UNION LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/16/1963
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jersey City Uniforms Bill Smith 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Syracuse Excelsiors Don Coe 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Rochester Rooks Garland Wallace 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Richmond Rebels Dan Atwood 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Newark Aces Frank Philips 5th Frank Philips 2nd 2nd
Louisville Derbies Bill Bishop 6th Milt Rush 1st 1st
Buffalo Nickels Larry Granato 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Charleston Blue Legs George Anderegg 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jersey City Uniforms Bill Ingraham 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Rochester Rooks Bobby Bowdler 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Louisville Derbies Rufe Halterman 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Syracuse Excelsiors Bill Browning 4th Hank Benjamin 2nd 2nd
Newark Aces Jim Zumwalt 5th Lee Jenner 3rd 3rd
Richmond Rebels Bill Hathaway 6th Jim Green 1st 1st
Charleston Blue Legs Joe Bates 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Nickels 8th 4th(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Derbies Fred Davis 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Syracuse Excelsiors Ben Roberts 2nd Ben Roberts 4th 4th
Richmond Rebels Jake Walling 3rd Jake Walling 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Nickels Bruce Hunt 4th Bruce Hunt 1st(tied) 2nd
Jersey City Uniforms Max Bailey 5th Tony Nava 1st(tied) 3rd
Charleston Blue Legs Eddie Wright 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Newark Aces Bruce Springer 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Rochester Rooks Max Green 8th Max Green 5th 5th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Nickels Stan Merrick 1st Stan Merrick 1st(tied) 1st
Louisville Derbies Bill Calvin 2nd Bill Calvin 3rd 3rd
Newark Aces Jack Perry 3rd Jack Perry 1st(tied) 2nd
Syracuse Excelsiors George Tolle 4th George Tolle 5th 4th
Jersey City Uniforms Phil Taylor 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Rochester Rooks Al Dunlap 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Charleston Blue Legs Bill Owen 7th Bill Owen 4th 5th
Richmond Rebels 8th 6th(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Aces Ben Baker 1st Ben Baker 2nd 2nd
Louisville Derbies Ray Rogers 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Nickels Clarence Zinn 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Jersey City Uniforms Jack Betts 4th George Love 1st 1st
Richmond Rebels Ted Cummings 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Rochester Rooks Denny Wyant 6th Fred Ross 4th 3rd
Syracuse Excelsiors Eddie Pitts 7th Eddie Pitts 5th 5th
Charleston Blue Legs Diego Vazquez 8th Diego Vazquez 3rd 4th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Aces Ben Welborn 1st Ben Welborn 1st 1st
Louisville Derbies Bill Del Vecchio 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Jersey City Uniforms Hugh Ferebee 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Rochester Rooks Henry Jenkins 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Nickels Frank Hardin 5th Bill Rawdon 2nd 2nd
Richmond Rebels Charlie Smith 6th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Excelsiors John Patterson 6th (tied) John Patterson 3rd 3rd
Charleston Blue Legs Bill Scott 8th 4th(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Nickels Babe Harris 1st Babe Harris 3rd 3rd
Charleston Blue Legs Les Lehman 2nd Les Lehman 4th 4th
Rochester Rooks John White 3rd Hal Woodrum 1st(tied) 1st
Jersey City Uniforms Jim Lang 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Syracuse Excelsiors Jimmie Bottenfield 5th Jimmie Bottenfield 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Derbies Otto Funk 6th Bill Boyer 5th 5th
Richmond Rebels Bob Hogue 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Newark Aces 8th 6th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jersey City Uniforms Chuck Loughrey 1st Andy Bailey 3rd 3rd
Louisville Derbies Wally Kirkpatrick 2nd Hank Graham 5th 4th
Newark Aces Jesse Tanner 3rd Jesse Tanner 1st(tied) 1st
Syracuse Excelsiors Oscar Parker 4th Oscar Parker 4th 5th
Buffalo Nickels Al Whitehead 5th Al Whitehead 6th 6th
Rochester Rooks Ray Kellogg 6th 8th 8th
Charleston Blue Legs George Gibbs 7th Doug Parish 7th 7th
Richmond Rebels Whitey Bell 8th Whitey Bell 1st(tied) 2nd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Aces Dixie Gaines 1st George Cline 4th 3rd
Louisville Derbies Fritz Walsh 2nd Fritz Walsh 5th 4th
Buffalo Nickels Bob Green 3rd Marty Bean 2nd 1st
Jersey City Uniforms Art Roberts 4th Art Roberts 6th 6th
Richmond Rebels Tony Britten 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Rochester Rooks Chief Williams 6th Chief Williams 3rd 2nd
Syracuse Excelsiors Wally Shepperd 7th Eddie Watson 1st 5th
Charleston Blue Legs John Wolfenden 8th 7th(tied) 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Richmond Rebels Carl Levy 1st 5th(tied) 1st
Buffalo Nickels Fred Wilson 2nd Fred Wilson 2nd 3rd
Rochester Rooks Johnnie Levy 3rd Vic Richardson 4th 4th
Jersey City Uniforms Charlie Todd 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Charleston Blue Legs Jake Eastman 5th Jake Eastman 1st 2nd
Syracuse Excelsiors Cliff Willis 6th Lou Richards 3rd 6th
Louisville Derbies Jackie James 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Newark Aces 8th 5th(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Excelsiors Cliff Willis 1st Lou Richards 2nd 2nd
Rochester Rooks Mort Martin 2nd Vic Richardson 3rd 3rd
Jersey City Uniforms John Billops 3rd 5th(tied) 4th
Charleston Blue Legs Jake Eastman 4th Jake Eastman 1st 1st
Louisville Derbies Charlie Eller 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Richmond Rebels John Herron 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Nickels Elmer Wills 7th Elmer Wills 4th 5th
Newark Aces 8th 5th(tied) 8th
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