HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/01/1974
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Rube McGowan 1st Jim Korver 1st 1st
Rockford Wildcats Walter Baker 2nd 7th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Railsplitters Len Kraus 3rd Len Kraus 2nd 2nd
Terre Haute Brewers Ramon Ortiz 4th Charlie Bradley 3rd 3rd
Peoria Pastimers Ben Matousek 5th Ben Matousek 4th 4th
Gary Steelmen George Gray 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Wichita Rustlers Mike Mayo 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Springfield Hustlers Manny Guerra 8th Manny Guerra 5th 5th
Madison Senators John Reed 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Fred Blake 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Dubuque Dukes Stan Bobick 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Evansville Hawks Jack Hatfield 12th Spencer Helmlinger 6th 7th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Don Taylor 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Evansville Hawks Ted Bunce 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Lincoln Railsplitters Harry Augustine 3rd Bob Place 2nd 1st
Peoria Pastimers Dick Smith 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Vern Blaney 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Madison Senators Charlie Anderson 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Terre Haute Brewers Dick Atchison 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Wichita Rustlers Eddie Brown 8th Eddie Brown 3rd 3rd
Springfield Hustlers Calvin Marriot 9th Ernie Green 1st 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Morrie Howard 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Gary Steelmen Jim Day 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Dubuque Dukes Leon Carnes 12th 4th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Springfield Hustlers Eddie Foley 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Madison Senators Lew Barnes 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Peoria Pastimers Al Wagoner 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Evansville Hawks Howie Lewis 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Wichita Rustlers Tom Miller 5th George Rose 1st 1st
Terre Haute Brewers Bill Tripp 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Davenport Dusters Joe Pierre 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Dubuque Dukes Chuck Mackey 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Lincoln Railsplitters Earl Brown 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Bob Miller 10th 3rd(tied) 11th
Rockford Wildcats Win Neal 11th Joe Stocksdale 2nd 2nd
Gary Steelmen John James 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Springfield Hustlers Jim MacLaughlin 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Wichita Rustlers Thornton Hilker 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Dubuque Dukes Jerome Smith 3rd Jerome Smith 1st 1st
Peoria Pastimers Ernie Lott 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Evansville Hawks Al Ashcroft 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Terre Haute Brewers Eddie Adani 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Ed Esler 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Rockford Wildcats Garland Johnson 8th Bob Webster 2nd 2nd
Gary Steelmen Bob Christian 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Madison Senators Calvin Tolle 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Lincoln Railsplitters Don Phelps 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Davenport Dusters Dick Christensen 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Tom Wood 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Wichita Rustlers Bill Naylor 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Evansville Hawks Stubby Loyd 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Gary Steelmen Tom Carpenter 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Madison Senators Johnny Anderson 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Peoria Pastimers Herb Marini 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Davenport Dusters Moses Watts 7th Jack Childs 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Ed Neville 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Lincoln Railsplitters Bruce Day 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Springfield Hustlers Burt Spears 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Terre Haute Brewers Rick Alexander 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Rockford Wildcats Raul Villar 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wichita Rustlers Fred Scott 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Davenport Dusters George Sills 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Gary Steelmen Pete Hart 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Peoria Pastimers Curt Blige 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Jerry Branscum 5th 5th(tied) 9th
Rockford Wildcats Johnny Manning 6th Johnny Manning 3rd 2nd
Terre Haute Brewers Ed Makin 7th Ed Makin 2nd 1st
Dubuque Dukes Bobby Cocks 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Madison Senators Carl Lambert 9th Carl Lambert 4th 4th
Lincoln Railsplitters Johnnie Baldwin 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Evansville Hawks Leo Clark 11th Leo Clark 1st 3rd
Springfield Hustlers Hank Pollock 12th 5th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Russ Griffith 1st Russ Griffith 2nd 1st
Springfield Hustlers Rex Webb 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Evansville Hawks Gary Ellis 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Wichita Rustlers Roy Baker 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Railsplitters Roy Caldwell 5th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
Terre Haute Brewers Ike Opel 5th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
Davenport Dusters Bill Durst 7th Bill Durst 3rd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Chiefs John Shimp 8th John Shimp 1st 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Al Baker 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Peoria Pastimers Stan Ross 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Madison Senators Manny Diaz 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Gary Steelmen Joe Cousino 12th 4th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Al Searcy 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Wichita Rustlers Spud McWhirter 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Terre Haute Brewers Charlie Grant 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Evansville Hawks Carl Gibbs 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs John Krebs 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Davenport Dusters Theodore Davis 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Lincoln Railsplitters Tommy Pierce 7th Tommy Pierce 1st 1st
Rockford Wildcats Eddie Beasley 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Peoria Pastimers Allie Johnston 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Madison Senators Mike South 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Gary Steelmen Tom Jones 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Springfield Hustlers Charlie Cook 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Railsplitters Wally Bishop 1st 11th(tied) 7th
Dubuque Dukes Daryl Woods 2nd Fred Moorhead 8th 5th
Terre Haute Brewers Birdie Smith 3rd Ben Bush 9th 8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Ray Harry 4th Chuck Barb 3rd 1st
Evansville Hawks Leroy Davis 5th Harry Wilson 4th 4th
Rockford Wildcats Tom Arencibia 6th Joe Austin 7th 9th
Springfield Hustlers Ben Nicholson 7th Art Purnell 2nd 2nd
Davenport Dusters Joe Trent 8th Pedro Winn 10th 11th
Wichita Rustlers Charlie Allensworth 9th Jack Adams 5th 6th
Madison Senators Harry Leonard 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Peoria Pastimers Dick Kusler 11th Mike Smith 1st 3rd
Gary Steelmen Bill Sexton 12th Bill Sexton 6th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terre Haute Brewers Birdie Smith 1st 6th(tied) 1st
Madison Senators Harry Rasnake 2nd Phil Fletcher 5th 2nd
Peoria Pastimers Ed Saunders 3rd 6th(tied) 4th
Evansville Hawks Red Hamilton 4th 6th(tied) 5th
Davenport Dusters Jim Donohue 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Springfield Hustlers Tom Ford 6th Jim Danielson 4th 7th
Gary Steelmen Ed Gibson 7th Stan Weaver 1st 3rd
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Steve Woodward 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Dubuque Dukes Bill Thomas 9th Bill Thomas 3rd 8th
Lincoln Railsplitters Gideon Murry 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Rockford Wildcats Dick Foster 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Wichita Rustlers Bill Lynaugh 12th Carl Cannon 2nd 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Wildcats Marty Bean 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Dubuque Dukes Fred Jones 2nd Bill Thomas 3rd 1st
Peoria Pastimers Ed Saunders 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Davenport Dusters Jim Donohue 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Wichita Rustlers Carl Cannon 5th Carl Cannon 2nd 3rd
Springfield Hustlers Jim Danielson 6th Jim Danielson 4th 4th
Gary Steelmen John Case 7th John Case 1st 2nd
Lincoln Railsplitters Gideon Murry 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Bob Palko 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Madison Senators Julio Ortiz 10th Phil Fletcher 5th 7th
Terre Haute Brewers Bill Sloan 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Evansville Hawks Fred Felder 12th 6th(tied) 12th
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