WBL A BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/30/2001
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oakland Oaks Dave Duncan 1st Dave Duncan 3rd(tied) 1st
Durham Bulls Hobie Landrith 2nd Hobie Landrith 3rd(tied) 2nd
Albany Diamond Dogs Gilly Campbell 3rd Gilly Campbell 11th 10th
Pine Bluff Judges Kurt Suzuki 4th (tied) Duffy Dyer 17th 13th
Rockford Peaches Lew Brown 4th (tied) Lew Brown 14th 11th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Jeff Reed 6th Jeff Reed 13th 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Derek Norris 7th Johnny Romano 1st 3rd
Corpus Christi Hooks Jason Castro 8th Rick Cerone 16th 14th
Roanake Black Cardinals Bill Peterman 9th Todd Pratt 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Paul Black Gophers Frankie Hayes 10th Frankie Hayes 3rd(tied) 5th
Phoenix Firebirds Billy Shantz 11th 19th(tied) 18th
Kenosha Comets Glenn Borgmann 12th Glenn Borgmann 12th 15th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Nick Hundley 13th Jim Donahue 3rd(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Pythians Bob Brady 14th Bob Brady 3rd(tied) 7th
Lexington Colts Rollie Hemsley 15th Harry McCurdy 2nd 8th
Boston Pilgrims Dave Sax 16th Cliff Bolton 15th 17th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Art Nichols 17th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th
Staten Island Yankees Eddie Fusselback 17th (tied) Bill Killefer 3rd(tied) 9th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Ned Bligh 19th Darren Daulton 10th 16th
Penn Yan Mustangs Jorge Alfaro 20th Jorge Alfaro 18th 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods John Mayberry 1st John Mayberry 1st 1st
Penn Yan Mustangs Aubrey Huff 2nd Aubrey Huff 6th 6th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Cody Bellinger 3rd Cody Bellinger 7th 7th
Boston Pilgrims Hap Myers 4th Dominic Smith 2nd(tied) 2nd
Albany Diamond Dogs Kennys Vargas 5th 14th(tied) 9th
Phoenix Firebirds Garin Cecchini 6th Babe Herman 2nd(tied) 3rd
Pine Bluff Judges Jim Carleton 7th Jim Carleton 9th 8th
Rockford Peaches Frank Tepedino 8th Billy O'Brien 2nd(tied) 4th
Philadelphia Pythians Jack Burns 9th 14th(tied) 12th
Lexington Colts J C Martin 10th Adam Duvall 2nd(tied) 5th
Kenosha Comets Bub McAtee 11th Bub McAtee 11th 11th
Corpus Christi Hooks Ryan McMahon 12th Ryan McMahon 8th 10th
Oakland Oaks Bud Clancy 13th Bud Clancy 12th 13th
St. Paul Black Gophers Lee May 14th Lee May 10th 14th
Staten Island Yankees Anthony Volpe 15th Anthony Volpe 13th 15th
Armstrong's Secret Nine 16th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Cienfuegos Elefantes 16th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Durham Bulls 16th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 16th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 16th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Firebirds Wally Backman 1st 12th(tied) 10th
Boston Pilgrims Tim Shinnick 2nd Tim Shinnick 5th(tied) 3rd
Armstrong's Secret Nine Trea Turner 3rd Marcus Giles 1st 1st
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods José Vidro 4th Jimmy Dykes 3rd 2nd
Albany Diamond Dogs Ed Delahanty 5th Ed Delahanty 4th 4th
Rockford Peaches Dink Mothel 6th Dink Mothel 5th(tied) 6th
Roanake Black Cardinals Duane Kuiper 7th Nux James 5th(tied) 7th
Pine Bluff Judges Lenny Harris 8th Lenny Harris 2nd 5th
Oakland Oaks Jimmy Bloodworth 9th Jay Kirke 8th 8th
Corpus Christi Hooks Russ Adams 10th Russ Adams 10th 9th
Durham Bulls Eric McNair 11th 12th(tied) 13th
St. Paul Black Gophers George Williams 12th George Williams 11th 11th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Clete Boyer 13th Clete Boyer 9th 12th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Bunny Downs 14th 12th(tied) 14th
Kenosha Comets 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lexington Colts 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
Penn Yan Mustangs 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
Philadelphia Pythians 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
Staten Island Yankees 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Penn Yan Mustangs Ken Keltner 1st Justin Turner 1st 1st
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Ryon Healy 2nd Ryon Healy 3rd(tied) 2nd
Boston Pilgrims Sean Burroughs 3rd Tom Burns 3rd(tied) 3rd
Corpus Christi Hooks José Vizcaíno 4th Edgar Martínez 3rd(tied) 5th
Roanake Black Cardinals Terry Pendleton 5th Eduardo Nuñez 12th 10th
Lexington Colts Oliver Marcell 6th Oliver Marcell 2nd 4th
Durham Bulls Steve Hertz 7th Howard Johnson 3rd(tied) 6th
Albany Diamond Dogs Casey McGehee 8th 15th(tied) 14th
Staten Island Yankees Harry Bauchman 9th Harry Bauchman 13th 11th
Rockford Peaches Bill Bradley 10th Carlos Baerga 3rd(tied) 7th
Philadelphia Pythians Don Hoak 11th Gunnar Henderson 10th 12th
Oakland Oaks Charlie Reilly 12th 15th(tied) 15th
St. Paul Black Gophers Lee Tannehill 13th Lee Tannehill 3rd(tied) 8th
Phoenix Firebirds Johnny Tobin 14th Matt Carpenter 3rd(tied) 9th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Coco Laboy 15th 15th(tied) 16th
Toledo Mud Hens Joe Werrick 16th 15th(tied) 17th
Pine Bluff Judges Maikel Franco 17th Maikel Franco 11th 13th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Mike Kinkade 18th Mike Kinkade 14th 18th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
Kenosha Comets 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Pilgrims Davey Concepción 1st 15th(tied) 11th
Lexington Colts Donie Bush 2nd Donie Bush 3rd(tied) 2nd
Oakland Oaks Kurt Stillwell 3rd Morrie Rath 1st 1st
Pine Bluff Judges Ted Martinez 4th Ted Martinez 10th 10th
Durham Bulls Rey Sánchez 5th Swede Carlstrom 3rd(tied) 4th
Staten Island Yankees Charlie Irwin 6th Charlie Irwin 2nd 3rd
Penn Yan Mustangs Felix Fermin 7th 15th(tied) 14th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Wally Gerber 8th 15th(tied) 15th
Albany Diamond Dogs Tom Veryzer 9th 15th(tied) 16th
Roanake Black Cardinals Pat Meares 10th Ronny Cedeño 3rd(tied) 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Griffin 11th Alfredo Griffin 3rd(tied) 6th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Mickey Doolin 12th Héctor Torres 13th 13th
St. Paul Black Gophers Howdy Caton 13th Jack Martin 3rd(tied) 7th
Philadelphia Pythians Roy Smalley Jr 14th Roy Smalley Jr 11th 12th
Rockford Peaches Bill Cissell 15th Eddie Moore 3rd(tied) 8th
Kenosha Comets Hal Janvrin 16th Freddy Sánchez 3rd(tied) 9th
Corpus Christi Hooks Jorge Polanco 17th Jorge Polanco 14th 17th
Phoenix Firebirds Nick Allen 18th Nick Allen 12th 18th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pine Bluff Judges Willie Crawford 1st Willie Crawford 1st 1st
Cienfuegos Elefantes Nick Williams 2nd Jason Bay 2nd 2nd
Roanake Black Cardinals Rhys Hoskins 3rd Rhys Hoskins 7th(tied) 3rd
Oakland Oaks Walt Williams 4th 18th(tied) 17th
Corpus Christi Hooks Don Manno 5th Von Joshua 15th 14th
Kenosha Comets Gregory Polanco 6th Walter Davis 6th 5th
Albany Diamond Dogs Al Simmons 7th Al Simmons 7th(tied) 6th
Staten Island Yankees Danny Walton 8th 18th(tied) 18th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Derrick May 9th Jess Barbour 5th 4th
Phoenix Firebirds Brandon Nimmo 10th Brandon Nimmo 14th 13th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Corey Hart 11th Warren Cromartie 7th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls Ralph Kiner 12th Ralph Kiner 7th(tied) 8th
Toledo Mud Hens Greg Vaughn 13th 18th(tied) 19th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Pip Koehler 14th Pip Koehler 16th 15th
Philadelphia Pythians Aaron Clapp 15th Aaron Clapp 3rd 9th
St. Paul Black Gophers Otis Nixon 16th Otis Nixon 7th(tied) 10th
Lexington Colts Pete O'Brien 17th Pete O'Brien 7th(tied) 11th
Rockford Peaches Victor Reyes 18th Victor Reyes 4th 12th
Boston Pilgrims Kyle Tucker 19th Kyle Tucker 13th 16th
Penn Yan Mustangs Bruce Campbell 20th Bruce Campbell 17th 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cienfuegos Elefantes Roy Thomas 1st Mark Kotsay 16th 15th
Toledo Mud Hens Adolfo Phillips 2nd Moose McCormick 2nd 1st
Staten Island Yankees Clyde Milan 3rd Clyde Milan 4th 2nd
Roanake Black Cardinals Odúbel Herrera 4th Odúbel Herrera 5th(tied) 4th
Oakland Oaks Jules Thomas 5th Jules Thomas 3rd 3rd
Corpus Christi Hooks César Cedeño 6th César Cedeño 5th(tied) 5th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Melky Cabrera 7th Melky Cabrera 5th(tied) 6th
Kenosha Comets Lenny Dykstra 8th Lenny Dykstra 15th 16th
Phoenix Firebirds Dwayne Murphy 9th Dwayne Murphy 5th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls Darren Lewis 10th Darren Lewis 17th 17th
St. Paul Black Gophers Nemo Leibold 11th Nemo Leibold 5th(tied) 9th
Lexington Colts Jim Eisenreich 12th 18th(tied) 18th
Philadelphia Pythians Homer Smoot 13th Farmer Weaver 5th(tied) 10th
Boston Pilgrims John Reccius 14th John Reccius 5th(tied) 11th
Albany Diamond Dogs Jay Johnstone 15th Jimmy Johnston 5th(tied) 12th
Penn Yan Mustangs Luis Olmo 16th Randy Winn 1st 8th
Pine Bluff Judges Bill Sharp 17th 18th(tied) 19th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Count Sensenderfer 18th Denard Span 5th(tied) 13th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Heliodoro Hidalgo 19th Heliodoro Hidalgo 5th(tied) 14th
Rockford Peaches 20th 18th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Corpus Christi Hooks Al Cowens 1st Dee Miles 11th 8th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Jason Heyward 2nd Leon Roberts 6th(tied) 4th
Kenosha Comets Magglio Ordóñez 3rd 12th(tied) 12th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Marquis Grissom 4th José Cruz 3rd 3rd
Lexington Colts Leroy Stanton 5th 12th(tied) 13th
St. Paul Black Gophers Hugh Duffy 6th Hugh Duffy 1st 1st
Armstrong's Secret Nine Bob Taylor 7th Jim McAnany 9th 7th
Phoenix Firebirds Ned Harris 8th 12th(tied) 14th
Toledo Mud Hens Pete Fox 9th Bob Fothergill 2nd 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Cliff Heathcote 10th 12th(tied) 15th
Pine Bluff Judges Tom Brown 11th George Case 6th(tied) 5th
Oakland Oaks Bill Russell 12th Bill Russell 5th 6th
Boston Pilgrims Chip Ambres 13th Art Rebel 10th 11th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Olaf Henriksen 14th Olaf Henriksen 8th 10th
Rockford Peaches John-Ford Griffin 15th 12th(tied) 16th
Philadelphia Pythians Stan Spence 16th Stan Spence 4th 9th
Albany Diamond Dogs 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Durham Bulls 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Penn Yan Mustangs 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Staten Island Yankees Carlos Rodón 1st Noah Syndergaard 18th 14th
Durham Bulls Pink Hawley 2nd Clayton Kershaw 8th 2nd
Phoenix Firebirds Tom Morgan 3rd Tom Morgan 1st(tied) 1st
Kenosha Comets Larry Twitchell 4th Jacob deGrom 5th 3rd
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Chad Kuhl 5th Bill Lee 4th 4th
Oakland Oaks Diego Seguí 6th Doc Sykes 11th 10th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Steve Avery 7th Steve Avery 16th 17th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Dupee Shaw 8th Dan Haren 15th 11th
Albany Diamond Dogs Ralph Branca 9th Walker Buehler 3rd 5th
Lexington Colts Bart Johnson 10th Jim Maloney 14th 12th
St. Paul Black Gophers Blondie Purcell 11th Harry Harper 1st(tied) 6th
Pine Bluff Judges Bill Hogg 12th Jim Kaat 12th 13th
Roanake Black Cardinals Jaret Wright 13th LaTroy Hawkins 6th 7th
Corpus Christi Hooks Harry Staley 14th Collin McHugh 9th 9th
Rockford Peaches Bill Singer 15th Bill Singer 7th 8th
Boston Pilgrims Jordan Montgomery 16th Jordan Montgomery 19th(tied) 19th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Barry Latman 17th Josh Beckett 17th 18th
Philadelphia Pythians Milt Pappas 18th Jack Kramer 13th 15th
Penn Yan Mustangs Balor Moore 19th Wild Bill Widner 10th 16th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeremy Sowers 20th Jeremy Sowers 19th(tied) 20th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Tom Dukes 1st Tom Harrison 19th 9th
Roanake Black Cardinals Ron Tompkins 2nd C.J. Wilson 3rd 1st
Kenosha Comets Alex Reyes 3rd Manny Hernández 15th 2nd
Oakland Oaks Mike Ignasiak 4th Rip Coleman 17th 15th
Philadelphia Pythians Kelvin Herrera 5th T.J. Tucker 7th 3rd
Durham Bulls Ed Fallenstein 6th Ed Fallenstein 4th(tied) 4th
Staten Island Yankees José Veras 7th Mike Bacsik 20th 20th
Rockford Peaches Willie Hernández 8th Giovanny Gallegos 11th 7th
Boston Pilgrims Babe Birrer 9th Bugs Raymond 9th 6th
Lexington Colts Bill J Evans 10th Gene Lambert 18th 16th
Phoenix Firebirds Omar Olivares 11th Bryan Harvey 14th 8th
Pine Bluff Judges Brandon League 12th Paul Musser 6th 5th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Rick Camp 13th Rick Camp 13th 10th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Jim Colborn 14th Jim Colborn 8th 11th
St. Paul Black Gophers Fred Woodcock 15th Joaquin Benoit 16th 19th
Albany Diamond Dogs Dave Geisel 16th Dave Geisel 12th 13th
Corpus Christi Hooks Jon Gray 17th Jon Gray 2nd 12th
Toledo Mud Hens Derrick Turnbow 18th Bob Milacki 4th(tied) 14th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Kerry Ligtenberg 19th Dustin Nippert 10th 18th
Penn Yan Mustangs Dave Patterson 20th Jimmy Haynes 1st 17th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Ad Gumbert 1st Ad Gumbert 5th 2nd
Pine Bluff Judges Nathan Eovaldi 2nd Nathan Eovaldi 6th 5th
Oakland Oaks Steve Ontiveros 3rd Steve Ontiveros 2nd(tied) 1st
Corpus Christi Hooks Lance McCullers 4th Lance McCullers 10th 7th
Philadelphia Pythians Michael Grove 5th Michael Grove 18th 9th
Phoenix Firebirds Al Jackson 6th Al Jackson 7th 8th
Staten Island Yankees Joel Zumaya 7th Joe Edelen 20th 11th
Rockford Peaches Boone Logan 8th Boone Logan 16th 10th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Reggie Richter 9th Reggie Richter 19th 14th
Lexington Colts Pete Schourek 10th Pete Schourek 2nd(tied) 4th
St. Paul Black Gophers Willard Schmidt 11th Willard Schmidt 14th 13th
Boston Pilgrims Logan Webb 12th Logan Webb 8th 12th
Durham Bulls Lee Stange 13th Lee Stange 13th 15th
Kenosha Comets Bob L Ferguson 14th Manny Hernández 1st 3rd
Albany Diamond Dogs Victor González 15th Victor González 11th 16th
Roanake Black Cardinals Mélido Pérez 16th Mélido Pérez 9th 17th
Toledo Mud Hens Frank Lary 17th Frank Lary 15th 18th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Ed Seward 18th Ed Seward 2nd(tied) 6th
Penn Yan Mustangs Alex Hardy 19th Alex Hardy 12th 19th
Armstrong's Secret Nine George Stone 20th George Stone 17th 20th
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