MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/13/1955
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Cardinals Smoky Burgess 1st Dick Rand 6th 3rd
New York Yankees Yogi Berra 2nd 8th(tied) 4th
Brooklyn Dodgers Roy Campanella 3rd 8th(tied) 5th
Philadelphia Phillies Stan Lopata 4th 8th(tied) 6th
Pittsburgh Pirates Josh Gibson 5th Vic Janowicz 1st 1st
Milwaukee Braves Sherm Lollar 6th 8th(tied) 7th
Washington Senators Clint Courtney 7th Steve Korcheck 7th 9th
Cincinnati Redlegs Ed Bailey 8th Hank Foiles 2nd 2nd
Detroit Tigers Bill Sarni 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Cleveland Indians Hal Naragon 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Athletics Quincy Trouppe 11th 8th(tied) 14th
New York Giants Sam Hairston 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Chicago Cubs Ed Fitz Gerald 13th Harry Chiti 3rd 8th
Boston Red Sox John Ritchey 14th Lou Berberet 4th 10th
Chicago White Sox Carlos Colas 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Baltimore Orioles Jim Hegan 16th Jay Porter 5th 11th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Cardinals Stan Musial 1st Neal Hertweck 7th 2nd
Detroit Tigers Ted Kluszewski 2nd 9th(tied) 7th
New York Yankees Bill Skowron 3rd Frank Leja 8th 9th
Boston Red Sox Al Rosen 4th Harry Agganis 4th 4th
Baltimore Orioles Luke Easter 5th 9th(tied) 10th
New York Giants Ferris Fain 6th Marv Blaylock 5th 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Gil Hodges 7th Bob Skinner 2nd 3rd
Chicago White Sox Mickey Vernon 8th Ron Jackson 6th 8th
Milwaukee Braves Joe Adcock 9th Norm Zauchin 3rd 5th
Pittsburgh Pirates Hank Greenberg 10th Tony Bartirome 1st 1st
Cincinnati Redlegs Charlie Maxwell 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Dodgers George Crowe 12th 9th(tied) 12th
Chicago Cubs Elbie Fletcher 13th 9th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Irv Noren 14th 9th(tied) 14th
Kansas City Athletics Vic Power 15th 9th(tied) 15th
Cleveland Indians Buddy Hassett 16th 9th(tied) 16th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Yankees Gil McDougald 1st 8th(tied) 4th
Boston Red Sox Nellie Fox 2nd Don Zimmer 3rd 3rd
Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson 3rd 8th(tied) 7th
Chicago Cubs Solly Hemus 4th 8th(tied) 8th
St. Louis Cardinals Bobby Morgan 5th Frank Bolling 2nd 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Bobby Avila 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Kansas City Athletics Bobby Doerr 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Baltimore Orioles Hector Lopez 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh Pirates Granny Hamner 9th Johnny O'Brien 1st 1st
Milwaukee Braves Red Schoendienst 10th Mel Roach 5th 6th
Cleveland Indians Joe Gordon 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Washington Senators Connie Ryan 12th Roy Dietzel 7th 10th
Cincinnati Redlegs Gene Baker 13th 8th(tied) 15th
New York Giants Sammy Hughes 14th Ron Samford 6th 12th
Detroit Tigers Marvin Williams 15th Reno Bertoia 4th 5th
Chicago White Sox Jim Finigan 16th 8th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Braves Eddie Mathews 1st 8th(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Dodgers Leon Kellman 2nd 8th(tied) 5th
Philadelphia Phillies Ray Boone 3rd 8th(tied) 6th
New York Giants Hank Thompson 4th Joey Amalfitano 1st(tied) 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Ken Boyer 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Baltimore Orioles Eddie Yost 6th 8th(tied) 11th
New York Yankees Pinky May 7th Kal Segrist 5th 7th
Cleveland Indians Howard Easterling 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Cincinnati Redlegs Harlond Clift 9th 8th(tied) 14th
Boston Red Sox Randy Jackson 10th Hal Bevan 7th 10th
Pittsburgh Pirates Don Ross 11th Sonny Senerchia 4th 8th
Kansas City Athletics Bobby Adams 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Chicago White Sox Andy Carey 13th Sammy Esposito 1st(tied) 2nd
Washington Senators Buddy Blair 14th Harmon Killebrew 3rd 4th
Detroit Tigers Bob Elliott 15th John Baumgartner 6th 13th
Chicago Cubs Grady Hatton 16th 8th(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Braves Johnny Logan 1st 8th(tied) 5th
Chicago Cubs Ernie Banks 2nd 8th(tied) 6th
Detroit Tigers Harvey Kuenn 3rd 8th(tied) 7th
Brooklyn Dodgers Pee Wee Reese 4th Billy Consolo 4th 3rd
New York Giants Roy McMillan 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Pittsburgh Pirates Sam Bankhead 6th Gair Allie 5th 4th
Chicago White Sox Chico Carrasquel 7th Jim Baumer 7th 8th
New York Yankees Phil Rizzuto 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Boston Red Sox Billy Klaus 9th 8th(tied) 13th
St. Louis Cardinals George Strickland 10th 8th(tied) 14th
Baltimore Orioles Alex Grammas 11th Bud Thomas 6th 11th
Washington Senators Milt Bolling 12th Jerry Snyder 2nd 1st
Philadelphia Phillies Sam Dente 13th Woodie Held 3rd 9th
Kansas City Athletics Tommy Butts 14th Dick Schofield 1st 2nd
Cincinnati Redlegs Wally Flager 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Cleveland Indians Bobby Wilkins 16th 8th(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Red Sox Ted Williams 1st Faye Throneberry 6th 1st
New York Yankees Joe DiMaggio 2nd 9th(tied) 7th
Detroit Tigers Carl Furillo 3rd Paul Smith 1st 2nd
Milwaukee Braves Hank Aaron 4th 9th(tied) 8th
Chicago White Sox Minnie Minoso 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Brooklyn Dodgers Elmer Valo 6th Gene Stephens 3rd 3rd
Cincinnati Redlegs Enos Slaughter 7th Dick Williams 4th 4th
Washington Senators Tommy Henrich 8th 9th(tied) 11th
St. Louis Cardinals Butch Nieman 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Baltimore Orioles Bob Nieman 10th Joe Durham 8th 10th
Kansas City Athletics Roy Sievers 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Pittsburgh Pirates Ralph Kiner 12th 9th(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Phillies Vic Wertz 13th Stan Palys 5th 5th
New York Giants Del Ennis 14th Bill Taylor 7th 13th
Chicago Cubs Rip Repulski 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Indians Dave Pope 16th Jerry Lynch 2nd 6th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Giants Willie Mays 1st Eric Rodin 7th 1st
New York Yankees Mickey Mantle 2nd 9th(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Dodgers Duke Snider 3rd 9th(tied) 4th
Philadelphia Phillies Richie Ashburn 4th Bobby Del Greco 2nd 2nd
Boston Red Sox Jim Piersall 5th Karl Olson 4th 5th
Cleveland Indians Larry Doby 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Detroit Tigers Milt Byrnes 7th 9th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Barrett 8th 9th(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Braves Bill Bruton 9th Pete Whisenant 3rd 7th
Kansas City Athletics Henry Kimbro 10th (tied) Lee Walls 1st 6th
Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Busby 10th (tied) Eddie O'Brien 5th 8th
Baltimore Orioles Jim Rivera 12th Jim Pisoni 8th 11th
Cincinnati Redlegs Frenchy Bordagaray 13th Jim Bolger 6th 9th
Chicago Cubs Dom DiMaggio 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Washington Senators Bill Howerton 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Chicago White Sox Herb Adams 16th 9th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Tigers Al Kaline 1st 4th(tied) 3rd
New York Giants Goody Rosen 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Baltimore Orioles Roy Cullenbine 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Cincinnati Redlegs Wally Post 4th Ted Tappe 2nd 1st
New York Yankees Jackie Jensen 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Brooklyn Dodgers Bruce Campbell 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Chicago White Sox Wild Bill Wright 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Milwaukee Braves Gus Bell 8th 4th(tied) 10th
Cleveland Indians Ted Strong 9th 4th(tied) 11th
St. Louis Cardinals Wally Moon 10th 4th(tied) 12th
Boston Red Sox Sid Gordon 11th Tom Umphlett 3rd 4th
Washington Senators Culley Rikard 12th Dan Porter 1st 2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates Chuck Workman 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Chuck Diering 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Chicago Cubs Jim King 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Kansas City Athletics Gene Woodling 16th 4th(tied) 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Braves Early Wynn 1st Ray Crone 4th 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Van Mungo 2nd Frank Lary 1st(tied) 1st
Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Garcia 3rd Ron Kline 1st(tied) 2nd
New York Yankees Jack Harshman 4th Dick Hall 5th 4th
Brooklyn Dodgers Billy Pierce 5th Karl Spooner 8th 5th
Cleveland Indians Herb Score 6th 10th(tied) 7th
Chicago White Sox Chuck Stobbs 7th 10th(tied) 9th
Detroit Tigers Billy Hoeft 8th Paul Foytack 6th 8th
New York Giants Sal Maglie 9th 10th(tied) 11th
Baltimore Orioles Don Newcombe 10th Tom Brewer 1st(tied) 6th
Boston Red Sox Bob Turley 11th Bob Wiesler 9th 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Robin Roberts 12th 10th(tied) 12th
Chicago Cubs Warren Spahn 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Cincinnati Redlegs Saul Rogovin 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Washington Senators Johnny Kucks 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Kansas City Athletics Alex Kellner 16th Art Ditmar 7th 15th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pittsburgh Pirates Nels Potter 1st Bob Purkey 1st 1st
Cleveland Indians Don Mossi 2nd Bill Abernathie 15th 12th
Boston Red Sox Frank Baumann 3rd Tex Clevenger 3rd 2nd
New York Yankees Windy McCall 4th Dick Hall 14th 13th
New York Giants Hoyt Wilhelm 5th Ramon Monzant 8th(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Marv Grissom 6th Ron Mrozinski 8th(tied) 7th
Detroit Tigers Harry Eisenstat 7th Bob Miller 8th(tied) 8th
Brooklyn Dodgers Don Bessent 8th Ron Negray 8th(tied) 9th
Chicago White Sox Bill Sayles 9th Gus Keriazakos 8th(tied) 10th
Baltimore Orioles Jesse Flores 10th Billy O'Dell 7th 11th
Washington Senators Camilo Pascual 11th Camilo Pascual 5th 5th
Chicago Cubs Roy Henshaw 12th Jim Brosnan 4th 4th
Cincinnati Redlegs Gordon Maltzberger 13th 16th 14th
Kansas City Athletics Hal Brown 14th Lee Wheat 2nd 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Eddie Yuhas 15th Bobby Tiefenauer 6th 15th
Milwaukee Braves Phil Paine 16th Phil Paine 8th(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pittsburgh Pirates Nels Potter 1st Bob Purkey 1st 1st
New York Giants Ellis Kinder 2nd Ramon Monzant 9th(tied) 2nd
Cleveland Indians Ray Narleski 3rd Bill Abernathie 15th 14th
Kansas City Athletics Roy Face 4th Art Ditmar 2nd 3rd
Boston Red Sox Hersh Freeman 5th Tex Clevenger 3rd 4th
Detroit Tigers Harry Eisenstat 6th Bob Miller 9th(tied) 5th
Chicago White Sox Bill Sayles 7th Gus Keriazakos 9th(tied) 6th
Baltimore Orioles Jesse Flores 8th Billy O'Dell 6th 7th
Cincinnati Redlegs Dixie Howell 9th 16th 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Willard Schmidt 10th Bobby Tiefenauer 5th 8th
Milwaukee Braves Frank Sullivan 11th Ray Crone 8th 9th
Brooklyn Dodgers Clem Labine 12th Ron Negray 9th(tied) 10th
New York Yankees Tom Gorman 13th Dick Hall 14th 15th
Chicago Cubs Sandy Consuegra 14th Jim Brosnan 4th 11th
Washington Senators Leo Kiely 15th Camilo Pascual 7th 12th
Philadelphia Phillies Jack Meyer 16th Ron Mrozinski 9th(tied) 13th
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