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| Position | Top player | Team ranking | Top prospect | Organizational ranking | Overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catchers | Kuranosuke Imakake | 8th | Takehisa Matsumoto | Tied for 2nd | 6th |
| First Basemen | Motokuni Nakamura | 9th | Hiromori Yanada | 7th | 10th |
| Second Basemen | Glen McCauley | 11th | Tied for 10th | 12th | |
| Third Basemen | Shouta Fukushima | 1st | Koji Miyahara | 1st | 1st |
| Shortstops | Hideharu Nomura | 1st | Yousui Akai | Tied for 1st | 1st |
| Left Fielders | Shigenobu Nakayama | 5th | Tetsuya Takemoto | 3rd | 3rd |
| Center Fielders | Ryunosuke Onishi | 11th | Hiroshi Kobayashi | 8th | 10th |
| Right Fielders | Seisuke Kamo | 10th | Kiyoyuki Matsumoto | 2nd | 3rd |
| Starting Pitchers | Juro Esaki | 5th | Bill Carpenter | 9th | 6th |
| Relievers | Shungo Yasuda | 12th | Masayoshi Murata | 2nd | 7th |
| Closers | Gunji Matsuda | 10th | Masayoshi Murata | 3rd | 5th |
