WHIRLED BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/30/2002
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Homestead Grays Josh Gibson 1st Cam Carreón 14th(tied) 1st
Chicago American Giants Jack Doyle 2nd Nick Fortes 14th(tied) 2nd
Brooklyn Royal Giants Mike Piazza 3rd Gilly Campbell 14th(tied) 3rd
Indianapolis ABCs Johnny Bench 4th Harry McCurdy 20th 20th
Memphis Red Sox Gabby Hartnett 5th Mark Salas 19th 18th
San Francisco Sea Lions Mickey Cochrane 6th Harry Decker 10th(tied) 5th
New York Gothams Buster Posey 7th Steve O'Neill 7th 6th
Detroit Wolverines Ernie Lombardi 8th Bill Freehan 3rd 4th
Los Angeles Angels Gene Tenace 9th Mike Trost 4th 7th
Kansas City Monarchs Ted Simmons 10th Johnny Bassler 9th 8th
Miami Cuban Giants Chris Hoiles 11th Dan Graham 14th(tied) 10th
Portland Sea Dogs Joe Mauer 12th Frankie Hayes 8th 9th
Cleveland Spiders Louis Santop 13th Jorge Alfaro 13th 11th
New York Black Yankees Thurman Munson 14th Bill Phillips 10th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Stars Bill Dickey 15th Todd Pratt 12th 14th
Houston Colt 45s Shanty Hogan 16th Will Smith 5th 12th
Ottawa Mounties Emil Gross 17th Milt May 6th 15th
Baltimore Black Sox Curt Blefary 18th Josmil Pinto 18th 19th
Birmingham Black Barons Joe Torre 19th Joe Torre 2nd 17th
Wandering House of David Elrod Hendricks 20th Tyler Flowers 1st 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Royal Giants Dan Brouthers 1st 16th(tied) 15th
Wandering House of David John Beckwith 2nd 16th(tied) 16th
New York Black Yankees Lou Gehrig 3rd J C Martin 9th(tied) 2nd
Kansas City Monarchs Albert Pujols 4th Otto Schomberg 4th(tied) 1st
Chicago American Giants Frank Thomas 5th 16th(tied) 18th
Memphis Red Sox David Ortiz 6th Joe Cunningham 9th(tied) 4th
Detroit Wolverines Hank Greenberg 7th 16th(tied) 19th
Philadelphia Stars Rico Carty 8th Prince Fielder 1st 3rd
Houston Colt 45s Paul Goldschmidt 9th Charlie Grimm 14th 14th
Cleveland Spiders Ron Blomberg 10th Todd Helton 9th(tied) 6th
Homestead Grays Mike Epstein 11th (tied) Billy O'Brien 9th(tied) 7th
Indianapolis ABCs Joey Votto 11th (tied) Sean Casey 6th 5th
San Francisco Sea Lions Jack Clark 13th 16th(tied) 20th
Los Angeles Angels Freddie Freeman 14th Babe Herman 9th(tied) 11th
Birmingham Black Barons Paul Konerko 15th Nate Colbert 3rd 8th
New York Gothams Will Clark 16th Alvin Davis 8th 10th
Ottawa Mounties John Olerud 17th John Mayberry 7th 9th
Baltimore Black Sox Eddie Murray 18th Bruce Bochte 4th(tied) 12th
Miami Cuban Giants Jim Thome 19th Roy Hughes 15th 17th
Portland Sea Dogs Kent Hrbek 20th Rich Reese 2nd 13th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Royal Giants Jackie Robinson 1st Ed Delahanty 8th 1st
San Francisco Sea Lions Frank Grant 2nd Dick Green 9th(tied) 2nd
Chicago American Giants Chino Smith 3rd 20th 19th
Indianapolis ABCs Joe Morgan 4th Ricky Gutiérrez 19th 16th
New York Gothams Grant Johnson 5th Whitey Wietelmann 9th(tied) 6th
Kansas City Monarchs Frankie Frisch 6th (tied) Keston Hiura 2nd 3rd
New York Black Yankees Rogers Hornsby 6th (tied) Jorge Orta 7th 5th
Birmingham Black Barons Bobby Grich 8th Jess Barbour 1st 4th
Houston Colt 45s Trea Turner 9th Trea Turner 4th 7th
Ottawa Mounties Roberto Alomar 10th Joey Cora 3rd 8th
Philadelphia Stars Chase Utley 11th Juan Samuel 17th 15th
Homestead Grays Nap Lajoie 12th Lew Fonseca 9th(tied) 9th
Detroit Wolverines Charlie Gehringer 13th Ron Dunn 18th 18th
Los Angeles Angels Billy Herman 14th Rod Carew 16th 17th
Memphis Red Sox Dustin Pedroia 15th Lenny Harris 6th 10th
Cleveland Spiders Sammy Strang 16th Abraham Almonte 5th 11th
Wandering House of David Ryne Sandberg 17th Heliodoro Hidalgo 9th(tied) 12th
Miami Cuban Giants Martín Dihigo 18th Clete Boyer 9th(tied) 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Miller Huggins 19th Jose Altuve 9th(tied) 14th
Portland Sea Dogs 20th Nux James 9th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sea Lions Dick Lundy 1st Morrie Rath 19th 17th
Philadelphia Stars Scott Rolen 2nd John Bass 6th(tied) 2nd
Cleveland Spiders Evan Longoria 3rd Johnny Hodapp 16th 15th
Chicago American Giants Dick Allen 4th Freddie Lindstrom 15th 14th
New York Black Yankees Mike Schmidt 5th John Ryan Murphy 4th 1st
Brooklyn Royal Giants Ron Cey 6th Candy Jim Taylor 6th(tied) 3rd
Houston Colt 45s George Brett 7th Edgar Martínez 6th(tied) 4th
Birmingham Black Barons Eddie Mathews 8th Harl Maggert 20th 19th
Memphis Red Sox Travis Shaw 9th Maikel Franco 17th 18th
Kansas City Monarchs Doug Rader 10th Bill Bradley 6th(tied) 6th
Indianapolis ABCs Buddy Bell 11th Chase Headley 1st 5th
Homestead Grays Judy Johnson 12th David Bote 6th(tied) 7th
Portland Sea Dogs Paul Molitor 13th Josh Jung 18th 20th
Los Angeles Angels Richie Hebner 14th Enrique Wilson 6th(tied) 9th
Wandering House of David Ron Santo 15th Chris Brown 2nd 8th
New York Gothams Jim Ray Hart 16th Carlos Baerga 5th 10th
Detroit Wolverines Bob Bailey 17th Billy Sullivan 6th(tied) 12th
Baltimore Black Sox Manny Machado 18th Gunnar Henderson 3rd 11th
Ottawa Mounties Adrián Beltré 19th Ryon Healy 6th(tied) 13th
Miami Cuban Giants Russell Branyan 20th Willie Kamm 6th(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Portland Sea Dogs Hughie Jennings 1st Jack Martin 13th(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis ABCs Barry Larkin 2nd Tex McDonald 8th 1st
Baltimore Black Sox Cal Ripken Jr 3rd Mark Belanger 13th(tied) 4th
Homestead Grays Honus Wagner 4th 19th(tied) 19th
Miami Cuban Giants Robin Yount 5th Jack Glasscock 1st 3rd
Chicago American Giants Travis Jackson 6th Travis Jackson 9th 5th
Cleveland Spiders Arky Vaughan 7th Mark Grudzielanek 18th 18th
Wandering House of David Ernie Banks 8th John Peters 13th(tied) 7th
San Francisco Sea Lions Bill Sweeney 9th Bill Sweeney 6th 6th
Houston Colt 45s Carlos Correa 10th Jorge Polanco 11th 8th
Kansas City Monarchs Ozzie Smith 11th Sam Mongin 13th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Stars Jim Fregosi 12th Luis Aparicio 4th 9th
Memphis Red Sox Herman Long 13th Woody English 2nd 10th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Vern Stephens 14th Sonny Jackson 3rd 11th
New York Black Yankees Joe Sewell 15th Charlie Irwin 12th 13th
Los Angeles Angels Eddie Joost 16th Garry Templeton 5th 14th
Ottawa Mounties Álex Rodríguez 17th Dick Bartell 13th(tied) 15th
New York Gothams Brandon Crawford 18th 19th(tied) 20th
Birmingham Black Barons Dick Groat 19th Leo Cardenas 10th 16th
Detroit Wolverines Bobby Wallace 20th Wander Franco 7th 17th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Memphis Red Sox Ted Williams 1st Joe Kelley 5th 1st
New York Black Yankees Babe Ruth 2nd Pip Koehler 14th(tied) 2nd
Chicago American Giants Joe Jackson 3rd Aaron Cunningham 18th 14th
Birmingham Black Barons Tommy Davis 4th Gary Matthews 9th 4th
Philadelphia Stars Sherry Magee 5th Rhys Hoskins 7th 3rd
Wandering House of David George Stone 6th Cody Bellinger 13th 6th
New York Gothams Tip O'Neill 7th 19th(tied) 16th
Baltimore Black Sox Frank Robinson 8th Hub Collins 6th 5th
Homestead Grays Willie Stargell 9th Mark Quinn 12th 8th
Kansas City Monarchs Cool Papa Bell 10th Wade Johnston 8th 7th
San Francisco Sea Lions Rickey Henderson 11th Jay Kirke 17th 15th
Los Angeles Angels Kal Daniels 12th Steve Henderson 10th 10th
Ottawa Mounties Tim Raines 13th Al Woods 1st 9th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Pedro Guerrero 14th 19th(tied) 17th
Cleveland Spiders Johnny Bates 15th Matt Carpenter 4th 11th
Detroit Wolverines Oscar Gamble 16th Bob Fothergill 2nd 12th
Indianapolis ABCs Bob Bescher 17th Dave Winfield 11th 13th
Houston Colt 45s 18th (tied) Pete Compton 3rd 18th
Miami Cuban Giants 18th (tied) Jason Bay 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Portland Sea Dogs 18th (tied) Joe Gedeon 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sea Lions Turkey Stearnes 1st Del Unser 4th 1st
Cleveland Spiders Tris Speaker 2nd Luis Olmo 6th 2nd
Wandering House of David Pete Browning 3rd Danny Green 17th 10th
New York Gothams Willie Mays 4th John Reccius 5th 3rd
Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout 5th Dwight Evans 12th(tied) 4th
New York Black Yankees Mickey Mantle 6th Clyde Milan 12th(tied) 7th
Detroit Wolverines Al Kaline 7th (tied) Moose McCormick 8th 5th
Houston Colt 45s Jim Wynn 7th (tied) César Cedeño 11th 6th
Chicago American Giants Jake Stenzel 9th Dominic Fletcher 20th 19th
Brooklyn Royal Giants George Hendrick 10th Al Simmons 9th 8th
Portland Sea Dogs Ken Griffey Jr 11th Lloyd Moseby 12th(tied) 11th
Miami Cuban Giants Julio Rodríguez 12th José Cruz 18th 18th
Memphis Red Sox Reggie Smith 13th Jim Rice 12th(tied) 12th
Kansas City Monarchs Benny Kauff 14th Ted Uhlaender 12th(tied) 13th
Homestead Grays Andrew McCutchen 15th Jimmy Ripple 1st 9th
Ottawa Mounties Carlos Beltrán 16th Jimmy Macullar 19th 20th
Philadelphia Stars Willie Davis 17th Richie Ashburn 2nd 14th
Baltimore Black Sox Curt Flood 18th Farmer Weaver 7th 15th
Birmingham Black Barons Curtis Granderson 19th Lenny Dykstra 3rd 16th
Indianapolis ABCs George Foster 20th Dusty Miller 10th 17th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Wolverines Ty Cobb 1st Tommy Thompson 13th 1st
Indianapolis ABCs Oscar Charleston 2nd 18th(tied) 12th
Kansas City Monarchs Stan Musial 3rd Eddie Moore 15th 11th
Memphis Red Sox Manny Ramírez 4th Bill Buckner 7th(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Mounties Wee Willie Keeler 5th Wee Willie Keeler 7th(tied) 3rd
San Francisco Sea Lions Reggie Jackson 6th 18th(tied) 17th
Birmingham Black Barons Hank Aaron 7th Frank Gilhooley 16th 13th
Houston Colt 45s Pete Hill 8th Lou Piniella 7th(tied) 4th
Homestead Grays Roberto Clemente 9th Paul Waner 6th 6th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Mookie Betts 10th Chicken Wolf 5th 5th
Miami Cuban Giants José Canseco 11th Nick Williams 7th(tied) 8th
Baltimore Black Sox Ken Singleton 12th Ron Northey 4th 7th
New York Gothams Johnny Callison 13th Red Murray 17th 16th
Portland Sea Dogs Chuck Klein 14th Hugh Duffy 3rd 10th
Wandering House of David Sammy Sosa 15th Juan Soto 1st 9th
Philadelphia Stars Aaron Judge 16th 18th(tied) 19th
Los Angeles Angels Ichiro Suzuki 17th Norm Miller 14th 15th
Chicago American Giants Rocky Colavito 18th Harry Arndt 12th 14th
Cleveland Spiders 19th (tied) Craig Wilson 11th 20th
New York Black Yankees 19th (tied) Rich Coggins 2nd 18th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Miami Cuban Giants Jim Whitney 1st Scott Olsen 20th 18th
Houston Colt 45s Toad Ramsey 2nd Ed Morris 11th 1st
Detroit Wolverines Hal Newhouser 3rd John Healy 3rd 3rd
Philadelphia Stars Charles Rogan 4th Ben Tincup 6th 4th
Ottawa Mounties Charles Radbourn 5th Dupee Shaw 9th 5th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Smokey Joe Williams 6th Walker Buehler 1st 2nd
Kansas City Monarchs Smokey Joe Wood 7th Bill Singer 17th 6th
Cleveland Spiders Pat Malone 8th Balor Moore 16th 8th
Portland Sea Dogs Bert Blyleven 9th Dave Stieb 18th 16th
San Francisco Sea Lions Lefty Grove 10th Charlie Ferguson 14th 7th
Memphis Red Sox Tom Seaver 11th Josh Beckett 19th 17th
Wandering House of David Fergie Jenkins 12th John Flynn 8th 9th
Chicago American Giants Ed Walsh 13th (tied) Jacob deGrom 7th 11th
Indianapolis ABCs Edward Nolan 13th (tied) Pete Schourek 12th 14th
New York Gothams Christy Mathewson 15th Amos Rusie 4th 10th
Los Angeles Angels Dwight Gooden 16th Joey Lucchesi 2nd 12th
Homestead Grays Babe Adams 17th Clayton Kershaw 5th 13th
New York Black Yankees Whitey Ford 18th Max Fried 13th 15th
Birmingham Black Barons Lefty Gomez 19th Bill James 15th 20th
Baltimore Black Sox Ned Garvin 20th Emil Yde 10th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Black Yankees David Robertson 1st Norm Lehr 20th 13th
Birmingham Black Barons Kerry Ligtenberg 2nd Kerry Ligtenberg 9th 1st
Portland Sea Dogs John Wetteland 3rd Jack Wisner 5th 2nd
Chicago American Giants Alex Reyes 4th Alex Reyes 6th 3rd
Indianapolis ABCs Billy McCool 5th Billy McCool 10th 5th
Kansas City Monarchs Joe Thatcher 6th Giovanny Gallegos 11th 6th
Cleveland Spiders Chaz Roe 7th Toby Borland 18th 10th
Philadelphia Stars Ryan Madson 8th Michael Lorenzen 1st 4th
New York Gothams Kent Tekulve 9th Bill McGee 4th 7th
Detroit Wolverines Felipe Vázquez 10th José Melendez 19th 11th
Homestead Grays Ricardo Rincón 11th Gary Lucas 8th 8th
San Francisco Sea Lions Steve Ontiveros 12th Ad Brennan 3rd 9th
Baltimore Black Sox Jeff Montgomery 13th Frank Francisco 17th 14th
Houston Colt 45s Billy Wagner 14th Lance McCullers 7th 12th
Wandering House of David Scott Downs 15th Charlie Maloney 14th 17th
Los Angeles Angels Darren Holmes 16th Jake Diekman 2nd 15th
Memphis Red Sox Rollie Fingers 17th Lucas Sims 12th 16th
Miami Cuban Giants Aaron Barrett 18th Francis Martes 13th 18th
Ottawa Mounties Greg Holland 19th Arodys Vizcaíno 16th 19th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Trevor Hildenberger 20th Chris Short 15th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Royal Giants Eric Gagné 1st Victor González 9th 1st
Wandering House of David Karl Spooner 2nd Jon Huber 10th(tied) 3rd
San Francisco Sea Lions Rod Beck 3rd Ad Brennan 3rd 2nd
Birmingham Black Barons Kerry Ligtenberg 4th Kerry Ligtenberg 5th 4th
Portland Sea Dogs John Wetteland 5th Harry Harper 13th 10th
Ottawa Mounties Tom Henke 6th Billy Koch 15th 13th
Chicago American Giants Alex Reyes 7th Alex Reyes 1st 5th
Houston Colt 45s Tug McGraw 8th Rick Wise 2nd 6th
New York Black Yankees David Robertson 9th Norm Lehr 20th 17th
Memphis Red Sox Heath Bell 10th Bill Lee 18th 16th
Detroit Wolverines Troy Percival 11th Frank Lary 4th 7th
Cleveland Spiders Aroldis Chapman 12th Toby Borland 6th 8th
Miami Cuban Giants Jonathan Papelbon 13th Pedro Martínez 8th 9th
Kansas City Monarchs Craig Kimbrel 14th Vinnie Pestano 14th 15th
Los Angeles Angels Francisco Rodríguez 15th Carlos Mármol 10th(tied) 12th
Baltimore Black Sox Gregg Olson 16th Frank Francisco 7th 11th
Philadelphia Stars Mark Melancon 17th Scott Garrelts 16th 18th
New York Gothams Brian Wilson 18th Ferdie Schupp 10th(tied) 14th
Indianapolis ABCs Rob Dibble 19th Dave Gumpert 19th 19th
Homestead Grays Josh Lindblom 20th David Cone 17th 20th
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