GULF STATES LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
08/11/1975
 
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
Tallahassee Legislators Cal Hill 3rd Harry Gayle 1st(tied) 2nd
Beaumont Buffaloes Larry Widrick 4th Rex Gray 4th 4th
Baton Rouge Governors Steve Phillips 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Biloxi Billies Gus Ward 6th Bob McCauley 1st(tied) 3rd
Lafayette Generals Joe Akers 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Albany Ambassadors Harvey Sexton 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Huntsville Rockets Stanley Moore 9th Stanley Moore 6th 6th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Frank Leland 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Monroe Gators Warren Morris 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Pensacola Pelicans Jack Christopher 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beaumont Buffaloes Jim Shields 1st Ross Peters 7th 4th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Tom Scott 2nd Tom Scott 1st(tied) 1st
Albany Ambassadors George Dorsey 3rd Bernie Martin 5th 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Tom Ritter 4th Tom Ritter 1st(tied) 2nd
Huntsville Rockets Billy Martin 5th Billy Martin 4th 6th
Pensacola Pelicans Howie Safar 6th 8th(tied) 8th
Lafayette Generals Frank Graves 7th Walker Brown 6th 7th
Monroe Gators Fred Hinkle 8th Fred Hinkle 1st(tied) 3rd
Baton Rouge Governors Danny Smith 9th 8th(tied) 9th
Alexandria Acadians Andy Moreland 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Tallahassee Legislators Lee Tracey 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Biloxi Billies Ken Budd 12th 8th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Monroe Gators John Pruss 1st John Pruss 4th 4th
Beaumont Buffaloes Bob Maxham 2nd Bob Maxham 2nd(tied) 2nd
Pensacola Pelicans Slim McGuire 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Bob Budnick 4th Rip Orton 1st 1st
Lafayette Generals Dick Messer 5th Dick Messer 5th 5th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Ray Carrol 6th Dave Neely 2nd(tied) 3rd
Tallahassee Legislators Jerry Waszak 7th Fred Van der Horst 8th 6th
Biloxi Billies Charlie Thorne 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Huntsville Rockets Russ McGuire 9th Bob Stumpf 9th 9th
Alexandria Acadians Orlando Burnham 10th Marty Cornett 6th 7th
Baton Rouge Governors Dick Dixon 11th Dick Dixon 7th 8th
Albany Ambassadors 12th 10th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Harry Mansfield 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
Lafayette Generals Lynn Hostetter 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Monroe Gators Ed Bowen 7th Dick Harris 2nd 2nd
Hattiesburg Top Hats Doc Osborn 8th Doc Osborn 4th 4th
Baton Rouge Governors Frank Gilbert 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Bob Sherman 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Alexandria Acadians Johnny Briggs 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Albany Ambassadors 12th 5th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Frank Esposito 1st Frank Esposito 7th 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
Tallahassee Legislators Jeff Berendt 5th Jeff Berendt 6th 7th
Beaumont Buffaloes Ted Neal 6th (tied) Lou Walker 2nd(tied) 3rd
Monroe Gators Dan Davis 6th (tied) 9th(tied) 9th
Baton Rouge Governors Harold Kaster 8th Johnny Choate 8th 8th
Biloxi Billies Alan Jenkins 9th 9th(tied) 10th
Lafayette Generals Charlie Shultz 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Bill Franzen 11th Bill Franzen 5th 6th
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
Albany Ambassadors Jake Levine 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Biloxi Billies Joe Lewis 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Baton Rouge Governors Henry McDuffie 4th Henry McDuffie 4th 2nd
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Elmer Godwin 5th Elmer Godwin 6th 5th
Alexandria Acadians Wilhelm Mueller 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Pensacola Pelicans Walt Houser 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Tallahassee Legislators Willie Davis 8th Willie Davis 2nd 3rd
Beaumont Buffaloes Jack Ayers 9th Jack Ayers 3rd 4th
Lafayette Generals Vic Chamberlin 10th Vic Chamberlin 5th 6th
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 2nd(tied) 1st
Beaumont Buffaloes Mark Hurst 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Joe Scott 3rd Joe Scott 1st 2nd
Biloxi Billies Nick Watson 4th Bob Rogers 2nd(tied) 3rd
Lafayette Generals Kid Roberts 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Albany Ambassadors Frank Smith 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Huntsville Rockets Clem Austin 7th Clem Austin 6th 6th
Alexandria Acadians Jim Curtis 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Monroe Gators Buck Stewart 9th Buck Stewart 2nd(tied) 4th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Jack Dixson 10th Harry Gillson 2nd(tied) 5th
Baton Rouge Governors Bill Kretzschmar 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Pensacola Pelicans 12th 7th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Beaumont Buffaloes Al Glade 1st Al Glade 1st(tied) 1st
Baton Rouge Governors Andy Pedraza 2nd Joe White 1st(tied) 2nd
Albany Ambassadors Ike Moore 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Alexandria Acadians George Bell 4th George Bell 6th 5th
Pensacola Pelicans Frank Hargrove 5th Ed Reaman 1st(tied) 3rd
Huntsville Rockets Tom Wiley 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Ricky Smith 7th Ricky Smith 1st(tied) 4th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Gene Crane 8th Gene Crane 7th 7th
Biloxi Billies Glenn Funk 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Monroe Gators Leo Dill 10th Leo Dill 5th 6th
Lafayette Generals 11th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th(tied)
Tallahassee Legislators 11th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Albany Ambassadors Jose Torres 1st Jose Torres 1st 1st
Pensacola Pelicans Walter Sarah 2nd Walter Sarah 7th 2nd
Hattiesburg Top Hats Bill Wilcox 3rd Bill Wilcox 8th 3rd
Beaumont Buffaloes Hank Kenyon 4th Hank Kenyon 4th 5th
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Ron Burch 5th Ron Burch 10th 9th
Alexandria Acadians Hank Waldman 6th Otto King 9th 10th
Tallahassee Legislators Guy Bacon 7th Guy Bacon 5th 6th
Huntsville Rockets Cliff Vogan 8th Cliff Vogan 3rd 4th
Baton Rouge Governors Dan Lewis 9th Dan Lewis 6th 8th
Biloxi Billies Bruce Fields 10th Vern Ladd 2nd 7th
Lafayette Generals Jake Wilson 11th Jake Wilson 11th 11th
Monroe Gators Charlie Hagan 12th Hank Voeltz 12th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Ace Middaugh 1st Dick Johnson 2nd 2nd
Albany Ambassadors Marv Drexler 2nd Mickey Stewart 3rd(tied) 3rd
Lafayette Generals Paul Bennett 3rd Paul Bennett 1st 1st
Tallahassee Legislators Lee Brubaker 4th Lee Brubaker 3rd(tied) 4th
Pensacola Pelicans Bill McKee 5th Bill McKee 3rd(tied) 5th
Baton Rouge Governors Gene Davis 6th Gene Davis 3rd(tied) 6th
Huntsville Rockets Lou Isler 7th Lou Isler 10th 7th
Beaumont Buffaloes Bert Blackwell 8th Bert Blackwell 9th 8th
Alexandria Acadians Duane Nelson 9th Duane Nelson 8th 9th
Hattiesburg Top Hats Syl Davis 10th Rudy Miller 7th 10th
Monroe Gators Leon Amey 11th Billy D Young 11th 11th
Biloxi Billies 12th 12th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pensacola Pelicans Bill McKee 1st Earl Rice 2nd 1st
Tuscaloosa Tomcats Ace Middaugh 2nd Dick Johnson 3rd 3rd
Tallahassee Legislators Willard Barnard 3rd Willard Barnard 9th 6th
Lafayette Generals Paul Bennett 4th Paul Bennett 1st 2nd
Hattiesburg Top Hats Rudy Miller 5th Rudy Miller 5th 5th
Huntsville Rockets Jack Rose 6th Jack Rose 4th 4th
Beaumont Buffaloes Art Cournoyer 7th Art Cournoyer 6th 7th
Monroe Gators Bob Runcore 8th Billy D Young 10th 9th
Albany Ambassadors Scott Cox 9th Scott Cox 7th 8th
Alexandria Acadians John Shields 10th John Shields 11th 11th
Baton Rouge Governors Joe Thayer 11th Joe Thayer 8th 10th
Biloxi Billies 12th 12th 12th
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