WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/07/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Billings Buffaloes Bill Lee 1st Bill Lee 3rd 2nd
Cheyenne Pioneers Tom Moreland 2nd Tom Moreland 2nd 3rd
Fargo Red Hawks Bill Hamilton 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes Ron Caputo 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Missoula Plainsmen Frank Jackson 5th William Jones 1st 1st
Bismarck Rough Riders Dave Harris 6th Rex Hansen 5th 5th
Casper Drillers Jim Hill 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Topeka Jayhawks George Carmack 8th Mickey Foley 4th 4th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Dick Hubble 9th (tied) 6th(tied) 9th(tied)
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs John Hall 9th (tied) 6th(tied) 9th(tied)
Rapid City Runners Jim Smith 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Pueblo Chiefs Frank Philips 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Edgar Whitley 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Grand Island Gulls Bill McPherson 14th 6th(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pueblo Chiefs Carl Chambers 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Jerry Danaher 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Schwartz 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Grand Island Gulls Frank Barbara 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Rapid City Runners Taylor Everett 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Bismarck Rough Riders Jim Green 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Missoula Plainsmen Jim Whitten 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Topeka Jayhawks Pinky Thompson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Santa Fe Coyotes Irv Moore 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Lloyd Gladney 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Casper Drillers Earl Hannah 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Billings Buffaloes Gail Dixon 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Cheyenne Pioneers Ray Alexander 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Fargo Red Hawks Jim Gensel 14th 1st(tied) 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Al Russell 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Missoula Plainsmen Jim Tanguay 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Pueblo Chiefs Buddy Miller 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Bob Adams 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Phil Richards 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Santa Fe Coyotes Mort Duncan 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Rapid City Runners Harry Bellomy 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Billings Buffaloes Harley Parker 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Grand Island Gulls Johnnie Snyder 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Casper Drillers Mike Lewis 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cheyenne Pioneers Chick Palmer 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill Yates 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Topeka Jayhawks Bill King 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Fargo Red Hawks Howard Banta 14th 1st(tied) 14th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Augie Dalton 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Billings Buffaloes Jack Austin 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Santa Fe Coyotes Lyle Beadle 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Missoula Plainsmen Emanuel Allen 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Rapid City Runners Troy Lipka 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Pueblo Chiefs Jim Davis 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Casper Drillers John Potter 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Earl Harris 8th Dale Byrd 1st 1st
Topeka Jayhawks Calvin Davis 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Bismarck Rough Riders Jesse Burns 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Cheyenne Pioneers Ben Sanders 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Fargo Red Hawks Myrl Condron 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Bill C Smith 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Grand Island Gulls Henry Beard 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Topeka Jayhawks Herb Connelly 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Santa Fe Coyotes Hal Beck 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Mike Graham 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dick Tate 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Cheyenne Pioneers Bill Campbell 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Grand Island Gulls Rafael Zambrano 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Missoula Plainsmen Al Gilbert 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bob Scott 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fargo Red Hawks Dave Penuel 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Casper Drillers Bill Smith 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers John Jones 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Pueblo Chiefs Jim Dunning 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Billings Buffaloes Alex Guzman 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Rapid City Runners Gordie Moore 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
Billings Buffaloes Sandy Mitchell 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill Marker 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Santa Fe Coyotes Jimmy Smith 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Cheyenne Pioneers Harry Schultz 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Rapid City Runners Cliff Turner 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Missoula Plainsmen Frank Medeiros 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Grand Island Gulls Walt Payne 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers John Brooks 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Topeka Jayhawks Jack Henricks 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Chuck Cuthbert 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Casper Drillers Gene Carey 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs George Wolfe 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Pueblo Chiefs Wally Stolle 14th 1st(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Roger Heaton 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Missoula Plainsmen Cliff Byars 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Santa Fe Coyotes Taylor Bowen 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Billings Buffaloes Roy Coburn 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Pueblo Chiefs Jim DeShazo 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Cheyenne Pioneers Tony Toribio 6th Al Bradley 1st 1st
Grand Island Gulls Ed Jansen 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Fargo Red Hawks Terry Chatham 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bill May 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Kent Alexander 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Topeka Jayhawks Max Robinson 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Casper Drillers Bob Prescott 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Johnson 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Rapid City Runners Charlie Sheehan 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
Rapid City Runners Rick Redinger 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Del Biadun 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Panhandle Jackrabbits Herb Miller 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Charlie Crandall 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Casper Drillers George Maxwell 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Missoula Plainsmen Stan Wright 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Topeka Jayhawks Tom Gendron 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fargo Red Hawks Al Jones 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Santa Fe Coyotes Ed Sparks 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Grand Island Gulls Bill Sealy 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Cheyenne Pioneers Tony Dugan 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Pueblo Chiefs Paul Bruce 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Bismarck Rough Riders Jo-Jo Mason 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
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Frankie Sawyer 3rd (tied) 1st(tied) 3rd(tied)
Missoula Plainsmen Jack Levit 3rd (tied) 1st(tied) 3rd(tied)
Topeka Jayhawks Al Panning 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Billings Buffaloes Dick Adams Jr. 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Santa Fe Coyotes Al Hoppe 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Cheyenne Pioneers John Scott 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Grand Island Gulls Herb Thomason 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Rapid City Runners Ray Finigan 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Bismarck Rough Riders Bucky Watson 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Pueblo Chiefs Charlie Yates 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Carl Davis 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
Missoula Plainsmen Buck Olson 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Fargo Red Hawks Leo Montgomery 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Rapid City Runners German Acuna 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Grand Island Gulls Clay Tucker 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Santa Fe Coyotes George Campbell 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Colorado Springs Mountaineers Joe Albright 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Pueblo Chiefs Mose Cooper 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Sioux Falls Prairie Dogs Herb Moon 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cheyenne Pioneers Dave Weeks 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Topeka Jayhawks Howard Fetter 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Bismarck Rough Riders Russ Turner 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Kent Hudson 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
Missoula Plainsmen Tony Wambaugh 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Santa Fe Coyotes Stu Erickson 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Fargo Red Hawks Joe Hammond 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Panhandle Jackrabbits Dave Munson 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Bismarck Rough Riders Eddie Portal 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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