th
Portland Green Sox Charlie Martin 5th Gene Smith 4th 4th
Salt Lake City Stars Harry Hoskin 6th Bill Good 6th(tied) 6th
San Jose Missions Dave Bates 7th Dave Bates 6th(tied) 7th
Tucson Bulls George Noble 8th Hank Parks 5th 5th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Conquistadors Bill Owens 1st Patsy Thomas 1st(tied) 1st
Sacramento Hawks Guy Mulford 2nd 6th(tied) 2nd
San Jose Missions Joe Burt 3rd Charlie Douglass 3rd 3rd
Phoenix Scorchers Fernand Moreau 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Salt Lake City Stars Earl Harris 5th George Rogers 4th 5th
Tucson Bulls Eddie Kelly 6th Pat Franchi 1st(tied) 4th
Hawaii Suns Johnny Roberts 7th Sammy Dickerson 5th 7th
Portland Green Sox Hank Day 8th 6th(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Scorchers Sam Cooper 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Tucson Bulls Pat Franchi 2nd Pat Franchi 2nd 2nd
Portland Green Sox Jay Giese 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Salt Lake City Stars Cleo Kidwell 4th Cleo Kidwell 3rd 3rd
San Diego Conquistadors Bill Owens 5th Patsy Thomas 1st 1st
Sacramento Hawks Guy Mulford 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Hawaii Suns Sammy Dickerson 7th Sammy Dickerson 5th 5th
San Jose Missions Frank Howard 8th Frank Howard 4th 4th
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