WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/01/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Billings Buffaloes Bill Lee 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Fargo Red Hawks Bill Hamilton 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Rapid City Runners Jim Smith 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Cheyenne Pioneers Tom Moreland 4th 4th(tied) 7th
Santa Fe Coyotes Ron Caputo 5th 4th(tied) 8th
Bismarck Rough Riders Dave Harris 6th Rex Hansen 3rd 3rd
Topeka Jayhawks Frank Hazel 7th Mickey Foley 1st 1st
Missoula Plainsmen Bobby Butler 8th William Jones 2nd 2nd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs John Hall 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Casper Drillers Jim Hill 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Dick Hubble 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Panhandle Jackrabbits Edgar Whitley 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Pueblo Chiefs Karl Mason 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Grand Island Gulls Bill McPherson 14th 4th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Jerry Danaher 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Al Russell 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Pueblo Chiefs Carl Chambers 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Schwartz 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Grand Island Gulls Frank Barbara 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Santa Fe Coyotes Irv Moore 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Topeka Jayhawks Pinky Thompson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Missoula Plainsmen Jim Whitten 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Bismarck Rough Riders Walt Proctor 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cheyenne Pioneers Ray Alexander 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Casper Drillers Earl Hannah 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Billings Buffaloes Bill Brunkow 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Rapid City Runners Moe Ingram 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Fargo Red Hawks Bill Stewart 14th 1st(tied) 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Panhandle Jackrabbits Phil Richards 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Pueblo Chiefs Buddy Miller 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Bob Adams 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs John Dawkins 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Santa Fe Coyotes Mort Duncan 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Rapid City Runners Harry Bellomy 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Billings Buffaloes Harley Parker 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Island Gulls Art Smith 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cheyenne Pioneers Ben Sanders 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Missoula Plainsmen Sam Williams 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Casper Drillers Chet Grinstead 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Bismarck Rough Riders Joe Johnson 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Topeka Jayhawks Bill King 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Fargo Red Hawks Alex Shelton 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
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Lloyd Gladney 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Pueblo Chiefs Luke Warner 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Missoula Plainsmen Emanuel Allen 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Casper Drillers John Potter 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Topeka Jayhawks Calvin Davis 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Rapid City Runners Rupert Roberts 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Earl Harris 9th Dale Byrd 1st 1st
Bismarck Rough Riders Jesse Burns 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Grand Island Gulls Henry Beard 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Bill C Smith 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Fargo Red Hawks Myrl Condron 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Cheyenne Pioneers Eddie Phillips 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
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
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Tate 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Missoula Plainsmen Frank Jackson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Rapid City Runners Troy Lipka 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Casper Drillers Mike Lewis 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes Hal Beck 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cheyenne Pioneers Chick Palmer 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Bill Jones 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bob Scott 10th (tied) 1st(tied) 10th(tied)
Fargo Red Hawks Dave Penuel 10th (tied) 1st(tied) 10th(tied)
Billings Buffaloes Alex Guzman 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers John Jones 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 1st(tied) 1st
Missoula Plainsmen Jim Tanguay 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Billings Buffaloes Sandy Mitchell 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Del Biadun 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Tim Shears 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cheyenne Pioneers Les Prout 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes Jimmy Smith 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Island Gulls Walt Payne 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Topeka Jayhawks Jack Henricks 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill May 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Pueblo Chiefs Wally Stolle 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers John Brooks 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Casper Drillers Gene Carey 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Rapid City Runners Jack Adams 14th 1st(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Missoula Plainsmen Cliff Byars 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Rapid City Runners Taylor Everett 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Roger Heaton 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Santa Fe Coyotes Taylor Bowen 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Billings Buffaloes Roy Coburn 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Pueblo Chiefs Jim DeShazo 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Topeka Jayhawks Tom Gendron 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Island Gulls Ed Jansen 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Cheyenne Pioneers Al Bradley 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Panhandle Jackrabbits Kent Alexander 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Bismarck Rough Riders Joe White 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Casper Drillers Bob Prescott 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Fargo Red Hawks Charlie Coughran 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Johnson 14th 1st(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Augie Dalton 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Rapid City Runners Rick Redinger 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Billings Buffaloes George Spikes 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill Marker 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Fargo Red Hawks Al Jones 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Herb Miller 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Missoula Plainsmen Stan Wright 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Island Gulls Bill Sealy 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Charlie Crandall 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Santa Fe Coyotes Ed Sparks 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Casper Drillers George Maxwell 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Cheyenne Pioneers Tony Dupuis 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Pueblo Chiefs Paul Bruce 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Topeka Jayhawks Mickey Akin 14th 1st(tied) 14th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Casper Drillers Ralph Cooper 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Panhandle Jackrabbits Jimmy Pepper 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Missoula Plainsmen Jack Levit 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Billings Buffaloes Dick Adams Jr. 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Frankie Sawyer 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Topeka Jayhawks Al Panning 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes Al Hoppe 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cheyenne Pioneers John Scott 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Grand Island Gulls Herb Thomason 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Pueblo Chiefs Charlie Yates 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Bismarck Rough Riders Mike Powell 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Fargo Red Hawks Oscar Hawkins 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Rapid City Runners Ray Finigan 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Carl Davis 14th 1st(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Casper Drillers Sibby Smith 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Billings Buffaloes John Dinger 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Rapid City Runners Bruce McInturf 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Fargo Red Hawks Bill Bond 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Bismarck Rough Riders Eddie Portal 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Missoula Plainsmen Buck Olson 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Grand Island Gulls Danny Dye 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Santa Fe Coyotes George Campbell 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Albright 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Herb Moon 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Pueblo Chiefs Mose Cooper 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Topeka Jayhawks Earl Thompson 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Kent Hudson 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Cheyenne Pioneers Bill Green 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
Rapid City Runners Bruce McInturf 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Fargo Red Hawks Joe Hammond 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Missoula Plainsmen Tony Wambaugh 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Santa Fe Coyotes Stu Erickson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dave Munson 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Bismarck Rough Riders Eddie Portal 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 Earl Thompson 14th 1st(tied) 14th
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