WHIRLED BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/30/2001
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Homestead Grays Josh Gibson 1st Cam Carreón 4th 1st
Ottawa Mounties Gary Carter 2nd Milt May 11th(tied) 2nd
New York Gothams Buster Posey 3rd Steve O'Neill 11th(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Royal Giants Mike Piazza 4th Gilly Campbell 18th 18th
Portland Sea Dogs Joe Mauer 5th Frankie Hayes 6th 5th
Indianapolis ABCs Johnny Bench 6th Patsy Gharrity 1st 4th
Kansas City Monarchs Ted Simmons 7th Johnny Bassler 11th(tied) 6th
Birmingham Black Barons Gene Tenace 8th Joe Torre 9th 7th
Cleveland Spiders Ed Bailey 9th Craig Wilson 10th 8th
San Francisco Sea Lions Mickey Cochrane 10th Dave Duncan 8th 10th
New York Black Yankees Thurman Munson 11th Bill Killefer 11th(tied) 11th
Baltimore Black Sox Curt Blefary 12th Josmil Pinto 2nd 9th
Detroit Wolverines Ernie Lombardi 13th Johnny Romano 5th 12th
Los Angeles Angels Ron Hassey 14th Mark Salas 19th 19th
Philadelphia Stars Mike Scioscia 15th Jerry Grote 3rd 13th
Chicago American Giants Carlton Fisk 16th Hal King 11th(tied) 14th
Wandering House of David Frank Chance 17th Darren Daulton 7th 15th
Houston Colt 45s Jorge Posada 18th Will Smith 11th(tied) 16th
Memphis Red Sox Gabby Hartnett 19th Duffy Dyer 20th 20th
Miami Cuban Giants Iván Rodríguez 20th Jim Donahue 11th(tied) 17th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Monarchs Albert Pujols 1st Billy O'Brien 6th(tied) 1st
New York Black Yankees Lou Gehrig 2nd Anthony Volpe 17th 15th
Chicago American Giants Frank Thomas 3rd Yoán Moncada 6th(tied) 2nd
Cleveland Spiders Ron Blomberg 4th Aubrey Huff 6th(tied) 3rd
Homestead Grays Mike Epstein 5th Tim Harkness 14th 14th
Detroit Wolverines Hank Greenberg 6th 18th(tied) 18th
Houston Colt 45s Jeff Bagwell 7th Charlie Grimm 6th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis ABCs Joey Votto 8th Sean Casey 3rd 4th
Wandering House of David Anthony Rizzo 9th Cap Anson 6th(tied) 6th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Dan Brouthers 10th 18th(tied) 19th
Miami Cuban Giants Jim Thome 11th 18th(tied) 20th
New York Gothams Will Clark 12th Dominic Smith 6th(tied) 7th
San Francisco Sea Lions Jack Clark 13th Bud Clancy 16th 17th
Portland Sea Dogs Kent Hrbek 14th Lee May 15th 16th
Baltimore Black Sox Dan McGann 15th Eddie Murray 2nd 8th
Memphis Red Sox David Ortiz 16th Joe Cunningham 6th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Mounties Roy Sievers 17th John Mayberry 5th 9th
Los Angeles Angels Carlos Delgado 18th Babe Herman 6th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Stars Rico Carty 19th Prince Fielder 1st 11th
Birmingham Black Barons Adrián González 20th Nate Colbert 4th 13th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis ABCs Joe Morgan 1st Hughie Critz 17th 12th
Chicago American Giants Eddie Collins 2nd Chino Smith 6th 1st
Brooklyn Royal Giants Jackie Robinson 3rd Ed Delahanty 8th 2nd
Wandering House of David Ryne Sandberg 4th 19th(tied) 15th
Ottawa Mounties Roberto Alomar 5th Jimmy Dykes 5th 3rd
Los Angeles Angels Bobby Grich 6th Marcus Semien 12th 11th
Baltimore Black Sox Miller Huggins 7th Asdrúbal Cabrera 13th 13th
Memphis Red Sox DJ LeMahieu 8th Ken Boswell 4th 4th
Houston Colt 45s Grant Johnson 9th Bama Rowell 9th(tied) 5th
New York Black Yankees Rogers Hornsby 10th Aaron Hill 16th 14th
Detroit Wolverines Tony Lazzeri 11th 19th(tied) 19th
New York Gothams Larry Doyle 12th Tim Shinnick 9th(tied) 8th
Miami Cuban Giants Martín Dihigo 13th Tony Taylor 9th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Stars Chase Utley 14th César A Hernández 3rd 6th
Portland Sea Dogs Paul Molitor 15th George Williams 18th 16th
Kansas City Monarchs Frankie Frisch 16th Dink Mothel 2nd 7th
Birmingham Black Barons Cupid Childs 17th Marcus Giles 1st 10th
Cleveland Spiders Steve Sax 18th Steve Sax 14th 17th
Homestead Grays 19th (tied) Lew Fonseca 15th 20th
San Francisco Sea Lions 19th (tied) Dario Lodigiani 7th 18th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sea Lions Dick Lundy 1st Bill Sweeney 8th(tied) 2nd
New York Black Yankees Mike Schmidt 2nd Harry Bauchman 20th 15th
Homestead Grays Judy Johnson 3rd Judy Johnson 4th 1st
Philadelphia Stars Scott Rolen 4th Eduardo Nuñez 19th 16th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Ron Cey 5th Hank Majeski 15th 14th
Baltimore Black Sox Cal Ripken Jr 6th Frank Ward 8th(tied) 4th
Cleveland Spiders Evan Longoria 7th Justin Turner 1st 3rd
Miami Cuban Giants Gary Sheffield 8th Willie Kamm 18th 17th
Wandering House of David Richie Hebner 9th Dave Malarcher 5th 5th
Memphis Red Sox Wade Boggs 10th Candy Jim Taylor 8th(tied) 6th
Birmingham Black Barons Eddie Mathews 11th Mike Kinkade 8th(tied) 7th
Chicago American Giants Dick Allen 12th Ray Jablonski 16th 18th
Detroit Wolverines Bob Bailey 13th Ray Bates 17th 19th
Houston Colt 45s George Brett 14th Edgar Martínez 7th 8th
Portland Sea Dogs Buddy Bell 15th Lee Tannehill 8th(tied) 9th
Los Angeles Angels Doug Rader 16th Matt Carpenter 8th(tied) 11th
New York Gothams Ryan Zimmerman 17th Tom Burns 6th 12th
Indianapolis ABCs Ed Charles 18th (tied) Oliver Marcell 3rd 10th
Ottawa Mounties Adrián Beltré 18th (tied) Ryon Healy 8th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Monarchs 20th Sam Mongin 2nd 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Colt 45s Carlos Correa 1st Travis Jackson 11th(tied) 1st
Cleveland Spiders Arky Vaughan 2nd 17th(tied) 16th
Miami Cuban Giants Robin Yount 3rd (tied) Zoilo Versalles 11th(tied) 3rd(tied)
Wandering House of David Ernie Banks 3rd (tied) John Peters 11th(tied) 3rd(tied)
San Francisco Sea Lions Frank Grant 5th Morrie Rath 2nd 2nd
Kansas City Monarchs Ozzie Smith 6th Eddie Moore 6th 5th
Ottawa Mounties Álex Rodríguez 7th 17th(tied) 18th
Indianapolis ABCs Barry Larkin 8th Donie Bush 7th 6th
Portland Sea Dogs Jim Fregosi 9th Jack Martin 11th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Stars Art Fletcher 10th Roger Peckinpaugh 3rd(tied) 7th
Memphis Red Sox Dobie Moore 11th Ted Martinez 11th(tied) 10th
Baltimore Black Sox Bobby Wallace 12th Mark Belanger 5th 9th
Homestead Grays Honus Wagner 13th Khalil Greene 8th 11th
Los Angeles Angels Eddie Joost 14th Xander Bogaerts 9th 14th
Birmingham Black Barons Herman Long 15th 17th(tied) 19th
New York Black Yankees Derek Jeter 16th Charlie Irwin 3rd(tied) 12th
New York Gothams Brandon Crawford 17th 17th(tied) 20th
Detroit Wolverines George Davis 18th Wander Franco 1st 13th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Vern Stephens 19th Sonny Jackson 16th 17th
Chicago American Giants Freddy Parent 20th Joe Sullivan 10th 15th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Black Yankees Babe Ruth 1st 19th(tied) 15th
Kansas City Monarchs Stan Musial 2nd Wade Johnston 6th 2nd
Memphis Red Sox Ted Williams 3rd Willie Crawford 1st 1st
Los Angeles Angels Kal Daniels 4th Brandon Nimmo 14th 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Frank Robinson 5th Larry Sheets 2nd 3rd
San Francisco Sea Lions Rickey Henderson 6th 19th(tied) 19th
Homestead Grays Rick Reichardt 7th Ralph Kiner 10th(tied) 4th
Miami Cuban Giants Alejandro Oms 8th Bert Campaneris 3rd 5th
Detroit Wolverines Oscar Gamble 9th Hub Collins 16th 16th
Birmingham Black Barons Ryan Braun 10th Jess Barbour 4th 6th
Ottawa Mounties Tim Raines 11th Warren Cromartie 10th(tied) 7th
Chicago American Giants Kevin Mitchell 12th Walter Davis 9th 8th
Wandering House of David George Stone 13th Pip Koehler 17th 18th
New York Gothams Don Buford 14th Kyle Tucker 10th(tied) 11th
Houston Colt 45s Luis Gonzalez 15th Von Joshua 15th 17th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Roy White 16th Al Simmons 7th(tied) 9th
Cleveland Spiders Johnny Bates 17th Bruce Campbell 18th 20th
Indianapolis ABCs Bob Bescher 18th Pete O'Brien 5th 10th
Philadelphia Stars George Hendrick 19th Rhys Hoskins 7th(tied) 12th
Portland Sea Dogs Kiki Cuyler 20th Otis Nixon 10th(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sea Lions Turkey Stearnes 1st Jules Thomas 2nd 1st
Cleveland Spiders Tris Speaker 2nd Randy Winn 1st 2nd
Indianapolis ABCs Oscar Charleston 3rd 20th 19th
Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout 4th Mike Jorgensen 8th 4th
New York Gothams Willie Mays 5th John Reccius 6th 3rd
New York Black Yankees Eric Davis 6th Clyde Milan 9th(tied) 5th
Ottawa Mounties Rick Monday 7th Denard Span 13th(tied) 6th
Wandering House of David George Gore 8th Heliodoro Hidalgo 9th(tied) 7th
Miami Cuban Giants Julio Rodríguez 9th Mark Kotsay 19th 18th
Houston Colt 45s Jim Wynn 10th César Cedeño 7th 8th
Memphis Red Sox Reggie Smith 11th Joe Kelley 13th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Royal Giants John Briggs 12th Terry Moore 11th 10th
Kansas City Monarchs Cool Papa Bell 13th Cool Papa Bell 13th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Stars Willie Davis 14th Richie Ashburn 5th 11th
Portland Sea Dogs Ken Griffey Jr 15th Nemo Leibold 13th(tied) 16th
Detroit Wolverines Chili Davis 16th Moose McCormick 4th 13th
Birmingham Black Barons Curtis Granderson 17th Curt Flood 12th 14th
Homestead Grays Andrew McCutchen 18th Lloyd Waner 13th(tied) 17th
Baltimore Black Sox Paul Blair 19th Burt Shotton 3rd 15th
Chicago American Giants Cristóbal Torriente 20th Lenny Dykstra 18th 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Wolverines Ty Cobb 1st Bob Fothergill 4th(tied) 1st
Chicago American Giants Joe Jackson 2nd 16th(tied) 12th
San Francisco Sea Lions Reggie Jackson 3rd Bill Russell 11th 9th
Miami Cuban Giants José Canseco 4th José Cruz 10th 10th
Philadelphia Stars Aaron Judge 5th Bobby Abreu 8th 8th
Ottawa Mounties Larry Walker 6th Wee Willie Keeler 4th(tied) 2nd
Houston Colt 45s Tony Gwynn 7th Dee Miles 15th 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Gavvy Cravath 8th Steve Brodie 3rd 4th
Memphis Red Sox Manny Ramírez 9th Dwight Evans 2nd 3rd
Birmingham Black Barons Hank Aaron 10th Jim McAnany 13th 11th
Homestead Grays Andy Van Slyke 11th Paul Waner 4th(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Beals Becker 12th Don Mueller 4th(tied) 7th
New York Gothams Johnny Callison 13th Art Rebel 14th 14th
Indianapolis ABCs Emil Frisk 14th 16th(tied) 16th
Portland Sea Dogs Bobby Murcer 15th Hugh Duffy 1st 6th
Cleveland Spiders Larry Doby 16th 16th(tied) 18th
Los Angeles Angels Ichiro Suzuki 17th Norm Miller 9th 15th
Wandering House of David Sammy Sosa 18th Olaf Henriksen 12th 17th
Kansas City Monarchs 19th (tied) 16th(tied) 19th(tied)
New York Black Yankees 19th (tied) 16th(tied) 19th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Monarchs A. Rube Foster 1st Bill Singer 3rd 1st
Houston Colt 45s Toad Ramsey 2nd Collin McHugh 12th 2nd
San Francisco Sea Lions Lefty Grove 3rd Red Ehret 16th 3rd
Cleveland Spiders Bob Feller 4th Balor Moore 19th 17th
Miami Cuban Giants José Méndez 5th Josh Beckett 14th 8th
Portland Sea Dogs Walter Johnson 6th Harry Harper 1st 4th
Los Angeles Angels Dwight Gooden 7th John Lackey 9th(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Smokey Joe Williams 8th Eustace Newton 11th 6th
Indianapolis ABCs Luis Padrón 9th Jim Maloney 5th 7th
New York Black Yankees Andy Pettitte 10th Tony Brizzolara 13th 9th
Philadelphia Stars Hardie Henderson 11th Bill Gatewood 15th 10th
Ottawa Mounties Roy Halladay 12th Al Orth 9th(tied) 11th
Detroit Wolverines Hal Newhouser 13th Logan Hensley 8th 12th
Baltimore Black Sox Connie Johnson 14th Jack Kramer 20th 20th
Wandering House of David Kyle Peterson 15th Karl Spooner 4th 13th
Birmingham Black Barons John Malarkey 16th Steve Avery 6th 14th
Homestead Grays Francisco Liriano 17th Clayton Kershaw 2nd 15th
New York Gothams Christy Mathewson 18th William VanLandingham 17th 18th
Chicago American Giants Ed Walsh 19th Bill Husted 7th 16th
Memphis Red Sox Stubby Overmire 20th Sadie McMahon 18th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Colt 45s Roberto Osuna 1st Elmer Tutwiler 4th 1st
Kansas City Monarchs Lee Smith 2nd Giovanny Gallegos 8th 2nd
New York Black Yankees Sparky Lyle 3rd Mike Bacsik 20th 14th
Detroit Wolverines Buddy Napier 4th Bob Milacki 13th 4th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Terry Forster 5th Dave Geisel 6th 5th
Philadelphia Stars Fred Cambria 6th Ramón Hernández 1st 3rd
Birmingham Black Barons Harley Young 7th Slim Embrey 3rd 6th
Ottawa Mounties BJ Ryan 8th Jesse Crain 16th 7th
Cleveland Spiders Al Smith 9th Jake Diekman 2nd 8th
Chicago American Giants Tom Williams 10th Harry Buckner 14th 9th
Indianapolis ABCs Jack Billingham 11th Red Proctor 17th 11th
New York Gothams Brian Wilson 12th Bugs Raymond 7th 10th
Portland Sea Dogs Scott Terry 13th Dick Jones 15th 12th
San Francisco Sea Lions Huston Street 14th Rip Coleman 18th 16th
Los Angeles Angels Scott Rice 15th Bryan Harvey 10th 13th
Homestead Grays Ricardo Rincón 16th Ed Fallenstein 9th 15th
Baltimore Black Sox Justin Hampson 17th Frank Francisco 5th 17th
Miami Cuban Giants Braden Looper 18th Jim Colborn 12th 18th
Memphis Red Sox Skel Roach 19th Paul Musser 11th 19th
Wandering House of David Ed Bauta 20th Tom Harrison 19th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Gothams Robb Nen 1st Logan Webb 17th 15th
Chicago American Giants Tom Williams 2nd Harry Buckner 1st 1st
Houston Colt 45s Roberto Osuna 3rd Bill Harper 7th 2nd
Birmingham Black Barons Harley Young 4th George Stone 19th 17th
Portland Sea Dogs Mark Melancon 5th Jack Wisner 8th(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Royal Giants Eric Gagne 6th Victor González 18th 18th
Wandering House of David Bob Rush 7th Ad Gumbert 8th(tied) 4th
Ottawa Mounties BJ Ryan 8th Billy Koch 8th(tied) 5th
Homestead Grays Josh Lindblom 9th Joe Callahan 8th(tied) 8th
Detroit Wolverines Mike Henneman 10th Frank Lary 8th(tied) 9th
New York Black Yankees Aroldis Chapman 11th Joe Edelen 20th 20th
Cleveland Spiders Ron Reed 12th Billy Muffett 6th 7th
Los Angeles Angels Joe Nathan 13th Al Jackson 8th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Stars Fred Cambria 14th Chris Archer 2nd 6th
Kansas City Monarchs Craig Kimbrel 15th Stan Yerkes 8th(tied) 12th
Indianapolis ABCs Rob Dibble 16th Oad Swigart 3rd 10th
Baltimore Black Sox Justin Hampson 17th Michael Grove 8th(tied) 14th
San Francisco Sea Lions Rod Beck 18th Don Dennis 5th 13th
Memphis Red Sox Jonathan Papelbon 19th Nathan Eovaldi 16th 19th
Miami Cuban Giants Braden Looper 20th Ed Seward 4th 16th
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