WBL A BALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/18/2001
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Durham Bulls Blake Swihart 1st Blake Swihart 5th(tied) 2nd
Oakland Oaks Dave Duncan 2nd Dave Duncan 4th 1st
Corpus Christi Hooks Cy Perkins 3rd Rick Cerone 14th 12th
Rockford Peaches John Bateman 4th Lew Brown 13th 13th
Albany Diamond Dogs Gilly Campbell 5th Gilly Campbell 11th 11th
Pine Bluff Judges Kurt Suzuki 6th Duffy Dyer 15th 14th
Boston Pilgrims Steve O'Neill 7th Steve O'Neill 5th(tied) 3rd
Kenosha Comets Bennie Tate 8th Glenn Borgmann 12th 15th
Phoenix Firebirds Billy Shantz 9th 18th(tied) 17th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Yorvit Torrealba 10th 18th(tied) 18th
St. Paul Black Gophers Frankie Hayes 11th Frankie Hayes 5th(tied) 5th
Roanake Black Cardinals Jerry Grote 12th Jerry Grote 5th(tied) 6th
Penn Yan Mustangs Charlie Ganzel 13th Jorge Alfaro 16th 16th
Philadelphia Pythians Bob Brady 14th Bob Brady 3rd 4th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Art Nichols 15th 18th(tied) 20th
Staten Island Yankees Eddie Fusselback 16th Eddie Fusselback 1st(tied) 7th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Jim Donahue 17th Jim Donahue 5th(tied) 8th
Lexington Colts Harry McCurdy 18th Harry McCurdy 17th 19th
Toledo Mud Hens Clyde Southwick 19th Johnny Romano 1st(tied) 9th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Darren Daulton 20th Darren Daulton 5th(tied) 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Tino Martinez 1st Elbie Fletcher 1st(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Pythians Willie Montañez 2nd Willie Montañez 1st(tied) 2nd
Boston Pilgrims Justin Morneau 3rd Dominic Smith 1st(tied) 3rd
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Cody Bellinger 4th Cody Bellinger 8th 7th
Penn Yan Mustangs Aubrey Huff 5th Aubrey Huff 7th 8th
Corpus Christi Hooks Charlie Grimm 6th Charlie Grimm 1st(tied) 4th
Phoenix Firebirds Babe Herman 7th Babe Herman 9th 9th
Albany Diamond Dogs Tommy Everidge 8th 16th(tied) 12th
Pine Bluff Judges Jim Carleton 9th Jim Carleton 10th 10th
Rockford Peaches Frank Tepedino 10th Billy O'Brien 1st(tied) 5th
Durham Bulls Tony Muser 11th 16th(tied) 13th
Toledo Mud Hens José Osuna 12th José Osuna 12th 11th
Lexington Colts J C Martin 13th Adam Duvall 1st(tied) 6th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Julio Becquer 14th Charlie Briggs 14th 14th
Oakland Oaks Bud Clancy 15th Bud Clancy 13th 16th
St. Paul Black Gophers Lee May 16th Lee May 11th 15th
Staten Island Yankees Anthony Volpe 17th Anthony Volpe 15th 17th
Armstrong's Secret Nine 18th (tied) 16th(tied) 18th(tied)
Kenosha Comets 18th (tied) 16th(tied) 18th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 18th (tied) 16th(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
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods José Vidro 2nd Jimmy Dykes 3rd 2nd
Armstrong's Secret Nine Trea Turner 3rd Marcus Giles 1st 1st
Staten Island Yankees Jack Crooks 4th 13th(tied) 11th
Albany Diamond Dogs Tim Foli 5th Ed Delahanty 4th 5th
Rockford Peaches Dink Mothel 6th Dink Mothel 5th(tied) 6th
Pine Bluff Judges Lenny Harris 7th Lenny Harris 2nd 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Sam Bohne 8th 13th(tied) 12th
Phoenix Firebirds Marcus Semien 9th Marcus Semien 8th 8th
Corpus Christi Hooks Burgess Whitehead 10th Russ Adams 11th 9th
Roanake Black Cardinals Nux James 11th Nux James 5th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls Eric McNair 12th 13th(tied) 13th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Clete Boyer 13th Clete Boyer 10th 10th
Philadelphia Pythians Remy Hermoso 14th Remy Hermoso 12th 14th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Bunny Downs 15th 13th(tied) 16th
Oakland Oaks Jay Kirke 16th Jay Kirke 9th 15th
Kenosha Comets 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Lexington Colts 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
Penn Yan Mustangs 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
St. Paul Black Gophers 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 17th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Ryon Healy 1st Ryon Healy 5th(tied) 3rd
Durham Bulls Freddie Lindstrom 2nd Freddie Lindstrom 3rd 2nd
Penn Yan Mustangs Ken Keltner 3rd Justin Turner 1st 1st
Albany Diamond Dogs Jim Delahanty 4th Hank Majeski 10th 8th
Boston Pilgrims Johan Camargo 5th Tom Burns 4th 4th
Lexington Colts Buddy Myer 6th Oliver Marcell 2nd 5th
Rockford Peaches Bill Bradley 7th Carlos Baerga 5th(tied) 6th
St. Paul Black Gophers Ossie Bluege 8th Josh Jung 15th 12th
Corpus Christi Hooks Edgar Martínez 9th Edgar Martínez 9th 10th
Oakland Oaks Charlie Reilly 10th 16th(tied) 15th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Reno Bertoia 11th Charlie Deal 12th 11th
Philadelphia Pythians Gunnar Henderson 12th Matt Carpenter 5th(tied) 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Joe Werrick 13th 16th(tied) 16th
Pine Bluff Judges Maikel Franco 14th Maikel Franco 11th 13th
Roanake Black Cardinals Eduardo Nuñez 15th Eduardo Nuñez 13th 14th
Kenosha Comets Cass Michaels 16th Cass Michaels 14th 17th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Mike Kinkade 17th Mike Kinkade 5th(tied) 9th
Cienfuegos Elefantes 18th (tied) 16th(tied) 18th(tied)
Phoenix Firebirds 18th (tied) 16th(tied) 18th(tied)
Staten Island Yankees 18th (tied) 16th(tied) 18th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Pilgrims Spike Owen 1st 17th(tied) 14th
Phoenix Firebirds Andrelton Simmons 2nd Nick Allen 4th(tied) 2nd
Pine Bluff Judges Jason Bartlett 3rd Ted Martinez 13th 13th
Lexington Colts Ed Farrell 4th Donie Bush 3rd 1st
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Larry Kopf 5th Julio Gotay 4th(tied) 3rd
Albany Diamond Dogs Hod Ford 6th 17th(tied) 17th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars John Peters 7th John Peters 4th(tied) 4th
Durham Bulls Dick C Schofield 8th Swede Carlstrom 4th(tied) 6th
Penn Yan Mustangs Don Kessinger 9th 17th(tied) 18th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Wally Gerber 10th 17th(tied) 19th
Oakland Oaks Eddie Miller 11th Morrie Rath 4th(tied) 8th
Staten Island Yankees Dansby Swanson 12th Mark Grudzielanek 2nd 5th
St. Paul Black Gophers Howdy Caton 13th Jack Martin 1st 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Griffin 14th Alfredo Griffin 4th(tied) 9th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Adeiny Hechavarría 15th Héctor Torres 14th 15th
Rockford Peaches Bill Cissell 16th Eddie Moore 4th(tied) 10th
Kenosha Comets Hal Janvrin 17th Freddy Sánchez 4th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Pythians Jerry Schypinski 18th Jerry Schypinski 15th 16th
Roanake Black Cardinals Ronny Cedeño 19th Mario Díaz 4th(tied) 12th
Corpus Christi Hooks Jorge Polanco 20th Jorge Polanco 16th 20th
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 Marty Cordova 2nd Jason Bay 4th 2nd
Roanake Black Cardinals Ed Kirkpatrick 3rd (tied) Milt Thompson 17th 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Geoff Jenkins 3rd (tied) Hub Collins 14th 12th
Kenosha Comets Jerry Hairston Sr 5th Walter Davis 5th 4th
Oakland Oaks Matt Lawton 6th 19th(tied) 18th
Armstrong's Secret Nine George Shuba 7th Jess Barbour 3rd 3rd
Lexington Colts Joe Keough 8th Pete O'Brien 6th(tied) 5th
Staten Island Yankees Danny Walton 9th 19th(tied) 19th
Durham Bulls Ralph Kiner 10th Ralph Kiner 6th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Firebirds Adam Comorosky 11th Brandon Nimmo 12th 11th
Albany Diamond Dogs Al Simmons 12th Al Simmons 6th(tied) 7th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Corey Hart 13th Warren Cromartie 6th(tied) 8th
St. Paul Black Gophers Gene Stephens 14th Howie Shanks 6th(tied) 9th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Pip Koehler 15th Pip Koehler 15th 15th
Corpus Christi Hooks Von Joshua 16th Von Joshua 13th 14th
Philadelphia Pythians Aaron Clapp 17th Aaron Clapp 16th 16th
Rockford Peaches Victor Reyes 18th Victor Reyes 2nd 10th
Boston Pilgrims Kyle Tucker 19th Kyle Tucker 11th 17th
Penn Yan Mustangs Bruce Campbell 20th Bruce Campbell 18th 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cienfuegos Elefantes Roy Thomas 1st Mark Kotsay 15th 11th
Toledo Mud Hens Adolfo Phillips 2nd Phillip Ervin 5th(tied) 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Clyde Milan 3rd Clyde Milan 4th 1st
Phoenix Firebirds Jack Gleason 4th Billy R Hamilton 17th 13th
Corpus Christi Hooks Kirby Puckett 5th César Cedeño 2nd 3rd
Roanake Black Cardinals Richie Ashburn 6th Richie Ashburn 5th(tied) 5th
Oakland Oaks Jules Thomas 7th Jules Thomas 1st 4th
Kenosha Comets Grady Sizemore 8th Lenny Dykstra 12th 12th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Danny Green 9th Danny Green 5th(tied) 6th
St. Paul Black Gophers Gary Pettis 10th Nemo Leibold 5th(tied) 7th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Brock Davis 11th Brock Davis 13th 14th
Lexington Colts Jim Eisenreich 12th 19th(tied) 19th
Philadelphia Pythians Homer Smoot 13th Homer Smoot 16th 17th
Boston Pilgrims John Reccius 14th John Reccius 14th 15th
Penn Yan Mustangs Randy Winn 15th Randy Winn 3rd 8th
Albany Diamond Dogs Jay Johnstone 16th Jimmy Johnston 5th(tied) 9th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Count Sensenderfer 17th Denard Span 5th(tied) 10th
Pine Bluff Judges Bill Sharp 18th Maurice Archdeacon 18th 18th
Rockford Peaches Omar Moreno 19th Heliodoro Hidalgo 11th 16th
Durham Bulls Jason Bourgeois 20th 19th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Corpus Christi Hooks Hunter Pence 1st Dee Miles 11th 6th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Mike C Brown 2nd (tied) 13th(tied) 12th(tied)
Kenosha Comets Magglio Ordóñez 2nd (tied) 13th(tied) 12th(tied)
Durham Bulls Dave Hoskins 4th 13th(tied) 14th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Jason Heyward 5th Leon Roberts 7th(tied) 5th
Phoenix Firebirds Jeromy Burnitz 6th Norm Miller 3rd 3rd
Lexington Colts Leroy Stanton 7th 13th(tied) 15th
St. Paul Black Gophers Tom Brunansky 8th Hugh Duffy 1st 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Pete Fox 9th Bob Fothergill 2nd 2nd
Armstrong's Secret Nine Bob Taylor 10th José Cruz 4th 4th
Pine Bluff Judges Tom Brown 11th George Case 7th(tied) 7th
Albany Diamond Dogs Chicken Wolf 12th Chicken Wolf 9th 8th
Staten Island Yankees Ben Grieve 13th 13th(tied) 16th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Olaf Henriksen 14th Olaf Henriksen 10th 11th
Oakland Oaks Patsy Donovan 15th Bill Russell 5th 9th
Rockford Peaches John-Ford Griffin 16th 13th(tied) 17th
Philadelphia Pythians Stan Spence 17th Stan Spence 6th 10th
Boston Pilgrims Art Rebel 18th Art Rebel 12th 18th
Penn Yan Mustangs 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Roanake Black Cardinals 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Frank Dwyer 1st Bill Lee 2nd 1st
Staten Island Yankees Carlos Rodón 2nd John Keefe 17th(tied) 14th
Kenosha Comets Larry Twitchell 3rd Jacob deGrom 5th 2nd
Durham Bulls Pink Hawley 4th Clayton Kershaw 7th 4th
Phoenix Firebirds Tom Morgan 5th Tom Morgan 3rd 3rd
Oakland Oaks Justin Germano 6th Charlie Ferguson 14th 12th
Lexington Colts Virgil Trucks 7th Jim Maloney 11th 11th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Al Orth 8th Al Orth 8th 6th
Albany Diamond Dogs Ralph Branca 9th (tied) Walker Buehler 1st 5th
Corpus Christi Hooks Rick Wise 9th (tied) Collin McHugh 6th 7th
St. Paul Black Gophers Blondie Purcell 11th Ricky Bones 9th(tied) 8th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Scott Baker 12th Steve Avery 17th(tied) 17th
Roanake Black Cardinals Jaret Wright 13th LaTroy Hawkins 4th 9th
Pine Bluff Judges Jim Kaat 14th Dick Drago 12th 13th
Boston Pilgrims Jordan Montgomery 15th Jordan Montgomery 17th(tied) 19th
Philadelphia Pythians Milt Pappas 16th Jack Kramer 15th 15th
Rockford Peaches J D Durbin 17th Hilton Smith 9th(tied) 10th
Toledo Mud Hens Logan Hensley 18th Logan Hensley 16th 16th
Penn Yan Mustangs Alan Foster 19th Balor Moore 17th(tied) 20th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Marcelino López 20th Josh Beckett 13th 18th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Roanake Black Cardinals Ron Tompkins 1st C.J. Wilson 2nd 1st
Philadelphia Pythians Michael Grove 2nd T.J. Tucker 5th 2nd
Staten Island Yankees Mark Williamson 3rd Mike Bacsik 18th(tied) 18th
Pine Bluff Judges Jensen Lewis 4th Paul Musser 7th 3rd
Phoenix Firebirds Omar Olivares 5th Bryan Harvey 8th 4th
Durham Bulls Heathcliff Slocumb 6th Lee Stange 13th 9th
Lexington Colts Bill J Evans 7th Randy Dobnak 18th(tied) 19th
Albany Diamond Dogs Jordan Tata 8th Dave Geisel 15th 11th
Rockford Peaches Fred Beene 9th Giovanny Gallegos 11th 10th
St. Paul Black Gophers Fred Woodcock 10th Joaquin Benoit 14th 12th
Oakland Oaks Jim Willis 11th Rip Coleman 16th 16th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Steve Bedrosian 12th Kerry Ligtenberg 3rd 5th
Boston Pilgrims Darold Knowles 13th Bugs Raymond 4th 6th
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Reggie Richter 14th Reggie Richter 12th 13th
Toledo Mud Hens Derrick Turnbow 15th George Lauzerique 6th 7th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Dirk Hayhurst 16th Luis Tiant, Sr. 9th 8th
Kenosha Comets Víctor Cruz 17th Manny Hernández 17th 17th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Paul Castner 18th Vinnie Pestano 18th(tied) 20th
Corpus Christi Hooks Warren Hacker 19th Gene Harris 10th 15th
Penn Yan Mustangs Jack W O'Connor 20th Cory Bailey 1st 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pine Bluff Judges Nathan Eovaldi 1st Nathan Eovaldi 4th 3rd
Corpus Christi Hooks Lance McCullers 2nd Lance McCullers 2nd 1st
Kenosha Comets Alex Reyes 3rd Alex Reyes 13th 5th
Philadelphia Pythians Frank Francisco 4th Frank Francisco 6th 4th
Oakland Oaks Steve Ontiveros 5th Steve Ontiveros 9th 6th
Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars Tom Harrison 6th Tom Harrison 10th 8th
Durham Bulls Vern Law 7th Lee Stange 1st 2nd
Phoenix Firebirds Al Jackson 8th Al Jackson 5th 7th
Rockford Peaches Boone Logan 9th Boone Logan 17th 9th
Lexington Colts Pete Schourek 10th Pete Schourek 15th 10th(tied)
Staten Island Yankees Joe Edelen 11th Joe Edelen 19th 12th
Boston Pilgrims Logan Webb 12th Logan Webb 7th 10th(tied)
Moose Jaw Robin Hoods Joe Decker 13th Joe Decker 20th 16th
St. Paul Black Gophers Harry Harper 14th Harry Harper 8th 13th
Roanake Black Cardinals Mélido Pérez 15th Mélido Pérez 14th 17th
Albany Diamond Dogs Victor González 16th Victor González 11th 15th
Toledo Mud Hens Frank Lary 17th Frank Lary 16th 18th
Armstrong's Secret Nine Dustin Nippert 18th Dustin Nippert 18th 19th
Penn Yan Mustangs Alex Hardy 19th Alex Hardy 12th 20th
Cienfuegos Elefantes Ed Seward 20th Ed Seward 3rd 14th
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