WHIRLED BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/29/2001
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ottawa Mounties Gary Carter 1st Milt May 10th(tied) 1st
New York Gothams Buster Posey 2nd Steve O'Neill 10th(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis ABCs Johnny Bench 3rd Harry McCurdy 3rd(tied) 3rd
Portland Sea Dogs Joe Mauer 4th Frankie Hayes 7th(tied) 4th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Mike Piazza 5th Gilly Campbell 18th 18th
San Francisco Sea Lions Mickey Cochrane 6th Dave Duncan 9th 5th
Houston Colt 45s Will Smith 7th Will Smith 10th(tied) 7th
Cleveland Spiders Ed Bailey 8th Jorge Alfaro 10th(tied) 8th
Birmingham Black Barons Jim Pagliaroni 9th Joe Torre 6th 6th
Kansas City Monarchs Ted Simmons 10th Johnny Bassler 17th 17th
New York Black Yankees Thurman Munson 11th Bill Killefer 10th(tied) 9th
Los Angeles Angels Gene Tenace 12th Mark Salas 19th 19th
Detroit Wolverines Ernie Lombardi 13th Bill Freehan 5th 10th
Chicago American Giants Carlton Fisk 14th Hal King 10th(tied) 12th
Memphis Red Sox Gabby Hartnett 15th 20th 20th
Miami Cuban Giants Iván Rodríguez 16th Jim Donahue 10th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Stars Sherm Lollar 17th Andrew Payne 2nd 11th
Baltimore Black Sox Tom Haller 18th Phil Masi 1st 14th
Wandering House of David Elrod Hendricks 19th Darren Daulton 7th(tied) 15th
Homestead Grays Rick Ferrell 20th Cam Carreón 3rd(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Homestead Grays Josh Gibson 1st Tim Harkness 14th 1st
New York Black Yankees Lou Gehrig 2nd Anthony Volpe 17th 16th
Kansas City Monarchs Albert Pujols 3rd Billy O'Brien 3rd 2nd
Chicago American Giants Frank Thomas 4th Bub McAtee 16th 14th
Detroit Wolverines Hank Greenberg 5th 18th(tied) 18th
Cleveland Spiders Ron Blomberg 6th Bill Phillips 12th 13th
San Francisco Sea Lions Jack Clark 7th Bud Clancy 15th 17th
Wandering House of David Anthony Rizzo 8th Cap Anson 7th(tied) 4th
Miami Cuban Giants Jim Thome 9th 18th(tied) 19th
Portland Sea Dogs Kent Hrbek 10th Lee May 13th 15th
Baltimore Black Sox Curt Blefary 11th Eddie Murray 2nd 3rd
Birmingham Black Barons Paul Konerko 12th Nate Colbert 7th(tied) 7th
Indianapolis ABCs Joey Votto 13th Sean Casey 4th(tied) 5th
New York Gothams Will Clark 14th Dominic Smith 7th(tied) 8th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Dan Brouthers 15th 18th(tied) 20th
Memphis Red Sox David Ortiz 16th Joe Cunningham 7th(tied) 9th
Houston Colt 45s Jeff Bagwell 17th Charlie Grimm 7th(tied) 10th
Los Angeles Angels Freddie Freeman 18th Babe Herman 1st 6th
Philadelphia Stars Jung Ho Kang 19th Harmon Killebrew 4th(tied) 11th
Ottawa Mounties John Olerud 20th John Mayberry 6th 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis ABCs Joe Morgan 1st 17th(tied) 12th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Jackie Robinson 2nd Ed Delahanty 11th 7th
Ottawa Mounties Roberto Alomar 3rd Rickie Weeks 4th 1st
Chicago American Giants Eddie Collins 4th Chino Smith 6th(tied) 2nd
Wandering House of David Ryne Sandberg 5th Heliodoro Hidalgo 6th(tied) 3rd
Birmingham Black Barons Bobby Grich 6th Marcus Giles 2nd 4th
Baltimore Black Sox Miller Huggins 7th 17th(tied) 16th
Memphis Red Sox DJ LeMahieu 8th (tied) Lenny Harris 3rd 5th
New York Black Yankees Rogers Hornsby 8th (tied) Jorge Orta 5th 6th
Detroit Wolverines Tony Lazzeri 10th 17th(tied) 18th
New York Gothams Larry Doyle 11th David Eckstein 6th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Stars Chase Utley 12th Juan Samuel 14th 11th
Miami Cuban Giants Martín Dihigo 13th Clete Boyer 6th(tied) 9th
Kansas City Monarchs Frankie Frisch 14th Keston Hiura 1st 10th
Los Angeles Angels Bill D Doran 15th Tyler Pastornicky 16th 17th
Houston Colt 45s Craig Biggio 16th Bama Rowell 13th 13th
Cleveland Spiders Chuck Knoblauch 17th Justin Turner 15th 14th
Portland Sea Dogs Willie Randolph 18th 17th(tied) 20th
Homestead Grays Nap Lajoie 19th Lew Fonseca 12th 15th
San Francisco Sea Lions 20th Dario Lodigiani 6th(tied) 19th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sea Lions Dick Lundy 1st Morrie Rath 12th 10th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Ron Cey 2nd Hank Majeski 13th 11th
New York Black Yankees Mike Schmidt 3rd Harry Bauchman 14th 12th
Cleveland Spiders Evan Longoria 4th Aubrey Huff 5th(tied) 1st
Homestead Grays Judy Johnson 5th Steve Hertz 17th 13th
Philadelphia Stars Scott Rolen 6th 19th(tied) 17th
Chicago American Giants Dick Allen 7th Freddie Lindstrom 5th(tied) 2nd
Wandering House of David Richie Hebner 8th Dave Malarcher 3rd 3rd
Portland Sea Dogs Buddy Bell 9th Josh Jung 16th 15th
Memphis Red Sox Wade Boggs 10th Candy Jim Taylor 5th(tied) 4th
Birmingham Black Barons Eddie Mathews 11th 19th(tied) 19th
Ottawa Mounties Josh Donaldson 12th Ryon Healy 5th(tied) 6th
Baltimore Black Sox Manny Machado 13th Frank Ward 5th(tied) 7th
Detroit Wolverines Bob Bailey 14th Ray Bates 15th 16th
Los Angeles Angels Doug Rader 15th Johnny Tobin 18th 18th
New York Gothams Jim Ray Hart 16th Howard Johnson 2nd 5th
Kansas City Monarchs Ken Boyer 17th Bill Bradley 4th 8th
Houston Colt 45s George Brett 18th Edgar Martínez 10th 14th
Indianapolis ABCs Ed Charles 19th Buddy Myer 1st 9th
Miami Cuban Giants Kevin Kouzmanoff 20th Willie Kamm 11th 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Colt 45s Carlos Correa 1st Travis Jackson 9th(tied) 1st
Baltimore Black Sox Cal Ripken Jr 2nd Asdrúbal Cabrera 5th 2nd
Cleveland Spiders Arky Vaughan 3rd 20th 17th
Wandering House of David Ernie Banks 4th John Peters 12th(tied) 3rd
Miami Cuban Giants Robin Yount 5th Bert Campaneris 3rd 4th
Ottawa Mounties Álex Rodríguez 6th Dick Bartell 16th 16th
Philadelphia Stars Jim Fregosi 7th Roger Peckinpaugh 1st 5th
Detroit Wolverines Bobby Wallace 8th (tied) Ray Chapman 6th 6th
Indianapolis ABCs Barry Larkin 8th (tied) Donie Bush 11th 7th
Kansas City Monarchs Ozzie Smith 10th Sam Mongin 12th(tied) 8th
Portland Sea Dogs Hughie Jennings 11th Jack Martin 12th(tied) 11th
Memphis Red Sox Dobie Moore 12th Woody English 12th(tied) 12th
Birmingham Black Barons Herman Long 13th Tony Womack 18th 18th
Los Angeles Angels Eddie Joost 14th Xander Bogaerts 4th 9th
New York Black Yankees Derek Jeter 15th Mark Grudzielanek 2nd 10th
Chicago American Giants Joe Sullivan 16th Joe Sullivan 7th 13th
San Francisco Sea Lions Royce Clayton 17th Bill Sweeney 8th 14th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Vern Stephens 18th Sonny Jackson 9th(tied) 15th
New York Gothams Brandon Crawford 19th Chico H Fernández 17th 19th
Homestead Grays 20th Liover Peguero 19th 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Black Yankees Babe Ruth 1st 19th(tied) 11th
Chicago American Giants Joe Jackson 2nd Walter Davis 6th(tied) 3rd
Los Angeles Angels Kal Daniels 3rd (tied) Brandon Nimmo 12th 10th
Memphis Red Sox Ted Williams 3rd (tied) Joe Kelley 1st 1st
Baltimore Black Sox Frank Robinson 5th Stan Spence 2nd 2nd
San Francisco Sea Lions Rickey Henderson 6th Jay Kirke 15th 12th
Homestead Grays Willie Stargell 7th Ralph Kiner 6th(tied) 4th
Miami Cuban Giants Alejandro Oms 8th Jason Bay 5th 5th
Wandering House of David George Stone 9th Pip Koehler 18th 17th
Birmingham Black Barons Ryan Braun 10th Gary Matthews 3rd 6th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Roy White 11th 19th(tied) 19th
Houston Colt 45s Jackie Warner 12th Von Joshua 17th 15th
Philadelphia Stars Sherry Magee 13th Rhys Hoskins 6th(tied) 7th
Detroit Wolverines Juan Beníquez 14th Bob Fothergill 6th(tied) 8th
Kansas City Monarchs Cool Papa Bell 15th Wade Johnston 6th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis ABCs Bob Bescher 16th Chris Dickerson 14th 16th
New York Gothams Don Buford 17th Charlie Hamburg 13th 14th
Ottawa Mounties Tim Raines 18th Warren Cromartie 16th 18th
Portland Sea Dogs Cliff Lee 19th Howie Shanks 6th(tied) 13th
Cleveland Spiders 20th Brandon Drury 4th 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Francisco Sea Lions Turkey Stearnes 1st Jules Thomas 1st 1st
Cleveland Spiders Tris Speaker 2nd Randy Winn 3rd 2nd
Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout 3rd 19th(tied) 16th
New York Gothams Willie Mays 4th Kyle Tucker 4th 3rd
New York Black Yankees Mickey Mantle 5th Clyde Milan 6th 4th
Brooklyn Royal Giants John Briggs 6th Al Simmons 7th 6th
Houston Colt 45s Jim Wynn 7th César Cedeño 5th 5th
Memphis Red Sox Reggie Smith 8th Maurice Archdeacon 18th 18th
Miami Cuban Giants Julio Rodríguez 9th José Cruz 17th 15th
Wandering House of David George Gore 10th Danny Green 8th(tied) 7th
Ottawa Mounties Rick Monday 11th Denard Span 8th(tied) 8th
Indianapolis ABCs George Foster 12th 19th(tied) 20th
Portland Sea Dogs Ken Griffey Jr 13th Nemo Leibold 8th(tied) 9th
Homestead Grays Andrew McCutchen 14th Lloyd Waner 8th(tied) 11th
Chicago American Giants Jake Stenzel 15th Trea Turner 16th 17th
Birmingham Black Barons Curtis Granderson 16th Lenny Dykstra 2nd 10th
Philadelphia Stars Willie Davis 17th Richie Ashburn 8th(tied) 12th
Baltimore Black Sox Paul Blair 18th Homer Smoot 8th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Monarchs Willie McGee 19th Ted Uhlaender 8th(tied) 14th
Detroit Wolverines 20th Moose McCormick 8th(tied) 19th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Wolverines Ty Cobb 1st Tommy Thompson 12th 1st
Indianapolis ABCs Oscar Charleston 2nd 15th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Stars Aaron Judge 3rd 15th(tied) 12th
Kansas City Monarchs Stan Musial 4th Eddie Moore 5th(tied) 2nd
San Francisco Sea Lions Reggie Jackson 5th 15th(tied) 15th
Miami Cuban Giants Yasiel Puig 6th Mark Kotsay 5th(tied) 3rd
Memphis Red Sox Manny Ramírez 7th Dwight Evans 4th 5th
Baltimore Black Sox Gavvy Cravath 8th Ron Northey 2nd 4th
Homestead Grays Andy Van Slyke 9th Paul Waner 5th(tied) 6th
Ottawa Mounties Larry Walker 10th Wee Willie Keeler 5th(tied) 7th
Houston Colt 45s Tony Gwynn 11th 15th(tied) 18th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Beals Becker 12th Chicken Wolf 3rd 8th
New York Gothams Johnny Callison 13th 15th(tied) 19th
Wandering House of David Tony Conigliaro 14th Olaf Henriksen 13th 14th
Birmingham Black Barons Hank Aaron 15th Jim McAnany 14th 16th
Portland Sea Dogs Bobby Murcer 16th Hugh Duffy 1st 9th
Chicago American Giants Rocky Colavito 17th Harry Arndt 10th 13th
New York Black Yankees Roger Maris 18th 15th(tied) 20th
Cleveland Spiders Paul O'Neill 19th Craig Wilson 5th(tied) 10th
Los Angeles Angels Ichiro Suzuki 20th Norm Miller 11th 17th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Colt 45s Toad Ramsey 1st Carlos Rodón 10th 1st
San Francisco Sea Lions Lefty Grove 2nd Charlie Ferguson 19th 17th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Smokey Joe Williams 3rd Walker Buehler 11th 2nd
Miami Cuban Giants José Méndez 4th José Lima 20th 20th
Cleveland Spiders Bob Feller 5th Balor Moore 2nd 3rd
Indianapolis ABCs Luis Padrón 6th Jim Maloney 5th 4th
Portland Sea Dogs Walter Johnson 7th Dave Stieb 12th 6th
Philadelphia Stars Charles Rogan 8th Jack Kralick 1st 5th
Kansas City Monarchs A. Rube Foster 9th Bill Singer 13th 7th
Wandering House of David Jim Clinton 10th Ad Gumbert 8th 8th
New York Black Yankees Andy Pettitte 11th Tony Brizzolara 18th 10th
Los Angeles Angels Dwight Gooden 12th John Lackey 4th 9th
Ottawa Mounties Roy Halladay 13th Dan Haren 6th 11th
Birmingham Black Barons Alex Malloy 14th Steve Avery 3rd 12th
Detroit Wolverines Hal Newhouser 15th Logan Hensley 9th 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Ned Garvin 16th Bill Drake 14th 14th
Memphis Red Sox Stubby Overmire 17th Josh Beckett 15th 15th
Chicago American Giants Waite Hoyt 18th Jacob deGrom 16th 16th
New York Gothams Christy Mathewson 19th Masahiro Tanaka 17th 19th
Homestead Grays Francisco Liriano 20th Clayton Kershaw 7th 18th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Spiders Billy Muffett 1st Jake Diekman 7th 1st
Birmingham Black Barons Harley Young 2nd Slim Embrey 4th 2nd
New York Gothams Kent Tekulve 3rd Jeff Parrett 8th 3rd
Philadelphia Stars Fred Cambria 4th Scott Garrelts 1st 4th
New York Black Yankees Anthony Varvaro 5th Mike Bacsik 14th 5th
Detroit Wolverines Jack F Wilson 6th José Melendez 19th 8th
Portland Sea Dogs Jack Wisner 7th Joaquin Benoit 2nd 6th
Homestead Grays Robb Nen 8th Gary Lucas 17th 7th
Indianapolis ABCs Jack Billingham 9th George Pipgras 12th 9th
Los Angeles Angels Ross Reynolds 10th Bryan Harvey 16th 10th
Chicago American Giants Wilbur Wood 11th Víctor Cruz 20th 19th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Trevor Hildenberger 12th Dazzy Vance 18th 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Justin Hampson 13th T.J. Tucker 3rd 11th
Houston Colt 45s Óscar Tuero 14th Collin McHugh 9th 12th
San Francisco Sea Lions Steve Ontiveros 15th Steve Ontiveros 11th 14th
Ottawa Mounties Bill E Crouch 16th Arodys Vizcaíno 15th 15th
Kansas City Monarchs Mike Kume 17th Giovanny Gallegos 10th 16th
Memphis Red Sox Skel Roach 18th Jensen Lewis 5th 17th
Wandering House of David Scott Downs 19th Bill Lee 13th 18th
Miami Cuban Giants Braden Looper 20th Jon Matlack 6th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston Colt 45s Roberto Osuna 1st Lance McCullers 4th(tied) 2nd
Birmingham Black Barons Harley Young 2nd George Stone 3rd 1st
Brooklyn Royal Giants Eric Gagne 3rd Victor González 4th(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Stars Mark Melancon 4th Rip Coleman 18th 14th
Detroit Wolverines Buddy Napier 5th José Melendez 1st 4th
Ottawa Mounties BJ Ryan 6th Mark Eichhorn 4th(tied) 6th
New York Gothams Brian Wilson 7th Jeff Parrett 2nd 5th
Baltimore Black Sox Gregg Olson 8th Frank Francisco 4th(tied) 7th
Kansas City Monarchs Lee Smith 9th Boone Logan 17th 15th
New York Black Yankees Aroldis Chapman 10th Joe Edelen 20th 16th
Indianapolis ABCs Rob Dibble 11th Tom Glavine 4th(tied) 8th
San Francisco Sea Lions Joe Nathan 12th Don Dennis 19th 18th
Homestead Grays Josh Lindblom 13th Joe Callahan 4th(tied) 9th
Chicago American Giants Fernando Rodney 14th Alex Reyes 14th 17th
Wandering House of David Scott Downs 15th Tom Harrison 4th(tied) 10th
Portland Sea Dogs Trevor Hoffman 16th Harry Harper 16th 19th
Miami Cuban Giants Jonathan Papelbon 17th Ed Seward 4th(tied) 11th
Los Angeles Angels Darren Holmes 18th Al Jackson 4th(tied) 12th
Memphis Red Sox Heath Bell 19th Brandon League 4th(tied) 13th
Cleveland Spiders Sergio Romo 20th Edward Mujica 15th 20th
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