HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/07/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Rube McGowan 1st Jim Korver 2nd 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Walter Baker 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Terre Haute Brewers Charlie Bradley 3rd Charlie Bradley 5th 3rd
Wichita Rustlers Mike Mayo 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Railsplitters Ben James 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Gary Steelmen George Gray 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Springfield Hustlers Manny Guerra 7th Manny Guerra 6th 4th
Evansville Hawks Russ Harmon 8th Spencer Helmlinger 7th 6th
Dubuque Dukes Les Dodge 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Madison Senators Jeff Gaston 10th Jeff Gaston 3rd 5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Harvey Burgess 11th Bob Kyler 4th 7th
Peoria Pastimers Cyrus O'Shields 12th Cyrus O'Shields 1st 1st
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Don Taylor 1st 5th(tied) 4th
Madison Senators Grady White 2nd Chuck Fletcher 4th 3rd
Springfield Hustlers Johnnie Thomas 3rd Ernie Green 1st(tied) 1st
Wichita Rustlers Eddie Brown 4th Blue Moon Ward 1st(tied) 2nd
Terre Haute Brewers Dick Atchison 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Railsplitters Maury Ahern 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Evansville Hawks Carlos Lopez 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Rockford Wildcats Morrie Howard 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Gary Steelmen Jim Day 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Dubuque Dukes Leon Carnes 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Don Harris 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Peoria Pastimers Joe Howard 12th Joe Howard 3rd 5th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Madison Senators Lew Barnes 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Dubuque Dukes Bernie Kent 2nd Bernie Kent 3rd 1st
Terre Haute Brewers Bill Tripp 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Springfield Hustlers Tom Johnson 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Davenport Dusters Joe Pierre 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Wichita Rustlers Ernie Rodgers 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Bob Miller 7th (tied) 4th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Railsplitters Earl Brown 7th (tied) George Rose 2nd 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Win Neal 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Evansville Hawks Lou McDaniel 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Peoria Pastimers Leon Brazzle 11th Leon Brazzle 1st 3rd
Gary Steelmen John James 12th 4th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Wildcats Sam Sullivan 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Dubuque Dukes Bill Grant 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Terre Haute Brewers Eddie Adani 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Evansville Hawks Al Ashcroft 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Springfield Hustlers Danny Richburg 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Ed Esler 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Peoria Pastimers Tommy Taylor 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Wichita Rustlers Dick Gabrielson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Gary Steelmen Bob Christian 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Madison Senators Calvin Tolle 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Davenport Dusters Dick Christensen 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Lincoln Railsplitters Don Phelps 12th 1st(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Tom Wood 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Davenport Dusters Moses Watts 2nd Moses Watts 1st 1st
Springfield Hustlers Eddie Foley 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Wichita Rustlers Jim Jones 4th Jim Jones 2nd 2nd
Gary Steelmen Tom Carpenter 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Terre Haute Brewers Danny Henderson 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Rockford Wildcats Tony Nelson 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Evansville Hawks Irv Smith 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Ed Neville 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Railsplitters Bruce Day 10th Bruce Day 3rd 3rd
Madison Senators John Steward 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Peoria Pastimers Tony Paulson 12th 4th(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters George Sills 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Madison Senators Tom Kirby 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Gary Steelmen Joe Hamilton 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Ian Pasley 4th Ian Pasley 1st 1st
Dubuque Dukes Bobby Cocks 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Rockford Wildcats Al Baker 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Lincoln Railsplitters Johnnie Baldwin 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Evansville Hawks John Lawrence 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Terre Haute Brewers Walt Carothers 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Peoria Pastimers Ray Heiken 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Wichita Rustlers John Berry 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Springfield Hustlers Hank Pollock 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Russ Griffith 1st Russ Griffith 3rd 3rd
Terre Haute Brewers George Allen 2nd Charlie Watson 1st(tied) 1st
Springfield Hustlers Rex Webb 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Madison Senators Dizzy Weese 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Evansville Hawks Gary Ellis 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Davenport Dusters Bill Durst 6th Bill Durst 5th 5th
Peoria Pastimers Dan Hoover 7th Don Crosley 4th 4th
Lincoln Railsplitters Clem Williams 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs John Shimp 9th John Shimp 1st(tied) 2nd
Rockford Wildcats Eddie Beasley 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Wichita Rustlers Bobby Parks 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Gary Steelmen Joe Cousino 12th 6th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Bob Russell 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Evansville Hawks John Simmons 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Rockford Wildcats Ed Clary 3rd Ed Clary 1st 1st
Peoria Pastimers Alex Lipscomb 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Railsplitters Tommy Pierce 5th Tommy Pierce 2nd 2nd
Wichita Rustlers Charlie Woolard 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Gary Steelmen Julio Cardenas 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Dubuque Dukes Wally Teasdale 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Madison Senators Johnny Harrison 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Springfield Hustlers Charlie Cook 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Ben Bishop 11th Ben Bishop 3rd 3rd
Terre Haute Brewers 12th 4th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Phil Tezak 1st (tied) Bob Eldridge 9th 9th
Lincoln Railsplitters Wally Bishop 1st (tied) Gary Barrett 12th 10th
Rockford Wildcats Tom Arencibia 3rd Ed Jett 5th 3rd
Gary Steelmen Harry Barnhart 4th Bill Sexton 10th 11th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Pete Sullivan 5th Leo Gilliam 11th 12th
Terre Haute Brewers Dan Willmore 6th Harry Trinity 1st 1st
Evansville Hawks Leroy Davis 7th John Bartlett 3rd 4th
Davenport Dusters Sid Fitzgerald 8th Pedro Winn 7th(tied) 7th
Wichita Rustlers Luis Rivas 9th Luis Rivas 4th 5th
Peoria Pastimers Les Davis 10th Les Davis 2nd 2nd
Madison Senators Ralph Newman 11th Fred Wilkinson 7th(tied) 8th
Springfield Hustlers Art Purnell 12th Art Purnell 6th 6th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters Jim Donohue 1st Monte Erickson 9th 2nd
Peoria Pastimers Jim Waggoner 2nd Calvin Jefferson 1st(tied) 1st
Springfield Hustlers Tom Ford 3rd Jim Danielson 6th 4th
Rockford Wildcats Floyd Coleman 4th Bill Bunting 7th 5th
Dubuque Dukes Dave Viola 5th 11th(tied) 7th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Joe Douglas 6th Bob Palko 8th 6th
Gary Steelmen Ed Gibson 7th Stan Weaver 1st(tied) 3rd
Madison Senators Lou Lyon 8th Lou Lyon 4th 8th
Lincoln Railsplitters Bill Aldrich 9th Gary Barrett 5th 10th
Evansville Hawks Lee Benjamin 10th Joe Rhett 10th 11th
Wichita Rustlers Ray Maynard 11th Ike Bradley 1st(tied) 9th
Terre Haute Brewers 12th 11th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes Fred Jones 1st 11th(tied) 6th
Rockford Wildcats Floyd Coleman 2nd Bill Bunting 6th 3rd
Davenport Dusters Jim Donohue 3rd Monte Erickson 9th 5th
Gary Steelmen John Case 4th John Case 1st 1st
Springfield Hustlers Jim Danielson 5th Jim Danielson 5th 4th
Wichita Rustlers Ike Bradley 6th Ike Bradley 2nd 2nd
Cedar Rapids Chiefs Bob Palko 7th Bob Palko 7th 9th
Lincoln Railsplitters Al Hauth 8th Gary Barrett 4th 8th
Peoria Pastimers Tim Young 9th Tim Young 3rd 7th
Madison Senators Julio Ortiz 10th Julio Ortiz 8th 10th
Evansville Hawks Joe Rhett 11th Joe Rhett 10th 11th
Terre Haute Brewers 12th 11th(tied) 12th
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