SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/14/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Hank Ellis 1st Harold Casavant 9th 3rd
Charlotte Bluebirds Duke Bowman 2nd Duke Bowman 2nd 1st
Greenville Rockets Art McGee 3rd John Lamontagne 10th 6th
Tampa Cigar Kings Joe Laliberte 4th Eli Garnett 6th 5th
Savannah Privateers Jack Hayford 5th Jack Hayford 3rd 4th
Norfolk Navigators Ted Tinsley 6th 11th(tied) 11th
Roanoke Railroaders Bob Brinkworth 7th Bob Brinkworth 8th 7th
Charleston Seagulls Javier Rodriguez 8th 11th(tied) 12th
Miami Sailors Steve Phillips 9th Johnny Schmitz 7th 8th
Mobile Commodores Spencer Helmlinger 10th Pete Little 1st 2nd
Raleigh Explorers Stan Case 11th Jack Gartner 5th 9th
Winston-Salem Blazers Harry Lee 12th Harry Lee 4th 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Franklin Smith 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Winston-Salem Blazers Allan Smith 2nd Blue Moon Ward 4th 1st
Savannah Privateers Jackie O'Brien 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Mobile Commodores Lou Patillo 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Charleston Seagulls Harry Whitney 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Roanoke Railroaders Eli Burns 6th Chet Marshall 2nd 3rd
Raleigh Explorers Ernie Morrison 7th Ernie Morrison 1st 2nd
Tampa Cigar Kings Paul Wells 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Miami Sailors Danny Smith 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Greenville Rockets Mel Lane 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Navigators Red Johnson Jr 11th Red Johnson Jr 3rd 4th
Charlotte Bluebirds 12th 5th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Dave Tibbs 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Winston-Salem Blazers Wally Ellis 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Greenville Rockets Erv Camara 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Charlotte Bluebirds Luis Cruz 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Roanoke Railroaders George Rose 5th George Rose 1st(tied) 1st
Raleigh Explorers Joe Ditmer 6th Al Ireland 1st(tied) 2nd
Tampa Cigar Kings Al Shaw 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Miami Sailors Whitey Downs 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Charleston Seagulls Harry Soderholm 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Mobile Commodores Sam Martin 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Savannah Privateers Johnny Bell 11th Joe Markert 4th 3rd
Norfolk Navigators Joe Rodgers 12th Joe Rodgers 3rd 4th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Bluebirds Junior Mistretta 1st Junior Mistretta 5th 4th
Arlington Patriots Rip Johnson 2nd Rip Johnson 6th 5th
Raleigh Explorers Bill Underwood 3rd Bill Underwood 1st(tied) 1st
Winston-Salem Blazers Bob Patterson 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Greenville Rockets Billy Walker 5th Billy Walker 4th 6th
Savannah Privateers Willie Young 6th Willie Young 1st(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Navigators John Evans 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Charleston Seagulls Don Heath 8th Rube Hoover 1st(tied) 3rd
Miami Sailors Joe Wilson 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Tampa Cigar Kings Lon Moore 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Mobile Commodores Fernando Contreras 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Roanoke Railroaders Len Andruski 12th 7th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Charlie Williams 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Charleston Seagulls Billy Meece 2nd Billy Smith 3rd 2nd
Greenville Rockets Melvin Bernard 3rd Melvin Bernard 2nd 3rd
Tampa Cigar Kings Willie Harrison 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Charlotte Bluebirds Bill Ward 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Savannah Privateers George Horn 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Mobile Commodores Al Potter 7th Al Potter 1st 1st
Miami Sailors Harold Kaster 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Roanoke Railroaders Bobby Ortiz 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Navigators Claude Mattingly 10th Gus Tracy 4th 4th
Raleigh Explorers 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Winston-Salem Blazers 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Bluebirds Eddie Wilbur 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Arlington Patriots Al Chamberlin 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Roanoke Railroaders Jim Santos 3rd Pat Steckman 2nd(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Navigators George Cooney 4th George Cooney 7th 5th
Greenville Rockets Tom Dennis 5th Tom Dennis 6th 4th
Mobile Commodores Rocky Vincent 6th Leo Clark 1st 1st
Miami Sailors Henry McDuffie 7th Henry McDuffie 2nd(tied) 3rd
Tampa Cigar Kings Harry Doolittle 8th Harry Doolittle 5th 7th
Winston-Salem Blazers Sonny Crane 9th Bob Griffith 4th 6th
Charleston Seagulls Ernie Blake 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Raleigh Explorers Lee Whitney 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Savannah Privateers Benny Allen 12th 8th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Bluebirds Sam White 1st Sam White 1st 1st
Norfolk Navigators Norv McClanahan 2nd Norv McClanahan 3rd 2nd
Arlington Patriots Jack Cook 3rd Jack Cook 6th 5th
Winston-Salem Blazers Andy Alewine 4th Andy Alewine 4th 4th
Greenville Rockets Mike Ruiter 5th Al Paulsen 7th 6th
Roanoke Railroaders Johnny Moten 6th Johnny Moten 2nd 3rd
Tampa Cigar Kings Pete Rickert 7th 8th(tied) 8th
Raleigh Explorers Ed Reiner 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Savannah Privateers Andy Alexander 9th Andy Alexander 5th 7th
Mobile Commodores Clarence Wilkins 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Miami Sailors Jim Houston 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Charleston Seagulls Ted Taylor 12th 8th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Charley Cox 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Miami Sailors Andy Pedraza 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Bluebirds Dixie Baker 3rd Tom Last 4th 3rd
Raleigh Explorers George Sloniker 4th George Sloniker 6th 5th
Winston-Salem Blazers Karl Rudder 5th Karl Rudder 1st 1st
Tampa Cigar Kings Charlie Cook 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Navigators Ruben Ramos 7th Ruben Ramos 5th 4th
Roanoke Railroaders Dan Labelle 8th Dan Labelle 7th 7th
Charleston Seagulls Charlie Huffman 9th Charlie Huffman 3rd 6th
Greenville Rockets Andy Adler 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Mobile Commodores Earl Quaid 11th George Gant 2nd 2nd
Savannah Privateers Hank Dunn 12th 8th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Roanoke Railroaders Wally Bishop 1st Luis Serrano 6th 5th
Charleston Seagulls Birdie Smith 2nd Dick Boyer 3rd 1st
Greenville Rockets Juan Rivera 3rd Juan Rivera 1st 2nd
Charlotte Bluebirds Fred Chamberlain 4th Jim Anderson 9th(tied) 8th
Raleigh Explorers Ken Shaw 5th Jay Crist 2nd 3rd
Norfolk Navigators Jose Torres 6th Jose Torres 9th(tied) 9th
Arlington Patriots Nick McDonough 7th Nick McDonough 8th 7th
Tampa Cigar Kings Billy Standerfer 8th 12th 11th
Savannah Privateers Clyde Bacon 9th Clyde Bacon 4th 4th
Winston-Salem Blazers Elmer Murphy 10th Elmer Murphy 5th 6th
Miami Sailors Karl Lewis 11th Ken Smith 11th 12th
Mobile Commodores Bill Gagnon 12th Bill Gagnon 7th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greenville Rockets Juan Rivera 1st Juan Rivera 2nd 1st
Arlington Patriots Freddy Bradshaw 2nd 9th(tied) 5th
Charleston Seagulls Bert Baxter 3rd John Lesperance 1st 2nd
Charlotte Bluebirds Luther Roberts 4th Max Quinn 3rd(tied) 3rd
Savannah Privateers Tom Hurst 5th John Golden 3rd(tied) 4th
Mobile Commodores Max Bailey 6th 9th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Navigators Marv Drexler 7th Scott Cox 6th 7th
Miami Sailors Bob Smith 8th George Ellison 7th 8th
Tampa Cigar Kings Tom Ford 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Roanoke Railroaders Bill Wright 10th Bill Wright 8th 10th
Winston-Salem Blazers Bob Chase 11th Fred White 3rd(tied) 6th
Raleigh Explorers 12th 9th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Frank Hunter 1st 9th(tied) 8th
Charleston Seagulls John Lesperance 2nd John Lesperance 3rd 3rd
Tampa Cigar Kings Billy Standerfer 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Miami Sailors Gene Davis 4th Gene Davis 5th 4th
Charlotte Bluebirds Frank Gregg 5th Frank Gregg 1st 1st
Roanoke Railroaders Danny Browning 6th Danny Browning 6th 5th
Savannah Privateers Harry Schwartz 7th Harry Schwartz 2nd 2nd
Winston-Salem Blazers Bill Moore 8th Bill Moore 7th 6th
Greenville Rockets Fred Whitlock 9th Fred Whitlock 8th 9th
Norfolk Navigators Scott Cox 10th Scott Cox 4th 7th
Mobile Commodores Max Bailey 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Raleigh Explorers 12th 9th(tied) 12th
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