WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/14/1975
 
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
Missoula Plainsmen Bobby Butler 7th (tied) William Jones 2nd 2nd
Topeka Jayhawks Frank Hazel 7th (tied) Mickey Foley 1st 1st
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs John Hall 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Casper Drillers Jim Hill 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Edgar Whitley 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Herb Becknell 12th 4th(tied) 12th
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
Billings Buffaloes Curt Esposito 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Jerry Danaher 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Pueblo Chiefs Carl Chambers 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Schwartz 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Rapid City Runners Taylor Everett 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Grand Island Gulls Frank Barbara 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes Irv Moore 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Topeka Jayhawks Pinky Thompson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Missoula Plainsmen Cliff Byars 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Bismarck Rough Riders Jim Green 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cheyenne Pioneers Ray Alexander 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Lloyd Gladney 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Casper Drillers Earl Hannah 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
Billings Buffaloes Del Wood 1st Del Wood 1st 1st
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Al Russell 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Phil Richards 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Pueblo Chiefs Buddy Miller 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Grand Island Gulls Johnnie Snyder 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Bob Adams 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes Mort Duncan 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Rapid City Runners Harry Bellomy 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Missoula Plainsmen Sam Williams 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Cheyenne Pioneers Ben Sanders 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Casper Drillers Chet Grinstead 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Bismarck Rough Riders Joe Johnson 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Topeka Jayhawks Bill King 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Fargo Red Hawks Alex Shelton 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Billings Buffaloes Ed Costanzo 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Augie Dalton 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Santa Fe Coyotes Lyle Beadle 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Missoula Plainsmen Emanuel Allen 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Pueblo Chiefs Jim Davis 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Casper Drillers John Potter 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Rapid City Runners Rupert Roberts 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Earl Harris 8th Dale Byrd 1st 1st
Bismarck Rough Riders Jesse Burns 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Topeka Jayhawks John Mason 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Grand Island Gulls Moose Fowler 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Fargo Red Hawks Myrl Condron 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Ed O'Connor 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Cheyenne Pioneers Eddie Phillips 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Topeka Jayhawks Herb Connelly 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Tate 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Missoula Plainsmen Frank Jackson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Casper Drillers Mike Lewis 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Santa Fe Coyotes Hal Beck 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Rapid City Runners Troy Lipka 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Grand Island Gulls Rafael Zambrano 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cheyenne Pioneers Chick Palmer 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Bill Jones 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Fargo Red Hawks Dave Penuel 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bob Scott 11th 1st(tied) 11th
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
Panhandle Jackrabbits Tim Shears 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Billings Buffaloes Randy Highburn 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Cheyenne Pioneers Les Prout 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Santa Fe Coyotes Jimmy Smith 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Grand Island Gulls Walt Payne 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill May 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Topeka Jayhawks Jack Henricks 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Pueblo Chiefs Wally Stolle 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs George Wolfe 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
Billings Buffaloes Clay Eckley 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Roger Heaton 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Santa Fe Coyotes Taylor Bowen 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Pueblo Chiefs Jim DeShazo 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Grand Island Gulls Ed Jansen 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cheyenne Pioneers Al Bradley 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Kent Alexander 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Bismarck Rough Riders Joe White 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Topeka Jayhawks Max Robinson 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Casper Drillers Bob Prescott 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Fargo Red Hawks Charlie Coughran 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Missoula Plainsmen Elmer Simonetta 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Johnson 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Rapid City Runners Charlie Sheehan 14th 1st(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Billings Buffaloes George Spikes 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Rapid City Runners Rick Redinger 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Del Biadun 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
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Charlie Crandall 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Grand Island Gulls Bill Sealy 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Topeka Jayhawks Tom Gendron 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Santa Fe Coyotes Ed Sparks 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Casper Drillers George Maxwell 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Cheyenne Pioneers Tony Dupuis 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Pueblo Chiefs Paul Bruce 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 Bob Goff 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Santa Fe Coyotes Al Hoppe 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Frankie Sawyer 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Topeka Jayhawks Al Panning 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cheyenne Pioneers John Scott 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Grand Island Gulls Herb Thomason 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Pueblo Chiefs Charlie Yates 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Fargo Red Hawks Oscar Hawkins 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bucky Watson 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Rapid City Runners Ray Finigan 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Otto Spaulding 14th 1st(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rapid City Runners Bruce McInturf 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Fargo Red Hawks Bill Bond 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Santa Fe Coyotes Stu Erickson 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Missoula Plainsmen Buck Olson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Grand Island Gulls Clay Tucker 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Albright 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Pueblo Chiefs Mose Cooper 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cheyenne Pioneers Dave Weeks 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Topeka Jayhawks Earl Thompson 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Bismarck Rough Riders Russ Turner 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Kent Hudson 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Billings Buffaloes 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
Casper Drillers 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fargo Red Hawks Joe Hammond 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Rapid City Runners Bruce McInturf 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Missoula Plainsmen Tony Wambaugh 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dave Munson 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Bismarck Rough Riders Eddie Portal 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Grand Island Gulls Danny Dye 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Pueblo Chiefs Don Kelly 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Santa Fe Coyotes George Campbell 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Albright 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cheyenne Pioneers Dave Weeks 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Topeka Jayhawks Earl Thompson 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Billings Buffaloes 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
Casper Drillers 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
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