WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/01/1974
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Bill Brown 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Fargo Red Hawks Bill Hamilton 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Billings Buffaloes Ed Yates 3rd Bill Lee 4th 3rd
Bismarck Rough Riders Tex Harris 4th Rex Hansen 5th 4th
Cheyenne Pioneers Tom Moreland 5th Tom Moreland 2nd 2nd
Santa Fe Coyotes Ron Caputo 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Missoula Plainsmen Frank Jackson 7th William Jones 1st 1st
Topeka Jayhawks Tony Meinke 8th Mickey Foley 3rd 5th
Casper Drillers Jim Hill 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Rapid City Runners Jim Smith 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Pueblo Chiefs Frank Philips 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Edgar Whitley 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Grand Island Gulls Al Smith 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Larry Baker 14th 6th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Jerry Danaher 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Schwartz 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Grand Island Gulls Frank Barbara 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Pueblo Chiefs Luke Warner 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Bismarck Rough Riders Jim Green 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Missoula Plainsmen Jim Whitten 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Topeka Jayhawks Pinky Thompson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Casper Drillers Earl Hannah 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Billings Buffaloes Bill Brunkow 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cheyenne Pioneers Ray Alexander 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs George Wolfe 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Fargo Red Hawks Earl Worley 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Rapid City Runners Moe Ingram 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Santa Fe Coyotes John Irwin 14th 1st(tied) 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pueblo Chiefs Buddy Miller 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Bob Adams 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Phil Richards 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Santa Fe Coyotes Mort Duncan 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Casper Drillers Mike Lewis 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Grand Island Gulls Rafael Zambrano 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Topeka Jayhawks Bill King 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Bill Jones 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cheyenne Pioneers Chick Palmer 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Missoula Plainsmen Forrest Gibbs 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Bismarck Rough Riders John Owen 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(tied)
Fargo Red Hawks Howard Banta 11th (tied) 1st(tied) 11th(tied)
Rapid City Runners Ted Donnelly 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Billings Buffaloes Sam Flinn 14th 1st(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Billings Buffaloes Jack Austin 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Santa Fe Coyotes Lyle Beadle 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Missoula Plainsmen Emanuel Allen 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Lloyd Gladney 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Pueblo Chiefs Jim Davis 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Casper Drillers Chet Grinstead 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Bismarck Rough Riders Jesse Burns 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Rapid City Runners Ben Parker 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
Fargo Red Hawks Myrl Condron 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 10th(tied)
Topeka Jayhawks John Mason 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 10th(tied)
Grand Island Gulls Henry Beard 11th 2nd(tied) 12th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Bill C Smith 12th 2nd(tied) 13th
Cheyenne Pioneers Eddie Phillips 13th 2nd(tied) 14th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Dale Byrd 14th Dale Byrd 1st 1st
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Island Gulls Johnnie Snyder 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Topeka Jayhawks Herb Connelly 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Rapid City Runners Frankie Jimenez 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Mike Graham 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Santa Fe Coyotes Hal Beck 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Tate 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Cheyenne Pioneers Bill Campbell 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Missoula Plainsmen Al Gilbert 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fargo Red Hawks Dave Penuel 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Bismarck Rough Riders Larry Cockrell 10th (tied) 1st(tied) 10th(tied)
Casper Drillers Bill Smith 10th (tied) 1st(tied) 10th(tied)
Colorado Springs Mountaineers John Jones 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Billings Buffaloes Alex Guzman 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Pueblo Chiefs Rudy Scott 14th 1st(tied) 14th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fargo Red Hawks Charlie Bergeron 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Billings Buffaloes Sandy Mitchell 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Missoula Plainsmen Jim Tanguay 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Tim Shears 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Santa Fe Coyotes Jimmy Jones 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Casper Drillers George Maxwell 6th Fred Geddes 1st 1st
Grand Island Gulls Walt Payne 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Cheyenne Pioneers Les Prout 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill May 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers John Brooks 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Topeka Jayhawks Jack Henricks 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Pueblo Chiefs Wally Stolle 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Rapid City Runners Jack Adams 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Frank Sawyer 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Fe Coyotes Taylor Bowen 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Missoula Plainsmen Cliff Byars 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Pueblo Chiefs Jim DeShazo 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Grand Island Gulls Ed Jansen 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Cheyenne Pioneers Tony Toribio 5th Al Bradley 1st 1st
Topeka Jayhawks Max Robinson 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Bismarck Rough Riders Joe White 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Billings Buffaloes Ralph Griffis 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Rapid City Runners Vic Brown 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Kent Alexander 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Gene Burggraf 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Casper Drillers Pete Day 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Fargo Red Hawks Charlie Coughran 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Johnson 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Billings Buffaloes George Spikes 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Panhandle Jackrabbits Herb Miller 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill Marker 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Santa Fe Coyotes Irv Moore 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Rapid City Runners Cliff Turner 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Missoula Plainsmen Stan Wright 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Fargo Red Hawks Al Jones 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Island Gulls Bill Sealy 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Charlie Crandall 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Topeka Jayhawks Tom Gendron 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Pueblo Chiefs Paul Bruce 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Cheyenne Pioneers Red Randle 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Casper Drillers Grant Ferguson 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Bill Logan 14th 1st(tied) 14th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Casper Drillers Howie Palmer 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Frankie Sawyer 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Billings Buffaloes Bob Goff 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Topeka Jayhawks Al Panning 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Santa Fe Coyotes Al Hoppe 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cheyenne Pioneers John Scott 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Rapid City Runners Ray Finigan 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Island Gulls Herb Thomason 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bucky Watson 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Pueblo Chiefs Charlie Yates 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Carl Davis 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Missoula Plainsmen Sam McGeorge 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Carl Young 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Fargo Red Hawks Oscar Hawkins 14th 1st(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Billings Buffaloes John Dinger 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Fargo Red Hawks Joe Hammond 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dave Munson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Missoula Plainsmen Buck Olson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Rapid City Runners German Acuna 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Grand Island Gulls Clay Tucker 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes George Campbell 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Albright 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Pueblo Chiefs Mose Cooper 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Herb Moon 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cheyenne Pioneers Dave Weeks 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Topeka Jayhawks Howard Fetter 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Bismarck Rough Riders Russ Turner 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Casper Drillers Elmer Lockwood 14th 1st(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Casper Drillers Sibby Smith 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Fred Rowe 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Billings Buffaloes Dee Britton 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Ben Cobb 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Santa Fe Coyotes Stu Erickson 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dave Munson 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Bismarck Rough Riders Eddie Portal 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Missoula Plainsmen Buck Olson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fargo Red Hawks Leo Montgomery 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Rapid City Runners German Acuna 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Grand Island Gulls Danny Dye 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Pueblo Chiefs Don Kelly 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Cheyenne Pioneers Dave Weeks 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Topeka Jayhawks Howard Fetter 14th 1st(tied) 14th
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