WBL A BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/08/2002
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cienfuegos Elefantes Terry Steinbach 1st Dan Graham 1st(tied) 1st
Durham Bulls Ed McFarland 2nd 15th(tied) 14th
Pine Bluff Judges John Bateman 3rd 15th(tied) 16th
St. Paul Black Gophers Frank Bowerman 4th Frankie Hayes 6th 6th
Corpus Christi Hooks Al Unser 5th Clint Hurdle 1st(tied) 2nd
Rockford Peaches Gregg Zaun 6th Tom Donohue 12th 7th
Albany Diamond Dogs Al López 7th 15th(tied) 17th
Penn Yan Mustangs Ray Fosse 8th Jorge Alfaro 1st(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Pythians Del Crandall 9th Charlie Moss 14th 10th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Pinch Thomas 10th Kid Baldwin 11th 8th
Phoenix Firebirds A J Pierzynski 11th Dave Pierson 13th 11th
Roanake Black Cardinals Butch Wynegar 12th Jerry Grote 1st(tied) 4th
Lexington Colts Mike Redmond 13th Harry McCurdy 10th 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Les Nunamaker 14th 15th(tied) 18th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Einar Díaz 15th 15th(tied) 19th
Boston Pilgrims Kirt Manwaring 16th Cliff Bolton 1st(tied) 5th
Kenosha Comets Glenn Borgmann 17th Glenn Borgmann 8th 12th
Staten Island Yankees Gary Alexander 18th 15th(tied) 20th
Oakland Oaks Bill Atwood 19th Harry Decker 9th 15th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Ned Bligh 20th Darren Daulton 7th 13th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Peaches Otto Schomberg 1st Otto Schomberg 4th(tied) 1st
Armstrong's Secret Nine Frank McCormick 2nd Liover Peguero 14th 11th
Penn Yan Mustangs Ryan Howard 3rd Aubrey Huff 4th(tied) 2nd
Roanake Black Cardinals Rafael Palmeiro 4th Eduardo Nuñez 1st 3rd
Cienfuegos Elefantes Steve Balboni 5th Roy Hughes 11th 12th
Lexington Colts Greg Bird 6th Pete O'Brien 4th(tied) 4th
Philadelphia Pythians Wheeler Johnston 7th Sean Burroughs 13th 13th
Kenosha Comets José Abreu 8th 15th(tied) 15th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Nick Esasky 9th Elbie Fletcher 10th 10th
Pine Bluff Judges Kevin Young 10th Russ Morman 12th 14th
Boston Pilgrims Ron H Jackson 11th Alvin Davis 4th(tied) 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Cecil Fielder 12th 15th(tied) 16th
Corpus Christi Hooks Andrés Galarraga 13th Charlie Grimm 4th(tied) 7th
Staten Island Yankees Harry Spilman 14th J C Martin 3rd 6th
Durham Bulls Tim Harkness 15th Billy O'Brien 4th(tied) 8th
Oakland Oaks Miguel Cairo 16th 15th(tied) 17th
Albany Diamond Dogs Buddy Hassett 17th 15th(tied) 18th
St. Paul Black Gophers Lee May 18th Rich Reese 2nd 9th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
Phoenix Firebirds 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Armstrong's Secret Nine Reddy Mack 1st Reddy Mack 2nd(tied) 1st
Boston Pilgrims Joe Gerhardt 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
Rockford Peaches Ryan Theriot 3rd Gerónimo Peña 11th 9th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Elwood DeMoss 4th Elwood DeMoss 8th 7th
Lexington Colts Hughie Critz 5th 14th(tied) 15th
Toledo Mud Hens Sam Bohne 6th 14th(tied) 16th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Jeff Cirillo 7th Clete Boyer 9th 8th
Penn Yan Mustangs Brandon Phillips 8th Abraham Almonte 2nd(tied) 3rd
Oakland Oaks Ted Sizemore 9th 14th(tied) 17th
Kenosha Comets Danny Murtaugh 10th 14th(tied) 18th
Pine Bluff Judges Jim Canavan 11th Jim Canavan 1st 2nd
Roanake Black Cardinals Duane Kuiper 12th 14th(tied) 19th
Albany Diamond Dogs George Magoon 13th Steve Dillard 12th 12th
Philadelphia Pythians Danny Richar 14th Jose Altuve 2nd(tied) 4th
Staten Island Yankees Ray Blades 15th Ray Blades 10th 11th
Durham Bulls Marty Krug 16th Marty Krug 13th 13th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Wilton Guerrero 17th Jimmy Dykes 2nd(tied) 5th
Corpus Christi Hooks Don Zimmer 18th Tommy Harper 2nd(tied) 6th
St. Paul Black Gophers George Williams 19th 14th(tied) 20th
Phoenix Firebirds Bucky Harris 20th Rod Carew 7th 10th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Pilgrims Billy Grabarkewitz 1st Carlos Baerga 3rd(tied) 1st
Rockford Peaches Joe Mulvey 2nd 17th(tied) 16th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Pie Traynor 3rd Harl Maggert 12th 8th
Durham Bulls David Bote 4th David Bote 8th 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Joe Werrick 5th 17th(tied) 18th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Omar Vizquel 6th Kyle Seager 15th 11th
Corpus Christi Hooks Carney Lansford 7th Edgar Martínez 3rd(tied) 3rd
Cienfuegos Elefantes Michael Higgins 8th 17th(tied) 19th
Oakland Oaks Roy Hartzell 9th Morrie Rath 11th 10th
Staten Island Yankees Heinie Groh 10th John Ryan Murphy 2nd 2nd
St. Paul Black Gophers Josh Jung 11th Josh Jung 10th 12th
Pine Bluff Judges Maikel Franco 12th Maikel Franco 9th 13th
Penn Yan Mustangs Roy Howell 13th Johnny Hodapp 7th 9th
Kenosha Comets Greg Norton 14th 17th(tied) 20th
Albany Diamond Dogs Casey McGehee 15th Hank Majeski 13th 14th
Lexington Colts Juan Francisco 16th Buddy Myer 1st 4th
Roanake Black Cardinals John Bass 17th John Bass 3rd(tied) 5th
Phoenix Firebirds Enrique Wilson 18th Enrique Wilson 14th 15th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Charlie Deal 19th Charlie Deal 3rd(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Pythians Bill Hague 20th Bill Hague 16th 17th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kenosha Comets Glenn Wright 1st Hal Janvrin 3rd(tied) 1st
Boston Pilgrims Zack Cozart 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
Corpus Christi Hooks Jorge Polanco 3rd Jorge Polanco 3rd(tied) 2nd
Durham Bulls Dick C Schofield 4th 14th(tied) 15th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Tom Downey 5th Billy Holland 13th 11th
Oakland Oaks Kurt Stillwell 6th Kurt Stillwell 8th 8th
Toledo Mud Hens George Davis 7th Mike Caruso 10th 10th
Phoenix Firebirds Jordy Mercer 8th Garry Templeton 7th 7th
Pine Bluff Judges Adeiny Hechavarría 9th 14th(tied) 16th
Albany Diamond Dogs Tim Foli 10th Tim Foli 1st 3rd
Roanake Black Cardinals Ronny Cedeño 11th Ronny Cedeño 9th 9th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Leo Cardenas 12th Leo Cardenas 2nd 4th
St. Paul Black Gophers Jack Martin 13th Jack Martin 3rd(tied) 5th
Penn Yan Mustangs Bill Knickerbocker 14th 14th(tied) 17th
Philadelphia Pythians Bob Heise 15th Bob Heise 11th 12th
Staten Island Yankees Alcides Escobar 16th 14th(tied) 18th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Frank Taveras 17th Jack Glasscock 3rd(tied) 6th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Benji Gil 18th 14th(tied) 19th
Rockford Peaches Roy Corhan 19th Roy Corhan 12th 13th
Lexington Colts 20th 14th(tied) 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Armstrong's Secret Nine Gary Matthews 1st Gary Matthews 5th(tied) 1st
Lexington Colts Chris Dickerson 2nd Chris Dickerson 11th 11th
St. Paul Black Gophers Riggs Stephenson 3rd Joe Gedeon 5th(tied) 2nd
Durham Bulls Mark Quinn 4th Mark Quinn 12th 12th
Staten Island Yankees Al Cowens 5th 16th(tied) 16th
Roanake Black Cardinals Bob L Johnson 6th Gil Coan 5th(tied) 3rd
Pine Bluff Judges Adam Comorosky 7th Willie Crawford 5th(tied) 5th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Kerry Carpenter 8th (tied) Al Woods 2nd 4th
Phoenix Firebirds Frank Catalanotto 8th (tied) Warren Cromartie 15th 13th
Penn Yan Mustangs Matt Carpenter 10th Matt Carpenter 1st 6th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Sandy Amorós 11th 16th(tied) 17th
Toledo Mud Hens Wally Roettger 12th Bob Fothergill 3rd 7th
Rockford Peaches Alex Dickerson 13th Alex Dickerson 14th 14th
Albany Diamond Dogs Jeffrey Leonard 14th 16th(tied) 18th
Corpus Christi Hooks Pete Compton 15th Pete Compton 5th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Pythians Stan Spence 16th Stan Spence 4th 8th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Troy O'Leary 17th Von Joshua 5th(tied) 10th
Oakland Oaks Jay Kirke 18th Jay Kirke 13th 15th
Boston Pilgrims 19th (tied) 16th(tied) 19th(tied)
Kenosha Comets 19th (tied) 16th(tied) 19th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Armstrong's Secret Nine Lenny Dykstra 1st Lenny Dykstra 4th(tied) 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Moose McCormick 2nd Moose McCormick 1st 2nd
Lexington Colts Sam Mertes 3rd Dusty Miller 2nd 3rd
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Skeeter Barnes 4th 17th(tied) 17th
Kenosha Comets Grady Sizemore 5th Dominic Fletcher 16th 12th
Philadelphia Pythians Farmer Weaver 6th Farmer Weaver 8th 7th
Boston Pilgrims John Reccius 7th Tully Hartsel 3rd 4th
Roanake Black Cardinals Hal Jeffcoat 8th Darryl Strawberry 9th 8th
Oakland Oaks Vic Davalillo 9th Marty Keough 14th 10th
Corpus Christi Hooks Willy Taveras 10th Willy Taveras 4th(tied) 5th
Phoenix Firebirds Dave May 11th Denard Span 13th 11th
Pine Bluff Judges Dain Clay 12th Jim Rice 7th 9th
St. Paul Black Gophers Nemo Leibold 13th Nemo Leibold 12th 14th
Albany Diamond Dogs Marvell Wynne 14th Marvell Wynne 11th 13th
Durham Bulls Darren Lewis 15th Darren Lewis 15th 15th
Penn Yan Mustangs Jackie Bradley 16th 17th(tied) 18th
Rockford Peaches Alex Diaz 17th Ted Uhlaender 4th(tied) 6th
Staten Island Yankees Aaron Hicks 18th Aaron Hicks 10th 16th
Cienfuegos Elefantes José Tartabull 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods 20th 17th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Paul Black Gophers Bubba Morton 1st Tom Brunansky 8th 5th
Albany Diamond Dogs George Selkirk 2nd Brett Butler 6th 6th
Staten Island Yankees Jack Manning 3rd Jordan Luplow 7th 7th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Corey Hart 4th Leon Roberts 4th 4th
Kenosha Comets Mike Morse 5th 15th(tied) 13th
Boston Pilgrims Walt Moryn 6th Red Murray 12th 10th
Phoenix Firebirds Jeromy Burnitz 7th Norm Miller 10th 9th
Oakland Oaks Matt Lawton 8th 15th(tied) 15th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Carlos Quentin 9th Nick Williams 5th 8th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Buck Freeman 10th Juan Soto 1st(tied) 1st
Lexington Colts Wally Post 11th 15th(tied) 16th
Toledo Mud Hens Tommy Thompson 12th Tommy Thompson 9th 11th
Philadelphia Pythians Steve Brodie 13th Steve Brodie 1st(tied) 2nd
Pine Bluff Judges Tom Brown 14th 15th(tied) 18th
Rockford Peaches Eddie Moore 15th Eddie Moore 11th 12th
Corpus Christi Hooks Danny Bautista 16th Lou Piniella 1st(tied) 3rd
Durham Bulls Bill Hallman 17th Bill Hallman 14th 14th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Frank Gilhooley 18th Frank Gilhooley 13th 17th
Penn Yan Mustangs 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 19th (tied) 15th(tied) 19th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Peaches Bill Singer 1st Bill Singer 11th 7th
Toledo Mud Hens John Healy 2nd John Healy 5th 1st
Roanake Black Cardinals Doyle Alexander 3rd Bill Mountjoy 7th 6th
Albany Diamond Dogs Steve Gromek 4th Nathan Eovaldi 2nd 2nd
Phoenix Firebirds Joey Lucchesi 5th Joey Lucchesi 1st 3rd
Corpus Christi Hooks Mike Sirotka 6th Scott Bankhead 17th 17th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Ed Whitson 7th Kevin Kobel 19th 18th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Bill James 8th Bill James 14th 9th
Kenosha Comets Art Nehf 9th Zack Greinke 18th 19th
Boston Pilgrims Wei-Yin Chen 10th Logan Webb 15th(tied) 15th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Ed Hanyzewski 11th Joe Nuxhall 3rd 4th
Staten Island Yankees Fred Glade 12th Billy Scanlan 13th 11th
Pine Bluff Judges Carl Mays 13th Esteban Loaiza 20th 20th
Lexington Colts Harvey Bailey 14th Jim Maloney 4th 5th
St. Paul Black Gophers Art Fowler 15th Joaquin Benoit 15th(tied) 16th
Durham Bulls Trevor Cahill 16th Johnny Morrison 8th 8th
Oakland Oaks Carl Erskine 17th John Smoltz 10th 12th
Penn Yan Mustangs Mike Bielecki 18th José Lima 9th 13th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Mike Minor 19th Jim McCormick 12th 14th
Philadelphia Pythians Steve Avery 20th Steve Avery 6th 10th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Pythians Dan Wheeler 1st Kevin Correia 16th 7th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Jason Grilli 2nd Bill Shores 7th(tied) 5th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Gordon Maltzberger 3rd Mark Eichhorn 3rd 2nd
Rockford Peaches Jack Aker 4th Jack Aker 6th 4th
Staten Island Yankees José Veras 5th Stan Perzanowski 7th(tied) 8th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Francis Martes 6th Luis Tiant, Sr. 2nd 1st
Corpus Christi Hooks Ryan Thompson 7th Larry Jansen 7th(tied) 10th
Oakland Oaks Jason Stanford 8th Greg Aquino 20th 15th
Kenosha Comets Bob Locker 9th Josh Hader 7th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Sarge Connally 10th Ed Sprague Sr 7th(tied) 12th
Pine Bluff Judges Shane Carle 11th Mickey McDermott 5th 6th
Penn Yan Mustangs Tot Pressnell 12th George Murray 7th(tied) 13th
Boston Pilgrims Mike Strahler 13th Bugs Raymond 1st 3rd
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Ricky Horton 14th Jose Torres 7th(tied) 14th
Roanake Black Cardinals Chris Schroder 15th C.J. Wilson 4th 9th
St. Paul Black Gophers Roenis Elías 16th Tom Glavine 18th 17th
Albany Diamond Dogs Bobby Shantz 17th Chris Short 17th 18th
Lexington Colts Joe Moeller 18th Steve Foucault 7th(tied) 16th
Phoenix Firebirds Jack DiLauro 19th Al Jackson 7th(tied) 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Art Ceccarelli 20th Xavier Cedeño 19th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Staten Island Yankees Jesse Orosco 1st Stan Perzanowski 5th 1st
Philadelphia Pythians Buddy Carlyle 2nd Kevin Correia 16th 9th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Gordon Maltzberger 3rd Mark Eichhorn 1st 2nd
Pine Bluff Judges Justin Miller 4th Mickey McDermott 3rd 3rd
Rockford Peaches Jack Aker 5th Jack Aker 4th 4th
Kenosha Comets Paul Assenmacher 6th Josh Hader 6th(tied) 5th
Corpus Christi Hooks Dave Baldwin 7th Larry Jansen 6th(tied) 6th
Oakland Oaks Jason Stanford 8th Jing Johnson 6th(tied) 7th
Lexington Colts Chuck Cary 9th Chuck Cary 14th 10th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Lefty Wallace 10th Lefty Wallace 17th 12th
St. Paul Black Gophers Scott Sauerbeck 11th Dylan Bundy 6th(tied) 8th
Toledo Mud Hens José Melendez 12th José Melendez 12th 11th
Boston Pilgrims Ferdie Schupp 13th Ferdie Schupp 15th 15th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Pedro Martínez 14th Pedro Martínez 10th 14th
Penn Yan Mustangs Chris Knapp 15th Chris Knapp 18th 17th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Jon Matlack 16th Jon Matlack 11th 16th
Durham Bulls David Cone 17th David Cone 13th 18th
Phoenix Firebirds Chris Archer 18th Chris Archer 20th 20th
Albany Diamond Dogs Dazzy Vance 19th Dazzy Vance 19th 19th
Roanake Black Cardinals Pete Alexander 20th C.J. Wilson 2nd 13th
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