HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/14/1975
BNN Index
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HL
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SCORES
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STANDINGS
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STATS
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TEAMS
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PLAYERS
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TRANSACTIONS
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HISTORY
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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