WHIRLED BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/08/2002
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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 19th
New York Gothams Buster Posey 5th Steve O'Neill 9th 5th
Detroit Wolverines Ernie Lombardi 6th Bill Freehan 4th 4th
Miami Cuban Giants Chris Hoiles 7th Dan Graham 14th(tied) 8th
Houston Colt 45s Will Smith 8th Will Smith 5th 6th
Portland Sea Dogs Joe Mauer 9th Frankie Hayes 6th 7th
Cleveland Spiders Louis Santop 10th Jorge Alfaro 13th 9th
Kansas City Monarchs Ted Simmons 11th (tied) Johnny Bassler 10th 10th
New York Black Yankees Thurman Munson 11th (tied) Bill Phillips 12th 11th
San Francisco Sea Lions Mickey Cochrane 13th Harry Decker 11th 12th
Memphis Red Sox Gabby Hartnett 14th Mark Salas 19th 20th
Philadelphia Stars Bill Dickey 15th Todd Pratt 7th 13th
Los Angeles Angels Gene Tenace 16th Dave Pierson 8th 14th
Ottawa Mounties Emil Gross 17th Milt May 2nd 15th
Baltimore Black Sox Tom Haller 18th Josmil Pinto 14th(tied) 16th
Birmingham Black Barons Joe Torre 19th Joe Torre 3rd 18th
Wandering House of David Elrod Hendricks 20th Tyler Flowers 1st 17th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Royal Giants Dan Brouthers 1st 17th(tied) 17th
Wandering House of David John Beckwith 2nd Cap Anson 15th 15th
Kansas City Monarchs Albert Pujols 3rd Otto Schomberg 4th 1st
New York Black Yankees Lou Gehrig 4th J C Martin 7th 2nd
Chicago American Giants Frank Thomas 5th 17th(tied) 18th
Detroit Wolverines Hank Greenberg 6th 17th(tied) 19th
Houston Colt 45s Paul Goldschmidt 7th Charlie Grimm 10th(tied) 4th
Indianapolis ABCs Joey Votto 8th Sean Casey 6th 3rd
Cleveland Spiders Ron Blomberg 9th Todd Helton 10th(tied) 5th
San Francisco Sea Lions Jack Clark 10th 17th(tied) 20th
Memphis Red Sox David Ortiz 11th Joe Cunningham 10th(tied) 7th
Birmingham Black Barons Paul Konerko 12th (tied) Nate Colbert 5th 6th
Homestead Grays Mike Epstein 12th (tied) Billy O'Brien 10th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Mounties John Olerud 14th John Mayberry 9th 8th
Los Angeles Angels Freddie Freeman 15th Babe Herman 10th(tied) 12th
New York Gothams Will Clark 16th Alvin Davis 8th 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Eddie Murray 17th Eddie Murray 2nd 11th
Philadelphia Stars Jung Ho Kang 18th Prince Fielder 1st 9th
Miami Cuban Giants Jim Thome 19th Roy Hughes 16th 16th
Portland Sea Dogs Kent Hrbek 20th Rich Reese 3rd 14th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Royal Giants Jackie Robinson 1st Ed Delahanty 9th 1st
San Francisco Sea Lions Frank Grant 2nd Dick Green 10th(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis ABCs Joe Morgan 3rd Ricky Gutiérrez 19th 17th
Chicago American Giants Eddie Collins 4th 20th 19th
Kansas City Monarchs Frankie Frisch 5th Keston Hiura 2nd 3rd
New York Black Yankees Rogers Hornsby 6th Jorge Orta 7th 7th
Houston Colt 45s Trea Turner 7th Trea Turner 4th 5th
Ottawa Mounties Roberto Alomar 8th Joey Cora 3rd 6th
Birmingham Black Barons Bobby Grich 9th Jess Barbour 1st 4th
Philadelphia Stars Chase Utley 10th Juan Samuel 17th 16th
New York Gothams Grant Johnson 11th Whitey Wietelmann 10th(tied) 8th
Homestead Grays Nap Lajoie 12th Lew Fonseca 10th(tied) 9th
Detroit Wolverines Charlie Gehringer 13th Ron Dunn 18th 18th
Wandering House of David Ryne Sandberg 14th Heliodoro Hidalgo 10th(tied) 12th
Memphis Red Sox Dustin Pedroia 15th Lenny Harris 5th(tied) 10th
Los Angeles Angels Billy Herman 16th Rod Carew 16th 15th
Cleveland Spiders Sammy Strang 17th Abraham Almonte 5th(tied) 11th
Miami Cuban Giants Martín Dihigo 18th Clete Boyer 10th(tied) 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Miller Huggins 19th Jose Altuve 8th 14th
Portland Sea Dogs 20th Nux James 10th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago American Giants Dick Allen 1st Freddie Lindstrom 15th 13th
Cleveland Spiders Evan Longoria 2nd Johnny Hodapp 16th 16th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Ron Cey 3rd Candy Jim Taylor 6th(tied) 2nd
San Francisco Sea Lions Dick Lundy 4th Morrie Rath 19th 17th
Homestead Grays Judy Johnson 5th David Bote 6th(tied) 3rd
New York Black Yankees Mike Schmidt 6th (tied) John Ryan Murphy 3rd 1st
Philadelphia Stars Scott Rolen 6th (tied) John Bass 6th(tied) 4th
Birmingham Black Barons Eddie Mathews 8th Harl Maggert 20th 18th
Houston Colt 45s George Brett 9th Edgar Martínez 6th(tied) 6th
Memphis Red Sox Wade Boggs 10th Maikel Franco 17th 19th
Indianapolis ABCs Buddy Bell 11th Chase Headley 2nd 5th
Los Angeles Angels Richie Hebner 12th Enrique Wilson 6th(tied) 7th
Portland Sea Dogs Paul Molitor 13th Josh Jung 18th 20th
Kansas City Monarchs Doug Rader 14th Bill Bradley 6th(tied) 8th
Detroit Wolverines Bob Bailey 15th Billy Sullivan 6th(tied) 9th
New York Gothams Jim Ray Hart 16th Carlos Baerga 5th 10th
Baltimore Black Sox Manny Machado 17th Gunnar Henderson 4th 11th
Wandering House of David Ron Santo 18th Chris Brown 1st 12th
Ottawa Mounties Adrián Beltré 19th Ryon Healy 6th(tied) 14th
Miami Cuban Giants Russell Branyan 20th Willie Kamm 6th(tied) 15th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Portland Sea Dogs Hughie Jennings 1st Jack Martin 13th(tied) 1st
Indianapolis ABCs Barry Larkin 2nd Donie Bush 9th 2nd
Baltimore Black Sox Cal Ripken Jr 3rd Mark Belanger 13th(tied) 4th
Homestead Grays Honus Wagner 4th 20th 19th
Miami Cuban Giants Robin Yount 5th Jack Glasscock 2nd 3rd
Cleveland Spiders Arky Vaughan 6th Mark Grudzielanek 18th 18th
Wandering House of David Ernie Banks 7th John Peters 13th(tied) 6th
Chicago American Giants Travis Jackson 8th Travis Jackson 4th 5th
Houston Colt 45s Carlos Correa 9th Jorge Polanco 11th 7th
Kansas City Monarchs Ozzie Smith 10th Sam Mongin 13th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia Stars Jim Fregosi 11th Roger Peckinpaugh 6th 8th
New York Black Yankees Joe Sewell 12th Charlie Irwin 12th 11th
Memphis Red Sox Herman Long 13th Woody English 3rd 9th
Ottawa Mounties Álex Rodríguez 14th Dick Bartell 13th(tied) 12th
Los Angeles Angels Eddie Joost 15th Marcus Semien 7th 13th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Vern Stephens 16th Sonny Jackson 5th 14th
Detroit Wolverines Wander Franco 17th Ray Chapman 1st 15th
Birmingham Black Barons Dick Groat 18th Leo Cardenas 10th 16th
New York Gothams Brandon Crawford 19th Leon McFadden 19th 20th
San Francisco Sea Lions Bill Russell 20th Bill Sweeney 8th 17th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Black Yankees Babe Ruth 1st John W Glenn 18th 14th
Memphis Red Sox Ted Williams 2nd Joe Kelley 1st 1st
Chicago American Giants Joe Jackson 3rd Aaron Cunningham 17th 16th
Birmingham Black Barons Tommy Davis 4th Gary Matthews 9th 3rd
San Francisco Sea Lions Rickey Henderson 5th Jay Kirke 16th 15th
Philadelphia Stars Sherry Magee 6th Andrew Payne 6th 2nd
Homestead Grays Willie Stargell 7th Mark Quinn 11th 5th
Wandering House of David George Stone 8th Cody Bellinger 12th 6th
Baltimore Black Sox Frank Robinson 9th Hub Collins 3rd 4th
Los Angeles Angels Kal Daniels 10th (tied) Steve Henderson 10th 7th
New York Gothams Tip O'Neill 10th (tied) 19th(tied) 17th
Kansas City Monarchs Cool Papa Bell 12th Wade Johnston 13th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis ABCs Pete Rose 13th Dave Winfield 2nd 8th
Cleveland Spiders Johnny Bates 14th Matt Carpenter 5th 9th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Pedro Guerrero 15th 19th(tied) 18th
Ottawa Mounties Tim Raines 16th Al Woods 4th 10th
Miami Cuban Giants Alejandro Oms 17th Jason Bay 13th(tied) 13th
Detroit Wolverines Oscar Gamble 18th Bob Fothergill 8th 12th
Houston Colt 45s 19th (tied) Pete Compton 7th 19th
Portland Sea Dogs 19th (tied) Joe Gedeon 13th(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Spiders Tris Speaker 1st Luis Olmo 4th 1st
Wandering House of David George Gore 2nd Danny Green 17th 15th
San Francisco Sea Lions Turkey Stearnes 3rd Del Unser 2nd 2nd
New York Gothams Willie Mays 4th Tully Hartsel 10th 3rd
Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout 5th Dwight Evans 12th(tied) 4th
New York Black Yankees Mickey Mantle 6th Clyde Milan 12th(tied) 5th
Chicago American Giants Jake Stenzel 7th Dominic Fletcher 20th 19th
Houston Colt 45s Jim O'Rourke 8th César Cedeño 11th 6th
Brooklyn Royal Giants George Hendrick 9th Al Simmons 8th 7th
Detroit Wolverines Al Kaline 10th Moose McCormick 6th 10th
Philadelphia Stars Willie Davis 11th Richie Ashburn 3rd 8th
Kansas City Monarchs Benny Kauff 12th Ted Uhlaender 12th(tied) 11th
Miami Cuban Giants Julio Rodríguez 13th José Cruz 18th 18th
Memphis Red Sox Reggie Smith 14th Jim Rice 12th(tied) 12th
Homestead Grays Andrew McCutchen 15th Jimmy Ripple 1st 9th
Portland Sea Dogs Ken Griffey Jr 16th Lloyd Moseby 12th(tied) 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Paul Blair 17th Farmer Weaver 7th 14th
Ottawa Mounties Carlos Beltrán 18th Jimmy Macullar 19th 20th
Birmingham Black Barons Curtis Granderson 19th Lenny Dykstra 5th 16th
Indianapolis ABCs George Foster 20th Dusty Miller 9th 17th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Wolverines Ty Cobb 1st Tommy Thompson 13th 2nd
Indianapolis ABCs Oscar Charleston 2nd 18th(tied) 14th
Kansas City Monarchs Stan Musial 3rd Eddie Moore 15th 11th
Ottawa Mounties Wee Willie Keeler 4th Wee Willie Keeler 7th(tied) 1st
Birmingham Black Barons Hank Aaron 5th Frank Gilhooley 17th 12th
San Francisco Sea Lions Bobby Bonds 6th 18th(tied) 17th
Houston Colt 45s Pete Hill 7th Lou Piniella 7th(tied) 4th(tied)
Memphis Red Sox Manny Ramírez 8th Bill Buckner 7th(tied) 6th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Mookie Betts 9th Chicken Wolf 3rd 4th(tied)
Miami Cuban Giants Yasiel Puig 10th Nick Williams 7th(tied) 8th
Baltimore Black Sox Ken Singleton 11th Ron Northey 1st 3rd
Homestead Grays Andy Van Slyke 12th Paul Waner 6th 7th
Portland Sea Dogs Chuck Klein 13th Hugh Duffy 2nd 9th
Philadelphia Stars Aaron Judge 14th 18th(tied) 18th
New York Gothams Johnny Callison 15th Red Murray 16th 16th
Los Angeles Angels Ichiro Suzuki 16th Norm Miller 14th 13th
Chicago American Giants Rocky Colavito 17th Harry Arndt 12th 15th
Wandering House of David Sammy Sosa 18th Juan Soto 5th 10th
Cleveland Spiders 19th (tied) Craig Wilson 11th 20th
New York Black Yankees 19th (tied) Rich Coggins 4th 19th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Miami Cuban Giants José Méndez 1st Scott Olsen 20th 16th
Houston Colt 45s Toad Ramsey 2nd Ed Morris 11th 2nd
Brooklyn Royal Giants Smokey Joe Williams 3rd (tied) Walker Buehler 1st 1st
Ottawa Mounties Dupee Shaw 3rd (tied) Dupee Shaw 9th 3rd
Philadelphia Stars Charles Rogan 5th Mélido Pérez 3rd 4th
Detroit Wolverines Hal Newhouser 6th John Healy 4th 5th
Cleveland Spiders Whit Wyatt 7th Balor Moore 15th 6th
Kansas City Monarchs Smokey Joe Wood 8th Bill Singer 16th 8th
San Francisco Sea Lions Lefty Grove 9th Charlie Ferguson 14th 7th
Memphis Red Sox Tom Seaver 10th Josh Beckett 19th 19th
Portland Sea Dogs Bert Blyleven 11th Dave Stieb 17th 17th
Wandering House of David Karl Spooner 12th John Flynn 8th 10th
Homestead Grays Tim Lincecum 13th Clayton Kershaw 6th 9th
Chicago American Giants Ed Walsh 14th Jacob deGrom 5th 11th
New York Gothams Christy Mathewson 15th Amos Rusie 7th 12th
New York Black Yankees Gaylord Perry 16th Max Fried 13th 13th
Indianapolis ABCs Edward Nolan 17th Jim Maloney 10th 15th
Los Angeles Angels Dwight Gooden 18th Joey Lucchesi 2nd 14th
Birmingham Black Barons Lefty Gomez 19th Bill James 18th 20th
Baltimore Black Sox Ned Garvin 20th Emil Yde 12th 18th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Black Yankees David Robertson 1st Stan Perzanowski 18th(tied) 8th
Birmingham Black Barons Kerry Ligtenberg 2nd Kerry Ligtenberg 13th 1st
Portland Sea Dogs John Wetteland 3rd Jack Wisner 3rd 2nd
Cleveland Spiders Chaz Roe 4th Toby Borland 18th(tied) 10th
Chicago American Giants Alex Reyes 5th Alex Reyes 6th 3rd
New York Gothams Kent Tekulve 6th Bugs Raymond 1st 4th
Kansas City Monarchs Joe Thatcher 7th Giovanny Gallegos 9th 5th
Indianapolis ABCs Billy McCool 8th Billy McCool 11th 6th
Philadelphia Stars Ryan Madson 9th Michael Lorenzen 4th 7th
San Francisco Sea Lions Steve Ontiveros 10th Steve Ontiveros 17th 13th
Baltimore Black Sox Jeff Montgomery 11th Frank Francisco 16th 12th
Homestead Grays Ricardo Rincón 12th Gary Lucas 12th 9th
Wandering House of David Scott Downs 13th Héctor Mercado 2nd 11th
Detroit Wolverines Buddy Napier 14th Xavier Cedeño 18th(tied) 18th
Los Angeles Angels Darren Holmes 15th Bryan Harvey 8th 14th
Memphis Red Sox Rollie Fingers 16th Lucas Sims 10th 15th
Houston Colt 45s Billy Wagner 17th Lance McCullers 5th 16th
Brooklyn Royal Giants Joe Smith 18th Chris Short 14th 17th
Ottawa Mounties Greg Holland 19th Mark Eichhorn 15th 20th
Miami Cuban Giants Alex Colomé 20th Luis Tiant, Sr. 7th 19th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Royal Giants Eric Gagné 1st Victor González 7th 1st
Wandering House of David Karl Spooner 2nd Jon Matlack 8th(tied) 3rd
San Francisco Sea Lions Joe Nathan 3rd Steve Ontiveros 4th 2nd
Portland Sea Dogs Russ Springer 4th Harry Harper 15th 11th
Birmingham Black Barons Kerry Ligtenberg 5th Lefty Wallace 20th 13th
Ottawa Mounties Tom Henke 6th Billy Koch 12th 12th
Chicago American Giants Alex Reyes 7th Alex Reyes 1st 4th
New York Black Yankees David Robertson 8th Stan Perzanowski 5th 6th
Memphis Red Sox Heath Bell 9th Lucas Sims 3rd 7th
Houston Colt 45s Tug McGraw 10th Lance McCullers 2nd 5th
Detroit Wolverines Troy Percival 11th José Melendez 16th 16th
Kansas City Monarchs Craig Kimbrel 12th Vinnie Pestano 13th 14th
Cleveland Spiders Aroldis Chapman 13th Jake Diekman 8th(tied) 8th
Miami Cuban Giants Jonathan Papelbon 14th Pedro Martínez 11th 15th
Los Angeles Angels Francisco Rodríguez 15th Carlos Mármol 8th(tied) 10th
Baltimore Black Sox Gregg Olson 16th Frank Francisco 6th 9th
Philadelphia Stars Mark Melancon 17th Scott Garrelts 14th 17th
New York Gothams Brian Wilson 18th Ferdie Schupp 19th 18th
Indianapolis ABCs Rob Dibble 19th Chuck Cary 18th 19th
Homestead Grays Josh Lindblom 20th David Cone 17th 20th
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