UNION LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/20/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Tornados John Smith 1st John Smith 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Nickels Jimmy Russo 2nd Jimmy Russo 3rd 3rd
Columbus Titans Silas Tindall 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Richmond Rebels Rudolf Boeck 4th Rudolf Boeck 4th 4th
Syracuse Excelsiors Jim Wood 5th Jim Wood 5th 5th
Rochester Rooks Andy Wild 6th Andy Wild 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Derbies Dib Scott 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Aces George Cooper 8th 6th(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Richmond Rebels Marv Nordberg 1st Curt Esposito 1st 1st
Syracuse Excelsiors Jules Tucker 2nd Al Morton 2nd 2nd
Pittsburgh Aces George Wood 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Louisville Derbies Jim Busby 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Columbus Titans John Ames 5th John Ames 3rd 3rd
Toledo Tornados Dave Lee 6th Earl Burris 4th 4th
Buffalo Nickels Sam Chess 7th Sam Chess 5th 5th
Rochester Rooks Chuck Green 8th 6th(tied) 8th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Tornados Gil Dayan 1st Gil Dayan 4th 1st
Pittsburgh Aces Rick Huffman 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Rochester Rooks Larry Lipowski 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Syracuse Excelsiors Harry Bolden 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Richmond Rebels Frank Blackman 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Buffalo Nickels Bill Shertzer 6th Dan Moran 2nd 2nd
Columbus Titans Art Liebler 7th Bobby Porter 3rd 4th
Louisville Derbies Norm Buckingham 8th Norm Buckingham 1st 3rd
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Nickels Joe Henke 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Columbus Titans George Surprenant 2nd Frank Borgen 2nd 2nd
Richmond Rebels Clyde Robbins 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Pittsburgh Aces Jake Ervin 4th Jake Ervin 3rd 3rd
Toledo Tornados Dick Walker 5th Dick Walker 1st 1st
Rochester Rooks Frank Rawson 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Excelsiors Johnny Lee 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Louisville Derbies Harry Haynes 8th Harry Haynes 4th 4th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Titans Dick Wood 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Nickels Stan Krahn 2nd Stan Krahn 1st 1st
Richmond Rebels Chuck Moore 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Louisville Derbies Hans Cramer 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Toledo Tornados Sid Dunnam 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Pittsburgh Aces Walter Miller 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Syracuse Excelsiors Frank Robbins 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Rochester Rooks Bill Hightower 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Titans Bill Ward 1st Bill Ward 1st 1st
Pittsburgh Aces Howard Jarvis 2nd Frank Bergan 2nd 2nd
Toledo Tornados Dan Perkins 3rd Chet Wright 4th 4th
Buffalo Nickels Thad Williams 4th Thad Williams 3rd 3rd
Syracuse Excelsiors Charlie Cox 5th 5th(tied) 5th
Rochester Rooks Hank Hurley 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Louisville Derbies Alex Moon 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Richmond Rebels 8th 5th(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Derbies George Dierker 1st Chris Johnson 5th 4th
Pittsburgh Aces Neal Allen 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Columbus Titans Tom Daze 3rd Tom Daze 4th 5th
Rochester Rooks Steve Keen 4th Steve Keen 3rd 3rd
Richmond Rebels Virgil Morris 5th Gil Armstrong 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Nickels Jimmy Willis 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Excelsiors Roy Matthews 7th George Yates 1st 1st
Toledo Tornados Randy Highburn 8th 6th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pittsburgh Aces Bill Tubbs 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Excelsiors Cliff Peterson 2nd Tony Lane 6th 5th
Richmond Rebels Joe Bradley 3rd Joe Bradley 5th 4th
Louisville Derbies Frank Roberts 4th Frank Roberts 3rd 2nd
Toledo Tornados Sam Roberts 5th Les Mahoney 1st 1st
Columbus Titans Dwight Phillips 6th Dwight Phillips 2nd 3rd
Buffalo Nickels Gail Metcalf 7th Gail Metcalf 4th 6th
Rochester Rooks Bernie Lynch 8th 7th(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Tornados Jim Bobino 1st Don Barrell 2nd 1st
Columbus Titans Ed Petty 2nd Ed Petty 3rd 3rd
Syracuse Excelsiors Art Bishop 3rd Bill Behn 4th 4th
Buffalo Nickels Johnny Williams 4th Johnny Williams 6th 6th
Rochester Rooks Bill Hestand 5th Don Dickinson 7th 7th
Richmond Rebels Charlie Howard 6th Mel Gordon 8th 8th
Pittsburgh Aces Henry Price 7th Bill Wagner 5th 5th
Louisville Derbies Bill Jones 8th Bill Jones 1st 2nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Titans Bert Coey 1st Karl Strauss 5th 2nd
Richmond Rebels Glenn Johnson 2nd Johnnie Coleman 1st(tied) 1st
Toledo Tornados Roy Green 3rd Al Wilson 1st(tied) 3rd
Syracuse Excelsiors Lou Walker 4th Elmer Jones 1st(tied) 4th
Buffalo Nickels Jim Piper 5th Bill Johnson 6th 5th
Louisville Derbies Dave Cox 6th Dave Cox 4th 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
Toledo Tornados Jim Bobino 1st Al Wilson 1st(tied) 1st
Syracuse Excelsiors Elmer Jones 2nd Elmer Jones 5th 4th
Louisville Derbies Joe Russell 3rd Joe Russell 3rd 3rd
Buffalo Nickels Bill Johnson 4th Bill Johnson 6th 6th
Richmond Rebels Earle Flanders 5th Earle Flanders 4th 5th
Columbus Titans Ted Cook 6th Karl Strauss 1st(tied) 2nd
Rochester Rooks Dan Mills 7th 7th(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Aces 8th 7th(tied) 8th
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