WBL A BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/30/2002
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Pythians Rick Ferrell 1st 10th(tied) 8th
Pine Bluff Judges Jason Varitek 2nd 10th(tied) 9th
Lexington Colts Bo Díaz 3rd Harry McCurdy 6th 2nd
St. Paul Black Gophers Carlos Ruiz 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls Ed McFarland 5th 10th(tied) 12th
Rockford Peaches Gregg Zaun 6th Pete Naton 9th 7th
Albany Diamond Dogs Al López 7th 10th(tied) 14th
Corpus Christi Hooks Al Unser 8th Clint Hurdle 3rd 3rd
Roanake Black Cardinals Ken Retzer 9th Tom Egan 4th 4th
Penn Yan Mustangs Ray Fosse 10th John Mizerock 7th 5th
Phoenix Firebirds A J Pierzynski 11th Dave Pierson 8th 6th
Boston Pilgrims Wes Westrum 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Art Nichols 13th Kid Baldwin 1st 1st
Staten Island Yankees Eric MacKenzie 14th 10th(tied) 16th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Joe Oliver 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Yorvit Torrealba 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Kenosha Comets Earl S Smith 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Larry Pratt 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Oakland Oaks Bill Atwood 19th Harry Decker 5th 13th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Ned Bligh 20th Darren Daulton 2nd 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rockford Peaches Otto Schomberg 1st Otto Schomberg 4th(tied) 1st
Roanake Black Cardinals Cecil Cooper 2nd Lou Finney 2nd 2nd
Armstrong's Secret Nine Frank McCormick 3rd Liover Peguero 12th 8th
Oakland Oaks Phil Cavarretta 4th 13th(tied) 11th
Lexington Colts Hal Morris 5th 13th(tied) 12th
St. Paul Black Gophers Don Baylor 6th Rich Reese 1st 3rd
Cienfuegos Elefantes Steve Balboni 7th Roy Hughes 8th 9th
Kenosha Comets José Abreu 8th 13th(tied) 14th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Nick Esasky 9th Elbie Fletcher 7th 7th
Staten Island Yankees Fred Whitfield 10th J C Martin 4th(tied) 4th
Pine Bluff Judges Kevin Young 11th Russ Morman 9th 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Cecil Fielder 12th 13th(tied) 16th
Boston Pilgrims Hap Myers 13th (tied) Alvin Davis 3rd 5th
Corpus Christi Hooks Andrés Galarraga 13th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th
Penn Yan Mustangs Aubrey Huff 15th Aubrey Huff 4th(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Pythians Sean Burroughs 16th Sean Burroughs 11th 13th
Albany Diamond Dogs Joe Lis 17th 13th(tied) 18th
Durham Bulls Billy O'Brien 18th Billy O'Brien 10th 15th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Phoenix Firebirds 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Pilgrims Pete Runnels 1st 11th(tied) 7th
Albany Diamond Dogs Davey Lopes 2nd 11th(tied) 8th
Durham Bulls Jeff Kent 3rd 11th(tied) 9th
Toledo Mud Hens Hobe Ferris 4th 11th(tied) 10th
Penn Yan Mustangs Sean Rodriguez 5th Abraham Almonte 1st(tied) 1st
Rockford Peaches Ryan Theriot 6th Gerónimo Peña 7th 5th
Oakland Oaks Placido Polanco 7th 11th(tied) 12th
Pine Bluff Judges Ken Boswell 8th Jim Canavan 1st(tied) 2nd
Cienfuegos Elefantes Jeff Cirillo 9th 11th(tied) 13th
Roanake Black Cardinals Duane Kuiper 10th 11th(tied) 15th
Staten Island Yankees Devon Travis 11th 11th(tied) 18th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Wilton Guerrero 12th Jimmy Dykes 1st(tied) 3rd
Corpus Christi Hooks Don Zimmer 13th Tommy Harper 1st(tied) 4th
St. Paul Black Gophers George Williams 14th Omar Quintanilla 10th 11th
Phoenix Firebirds Bucky Harris 15th Rod Carew 5th 6th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Marcus Giles 16th Marcus Giles 8th 16th
Lexington Colts Ricky Gutiérrez 17th Ricky Gutiérrez 9th 17th
Philadelphia Pythians Jose Altuve 18th Jose Altuve 6th 14th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
Kenosha Comets 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Jimmy Collins 1st 13th(tied) 10th
Boston Pilgrims Casey Blake 2nd Carlos Baerga 2nd(tied) 1st
Armstrong's Secret Nine Pie Traynor 3rd 13th(tied) 13th
Oakland Oaks Wayne Gross 4th 13th(tied) 15th
Penn Yan Mustangs Kevin Seitzer 5th Johnny Hodapp 7th 7th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Omar Vizquel 6th Kyle Seager 11th 8th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Ron Coomer 7th Rod Gilbreath 9th 9th
Rockford Peaches Ken Oberkfell 8th 13th(tied) 16th
Staten Island Yankees Doug DeCinces 9th John Ryan Murphy 1st 2nd
Kenosha Comets Greg Norton 10th 13th(tied) 17th
Phoenix Firebirds Enrique Wilson 11th Enrique Wilson 8th 11th
Roanake Black Cardinals Gene Leek 12th John Bass 2nd(tied) 3rd
Albany Diamond Dogs Casey McGehee 13th Hank Majeski 10th 12th
Lexington Colts Buddy Myer 14th Buddy Myer 2nd(tied) 4th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Charlie Deal 15th Charlie Deal 2nd(tied) 5th
St. Paul Black Gophers Sammy Esposito 16th 13th(tied) 18th
Philadelphia Pythians Bill Hague 17th Bill Hague 12th 14th
Corpus Christi Hooks Sibby Sisti 18th Edgar Martínez 2nd(tied) 6th
Durham Bulls Steve Mesner 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Pine Bluff Judges 20th 13th(tied) 20th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Penn Yan Mustangs Bill Dahlen 1st 11th(tied) 5th
Boston Pilgrims Zack Cozart 2nd 11th(tied) 10th
Durham Bulls Jack E Wilson 3rd 11th(tied) 12th
Kenosha Comets Art Fletcher 4th Cass Michaels 3rd 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens George Davis 5th Mike Caruso 5th 4th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Troy Tulowitzki 6th Bill Cissell 7th 6th
Pine Bluff Judges Jason Bartlett 7th 11th(tied) 13th
St. Paul Black Gophers Bobby Wine 8th Moe Berg 8th 7th
Phoenix Firebirds Garry Templeton 9th Garry Templeton 2nd 3rd
Albany Diamond Dogs César Izturis 10th Bob Meacham 6th 8th
Lexington Colts Luis Rivas 11th 11th(tied) 14th
Oakland Oaks Denny Hocking 12th 11th(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Pythians Larry Kopf 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Frank Taveras 14th Jack Glasscock 1st 1st
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Benji Gil 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Rockford Peaches Roy Corhan 16th Roy Corhan 9th 9th
Corpus Christi Hooks Jim Wohlford 17th Jim Wohlford 4th 11th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Billy Holland 18th Billy Holland 10th 18th
Roanake Black Cardinals 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
Staten Island Yankees 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Paul Black Gophers Riggs Stephenson 1st Joe Gedeon 7th(tied) 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Jack Cust 2nd Larry Stahl 4th 2nd
Rockford Peaches Wes Covington 3rd Bobby Brooks 5th 3rd
Boston Pilgrims Ben Oglivie 4th 14th(tied) 14th
Phoenix Firebirds Frank Catalanotto 5th Warren Cromartie 11th 9th
Penn Yan Mustangs Pat Friel 6th Bruce Campbell 2nd 4th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Hideki Matsui 7th (tied) Randy Arozarena 12th 10th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Bill O'Neill 7th (tied) Ross Gload 3rd 6th
Corpus Christi Hooks Bob Cerv 9th Tommie Aaron 1st 5th
Lexington Colts Vince Coleman 10th Eric Owens 13th 11th
Staten Island Yankees R J Reynolds 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Patsy Dougherty 12th Von Joshua 7th(tied) 8th
Albany Diamond Dogs Jeffrey Leonard 13th 14th(tied) 16th
Philadelphia Pythians Stan Spence 14th Stan Spence 6th 7th
Kenosha Comets Carson Bigbee 15th 14th(tied) 17th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Terry Whitfield 16th 14th(tied) 18th
Oakland Oaks Jay Kirke 17th Jay Kirke 10th 12th
Durham Bulls Harvey Hendrick 18th 14th(tied) 19th
Pine Bluff Judges Willie Crawford 19th Willie Crawford 9th 13th
Roanake Black Cardinals 20th 14th(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Riley Greene 1st Riley Greene 6th 4th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Fred Lynn 2nd 17th(tied) 16th
Kenosha Comets Lance Johnson 3rd Dominic Fletcher 16th 6th
Lexington Colts Charlie Hemphill 4th Dusty Miller 1st(tied) 1st
Oakland Oaks Vic Davalillo 5th Wally Mattick 14th 7th
Pine Bluff Judges Dain Clay 6th Jim Rice 4th 5th
Albany Diamond Dogs Marvell Wynne 7th Marvell Wynne 8th 8th
Phoenix Firebirds Dave May 8th Denard Span 9th 9th
Penn Yan Mustangs Jackie Bradley 9th Craig Gentry 12th 12th
Corpus Christi Hooks Victor Reyes 10th Victor Reyes 10th 11th
Staten Island Yankees Aaron Hicks 11th Aaron Hicks 7th 10th
Rockford Peaches Otis Nixon 12th Ted Uhlaender 11th 13th
Cienfuegos Elefantes José Tartabull 13th 17th(tied) 18th
Durham Bulls Jaycob Brugman 14th (tied) Jaycob Brugman 13th 14th
Philadelphia Pythians Paul Hines 14th (tied) 17th(tied) 19th
Boston Pilgrims Tully Hartsel 16th Tully Hartsel 1st(tied) 2nd
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Goody Rosen 17th Jimmy Macullar 15th 15th
Roanake Black Cardinals Mitch Webster 18th Darryl Strawberry 1st(tied) 3rd
Armstrong's Secret Nine Ron Gant 19th Ron Gant 5th 17th
St. Paul Black Gophers 20th 17th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Jackie Jensen 1st 10th(tied) 6th
Staten Island Yankees Nick Swisher 2nd Jim Mosolf 1st(tied) 1st
Kenosha Comets Mike Morse 3rd 10th(tied) 8th
Phoenix Firebirds Jeromy Burnitz 4th Norm Miller 5th 4th
Oakland Oaks Josh Reddick 5th 10th(tied) 9th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Buck Freeman 6th Juan Soto 1st(tied) 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Geoff Jenkins 7th 10th(tied) 10th
Lexington Colts Avisaíl García 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Pythians Steve Brodie 9th Steve Brodie 4th 5th
Pine Bluff Judges Tom Brown 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Mike C Brown 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Corpus Christi Hooks Danny Bautista 12th Lou Piniella 1st(tied) 3rd
Durham Bulls Bill Hallman 13th Bill Hallman 9th 7th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Frank Gilhooley 14th Frank Gilhooley 7th 13th
Albany Diamond Dogs Brett Butler 15th Brett Butler 6th 12th
Boston Pilgrims Red Murray 16th Red Murray 8th 16th
Penn Yan Mustangs 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th(tied)
Rockford Peaches 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th(tied)
St. Paul Black Gophers 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Firebirds Mike Krukow 1st John Lackey 3rd 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Jason Schmidt 2nd Bud Smith 12th 4th
Albany Diamond Dogs Steve Gromek 3rd Nathan Eovaldi 7th 6th
Philadelphia Pythians Bobby Mathews 4th Bill Drake 5th 7th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Al Brazle 5th Joe Nuxhall 1st 2nd
Cienfuegos Elefantes Red Faber 6th Kevin Kobel 19th 16th
Kenosha Comets Brett Myers 7th Frank Dwyer 17th 15th
Staten Island Yankees Bud Podbielan 8th Billy Scanlan 4th 3rd
Rockford Peaches Jim Bibby 9th LaTroy Hawkins 13th(tied) 10th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Steve Trachsel 10th Mike Thurman 13th(tied) 12th
Oakland Oaks Dallas Braden 11th John Smoltz 2nd 5th
Penn Yan Mustangs Mike Bielecki 12th Cliff Chambers 8th 8th
Roanake Black Cardinals Doc Amole 13th Doc Amole 16th 17th
Durham Bulls Kevin Gausman 14th Johnny Morrison 10th 9th
Lexington Colts Jack Armstrong 15th Johnny Allen 9th 11th
Boston Pilgrims Keegan Akin 16th Logan Webb 6th 13th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Jim McCormick 17th Jim McCormick 11th 14th
Pine Bluff Judges Tim Wakefield 18th Esteban Loaiza 13th(tied) 18th
Corpus Christi Hooks Colby Lewis 19th 20th 20th
St. Paul Black Gophers Jaret Wright 20th Joaquin Benoit 18th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Pythians Buddy Carlyle 1st Candy Sierra 18th 5th
Kenosha Comets Bob Locker 2nd Josh Hader 6th 3rd
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Chuck Taylor 3rd Robbie Ray 15th 10th
St. Paul Black Gophers Matt Guerrier 4th Migel Puente 7th(tied) 7th
Rockford Peaches Pete Mikkelsen 5th Gene Garber 7th(tied) 8th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Blake Wood 6th Steve Cishek 5th 4th
Toledo Mud Hens John Hiller 7th Xavier Cedeño 7th(tied) 9th
Boston Pilgrims Dan Spillner 8th Elmer Burkart 19th 12th
Durham Bulls Brian Sweeney 9th Jeff Wallace 13th 13th
Penn Yan Mustangs Tot Pressnell 10th Chris Knapp 12th 14th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Bob Anderson 11th Paul Musser 17th 15th
Oakland Oaks Jumbo Diaz 12th Greg Aquino 2nd 2nd
Roanake Black Cardinals Hilly Flitcraft 13th Bruce Hurst 1st 1st
Albany Diamond Dogs Bobby Shantz 14th Chris Short 11th 16th
Phoenix Firebirds Bob Duliba 15th Al Jackson 3rd 6th
Corpus Christi Hooks Tim Crews 16th Mike Hedlund 4th 11th
Pine Bluff Judges Lance Broadway 17th Eddy Rodríguez 16th 18th
Lexington Colts Fred Gladding 18th Andy Hansen 7th(tied) 17th
Staten Island Yankees Hisanori Takahashi 19th 20th 19th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Jim Roland 20th Tom Harrison 14th 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Staten Island Yankees Jesse Orosco 1st 20th 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Joakim Soria 2nd Xavier Cedeño 6th(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Pythians Rafael Betancourt 3rd Candy Sierra 19th 10th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Jason Grilli 4th Steve Cishek 4th 2nd
Penn Yan Mustangs Justin Speier 5th Chris Knapp 14th 11th
Kenosha Comets Paul Assenmacher 6th Josh Hader 5th 4th
Corpus Christi Hooks Dave Baldwin 7th Mike Hedlund 3rd 3rd
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Chuck Taylor 8th Robbie Ray 17th 12th
Rockford Peaches Randy Moffitt 9th Gene Garber 6th(tied) 5th
St. Paul Black Gophers Randy Myers 10th Migel Puente 6th(tied) 8th
Roanake Black Cardinals Brad Kilby 11th Bruce Hurst 2nd 7th
Oakland Oaks Jonathan Broxton 12th Greg Aquino 1st 6th
Boston Pilgrims Ferdie Schupp 13th Ferdie Schupp 12th 14th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Ed Seward 14th Pedro Martínez 6th(tied) 9th
Lexington Colts Dave Gumpert 15th Dave Gumpert 18th 16th
Pine Bluff Judges Bill Lee 16th Bill Lee 16th 17th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Jon Matlack 17th Jon Matlack 10th 15th
Phoenix Firebirds Bryan Harvey 18th Bryan Harvey 11th 18th
Durham Bulls David Cone 19th David Cone 13th 19th
Albany Diamond Dogs Dazzy Vance 20th Dazzy Vance 15th 20th
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