GULF STATES LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/08/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Joe Shafer 1st Fred Taylor 1st(tied) 1st
Alexandria Acadians Zack Heath 2nd Zack Heath 5th 5th
Beaumont Buffaloes Larry Widrick 3rd Rex Gray 4th 4th
Tallahassee Legislators Cal Hill 4th Harry Gayle 1st(tied) 2nd
Biloxi Billies Gus Ward 5th Bob McCauley 1st(tied) 3rd
Albany Ambassadors Harvey Sexton 6th 8th(tied) 8th
Lafayette Generals Frankie O'Hagan 7th Ernie Amberg 7th 6th
Huntsville Rockets Stanley Moore 8th Stanley Moore 6th 7th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Frank Leland 9th 8th(tied) 9th
Baton Rouge Governors Happy Hollins 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Monroe Gators Warren Morris 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Pensacola Pelicans 12th 8th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beaumont Buffaloes Jim Shields 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Tom Scott 2nd Tom Scott 1st(tied) 1st
Pensacola Pelicans Howie Safar 3rd Gene Mitchell 6th 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Tom Ritter 4th Tom Ritter 1st(tied) 2nd
Huntsville Rockets Billy Martin 5th Billy Martin 4th 4th
Lafayette Generals Frank Graves 6th Walker Brown 5th 6th
Monroe Gators Fred Hinkle 7th Fred Hinkle 1st(tied) 3rd
Tallahassee Legislators Lee Tracey 8th 7th(tied) 8th
Alexandria Acadians Mel Hansen 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Biloxi Billies Ken Budd 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Albany Ambassadors 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Baton Rouge Governors 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Lee Cox 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Bob Budnick 2nd Rip Orton 1st 1st
Beaumont Buffaloes Bob Maxham 3rd Bob Maxham 2nd(tied) 2nd
Hattiesburg Top Hats Ray Carrol 4th Dave Neely 2nd(tied) 3rd
Lafayette Generals Dick Messer 5th Dick Messer 5th 5th
Tallahassee Legislators Jerry Waszak 6th Fred Van der Horst 7th 6th
Biloxi Billies Charlie Thorne 7th 9th(tied) 10th
Huntsville Rockets Russ McGuire 8th Bob Stumpf 8th 8th
Baton Rouge Governors Dick Dixon 9th Dick Dixon 6th 7th
Alexandria Acadians Dee Woods 10th Marty Cornett 2nd(tied) 4th
Albany Ambassadors Tom Miller 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Monroe Gators 12th 9th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans George Wisner 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Biloxi Billies Bill Church 2nd Bill Church 1st 1st
Beaumont Buffaloes Jeff Barnes 3rd (tied) 5th(tied) 6th
Huntsville Rockets Billy Brown 3rd (tied) Billy Brown 3rd 3rd
Tallahassee Legislators John Fowler 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Monroe Gators Ed Bowen 6th Dick Harris 2nd 2nd
Lafayette Generals Lynn Hostetter 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Doc Osborn 8th Doc Osborn 4th 4th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Bob Sherman 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Alexandria Acadians Andy Bakely 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Albany Ambassadors 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Baton Rouge Governors 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Ernie Mayfield 1st Ernie Mayfield 8th 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Walt Harvey 2nd Ollie Edwards 4th 4th
Alexandria Acadians Dick Matthews 3rd Carl Kirby 2nd(tied) 2nd
Huntsville Rockets Bob Scott 4th Bill DeLandro 1st 1st
Beaumont Buffaloes Ted Neal 5th Lou Walker 2nd(tied) 3rd
Monroe Gators Dan Davis 6th 9th(tied) 9th
Tallahassee Legislators Jeff Berendt 7th Jeff Berendt 6th 7th
Biloxi Billies Carlos Gonzalez 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Baton Rouge Governors Johnny Choate 9th Johnny Choate 7th 8th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Bill Franzen 10th Bill Franzen 5th 6th
Lafayette Generals Charlie Shultz 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Albany Ambassadors 12th 9th(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hattiesburg Top Hats Alfonso Valdez 1st Alfonso Valdez 1st 1st
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Elmer Godwin 2nd Elmer Godwin 6th 4th
Biloxi Billies Joe Lewis 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Beaumont Buffaloes Jack Ayers 4th Jack Ayers 4th 3rd
Alexandria Acadians Wilhelm Mueller 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Tallahassee Legislators Willie Davis 6th Willie Davis 3rd 2nd
Lafayette Generals Vic Chamberlin 7th Vic Chamberlin 5th 6th
Albany Ambassadors Bernie Martin 8th Bernie Martin 2nd 5th
Pensacola Pelicans Ron Fuller 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Baton Rouge Governors Ben Patterson 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Huntsville Rockets Bill Locascio 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Monroe Gators Bob Miller 12th 7th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tallahassee Legislators Moses Secor 1st Moses Secor 3rd(tied) 1st
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Charlie Brawner 2nd Charlie Brawner 2nd 2nd
Biloxi Billies Nick Watson 3rd Bob Rogers 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lafayette Generals Kid Roberts 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Monroe Gators Buck Stewart 5th Buck Stewart 1st 4th
Alexandria Acadians Rick Russell 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Huntsville Rockets Jim Wilson 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Jack Dixson 8th Harry Gillson 3rd(tied) 5th
Albany Ambassadors Bill Nelms 9th Bill Nelms 6th 6th
Baton Rouge Governors Bill Kretzschmar 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Beaumont Buffaloes 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Pensacola Pelicans 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beaumont Buffaloes Ted Cole 1st Bill Young 6th 3rd
Huntsville Rockets Tom Wiley 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Baton Rouge Governors Joe White 3rd Joe White 1st(tied) 1st
Pensacola Pelicans Ed Reaman 4th Ed Reaman 5th 6th
Alexandria Acadians Wally Albright 5th Wally Albright 7th 7th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Gene Crane 6th Gene Crane 4th 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Ricky Smith 7th Ricky Smith 1st(tied) 2nd
Biloxi Billies Glenn Funk 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Monroe Gators Leo Dill 9th Leo Dill 3rd 4th
Albany Ambassadors 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th(tied)
Lafayette Generals 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th(tied)
Tallahassee Legislators 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Albany Ambassadors Grady Ross 1st Harry Cook 1st 1st
Hattiesburg Top Hats Bill Wilcox 2nd Bill Wilcox 7th 2nd
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Ron Burch 3rd Ron Burch 9th 9th
Beaumont Buffaloes Hank Kenyon 4th Hank Kenyon 3rd 3rd(tied)
Huntsville Rockets Cliff Vogan 5th Cliff Vogan 2nd 3rd(tied)
Tallahassee Legislators Guy Bacon 6th Guy Bacon 5th 5th
Monroe Gators Willie Wiley 7th Hank Voeltz 6th 6th
Baton Rouge Governors Dan Lewis 8th Dan Lewis 8th 7th
Lafayette Generals Jake Wilson 9th Jake Wilson 11th 10th
Biloxi Billies John Reeves 10th Vern Ladd 4th 8th
Pensacola Pelicans Jack Epperson 11th Bill King 10th 11th
Alexandria Acadians Jack Weissberg 12th 12th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Ace Middaugh 1st Dick Johnson 2nd 1st
Tallahassee Legislators Lee Brubaker 2nd Lee Brubaker 3rd(tied) 2nd
Beaumont Buffaloes Ted Trawick 3rd Bert Blackwell 3rd(tied) 3rd
Pensacola Pelicans Tom Kennedy 4th Ed Young 3rd(tied) 4th
Albany Ambassadors Wally Brownfield 5th Mark Conway 3rd(tied) 6th
Huntsville Rockets Lou Isler 6th Lou Isler 9th 8th
Monroe Gators Bill Nutbrown 7th Billy D Young 10th 10th
Baton Rouge Governors Stew Wilson 8th Joe Thayer 3rd(tied) 7th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Syl Davis 9th Rudy Miller 8th 9th
Lafayette Generals Steve Underhill 10th Jim Harden 1st 5th
Alexandria Acadians Harry Barber 11th 11th(tied) 11th
Biloxi Billies 12th 11th(tied) 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Ace Middaugh 1st Dick Johnson 2nd 1st
Tallahassee Legislators Willard Barnard 2nd Willard Barnard 8th 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Rudy Miller 3rd Rudy Miller 4th 4th
Albany Ambassadors Dick Small 4th Harry Cook 1st 2nd
Huntsville Rockets Jack Rose 5th Jack Rose 9th 8th
Beaumont Buffaloes Art Cournoyer 6th Art Cournoyer 6th 7th
Pensacola Pelicans Chuck Dietz 7th Jack Moore 5th 6th
Monroe Gators Bill Nutbrown 8th Billy D Young 10th 9th
Alexandria Acadians Harry Barber 9th 11th(tied) 11th
Lafayette Generals Buster Stewart 10th Jim Harden 3rd 3rd
Baton Rouge Governors Joe Thayer 11th Joe Thayer 7th 10th
Biloxi Billies 12th 11th(tied) 12th
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