HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/01/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Eric Slaughter 1st Eric Slaughter 5th 4th
Davenport Dusters Rube McGowan 2nd Jim Korver 3rd 3rd
Dubuque Dukes Johnny Ezzo 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Rockford Wildcats Walter Baker 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Wichita Rustlers Mike Mayo 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Railsplitters Red Clay 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Terre Haute Brewers Charlie Bradley 7th Charlie Bradley 6th 5th
Evansville Hawks Frankie Roberts 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Springfield Hustlers Dick Cleaves 9th Tom Hargrove 2nd 2nd
Gary Steelmen George Gray 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Madison Senators Jeff Gaston 11th Jeff Gaston 4th 6th
Peoria Pastimers Cyrus O'Shields 12th Cyrus O'Shields 1st 1st
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Railsplitters Harry Augustine 1st Sam Mathews 4th 3rd
Davenport Dusters Don Taylor 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Terre Haute Brewers Dick Atchison 3rd Eddie Johnson 6th 4th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Bert Farrell 4th Bert Farrell 5th 5th
Evansville Hawks Stu Trott 5th 7th(tied) 8th
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
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Charles Chartier 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Springfield Hustlers Jack Willaman 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Lincoln Railsplitters George Rose 7th George Rose 1st 1st
Rockford Wildcats Win Neal 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Madison Senators Bob Britton 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Peoria Pastimers Jimmy Allen 10th Jimmy Allen 2nd 2nd
Evansville Hawks Lou McDaniel 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Gary Steelmen John James 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Evansville Hawks Johnny Lee 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Rockford Wildcats Sam Sullivan 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Dubuque Dukes Bill Grant 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Terre Haute Brewers Dick Leavitt 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Madison Senators Carl Lambert 5th Carl Lambert 2nd 2nd
Davenport Dusters Tommy Gooch 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Lincoln Railsplitters Ted Hendrix 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Peoria Pastimers Woody Snyder 8th Woody Snyder 1st 1st
Wichita Rustlers Hal Oliverio 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Gary Steelmen Bob Christian 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Springfield Hustlers Greg Simmons 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Hector White 12th 3rd(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
Rockford Wildcats Carl Carroll 4th Carl Carroll 2nd 2nd
Gary Steelmen Tom Carpenter 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Evansville Hawks Al Varela 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Madison Senators John Steward 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Terre Haute Brewers Charlie Bell 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Peoria Pastimers Tony Paulson 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Davenport Dusters Gus Frederick 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Charlie Smith 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Lincoln Railsplitters Bobby Ortiz 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Ray Fisk 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Davenport Dusters George Sills 2nd Al Sullivan 2nd 2nd
Gary Steelmen Joe Hamilton 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Madison Senators Tom Kirby 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Evansville Hawks Richie Thompson 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Lincoln Railsplitters Jim Santos 6th Jim Santos 1st 1st
Wichita Rustlers John Berry 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Peoria Pastimers Al Sledge 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Rockford Wildcats 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Springfield Hustlers 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Terre Haute Brewers 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Reuben Mitchell 1st Russ Griffith 2nd 2nd
Lincoln Railsplitters Ray Badeaux 2nd Charlie Fox 3rd 3rd
Terre Haute Brewers George Allen 3rd Don Simpson 1st 1st
Wichita Rustlers Roy Baker 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Springfield Hustlers Mickey Cummings 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Rockford Wildcats Tom O'Connor 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Evansville Hawks Stan Sullivan 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Madison Senators Manny Diaz 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Davenport Dusters Gene Goodson 9th Gene Goodson 6th 6th
Peoria Pastimers Don Crosley 10th Don Crosley 5th 4th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Chet Adair 11th Chet Adair 4th 5th
Gary Steelmen Joe Cousino 12th 7th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Wildcats Charlie Warner 1st Ed Clary 1st 1st
Dubuque Dukes Billy Kirkham 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Evansville Hawks Carl Gibbs 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Springfield Hustlers George Hyneman 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Alex Bednar 5th Ben Bishop 2nd 2nd
Peoria Pastimers Alex Lipscomb 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Wichita Rustlers Charlie Woolard 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Gary Steelmen Julio Cardenas 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Madison Senators Joe Howard 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Lincoln Railsplitters Tommy Strong 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Terre Haute Brewers Dick King 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Davenport Dusters 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Railsplitters Bill Beck 1st Jim Terry 6th 6th
Dubuque Dukes Phil Tezak 2nd Bob Eldridge 11th 9th
Rockford Wildcats Bill Hill 3rd Lyle Lessard 1st 1st
Gary Steelmen Harry Barnhart 4th Bill Sexton 10th 10th
Springfield Hustlers Ben Nicholson 5th Phil West 5th 5th
Peoria Pastimers Lee Jones 6th Lee Jones 4th 2nd
Evansville Hawks Leroy Davis 7th Steve Blake 9th 11th
Madison Senators Fred Wilkinson 8th Fred Wilkinson 7th(tied) 7th
Davenport Dusters Gene Hopson 9th 12th 12th
Terre Haute Brewers Aaron Cooper 10th Aaron Cooper 2nd 3rd
Wichita Rustlers Jack Adams 11th Jack Adams 7th(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Sandy Sykes 12th Sandy Sykes 3rd 4th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Wildcats Bill Hill 1st Ray Bush 1st(tied) 1st
Evansville Hawks Jerry Demski 2nd Buck Brooks 1st(tied) 2nd
Davenport Dusters Lee Wrigley 3rd Lee Wrigley 5th 3rd
Madison Senators Wayne Cooke 4th Tommy Alexander 4th 4th
Springfield Hustlers Mike Voorhees 5th 9th(tied) 6th
Wichita Rustlers Carl Cannon 6th Ike Bradley 1st(tied) 5th
Gary Steelmen Ed Gibson 7th Ed Gibson 8th 7th
Peoria Pastimers Tim Young 8th Tim Young 7th 9th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Steve Woodward 9th Larry Langford 6th 8th
Dubuque Dukes Wally Pelletier 10th 9th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Railsplitters John Garrison 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 Charlie Williams 1st 9th(tied) 7th
Rockford Wildcats Bill Hill 2nd Ray Bush 1st(tied) 1st
Gary Steelmen John Case 3rd John Case 3rd 3rd
Davenport Dusters Lee Wrigley 4th Lee Wrigley 5th 5th
Madison Senators Tommy Alexander 5th Tommy Alexander 4th 4th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Larry Langford 6th Larry Langford 6th 6th
Peoria Pastimers Pat Brooks 7th Calvin Jefferson 1st(tied) 2nd
Springfield Hustlers Charlie Samons 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Railsplitters Don Harkins 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Evansville Hawks Rick Bailey 10th Rick Bailey 7th 8th
Wichita Rustlers Frank Hall 11th Frank Hall 8th 9th
Terre Haute Brewers 12th 9th(tied) 12th
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