WBL TRIPLE A
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/30/2001
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Will Smith 1st Will Smith 2nd 2nd
Atlanta X Giants Joe Torre 2nd Joe Torre 1st 1st
Montréal Expos Emil Gross 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Newark Eagles Darrin Fletcher 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Sherm Lollar 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Seattle Rainiers Ernie Krueger 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Milwaukee Brewers Michael McKenry 7th 5th(tied) 9th
New Orleans Pelicans Rick Wilkins 8th 5th(tied) 10th
San Jose Bees Brian Downing 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bison Bob Stinson 10th 5th(tied) 12th
Columbus Blue Birds Eugene Hargrave 11th Tyler Flowers 3rd 3rd
St. Louis Blues Jack Hiatt 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Orlando Rays Chris Hoiles 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Las Vegas Aces Charlie Lau 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Hartford Dark Blues Wes Westrum 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Washington Senators Billy Earle 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Louisville Redbirds Peaches Graham 17th Blake Swihart 4th 4th
Queens Kings Mike R Fitzgerald 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Cincinnati Tigers Larry Pratt 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Carrigan 20th 5th(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montréal Expos John Olerud 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Queens Kings Jim Gentile 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
San Jose Bees Freddie Freeman 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Columbus Blue Birds Mark Grace 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Washington Senators Eddie Murray 5th Eddie Murray 1st 1st
Norfolk Tides Jung Ho Kang 6th Harmon Killebrew 2nd 2nd
Las Vegas Aces Jack Hannifin 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bison Willie McCovey 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Tigers Hal Morris 9th Sean Casey 4th 3rd
San Antonio Missions Harry Stovey 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Atlanta X Giants Nate Colbert 11th Nate Colbert 3rd 4th
New Orleans Pelicans George Scott 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Newark Eagles Fred Whitfield 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Seattle Rainiers Mickey Vernon 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Brewers Mike Fiore 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Hartford Dark Blues Bill Terry 16th 5th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Blues Daryl Sconiers 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Toronto Maple Leafs Eric Hosmer 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Louisville Redbirds Ed Kranepool 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Orlando Rays Ramón Webster 20th 5th(tied) 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Brewers Chino Smith 1st Chino Smith 1st 1st
San Jose Bees Dario Lodigiani 2nd Dario Lodigiani 2nd 2nd
New Orleans Pelicans Dustin Pedroia 3rd Ken Boswell 5th 3rd
Cincinnati Tigers Denis Menke 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Toronto Maple Leafs Robby Thompson 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Louisville Redbirds Jeff Kent 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Orlando Rays Nellie Fox 7th 6th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Blues Dave Cash 8th Dave Cash 3rd 4th
Las Vegas Aces Bill D Doran 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Queens Kings Davey Lopes 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Montréal Expos Bernie Allen 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Washington Senators Asdrúbal Cabrera 12th Asdrúbal Cabrera 4th 5th
Atlanta X Giants Ray Durham 13th 6th(tied) 13th
San Antonio Missions Adam Frazier 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Newark Eagles Tom Herr 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bison Jim Gantner 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Seattle Rainiers Tom Satriano 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Columbus Blue Birds Billy Herman 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Hartford Dark Blues Mark Loretta 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Norfolk Tides Mickey Morandini 20th 6th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Orlando Rays Carlos Morán 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Montréal Expos Josh Donaldson 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Columbus Blue Birds Chris Brown 3rd Chris Brown 1st 1st
Norfolk Tides Merrill May 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bison Bob Elliott 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
St. Louis Blues Ken Boyer 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Hartford Dark Blues Jim Ray Hart 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Cincinnati Tigers Robin Ventura 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Las Vegas Aces David Wright 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Atlanta X Giants Pie Traynor 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
San Antonio Missions Aramis Ramírez 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
San Jose Bees Denny Walling 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Toronto Maple Leafs Jimmy Collins 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Brooks Robinson 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
New Orleans Pelicans Danny Cater 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
Newark Eagles Josh Harrison 16th 2nd(tied) 16th
Milwaukee Brewers Paul Schaal 17th 2nd(tied) 17th
Seattle Rainiers Todd Frazier 18th 2nd(tied) 18th
Louisville Redbirds 19th (tied) 2nd(tied) 19th(tied)
Queens Kings 19th (tied) 2nd(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Seattle Rainiers Hughie Jennings 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Toronto Maple Leafs Ray Chapman 2nd Ray Chapman 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bison Bill Dahlen 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Milwaukee Brewers Joe Sullivan 4th Joe Sullivan 1st 1st
Las Vegas Aces Xander Bogaerts 5th Xander Bogaerts 3rd 3rd
Louisville Redbirds Ken Hamlin 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Queens Kings Maury Wills 7th 4th(tied) 7th
San Antonio Missions Shawon Dunston 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Cincinnati Tigers Jhonny Peralta 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Newark Eagles Pee Wee Reese 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Atlanta X Giants 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Columbus Blue Birds 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Hartford Dark Blues 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Montréal Expos 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
New Orleans Pelicans 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Orlando Rays 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
San Jose Bees 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
St. Louis Blues 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Washington Senators 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Jackie Warner 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Atlanta X Giants Tommy Davis 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Louis Blues Merv Rettenmund 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Louisville Redbirds Starling Marte 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Seattle Rainiers Walt Bond 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Montréal Expos George Burns 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Orlando Rays Minnie Miñoso 7th Bert Campaneris 2nd 1st
Toronto Maple Leafs Wes Covington 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
New Orleans Pelicans Lefty O'Doul 9th Joe Rudi 1st 2nd
Las Vegas Aces Floyd Robinson 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Tigers Pete Rose 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
San Jose Bees Josh Reddick 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Hartford Dark Blues Jimmy Sheckard 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Columbus Blue Birds Billy L Williams 14th 3rd(tied) 14th
Washington Senators Ken Griffey Sr 15th 3rd(tied) 15th
Newark Eagles Ron Pruitt 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
Norfolk Tides Dusty Baker 17th 3rd(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bison Peanuts Lowrey 18th 3rd(tied) 18th
Queens Kings Morrie Arnovich 19th 3rd(tied) 19th
Milwaukee Brewers Bruce Aven 20th 3rd(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta X Giants Curt Flood 1st Curt Flood 1st(tied) 1st
Las Vegas Aces Mike Jorgensen 2nd Mike Jorgensen 1st(tied) 2nd
Columbus Blue Birds Jerry Mumphrey 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Buffalo Bison Kenny Lofton 4th 5th(tied) 6th
New Orleans Pelicans Hack Wilson 5th Joe Kelley 3rd 3rd
Milwaukee Brewers Bill D Wilson 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Hartford Dark Blues Fred M Lewis 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Newark Eagles Mickey Rivers 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Louisville Redbirds Max Carey 9th Lloyd Waner 4th 4th
St. Louis Blues Fielder Jones 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Tides Garry Maddox 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Cincinnati Tigers Edd Roush 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Washington Senators Chick Stahl 13th 5th(tied) 13th
San Jose Bees Buddy Ryan 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Toronto Maple Leafs Larry Hisle 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Montréal Expos 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Orlando Rays 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Queens Kings 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Antonio Missions 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Seattle Rainiers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Blue Birds Tony Conigliaro 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Las Vegas Aces Elmer Valo 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Atlanta X Giants Ron Fairly 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Montréal Expos Jackie Jensen 4th 6th(tied) 9th
Louisville Redbirds Paul Waner 5th Paul Waner 2nd 2nd
New Orleans Pelicans Dwight Evans 6th Dwight Evans 1st 1st
Newark Eagles Roger Maris 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Queens Kings Matty Alou 8th Don Mueller 4th 4th
Norfolk Tides Bobby Abreu 9th Bobby Abreu 3rd 3rd
Cincinnati Tigers Ed Swartwood 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Hartford Dark Blues Carl Furillo 11th 6th(tied) 12th
San Jose Bees Eddie Murphy 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Ron Northey 13th Ron Northey 5th 5th
St. Louis Blues Jim King 14th 6th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Missions Gorman Thomas 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Milwaukee Brewers Avisaíl García 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bison Elmer Flick 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Orlando Rays 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Seattle Rainiers 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Toronto Maple Leafs 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Queens Kings Dick Redding 1st 7th(tied) 4th
New Orleans Pelicans Sadie McMahon 2nd Sadie McMahon 3rd 1st
St. Louis Blues Matt Morris 3rd 7th(tied) 6th
Hartford Dark Blues Buck O'Brien 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bison Claude Passeau 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Seattle Rainiers Bill Monbouquette 6th 7th(tied) 10th
San Jose Bees Red Ehret 7th Red Ehret 2nd 2nd
Cincinnati Tigers Johnny Gorsica 8th Lynn Brenton 4th 5th
Columbus Blue Birds Jim Clinton 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Newark Eagles Roy Evans 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Mark Baldwin 11th 7th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Brewers Herb Pennock 12th 7th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Missions Bret Saberhagen 13th 7th(tied) 16th
Montréal Expos Ted Blankenship 14th 7th(tied) 17th
Toronto Maple Leafs George Mullin 15th George Mullin 6th 8th
Louisville Redbirds Bill Fischer 16th Gary Lucas 5th 11th
Orlando Rays Bob Gillespie 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Atlanta X Giants Gio González 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Las Vegas Aces Harry Howell 19th 7th(tied) 20th
Norfolk Tides Jack Kralick 20th Jack Kralick 1st 3rd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Queens Kings Zach Britton 1st 10th(tied) 3rd
San Jose Bees Frank Barberich 2nd 10th(tied) 4th
Atlanta X Giants Lefty Clarke 3rd Slim Embrey 1st 1st
St. Louis Blues Clay Hensley 4th 10th(tied) 8th
Columbus Blue Birds Brad Ziegler 5th 10th(tied) 10th
New Orleans Pelicans Bill Landrum 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Washington Senators Craig Stammen 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Norfolk Tides Ed Hawk 8th Cy Sneed 9th 6th
San Antonio Missions Wade Davis 9th Óscar Tuero 5th 5th
Newark Eagles Mark Guthrie 10th 10th(tied) 15th
Hartford Dark Blues Mike Koplove 11th 10th(tied) 16th
Toronto Maple Leafs Jack Baldschun 12th 10th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bison John Gaddy 13th Jake Diekman 6th 7th
Orlando Rays Dwight Bernard 14th Aaron Barrett 4th 9th
Las Vegas Aces Jeurys Familia 15th Carlos Mármol 8th 14th
Seattle Rainiers Dick Jones 16th Dick Jones 2nd 2nd
Louisville Redbirds Michael Wuertz 17th Joe Callahan 3rd 13th
Milwaukee Brewers Mike J Adams 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Cincinnati Tigers Eddie Watt 19th Dick Joyce 7th 18th
Montréal Expos Matt Wise 20th 10th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Blue Birds Al Brazle 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bison Billy Muffett 2nd Billy Muffett 3rd 3rd
San Antonio Missions Óscar Tuero 3rd Óscar Tuero 6th 4th
Queens Kings Zach Britton 4th 10th(tied) 11th
New Orleans Pelicans Phil Reccius 5th 10th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Blues Joe Thatcher 6th 10th(tied) 13th
San Jose Bees Walter Moser 7th 10th(tied) 14th
Atlanta X Giants Joe Orrell 8th Slim Embrey 1st 1st
Milwaukee Brewers Bob Locker 9th 10th(tied) 15th
Cincinnati Tigers Dick Joyce 10th Dick Joyce 8th 7th
Washington Senators Gregg Olson 11th 10th(tied) 16th
Orlando Rays Aaron Barrett 12th Aaron Barrett 5th 6th
Louisville Redbirds Joe Callahan 13th Joe Callahan 4th 5th
Newark Eagles Anthony Varvaro 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Montréal Expos Dan Collins 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Hartford Dark Blues George Jeffcoat 16th 10th(tied) 19th
Norfolk Tides Luke Weaver 17th Luke Weaver 7th 8th
Toronto Maple Leafs Dellin Betances 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Las Vegas Aces Larry Andersen 19th Carlos Mármol 9th 9th
Seattle Rainiers Harry Matuzak 20th Dick Jones 2nd 2nd
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