UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/01/1974
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Jack Peters 1st Bob Brinkworth 6th 6th
Marshalltown Maples Tom Hargrove 2nd Tom Hargrove 4th 4th
Ottumwa Owls Jack Hayford 3rd George Konitzer 1st 1st
Burlington Bears Tom Wells 4th 8th(tied) 8th
La Crosse Lions Henry Girten 5th Henry Girten 2nd(tied) 2nd
Moline Pioneers Harry DeRemer 6th Harry DeRemer 5th 5th
Quincy Cannoneers Frank Cizek 7th Frank Cizek 7th 7th
Clinton Steamboats Sam Cook 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Waterloo Chiefs Carl Sanborn 9th Bob Kyler 2nd(tied) 3rd
Kenosha Pikes Charlie Boggs 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Eau Claire Loggers Glenn Gregory 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Winona Beavers 12th 8th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Marshalltown Maples Jimmy Grider 1st Jimmy Grider 7th 5th
Moline Pioneers Dick Marshall 2nd Dick Marshall 4th 4th
Ottumwa Owls Brooks Brown 3rd Brooks Brown 1st 1st
La Crosse Lions Don Jones 4th Don Jones 2nd(tied) 2nd
Winona Beavers Jim Bailey 5th Jim Bailey 5th 6th
Burlington Bears Blue Moon Ward 6th Blue Moon Ward 9th 8th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Tracy Fisher 7th Tracy Fisher 6th 7th
Quincy Cannoneers Clyde McCormick 8th Clyde McCormick 10th 10th
Kenosha Pikes John Algerson 9th John Algerson 8th 9th
Eau Claire Loggers Dan Newberg 10th 11th(tied) 11th
Clinton Steamboats Joe Brown 11th Joe Brown 2nd(tied) 3rd
Waterloo Chiefs Hal Smith 12th 11th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kenosha Pikes Elmer Converse 1st Joe Lavallee 1st(tied) 1st
Marshalltown Maples Desmond Riley 2nd Desmond Riley 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Biff Pitts 3rd Biff Pitts 6th 5th
Eau Claire Loggers Jack Smith 4th Jack Smith 5th 6th
Winona Beavers Del Smith 5th Jim Kumpula 1st(tied) 3rd
Moline Pioneers Joe Espenschied 6th Joe Espenschied 8th 8th
Clinton Steamboats Joe F Jackson 7th Joe F Jackson 7th 7th
Quincy Cannoneers Hal Quillen 8th Hal Quillen 4th 4th
Burlington Bears Jim Bagley 9th Jim Bagley 9th 9th
La Crosse Lions Felix Nunez 10th 11th(tied) 11th
Ottumwa Owls Joe Markert 11th Joe Markert 10th 10th
Waterloo Chiefs Max Hennings 12th 11th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Bears Bob Patterson 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Ottumwa Owls Willie Young 2nd Willie Young 1st 1st
Winona Beavers Doug Holloway 3rd Doug Holloway 5th 4th
Waterloo Chiefs Roger Greenway 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Clinton Steamboats Bill Henderson 5th Bill Henderson 2nd 2nd
Marshalltown Maples Pete Pratt 6th Pete Pratt 3rd 3rd
Quincy Cannoneers Charlie Mitchell 7th Charlie Mitchell 4th 5th
Eau Claire Loggers Russ Boatner 8th 6th(tied) 8th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Len Andruski 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Kenosha Pikes Clyde Swisher 10th (tied) 6th(tied) 10th(tied)
Moline Pioneers Roy Jennings 10th (tied) 6th(tied) 10th(tied)
La Crosse Lions 12th 6th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Marshalltown Maples Sam Beadle 1st Sam Beadle 1st 1st
Winona Beavers Lou Hill 2nd Lou Hill 3rd 2nd
Clinton Steamboats Tom Conner 3rd Tom Conner 4th 4th
Eau Claire Loggers Ralph Hicks 4th 9th(tied) 9th
La Crosse Lions Lee Wright 5th Lee Wright 5th 5th
Moline Pioneers Fred Evans 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Ottumwa Owls George Horn 7th George Horn 8th 8th
Burlington Bears Paul Ross 8th Paul Ross 6th 6th
Kenosha Pikes Bill Halas 9th Bill Halas 7th 7th
Quincy Cannoneers Smith Strayhorn 10th Smith Strayhorn 2nd 3rd
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Bobby Ortiz 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Waterloo Chiefs 12th 9th(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Waterloo Chiefs Ian Pasley 1st Ian Pasley 10th 4th
Burlington Bears Dan Labelle 2nd Dan Labelle 8th 5th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Pat Steckman 3rd Pat Steckman 3rd 3rd
Clinton Steamboats Ray Bowman 4th Ray Bowman 7th 6th
La Crosse Lions Lester Jones 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Moline Pioneers Russ Gary 6th Gene Day 9th 10th
Eau Claire Loggers Chris Weaver 7th Chris Weaver 5th 7th
Quincy Cannoneers Ernie Blake 8th Gene Armistead 6th 8th
Winona Beavers Donnie Cooper 9th Donnie Cooper 1st(tied) 1st
Ottumwa Owls Ray Todd 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Kenosha Pikes Pat McClay 11th Pat McClay 4th 9th
Marshalltown Maples Jack Hall 12th Jack Hall 1st(tied) 2nd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Johnny Moten 1st Johnny Moten 2nd 2nd
Kenosha Pikes Ralph Henderson 2nd Ralph Henderson 3rd 3rd
Quincy Cannoneers George Huffman 3rd George Huffman 9th 5th
Clinton Steamboats Pete Osborn 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Burlington Bears Jack Queen 5th Jack Queen 5th 6th
Waterloo Chiefs Chet Adair 6th Chet Adair 4th 4th
Eau Claire Loggers John Rocco 7th Tony Hernandez 1st 1st
Moline Pioneers Monty Pollard 8th Monty Pollard 6th 7th
Marshalltown Maples Paul Brown 9th Paul Brown 7th 8th
Ottumwa Owls Chuck Coley 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Winona Beavers Eli Kimble 11th 10th(tied) 12th
La Crosse Lions Roy Presley 12th Roy Presley 8th 9th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Bears Tom Haynes 1st Tom Haynes 2nd 2nd
Kenosha Pikes Carl Byers 2nd Bill Nelson Jr. 1st 1st
La Crosse Lions Tom Gardner 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Winona Beavers Johnny Martinez 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Clinton Steamboats Charlie Smith 5th Charlie Smith 4th 4th
Marshalltown Maples Joe Bray 6th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Moline Pioneers Jack Burke 6th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Ottumwa Owls Hank Dunn 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Eau Claire Loggers Earl Quaid 9th Earl Quaid 3rd 3rd
Quincy Cannoneers Lorne Jones 10th Lorne Jones 5th 5th
Waterloo Chiefs Carl Hunt 11th 7th(tied) 12th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Joe Baldwin 12th Joe Baldwin 6th 6th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kenosha Pikes Bruce Parish 1st Eddie Nordberg 2nd 1st
Clinton Steamboats Bob Martinelli 2nd Bob Martinelli 9th 3rd
Quincy Cannoneers Davey O'Dell 3rd Bob Chamberlain 1st 2nd
La Crosse Lions Jim Peters 4th Bob Hays 3rd 4th
Marshalltown Maples Phil West 5th Phil Donovan 6th 5th
Moline Pioneers Frank Gregg 6th Eddie Emerson 7th 6th
Eau Claire Loggers Don Price 7th Moose Spencer 10th 10th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks John Green 8th Luis Serrano 11th 11th
Ottumwa Owls George Hollingsworth 9th Al Greenwell 4th 7th
Winona Beavers Ray Lee 10th Ray Lee 5th 8th
Waterloo Chiefs Walter Hoffman 11th Walter Hoffman 8th 9th
Burlington Bears Frank Gunter 12th Tom Myers 12th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ottumwa Owls Roy Owens 1st Roy Owens 1st 1st
Eau Claire Loggers Jerry Demski 2nd Jerry Demski 8th 5th
La Crosse Lions Billy Gallagher 3rd Billy Gallagher 4th 4th
Waterloo Chiefs Ed Buckingham 4th Bill Nichols 12th 6th
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Danny Browning 5th Bob Schroeder 2nd 2nd
Moline Pioneers Luther Roberts 6th Billy David 3rd 3rd
Clinton Steamboats Mike Herring 7th John K Thomas 10th 8th
Burlington Bears Ike Bradley 8th Ike Bradley 5th 7th
Quincy Cannoneers Bob Chase 9th Bill Rhame 11th 9th
Kenosha Pikes Jim Vredenburg 10th Jim Vredenburg 6th 10th
Marshalltown Maples Joe Benning 11th Joe Benning 9th 11th
Winona Beavers Dickie Kite 12th Dickie Kite 7th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quincy Cannoneers John Lesperance 1st John Lesperance 4th 4th
Kenosha Pikes Bruce Parish 2nd Larry Lee 1st 1st
La Crosse Lions Billy Gallagher 3rd Billy Gallagher 2nd 2nd
St. Cloud Lumberjacks Bill Wright 4th Bill Wright 10th 7th
Eau Claire Loggers Jerry Demski 5th Jerry Demski 7th 6th
Moline Pioneers John Bell 6th John Bell 5th 5th
Ottumwa Owls Harry Schwartz 7th Harry Schwartz 8th 8th
Waterloo Chiefs Ed Buckingham 8th Bill Nichols 12th 10th
Winona Beavers Curt Kelly 9th Curt Kelly 6th 9th
Clinton Steamboats Larry Banks 10th Larry Banks 9th 11th
Burlington Bears Frank Hall 11th Frank Hall 11th 12th
Marshalltown Maples John Ouimet 12th Dick Wright 3rd 3rd
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