WBL TRIPLE A
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/29/2001
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta X Giants Joe Torre 1st Joe Torre 1st 1st
Newark Eagles Darrin Fletcher 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
New Orleans Pelicans Rick Wilkins 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Blues Johnny Bassler 4th Johnny Bassler 2nd 2nd
Milwaukee Brewers Michael McKenry 5th Hal King 6th 4th
Montréal Expos Milt May 6th Milt May 3rd 3rd
Las Vegas Aces John Stearns 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bison Bob Stinson 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides Butch Wynegar 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Columbus Blue Birds Eugene Hargrave 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Orlando Rays Chris Hoiles 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Washington Senators Billy Earle 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Seattle Rainiers Tom Satriano 13th 8th(tied) 16th
Hartford Dark Blues Wes Westrum 14th 8th(tied) 17th
Louisville Redbirds Cam Carreón 15th Cam Carreón 5th 5th
San Antonio Missions Francisco Cervelli 16th 8th(tied) 18th
San Jose Bees Jack J Warner 17th Dave Duncan 4th 6th
Queens Kings Mike R Fitzgerald 18th Gilly Campbell 7th 7th
Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Carrigan 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Cincinnati Tigers Mike Redmond 20th 8th(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Las Vegas Aces Mike Jorgensen 1st Mike Jorgensen 4th 3rd
Columbus Blue Birds Mark Grace 2nd Cap Anson 2nd 2nd
Norfolk Tides Fred Luderus 3rd Prince Fielder 1st 1st
New Orleans Pelicans Joe Cunningham 4th Joe Cunningham 3rd 4th
San Antonio Missions Harry Stovey 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Queens Kings Eric Karros 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Seattle Rainiers Mickey Vernon 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Milwaukee Brewers Mike Fiore 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Tigers Sean Casey 9th Sean Casey 5th 5th
Newark Eagles Fred Whitfield 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Atlanta X Giants Del Bissonette 11th Richie Sexson 6th 6th
Louisville Redbirds Ed Kranepool 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Montréal Expos Nick Johnson 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Toronto Maple Leafs Eric Hosmer 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bison Jake Stahl 15th 7th(tied) 15th
San Jose Bees Jason Giambi 16th 7th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Blues Daryl Sconiers 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Orlando Rays Vic Power 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Washington Senators Jim Bottomley 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Hartford Dark Blues John Kerins 20th 7th(tied) 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Dark Blues Pete Runnels 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Louisville Redbirds Jeff Kent 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
San Jose Bees Dario Lodigiani 3rd Dario Lodigiani 3rd 2nd
Orlando Rays Nellie Fox 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Newark Eagles Jorge Orta 5th Jorge Orta 2nd 3rd
St. Louis Blues Dave Cash 6th Keston Hiura 1st 1st
Atlanta X Giants Ray Durham 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Cincinnati Tigers Lonny Frey 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Montréal Expos Bernie Allen 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Queens Kings Davey Lopes 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Las Vegas Aces Wally Backman 11th 5th(tied) 12th
New Orleans Pelicans Jonathan Schoop 12th Ken Boswell 4th 4th
Buffalo Bison Sammy Strang 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Brian Roberts 14th 5th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Missions Adam Frazier 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Norfolk Tides Mickey Morandini 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Seattle Rainiers Mike Fontenot 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Toronto Maple Leafs Joe Wood 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Columbus Blue Birds Tim Flood 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Milwaukee Brewers 20th 5th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Orlando Rays Carlos Morán 1st 6th(tied) 4th
Montréal Expos Art Devlin 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Columbus Blue Birds Chris Brown 3rd Chris Brown 1st 1st
Norfolk Tides Merrill May 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Washington Senators Frank Ward 5th Frank Ward 2nd 2nd
Las Vegas Aces Pedro Álvarez 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Tigers Robin Ventura 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Hartford Dark Blues Toby Harrah 8th 6th(tied) 11th
Atlanta X Giants Pie Traynor 9th 6th(tied) 12th
San Jose Bees Denny Walling 10th 6th(tied) 13th
Toronto Maple Leafs Jimmy Collins 11th Ray Bates 5th 5th
San Antonio Missions Aramis Ramírez 12th 6th(tied) 14th
Seattle Rainiers Wayne Garrett 13th 6th(tied) 15th
St. Louis Blues Bret Barberie 14th Bret Barberie 3rd 3rd
New Orleans Pelicans Bill Melton 15th 6th(tied) 16th
Queens Kings Tony Fernandez 16th 6th(tied) 17th
Milwaukee Brewers Paul Schaal 17th Ray Jablonski 4th 6th
Buffalo Bison Kevin Seitzer 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Newark Eagles Doug DeCinces 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Louisville Redbirds 20th 6th(tied) 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Las Vegas Aces Xander Bogaerts 1st Xander Bogaerts 2nd 1st
Buffalo Bison Bill Dahlen 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
San Jose Bees Bill Sweeney 3rd Bill Sweeney 1st 2nd
Norfolk Tides Roger Peckinpaugh 4th Roger Peckinpaugh 3rd 3rd
San Antonio Missions Shawon Dunston 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Louisville Redbirds Ken Hamlin 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Queens Kings Maury Wills 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Milwaukee Brewers Luke Appling 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Washington Senators Mark Belanger 9th Mark Belanger 4th 4th
Seattle Rainiers Elvis Andrus 10th 5th(tied) 10th
New Orleans Pelicans Bud Harrelson 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Atlanta X Giants George McBride 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Orlando Rays Alexei Ramírez 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Newark Eagles Pee Wee Reese 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Cincinnati Tigers Luis Rivas 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Columbus Blue Birds Orlando Cabrera 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Hartford Dark Blues 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Montréal Expos 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
St. Louis Blues 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Toronto Maple Leafs 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Orlando Rays Minnie Miñoso 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
St. Louis Blues Wade Johnston 2nd Wade Johnston 2nd 2nd
Seattle Rainiers Walt Bond 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Montréal Expos George Burns 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Hartford Dark Blues Jimmy Sheckard 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Cincinnati Tigers Pete Rose 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
San Jose Bees Matt Holliday 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
New Orleans Pelicans Joe Kelley 8th Joe Kelley 1st 1st
Toronto Maple Leafs Chuck Hinton 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
San Antonio Missions Al Spangler 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Las Vegas Aces Curt Motton 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Washington Senators Ken Griffey Sr 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Queens Kings Jim Delahanty 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Brewers Bibb Falk 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Norfolk Tides Dusty Baker 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bison Peanuts Lowrey 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
Columbus Blue Birds Patsy Dougherty 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Atlanta X Giants Terry Whitfield 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
Louisville Redbirds 19th (tied) 3rd(tied) 19th(tied)
Newark Eagles 19th (tied) 3rd(tied) 19th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Orlando Rays José Cardenal 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Atlanta X Giants Curt Flood 2nd Curt Flood 3rd 2nd
Milwaukee Brewers Bill D Wilson 3rd Trea Turner 1st 1st
New Orleans Pelicans Roy Thomas 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Columbus Blue Birds Jerry Mumphrey 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Newark Eagles Clyde Milan 6th Clyde Milan 2nd 3rd
Louisville Redbirds Max Carey 7th Lloyd Waner 4th 4th
San Antonio Missions Lorenzo Cain 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Norfolk Tides Garry Maddox 9th 5th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Blues Fielder Jones 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Washington Senators Chick Stahl 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Toronto Maple Leafs Brady Clark 12th 5th(tied) 12th
San Jose Bees Buddy Ryan 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Tigers Charlie Hemphill 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Montréal Expos Goody Rosen 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bison Gus Bell 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Queens Kings Ty Cline 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Hartford Dark Blues 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Las Vegas Aces 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Seattle Rainiers 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Las Vegas Aces Elmer Valo 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Seattle Rainiers Chuck Klein 2nd Chuck Klein 3rd 2nd
New Orleans Pelicans Dwight Evans 3rd Dwight Evans 4th 4th
Montréal Expos Jackie Jensen 4th Wee Willie Keeler 2nd 3rd
Queens Kings Matty Alou 5th Don Mueller 5th 5th
San Jose Bees Eddie Murphy 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Washington Senators Steve Brodie 7th Ron Northey 1st 1st
Atlanta X Giants Billy Southworth 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Buck Freeman 9th 7th(tied) 10th
St. Louis Blues Steve Evans 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Newark Eagles Nick Swisher 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bison Elmer Flick 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Tigers Curt Walker 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Toronto Maple Leafs Geoff Jenkins 14th 7th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Missions Buddy Bradford 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Louisville Redbirds Mike Shannon 16th Mike Shannon 6th 6th
Columbus Blue Birds Dan Ford 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Hartford Dark Blues George Altman 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Brewers Randy Moore 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Orlando Rays 20th 7th(tied) 20th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Blue Birds Ad Gumbert 1st Ad Gumbert 1st 1st
St. Louis Blues Jock Menefee 2nd 6th(tied) 5th
Hartford Dark Blues Buck O'Brien 3rd William VanLandingham 3rd 2nd
Queens Kings John Denny 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Toronto Maple Leafs George Mullin 5th George Mullin 4th 3rd
San Antonio Missions Bret Saberhagen 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Orlando Rays Denny Lemaster 7th 6th(tied) 9th
San Jose Bees Cy Falkenberg 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Louisville Redbirds Brickyard Kennedy 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Norfolk Tides John Burkett 10th Jack Kralick 2nd 4th
Newark Eagles Roy Evans 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Atlanta X Giants Gio González 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Montréal Expos Ted Blankenship 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bison Wilbur Cooper 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Milwaukee Brewers Dick Rudolph 15th 6th(tied) 16th
Cincinnati Tigers Johnny Gorsica 16th Oad Swigart 5th 7th
New Orleans Pelicans Derek Lowe 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Washington Senators Johnny Sain 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Seattle Rainiers Marc Hall 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Las Vegas Aces Jim Nelson 20th 6th(tied) 20th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Blues Joe Thatcher 1st 10th(tied) 3rd
San Jose Bees Frank Barberich 2nd 10th(tied) 4th
Queens Kings Zach Britton 3rd 10th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Tigers Lynn Brenton 4th George Pipgras 1st 1st
Orlando Rays Aaron Barrett 5th Ray Lamb 2nd 2nd
Columbus Blue Birds Brad Ziegler 6th 10th(tied) 9th
Hartford Dark Blues Mike Koplove 7th 10th(tied) 10th
Atlanta X Giants Lefty Clarke 8th Ruddy Lugo 7th 6th
Newark Eagles Mike Fornieles 9th 10th(tied) 12th
Toronto Maple Leafs Jack Baldschun 10th 10th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Missions Wade Davis 11th Bill Harper 6th 7th
Milwaukee Brewers Bob Locker 12th 10th(tied) 16th
New Orleans Pelicans Lance Broadway 13th 10th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bison John Gaddy 14th (tied) Jake Diekman 4th 8th
Washington Senators Craig Stammen 14th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th
Norfolk Tides Ryan Madson 16th Severino González 8th 11th
Las Vegas Aces Jeurys Familia 17th Carlos Mármol 3rd 13th
Louisville Redbirds Russ Kemmerer 18th Joe Callahan 5th 15th
Seattle Rainiers Jim B Johnson 19th Jim B Johnson 9th 19th
Montréal Expos Mickey Mahler 20th 10th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Blue Birds Brad Ziegler 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Queens Kings Ron Perranoski 2nd 10th(tied) 11th
St. Louis Blues Joe Thatcher 3rd 10th(tied) 12th
San Jose Bees Walter Moser 4th 10th(tied) 13th
Norfolk Tides Ed Hawk 5th Severino González 8th 8th
Cincinnati Tigers Dick Joyce 6th Dick Joyce 7th 5th
Toronto Maple Leafs Charlie Hilsey 7th 10th(tied) 14th
Montréal Expos Dan Collins 8th 10th(tied) 15th
Atlanta X Giants Joe Orrell 9th Ruddy Lugo 6th 6th
New Orleans Pelicans Bill Landrum 10th 10th(tied) 16th
Las Vegas Aces Larry Andersen 11th (tied) Carlos Mármol 2nd 2nd
Louisville Redbirds Joe Callahan 11th (tied) Joe Callahan 4th 3rd
Hartford Dark Blues George Jeffcoat 13th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Missions Bill Harper 14th Bill Harper 5th 4th
Washington Senators Cristhian Martínez 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Orlando Rays Alex Colomé 16th Ray Lamb 1st 1st
Seattle Rainiers Curly Brown 17th Jim B Johnson 9th 9th
Milwaukee Brewers Mike J Adams 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bison Wes Whisler 19th Jake Diekman 3rd 7th
Newark Eagles Kevin Campbell 20th 10th(tied) 20th
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