WBL A BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/23/2001
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oakland Oaks Dave Duncan 1st Dave Duncan 4th(tied) 1st
Albany Diamond Dogs Gilly Campbell 2nd Gilly Campbell 11th 10th
Durham Bulls Hobie Landrith 3rd Hobie Landrith 4th(tied) 2nd
Rockford Peaches Lew Brown 4th Lew Brown 14th 11th
Pine Bluff Judges Kurt Suzuki 5th Duffy Dyer 18th 13th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Jeff Reed 6th Jeff Reed 12th(tied) 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 4th(tied) 4th
St. Paul Black Gophers Frankie Hayes 10th Frankie Hayes 4th(tied) 5th
Phoenix Firebirds Billy Shantz 11th 19th(tied) 18th
Kenosha Comets Glenn Borgmann 12th Glenn Borgmann 12th(tied) 15th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Nick Hundley 13th Jim Donahue 4th(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Pythians Bob Brady 14th Bob Brady 4th(tied) 7th
Boston Pilgrims Dick Buckley 15th Cliff Bolton 15th 17th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Art Nichols 16th 19th(tied) 19th
Lexington Colts Rollie Hemsley 17th Harry McCurdy 3rd 9th
Staten Island Yankees Eddie Fusselback 18th Bill Killefer 2nd 8th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Ned Bligh 19th Darren Daulton 10th 16th
Penn Yan Mustangs Jorge Alfaro 20th Jorge Alfaro 17th 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 4th 4th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Cody Bellinger 3rd Cody Bellinger 5th 5th
Albany Diamond Dogs Kennys Vargas 4th 13th(tied) 9th
Phoenix Firebirds Babe Herman 5th Babe Herman 6th 6th
Pine Bluff Judges Jim Carleton 6th Jim Carleton 9th 7th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Steve Balboni 7th 13th(tied) 11th
Kenosha Comets Greg Walker 8th 13th(tied) 12th
Rockford Peaches Frank Tepedino 9th Billy O'Brien 2nd(tied) 2nd
Durham Bulls Tony Muser 10th 13th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Pythians Jack Burns 11th 13th(tied) 14th
Boston Pilgrims Dominic Smith 12th Dominic Smith 7th 8th
Lexington Colts J C Martin 13th Adam Duvall 2nd(tied) 3rd
Corpus Christi Hooks Ryan McMahon 14th Ryan McMahon 8th 10th
Oakland Oaks Bud Clancy 15th Bud Clancy 11th 15th
St. Paul Black Gophers Lee May 16th Lee May 10th 16th
Staten Island Yankees Anthony Volpe 17th Anthony Volpe 12th 17th
Armstrong's Secret Nine 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Pilgrims Tim Shinnick 1st Tim Shinnick 5th(tied) 3rd
Armstrong's Secret Nine Trea Turner 2nd Marcus Giles 1st 1st
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods José Vidro 3rd Jimmy Dykes 3rd 2nd
Albany Diamond Dogs Ed Delahanty 4th Ed Delahanty 4th 4th
Rockford Peaches Dink Mothel 5th Dink Mothel 5th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Firebirds Marcus Semien 6th Marcus Semien 8th 8th
Pine Bluff Judges Lenny Harris 7th Lenny Harris 2nd 5th
St. Paul Black Gophers George Williams 8th George Williams 12th 10th
Oakland Oaks Jimmy Bloodworth 9th Jay Kirke 9th 9th
Corpus Christi Hooks Russ Adams 10th Russ Adams 11th 11th
Roanake Black Cardinals Nux James 11th Nux James 5th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls Eric McNair 12th 13th(tied) 13th
Kenosha Comets Sparky Anderson 13th 13th(tied) 14th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Clete Boyer 14th Clete Boyer 10th 12th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Bunny Downs 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Lexington Colts 16th (tied) 13th(tied) 16th(tied)
Penn Yan Mustangs 16th (tied) 13th(tied) 16th(tied)
Philadelphia Pythians 16th (tied) 13th(tied) 16th(tied)
Staten Island Yankees 16th (tied) 13th(tied) 16th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 16th (tied) 13th(tied) 16th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Pilgrims Eugenio Suárez 1st Tom Burns 3rd(tied) 1st
Albany Diamond Dogs Ken McMullen 2nd Hank Majeski 11th 10th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Ryon Healy 3rd Ryon Healy 3rd(tied) 3rd
Penn Yan Mustangs Brook Jacoby 4th Justin Turner 1st 2nd
Corpus Christi Hooks José Vizcaíno 5th Edgar Martínez 3rd(tied) 5th
Lexington Colts Bob Aspromonte 6th Oliver Marcell 2nd 4th
Durham Bulls Steve Hertz 7th Howard Johnson 3rd(tied) 6th
Roanake Black Cardinals Terry Pendleton 8th Eduardo Nuñez 14th 12th
Staten Island Yankees Harry Bauchman 9th Harry Bauchman 15th 13th
Rockford Peaches Bill Bradley 10th Carlos Baerga 3rd(tied) 7th
Oakland Oaks Charlie Reilly 11th 16th(tied) 16th
Philadelphia Pythians Gunnar Henderson 12th (tied) Gunnar Henderson 12th 14th
St. Paul Black Gophers Lee Tannehill 12th (tied) Lee Tannehill 3rd(tied) 8th
Phoenix Firebirds Johnny Tobin 14th Matt Carpenter 3rd(tied) 9th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Coco Laboy 15th 16th(tied) 17th
Toledo Mud Hens Joe Werrick 16th 16th(tied) 18th
Pine Bluff Judges Maikel Franco 17th Maikel Franco 13th 15th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Mike Kinkade 18th Mike Kinkade 3rd(tied) 11th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars 19th (tied) 16th(tied) 19th(tied)
Kenosha Comets 19th (tied) 16th(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Wander Franco 1st Wander Franco 3rd 1st
Albany Diamond Dogs Sonny Jackson 2nd Sonny Jackson 11th 11th
Lexington Colts Donie Bush 3rd Donie Bush 4th(tied) 3rd
Oakland Oaks Kurt Stillwell 4th Morrie Rath 1st 2nd
Pine Bluff Judges Ted Martinez 5th Ted Martinez 12th 12th
Durham Bulls Rey Sánchez 6th Swede Carlstrom 4th(tied) 5th
Boston Pilgrims Don Buddin 7th (tied) 16th(tied) 15th
Staten Island Yankees Charlie Irwin 7th (tied) Charlie Irwin 2nd 4th
Penn Yan Mustangs Felix Fermin 9th 16th(tied) 16th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Wally Gerber 10th 16th(tied) 17th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Mickey Doolin 11th Héctor Torres 14th 14th
Roanake Black Cardinals Pat Meares 12th Ronny Cedeño 4th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Firebirds Tyler Pastornicky 13th Nick Allen 4th(tied) 7th
St. Paul Black Gophers Howdy Caton 14th Jack Martin 4th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Pythians Roy Smalley Jr 15th Roy Smalley Jr 13th 13th
Rockford Peaches Bill Cissell 16th Eddie Moore 4th(tied) 9th
Kenosha Comets Hal Janvrin 17th Freddy Sánchez 4th(tied) 10th
Corpus Christi Hooks Jorge Polanco 18th Jorge Polanco 15th 18th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars 19th (tied) 16th(tied) 19th(tied)
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods 19th (tied) 16th(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
Corpus Christi Hooks Shin-Soo Choo 3rd Von Joshua 14th 12th
Roanake Black Cardinals Rhys Hoskins 4th Rhys Hoskins 7th(tied) 3rd
Oakland Oaks Walt Williams 5th 18th(tied) 18th
Kenosha Comets Gregory Polanco 6th Walter Davis 6th 5th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Derrick May 7th Jess Barbour 5th 4th
Staten Island Yankees Danny Walton 8th 18th(tied) 19th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Corey Hart 9th Warren Cromartie 7th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Firebirds Brandon Nimmo 10th Brandon Nimmo 13th 13th
Durham Bulls Ralph Kiner 11th Ralph Kiner 7th(tied) 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Greg Vaughn 12th 18th(tied) 20th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Pip Koehler 13th Pip Koehler 16th 14th
Philadelphia Pythians Aaron Clapp 14th Aaron Clapp 3rd 8th
St. Paul Black Gophers Otis Nixon 15th Otis Nixon 7th(tied) 9th
Lexington Colts Pete O'Brien 16th Pete O'Brien 7th(tied) 10th
Albany Diamond Dogs George Selkirk 17th George Selkirk 15th 15th
Penn Yan Mustangs Allen Craig 18th Bruce Campbell 17th 16th
Rockford Peaches Victor Reyes 19th Victor Reyes 4th 11th
Boston Pilgrims Kyle Tucker 20th Kyle Tucker 12th 17th
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(tied) 2nd
Oakland Oaks Jules Thomas 4th Jules Thomas 3rd 3rd
Roanake Black Cardinals Odúbel Herrera 5th Odúbel Herrera 6th(tied) 4th
Corpus Christi Hooks César Cedeño 6th César Cedeño 6th(tied) 5th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Melky Cabrera 7th Melky Cabrera 6th(tied) 6th
Kenosha Comets Lenny Dykstra 8th Lenny Dykstra 15th 16th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Danny Green 9th Heliodoro Hidalgo 4th(tied) 7th
Phoenix Firebirds Dwayne Murphy 10th Dwayne Murphy 6th(tied) 8th
Durham Bulls Darren Lewis 11th Darren Lewis 17th 17th
Lexington Colts Jim Eisenreich 12th 18th(tied) 18th
St. Paul Black Gophers Nemo Leibold 13th Nemo Leibold 6th(tied) 10th
Boston Pilgrims John Reccius 14th John Reccius 6th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Pythians Homer Smoot 15th Farmer Weaver 6th(tied) 12th
Albany Diamond Dogs Jay Johnstone 16th Jimmy Johnston 6th(tied) 13th
Penn Yan Mustangs Luis Olmo 17th Randy Winn 1st 9th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Count Sensenderfer 18th (tied) Denard Span 6th(tied) 14th
Pine Bluff Judges Bill Sharp 18th (tied) 18th(tied) 19th
Rockford Peaches 20th 18th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cienfuegos Elefantes Mike C Brown 1st José Cruz 4th 3rd
Kenosha Comets Magglio Ordóñez 2nd 13th(tied) 13th
Phoenix Firebirds Norm Miller 3rd Norm Miller 3rd 4th
Lexington Colts Wally Post 4th 13th(tied) 14th
St. Paul Black Gophers Hugh Duffy 5th Hugh Duffy 1st 1st
Armstrong's Secret Nine Bob Taylor 6th Jim McAnany 10th 7th
Corpus Christi Hooks Derek Bell 7th Dee Miles 12th 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Pete Fox 8th Bob Fothergill 2nd 2nd
Pine Bluff Judges Tom Brown 9th George Case 7th 5th
Staten Island Yankees Hubie Brooks 10th 13th(tied) 15th
Oakland Oaks Bill Russell 11th Bill Russell 6th 6th
Boston Pilgrims Chip Ambres 12th Art Rebel 11th 11th
Albany Diamond Dogs Gabe Gross 13th 13th(tied) 16th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Olaf Henriksen 14th Olaf Henriksen 9th 9th
Philadelphia Pythians Stan Spence 15th Stan Spence 5th 8th
Rockford Peaches Pedro Muñoz 16th 13th(tied) 17th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Leon Roberts 17th Leon Roberts 8th 12th
Durham Bulls 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Penn Yan Mustangs 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Pink Hawley 1st Clayton Kershaw 8th 1st
Staten Island Yankees Carlos Rodón 2nd Noah Syndergaard 16th 13th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Frank Dwyer 3rd Frank Dwyer 2nd 2nd
Phoenix Firebirds Tom Morgan 4th Tom Morgan 1st 3rd
Armstrong's Secret Nine Pretzels Getzien 5th Steve Avery 13th 14th
Oakland Oaks Diego Seguí 6th Doc Sykes 10th 10th
Kenosha Comets Larry Twitchell 7th Jacob deGrom 5th 4th
Lexington Colts Bart Johnson 8th Jim Maloney 15th 15th
Albany Diamond Dogs Ralph Branca 9th Walker Buehler 3rd 5th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Dupee Shaw 10th Dan Haren 12th 11th
St. Paul Black Gophers Blondie Purcell 11th Harry Harper 4th 6th
Boston Pilgrims Charlie Robertson 12th Jordan Montgomery 18th(tied) 18th
Pine Bluff Judges Bill Hogg 13th Jim Kaat 11th 12th
Corpus Christi Hooks Harry Staley 14th Collin McHugh 9th 8th
Roanake Black Cardinals Jaret Wright 15th LaTroy Hawkins 6th 7th
Rockford Peaches Bill Singer 16th Hilton Smith 7th 9th
Philadelphia Pythians Milt Pappas 17th Jack Kramer 14th 16th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Barry Latman 18th Josh Beckett 18th(tied) 19th
Penn Yan Mustangs Balor Moore 19th Steve Rogers 17th 17th
Toledo Mud Hens Duke Esper 20th Milt Watson 20th 20th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Pythians Bob Miller 1st T.J. Tucker 6th 1st
Roanake Black Cardinals Ron Tompkins 2nd C.J. Wilson 5th 2nd
Oakland Oaks Mike Ignasiak 3rd Rip Coleman 12th 3rd
Kenosha Comets Scott Radinsky 4th Manny Hernández 7th(tied) 4th
Lexington Colts Bill J Evans 5th Gene Lambert 18th 18th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Greg Holland 6th Reggie Richter 13th 7th
Staten Island Yankees José Veras 7th Mike Bacsik 20th 20th
Pine Bluff Judges Brandon League 8th Paul Musser 7th(tied) 6th
Boston Pilgrims Babe Birrer 9th Bugs Raymond 4th 5th
Durham Bulls Ed Fallenstein 10th Ed Fallenstein 17th 14th
Phoenix Firebirds Omar Olivares 11th Bryan Harvey 15th 9th
Rockford Peaches Gene Garber 12th Giovanny Gallegos 10th 8th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Jim Colborn 13th José Lima 14th 10th
St. Paul Black Gophers Fred Woodcock 14th Joaquin Benoit 11th 11th
Albany Diamond Dogs Dave Geisel 15th Dave Geisel 16th 17th
Toledo Mud Hens Derrick Turnbow 16th Bob Milacki 2nd 12th
Corpus Christi Hooks Warren Hacker 17th Tanyon Sturtze 3rd 13th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Pat House 18th Héctor Mercado 19th 19th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Kerry Ligtenberg 19th Howie Koplitz 9th 15th
Penn Yan Mustangs Dave Patterson 20th Jimmy Haynes 1st 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pine Bluff Judges Nathan Eovaldi 1st Nathan Eovaldi 3rd 2nd
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Billy Koch 2nd (tied) Billy Koch 6th 4th
Oakland Oaks Steve Ontiveros 2nd (tied) Steve Ontiveros 1st(tied) 1st
Kenosha Comets Alex Reyes 4th Alex Reyes 10th 5th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Tom Harrison 5th Tom Harrison 7th 7th
Philadelphia Pythians Michael Grove 6th Michael Grove 19th 8th
Phoenix Firebirds Al Jackson 7th Al Jackson 4th 6th
Staten Island Yankees Joel Zumaya 8th Joe Edelen 20th 10th
Rockford Peaches Boone Logan 9th Boone Logan 16th 9th
Corpus Christi Hooks Jon Gray 10th Jon Gray 17th 12th
Lexington Colts Pete Schourek 11th Pete Schourek 15th 13th
St. Paul Black Gophers Willard Schmidt 12th Willard Schmidt 13th 14th
Boston Pilgrims Logan Webb 13th Logan Webb 5th 11th
Durham Bulls Lee Stange 14th Lee Stange 12th 15th
Albany Diamond Dogs Victor González 15th Victor González 9th 16th
Roanake Black Cardinals Mélido Pérez 16th Mélido Pérez 8th 17th
Toledo Mud Hens Frank Lary 17th Frank Lary 14th 18th
Penn Yan Mustangs Alex Hardy 18th Alex Hardy 11th 19th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Luis Tiant, Sr. 19th Ed Seward 1st(tied) 3rd
Armstrong's Secret Nine George Stone 20th George Stone 18th 20th
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