UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/21/1963
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Waterloo Chiefs Mel Cardoza 1st Johnny Recker 2nd(tied) 1st
La Crosse Lions Don Miller 2nd Don Miller 8th 6th
Rock Island Steamboats Ed Cole 3rd Cy Brown 7th 5th
Moline Pioneers Harry Allen 4th (tied) Russ Harmon 1st 2nd
Quincy Cannoneers Al Pruitt 4th (tied) Al Pruitt 2nd(tied) 3rd
Burlington Bears Ivan Monteagudo 6th 9th(tied) 9th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Hank Barker 7th Hank Barker 5th 7th
Marshalltown Maples Roy Davis 8th Ray Campbell 6th 8th
Dubuque Dukes George White 9th George White 2nd(tied) 4th
Ottumwa Owls Stanley Quimby 10th 9th(tied) 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ottumwa Owls Mike Buchanan 1st Mike Buchanan 4th 3rd
Dubuque Dukes Rodolfo Santoyo 2nd Andy Crosby 5th 5th
Waterloo Chiefs Polly Dawson 3rd Polly Dawson 3rd 2nd
Rock Island Steamboats Dutch Reynolds 4th Dutch Reynolds 6th 6th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Ray Roberts 5th Ray Roberts 1st 1st
Quincy Cannoneers Pinky Thompson 6th Pinky Thompson 2nd 4th
La Crosse Lions Chief Morrison 7th 7th(tied) 7th
Burlington Bears Howard Hicks 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Marshalltown Maples Emil Ziebarth 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Moline Pioneers 10th 7th(tied) 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Marshalltown Maples Don Gibbs 1st Don Gibbs 3rd(tied) 2nd
Waterloo Chiefs Gus Duval 2nd Ethan Pennington 1st 1st
Burlington Bears Cloyd Mackey 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Quincy Cannoneers Tom Moss 4th Arnie Bilodeau 2nd 3rd
La Crosse Lions Joe Summerfield 5th Ralph Tuomi 3rd(tied) 4th
Ottumwa Owls Ed Spinks 6th Bill Yates 3rd(tied) 5th
Rock Island Steamboats Joe Atkins 7th Joe Atkins 7th 7th
Dubuque Dukes Bill Barker 8th Bill Barker 3rd(tied) 6th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Jim Haskins 9th Jim Haskins 8th 8th
Moline Pioneers Jorge Roel 10th 9th(tied) 10th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
La Crosse Lions Ray Shaw 1st Tony Nino 1st 1st
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Tom Conklin 2nd Tom Conklin 6th 6th
Burlington Bears Bob Dawson 3rd Hal Beck 2nd(tied) 2nd
Quincy Cannoneers Tom Guice 4th Grady Houghtaling 2nd(tied) 3rd
Dubuque Dukes Gus Snow 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Moline Pioneers Jim Stroh 6th Jim Stroh 2nd(tied) 4th
Marshalltown Maples Marty Hotz 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Rock Island Steamboats Gil Allen 8th Gil Allen 7th 7th
Ottumwa Owls Ernie Wallace 9th Wes Williams 2nd(tied) 5th
Waterloo Chiefs Harry Cox 10th 8th(tied) 10th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Waterloo Chiefs Al Reardon 1st Ed Neville 2nd(tied) 1st
Rock Island Steamboats Bobby Dunn 2nd Bobby Dunn 1st 2nd
St. Cloud Lumberjacks George Trimboli 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
La Crosse Lions Horace Stewart 4th Art Strait 2nd(tied) 3rd
Ottumwa Owls Elmer Gray 5th Elmer Gray 6th 5th
Burlington Bears George Collis 6th George Collis 7th 6th
Quincy Cannoneers Tom Davison 7th Tom Davison 4th 4th
Marshalltown Maples Howard Shankle 8th Howard Shankle 5th 7th
Moline Pioneers Carl Russell 9th 8th(tied) 9th
Dubuque Dukes Ernie Davis 10th 8th(tied) 10th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
La Crosse Lions Ralph Robinson 1st (tied) Tex Hathaway 2nd 1st
Rock Island Steamboats Johnny Brackett 1st (tied) Johnny Brackett 4th 2nd
Waterloo Chiefs Bob Miller 3rd Arnold Strange 1st 3rd
Dubuque Dukes Johnny Wells 4th Johnny Wells 5th 5th
Marshalltown Maples Gordon Byrd 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Quincy Cannoneers Bill Dixon 6th Bill Dixon 3rd 4th
Burlington Bears Tony Dupuis 7th 6th(tied) 7th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Bill Light 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Ottumwa Owls Joe Smith 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Moline Pioneers 10th 6th(tied) 10th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quincy Cannoneers Harvey Shaw 1st Del Goodell 1st 1st
Dubuque Dukes Harvey Tate 2nd Harvey Tate 9th 8th
Rock Island Steamboats Hank Andrew 3rd Hank Andrew 8th 7th
La Crosse Lions Bob Adams 4th Phil Weeks 3rd(tied) 2nd
Marshalltown Maples Butch Stitt 5th 10th 10th
Burlington Bears Frank Patterson 6th Gene Carey 3rd(tied) 3rd
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Ned Price 7th Ned Price 2nd 4th
Moline Pioneers Marty Young 8th Marty Young 3rd(tied) 5th
Ottumwa Owls Bill Kearney 9th Bill Kearney 6th 6th
Waterloo Chiefs Charlie Howard 10th Charlie Howard 7th 9th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
La Crosse Lions Harry Cummins 1st Harry Cummins 7th 5th
Waterloo Chiefs Stan Pike 2nd Stan Pike 8th 6th
Quincy Cannoneers Mark Willard 3rd Edwin Viramontes 1st(tied) 1st
Ottumwa Owls Andy Babel 4th Andy Babel 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Jim Stogner 5th Jim Stogner 1st(tied) 3rd
Dubuque Dukes Tom Drake 6th Tom Drake 9th 9th
Rock Island Steamboats Alex Moon 7th Alex Moon 6th 7th
Marshalltown Maples Jake Williams 8th Jake Williams 5th 8th
Burlington Bears Billy Huddleston 9th Billy Huddleston 1st(tied) 4th
Moline Pioneers Cal Hudson 10th 10th 10th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Waterloo Chiefs Harry Anderson 1st Augie Hicks 5th 2nd
Rock Island Steamboats Frank Wade 2nd Marty Billman 1st 1st
La Crosse Lions Hans Armstrong 3rd Hub Russell 3rd 3rd
Ottumwa Owls Jesse Muller 4th Frank Williams 4th 4th
Burlington Bears Ernie Newman 5th Bill Jarman 2nd 5th
Moline Pioneers Dizzy Rice 6th Al Howard 9th(tied) 9th
Quincy Cannoneers Charlie Hunt 7th Denny Stevens 7th 7th
Marshalltown Maples Ted Blixt 8th Marty Yates 6th 6th
Dubuque Dukes Gene Jones 9th Bill Harris 8th 8th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Larry Higgins 10th Joe Barnes 9th(tied) 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rock Island Steamboats Frank Wade 1st Art Chandler 1st 1st
La Crosse Lions Roger Gannon 2nd Roger Gannon 5th 2nd
Waterloo Chiefs Gil Purdy 3rd Gil Purdy 7th 6th
Moline Pioneers Ray Burmaster 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Ottumwa Owls Wes Jester 5th Wes Jester 4th 4th
Quincy Cannoneers Dave Lythgoe 6th Charlie Hunt 6th 7th
Burlington Bears Rollie White 7th (tied) 8th(tied) 9th(tied)
Dubuque Dukes Bill Schuck 7th (tied) 8th(tied) 9th(tied)
Marshalltown Maples Fritz Reich 7th (tied) Fritz Reich 2nd 3rd
St. Cloud Lumberjacks John Wolf 7th (tied) John Wolf 3rd 5th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Waterloo Chiefs Harry Anderson 1st Harry Anderson 2nd 1st
Rock Island Steamboats Frank Wade 2nd Art Chandler 1st 2nd
Quincy Cannoneers Charlie Hunt 3rd Charlie Hunt 7th 5th
Moline Pioneers Ray Burmaster 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Marshalltown Maples Billy Walker 5th Fritz Reich 4th 3rd
Burlington Bears Rollie White 6th (tied) 8th(tied) 9th(tied)
Dubuque Dukes Bill Schuck 6th (tied) 8th(tied) 9th(tied)
La Crosse Lions Tom McDaniel 6th (tied) Tom McDaniel 3rd 4th
Ottumwa Owls Herman White 6th (tied) Herman White 6th 7th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks John Wolf 6th (tied) John Wolf 5th 6th
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