UNION LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/08/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Titans Walter Crogan 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Richmond Rebels Jim Custis 2nd Jim Custis 1st(tied) 1st
Syracuse Excelsiors Vance Ferguson 3rd Jim Wood 4th 4th
Toledo Tornados Vince Rishel 4th Frank Simpson 1st(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Nickels Jimmy Russo 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Louisville Derbies Dib Scott 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Rochester Rooks Manny Gomez 7th Manny Gomez 1st(tied) 3rd
Pittsburgh Aces Johnny Recker 8th 5th(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Nickels Pedro Maldonado 1st Pedro Maldonado 1st 1st
Louisville Derbies Tom Clark 2nd Dick Votaw 2nd 2nd
Richmond Rebels Marv Nordberg 3rd Frank Mooney 6th 6th
Rochester Rooks Jack Hoyt 4th Jack Hoyt 3rd 3rd
Pittsburgh Aces George Wood 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Columbus Titans John Ames 6th John Ames 5th 4th
Syracuse Excelsiors Cliff Peterson 7th Al Morton 4th 5th
Toledo Tornados Harry Augustine 8th 7th(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Tornados Jim Johnson 1st Jim Johnson 1st 1st
Buffalo Nickels Dan Moran 2nd Dan Moran 2nd 2nd
Pittsburgh Aces Rick Huffman 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Louisville Derbies Charlie Vaughn 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Columbus Titans Bobby Porter 5th Bobby Porter 3rd 3rd
Richmond Rebels Billy Robertson 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Syracuse Excelsiors Tom Hall 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Rochester Rooks 8th 4th(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Tornados Dick Walker 1st Dick Walker 1st 1st
Pittsburgh Aces Jake Ervin 2nd Jake Ervin 3rd 2nd
Columbus Titans Al Smith 3rd Al Smith 2nd 3rd
Rochester Rooks Frank Rawson 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Louisville Derbies Harry Haynes 5th Harry Haynes 4th 4th
Richmond Rebels Bryan Odgers 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Nickels 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
Syracuse Excelsiors 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pittsburgh Aces Mel Neff 1st Walter Miller 2nd 1st
Buffalo Nickels Stan Krahn 2nd Stan Krahn 1st 2nd
Toledo Tornados Sid Dunnam 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Louisville Derbies Harry Adams 4th Jim Wright 3rd 3rd
Richmond Rebels Frank Sperry 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Syracuse Excelsiors Ed Wilson 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Rochester Rooks Bill Hightower 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Columbus Titans Hank Grundy 8th 4th(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Titans Bill Ward 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Toledo Tornados Luke Wall 2nd Luke Wall 4th 4th
Pittsburgh Aces Frank Bergan 3rd Paul Baglio 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Nickels Herb Smith 4th Herb Smith 3rd 3rd
Syracuse Excelsiors Bill Smith 5th Syd Welch 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Derbies Pete Boshears 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Rochester Rooks Hank Hurley 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Richmond Rebels Paul Barry 8th 5th(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Rooks John Creese 1st John Creese 1st 1st
Richmond Rebels Virgil Morris 2nd Jeff Varley 3rd 2nd
Louisville Derbies Charlie Cullison 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Buffalo Nickels Jimmy Willis 4th (tied) 4th(tied) 5th(tied)
Columbus Titans Tom Daze 4th (tied) 4th(tied) 5th(tied)
Syracuse Excelsiors Ernie Day 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Aces Ed Makin 7th Ed Makin 2nd 3rd
Toledo Tornados 8th 4th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pittsburgh Aces Bill Tubbs 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Rochester Rooks Jeff Oliver 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Louisville Derbies Frank Roberts 3rd Frank Roberts 4th 3rd
Toledo Tornados Joe Montgomery 4th Les Mahoney 1st(tied) 1st
Columbus Titans Dwight Phillips 5th Dwight Phillips 3rd 4th
Buffalo Nickels George Downing 6th Gail Metcalf 5th 5th
Richmond Rebels Joe Bradley 7th Bobby Crider 1st(tied) 2nd
Syracuse Excelsiors Mike Matton 8th Stan Gray 6th 6th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Titans Ken West 1st Jimmie Prescott 2nd 1st
Toledo Tornados Alfred Page 2nd Glenn Hickman 3rd 2nd
Syracuse Excelsiors Art Newell 3rd Bill Behn 6th(tied) 6th
Pittsburgh Aces Don Anderson 4th Mike Fulton 1st 3rd
Buffalo Nickels Joe Trent 5th Jim Neylon 6th(tied) 7th
Rochester Rooks Ted Thierry 6th 8th 8th
Louisville Derbies Herm Barnett 7th Herm Barnett 5th 4th
Richmond Rebels Elmer Clay 8th Johnnie Coleman 4th 5th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Nickels Rex Armstrong 1st Bill Johnson 6th 1st
Syracuse Excelsiors Elmer Jones 2nd Elmer Jones 1st(tied) 2nd
Toledo Tornados Dutch Haas 3rd Tommy Godfrey 5th 5th
Columbus Titans Bert Coey 4th Karl Strauss 4th 4th
Richmond Rebels Roger Decker 5th Johnnie Coleman 1st(tied) 3rd
Louisville Derbies Bill Jones 6th Joe Russell 1st(tied) 6th
Rochester Rooks Gary Woods 7th 7th(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Aces 8th 7th(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Derbies Joe Russell 1st Joe Russell 3rd 3rd
Syracuse Excelsiors Elmer Jones 2nd Elmer Jones 1st(tied) 1st
Columbus Titans Herman Steele 3rd Herman Steele 4th 4th
Rochester Rooks Ted Thierry 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Richmond Rebels Roger Decker 5th Johnnie Coleman 1st(tied) 2nd
Toledo Tornados Jim Smithson 6th Jim Smithson 5th 5th
Buffalo Nickels Jim Donohue 7th Bill Johnson 6th 6th
Pittsburgh Aces 8th 7th(tied) 8th
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