WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/01/1974
BNN Index
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STANDINGS
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STATS
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TEAMS
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TRANSACTIONS
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HISTORY
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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