HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/14/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Eric Slaughter 1st Eric Slaughter 5th 3rd
Davenport Dusters Rube McGowan 2nd Pat Duffy 3rd 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Walter Baker 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Terre Haute Brewers Charlie Bradley 4th Charlie Bradley 6th 4th
Springfield Hustlers Dick Cleaves 5th Tom Hargrove 1st 1st
Gary Steelmen George Gray 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Dubuque Dukes Les Dodge 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Lincoln Railsplitters Jack Peters 8th Jack Peters 8th 6th
Evansville Hawks Bill Pinkham 9th Bill Pinkham 7th 7th
Madison Senators John Lade 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Wichita Rustlers Rufe Williams 11th Walter Tyler 2nd 5th
Peoria Pastimers Danny Simpson 12th Danny Simpson 4th 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Don Taylor 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Terre Haute Brewers Dick Atchison 2nd Eddie Johnson 6th 3rd
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Bert Farrell 3rd Bert Farrell 4th(tied) 4th
Evansville Hawks Stu Trott 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Lincoln Railsplitters Mahlon Williams 5th Sam Mathews 4th(tied) 5th
Madison Senators Ray Wells 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Gary Steelmen Joey Smith 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Dubuque Dukes Cliff Rowe 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Rockford Wildcats Bill Boone 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Wichita Rustlers Bill Houghton 10th Bill Houghton 1st(tied) 1st
Springfield Hustlers Jimmy Grider 11th Jimmy Grider 3rd 6th
Peoria Pastimers Joe Howard 12th Raleigh Gregg 1st(tied) 2nd
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terre Haute Brewers Bill Tripp 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Davenport Dusters Ray Wagner 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Dubuque Dukes Chuck Mackey 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Wichita Rustlers Ernie Rodgers 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Springfield Hustlers Jack Willaman 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Lincoln Railsplitters Earl Brown 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Bert Lehman 7th 3rd(tied) 9th
Madison Senators Mike Spry 8th 3rd(tied) 10th
Evansville Hawks Bernie Morgan 9th Bernie Morgan 2nd 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Win Neal 10th 3rd(tied) 11th
Peoria Pastimers Benny Strickland 11th Benny Strickland 1st 1st
Gary Steelmen John James 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Wildcats Sam Sullivan 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Dubuque Dukes Bill Grant 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Terre Haute Brewers Dick Leavitt 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Madison Senators Carl Lambert 4th Carl Lambert 1st 1st
Davenport Dusters Tommy Gooch 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Lincoln Railsplitters Ted Hendrix 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Wichita Rustlers Hal Oliverio 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Springfield Hustlers Greg Simmons 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Gary Steelmen Bob Christian 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Evansville Hawks Russ Boatner 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Hector White 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Peoria Pastimers Chuck Zinn 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Tom Wood 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Springfield Hustlers Sam Beadle 2nd Sam Beadle 1st 1st
Wichita Rustlers Jim Jones 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Gary Steelmen Tom Carpenter 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Terre Haute Brewers Charlie Bell 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Madison Senators Pete McGill 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Davenport Dusters Gus Frederick 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Peoria Pastimers Roy Weaver 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Evansville Hawks Ralph Hicks 9th Jack Smith 2nd 2nd
Lincoln Railsplitters Jack Barrow 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Charlie Smith 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Rockford Wildcats 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Al Jennings 1st Al Sullivan 2nd 1st
Gary Steelmen Joe Hamilton 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Evansville Hawks Richie Thompson 3rd Tony Hernandez 1st 2nd
Madison Senators Zack Slaton 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Dubuque Dukes Ken Wood 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Peoria Pastimers Mike Potter 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Wichita Rustlers John Berry 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Lincoln Railsplitters 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Rockford Wildcats 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Springfield Hustlers 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Terre Haute Brewers 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Reuben Mitchell 1st Russ Griffith 2nd 2nd
Terre Haute Brewers George Allen 2nd Don Simpson 1st 1st
Springfield Hustlers Mickey Cummings 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Rockford Wildcats Tom O'Connor 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Evansville Hawks Gary Ellis 5th Ray Morrow 6th 4th
Lincoln Railsplitters Clem Williams 6th Charlie Fox 3rd 3rd
Madison Senators Manny Diaz 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Davenport Dusters Gene Goodson 8th (tied) Gene Goodson 7th 6th
Wichita Rustlers Bobby Parks 8th (tied) Jim Hitchcock 8th 8th
Peoria Pastimers Don Crosley 10th Don Crosley 5th 5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Chet Adair 11th Chet Adair 4th 7th
Gary Steelmen Joe Cousino 12th 9th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Al Searcy 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Rockford Wildcats Charlie Warner 2nd Ed Clary 1st 1st
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Alex Bednar 3rd Ben Bishop 2nd 2nd
Springfield Hustlers George Hyneman 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Gary Steelmen Julio Cardenas 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Madison Senators Joe Howard 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Wichita Rustlers Bert Anderson 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Peoria Pastimers Jack Dubreuil 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Lincoln Railsplitters Jim Ballard 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Terre Haute Brewers Dick King 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Davenport Dusters 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Evansville Hawks 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Railsplitters Bill Beck 1st Charlie Jones 11th 8th
Madison Senators Don Perry 2nd Fred Wilkinson 8th 9th
Gary Steelmen Harry Barnhart 3rd Bill Sexton 10th 10th
Dubuque Dukes Phil Tezak 4th Hank Waldman 5th 5th
Springfield Hustlers Ben Nicholson 5th Phil West 6th 6th
Rockford Wildcats Ray Nichols 6th Lyle Lessard 1st 1st
Peoria Pastimers John Chambers 7th Johnny Murray 4th 2nd
Terre Haute Brewers Aaron Cooper 8th Aaron Cooper 2nd 3rd
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Billy Blue 9th Sandy Sykes 3rd 4th
Davenport Dusters Bob Ryan 10th 12th 12th
Evansville Hawks Ike Watkins 11th Moose Spencer 7th 7th
Wichita Rustlers Frank Erwin 12th Frank Erwin 9th 11th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Lee Wrigley 1st Lee Wrigley 4th 1st
Lincoln Railsplitters Tom Smith 2nd Tom Smith 8th 4th
Evansville Hawks Buck Brooks 3rd Buck Brooks 1st(tied) 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Bill Hill 4th Ray Bush 7th 5th
Wichita Rustlers Carl Cannon 5th Ike Bradley 1st(tied) 3rd
Gary Steelmen Ed Gibson 6th John Case 3rd 6th
Springfield Hustlers Andy Burton 7th 9th(tied) 9th
Peoria Pastimers Tim Young 8th Tim Young 6th 8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Steve Woodward 9th Larry Langford 5th 7th
Dubuque Dukes Wally Pelletier 10th 9th(tied) 10th
Madison Senators Wayne Cooke 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Terre Haute Brewers 12th 9th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Fred Jones 1st 9th(tied) 6th
Rockford Wildcats Bill Hill 2nd Ray Bush 7th 3rd
Gary Steelmen John Case 3rd John Case 2nd 2nd
Davenport Dusters Lee Wrigley 4th Lee Wrigley 3rd 4th
Lincoln Railsplitters Joe Carpenter 5th Tom Smith 8th 7th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Larry Langford 6th Larry Langford 4th 5th
Peoria Pastimers Pat Brooks 7th Jack Catlin 1st 1st
Madison Senators Julio Ortiz 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Springfield Hustlers Charlie Samons 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Evansville Hawks Rick Bailey 10th Rick Bailey 6th 8th
Wichita Rustlers Frank Hall 11th Frank Hall 5th 9th
Terre Haute Brewers 12th 9th(tied) 12th
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