Positional Strength Overview By Positions

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS 04/11/1966
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CATCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Atlanta Braves	Joe Torre	1st	Wilson Pacheco	7th	1st
Detroit Tigers	Bill Freehan	2nd	Marco Ponce	8th	2nd
Baltimore Orioles	Johnny Romano	3rd	Andy Etchebarren	10th	3rd
New York Mets	Mike Heath	4th	Gary Lewis	9th	4th
Cincinnati Reds	Smoky Burgess	5th	Lloyd Flodin	15th	5th
Chicago Cubs	Earl Battey	6th	Jack Hiatt	17th	7th
Boston Red Sox	Johnny Roseboro	7th	Ramses Chena	12th	6th
Philadelphia Phillies	Clay Dalrymple	8th	George Pena	4th	8th
California Angels	Alberto Palafox	9th	Guillermo Gomez	16th	11th
Kansas City Athletics	Alfonso Preciado	10th	Johnny Bench	1st	9th
St. Louis Cardinals	Tim McCarver	11th	Ed Herrmann	2nd	10th
San Francisco Giants	Tom Haller	12th	Angelo Trevino	5th	12th
Washington Senators	John Bateman	13th	Manny Sanguillen	18th	13th
Pittsburgh Pirates	Buddy Booker	14th	Buddy Booker	11th	14th
Chicago White Sox	Jerry Grote	15th	Bill Wallin	19th	18th
Houston Astros	Joe Azcue	16th	Adrian Arroyo	13th	16th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ed Bailey	17th	Bob Watson	6th	15th
Cleveland Guardians	Lavern Grace	18th	Ted Sizemore	3rd	17th
Minnesota Twins	Russ Nixon	19th	Gus Aguirre	20th	19th
New York Yankees	Bob Lipski	20th	William Madden	14th	20th

FIRST BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Detroit Tigers	Norm Cash	1st	Jim Mooring	6th	1st
Pittsburgh Pirates	Harmon Killebrew	2nd	Ossie Blanco	18th	2nd
Baltimore Orioles	Roy Sievers	3rd	Jim Rouse	12th	3rd
St. Louis Cardinals	Bill White	4th	Tom Hutton	2nd	4th
Chicago Cubs	Pete Runnels	5th	Mike Epstein	20th	9th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ron Fairly	6th	Mike Jorgensen	10th	5th
Boston Red Sox	Orlando Cepeda	7th	Ray Webster	4th	6th
Chicago White Sox	Willie McCovey	8th	George Hulett	9th	8th
New York Mets	Frank Thomas	9th	Joseph Freynik	19th	10th
Kansas City Athletics	Jared Jablonski	10th	Jim Spencer	7th	7th
Atlanta Braves	Joe Adcock	11th	Willie Montanez	16th	11th
Cleveland Guardians	Tony Alfonso	12th	Daniel DeVito	15th	12th
New York Yankees	Harvey Kuenn	13th	Stanley Beard	14th	14th
Minnesota Twins	Don Mincher	14th	Bob Oliver	8th	13th
Philadelphia Phillies	Jose Echeverria	15th	Costen Shockley	13th	16th
Washington Senators	Tony Horton	16th	Bob Chance	3rd	15th
Houston Astros	Tommy McCraw	17th	Amos Otis	11th	17th
San Francisco Giants	Jim Gosger	18th	Tony Torchia	1st	18th
California Angels	Bobby Knoop	19th	Roger Wattler	17th	19th
Cincinnati Reds	Tommy Harper	20th	Sib Kieft	5th	20th

SECOND BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
San Francisco Giants	Tito Fuentes	1st	Jim Driscoll	15th	2nd
Philadelphia Phillies	Joe Morgan	2nd	Bob Clifton	7th(tied)	1st
Cincinnati Reds	Pete Rose	3rd	Ernie Fazio	13th(tied)	3rd
Cleveland Guardians	Zoilo Versalles	4th	Dave Nelson	1st	4th
Kansas City Athletics	Pete Miller	5th	Davey Johnson	3rd	5th
Chicago White Sox	Felix Mantilla	6th	Denny Doyle	12th	8th
Atlanta Braves	Denis Menke	7th	Steve Braun	6th	6th
California Angels	Roy White	8th	Frank Ferro	4th	7th
New York Mets	Danny Cater	9th	Reggie Smith	10th	9th
Baltimore Orioles	Eddie Bressoud	10th	Danny Calasanz	11th	10th
Pittsburgh Pirates	Leslie Kuhnz	11th	Hal McRae	18th	12th
Houston Astros	Jim Lefebvre	12th	Miguel Vega	2nd	11th
Chicago Cubs	Ken Aspromonte	13th	Cesar Baez	13th(tied)	14th
New York Yankees	Jim McKnight	14th	Winston Llenas	7th(tied)	13th
St. Louis Cardinals	Phil Gagliano	15th	Paul Mankowski	17th	16th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ken Hubbs	16th	Norm Miller	5th	15th
Washington Senators	Horace Clarke	17th	Cesar Gutierrez	16th	17th
Minnesota Twins	Bart Shirley	18th	Gary Overstreet	20th	19th
Boston Red Sox	Chuck Schilling	19th	Rod Carew	19th	18th
Detroit Tigers	Chico Fernandez	20th	Ronald Birchall	9th	20th

THIRD BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Atlanta Braves	Eddie Mathews	1st	Syd O'Brien	19th	1st
Pittsburgh Pirates	Bob Bailey	2nd	Richie Hebner	10th(tied)	2nd
Chicago Cubs	Ron Santo	3rd	Brian Dye	9th	3rd
California Angels	Jim Fregosi	4th	Javier Nunez	14th	6th
New York Yankees	Clete Boyer	5th	Donato Fazio	4th	5th
Kansas City Athletics	Dick Green	6th	David Perez	10th(tied)	7th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Sonny Jackson	7th	Sonny Jackson	1st	4th
San Francisco Giants	Julio Linares	8th	Alejandro de la Rosa	8th	8th
Washington Senators	Dave McDonald	9th	Al Gallagher	6th(tied)	9th
St. Louis Cardinals	Ken Boyer	10th	Sal Bando	13th	10th
Baltimore Orioles	Brooks Robinson	11th	Edward Gagle	5th	11th
Philadelphia Phillies	Mike Andrews	12th	Graig Nettles	6th(tied)	12th
New York Mets	Bob Aspromonte	13th	Bob Christian	15th	13th
Chicago White Sox	Maury Wills	14th	Tony Garcia	16th	15th
Cleveland Guardians	Ramon Conde	15th	Juan Reyes	10th(tied)	16th
Boston Red Sox	Frank Malzone	16th	Doug Rader	2nd	14th
Detroit Tigers	Chico Salmon	17th	Luis Lagunas	20th	19th
Cincinnati Reds	Len Boehmer	18th	Bernie Carbo	3rd	17th
Houston Astros	Charley Smith	19th	Paul Schaal	17th	18th
Minnesota Twins	Rich Rollins	20th	Bob Robertson	18th	20th

SHORTSTOPS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
San Francisco Giants	Jim Ray Hart	1st	Jose Herrera	15th	2nd
Philadelphia Phillies	Dick Allen	2nd	Gabriel Terzani	3rd	1st
Baltimore Orioles	Pete Ward	3rd	Steve Huntz	12th	3rd
Chicago Cubs	Ernie Banks	4th	Dave Cash	9th	5th
Cincinnati Reds	Cesar Tovar	5th	Rico Petrocelli	6th	4th
Detroit Tigers	Dick Groat	6th	Bob Schroder	19th	9th
Kansas City Athletics	Jerry Adair	7th	Bobby Murcer	16th(tied)	8th
California Angels	Billy Moran	8th	Freddie Patek	4th	6th
New York Mets	Jimmy Wynn	9th	Larry Bowa	13th	10th
Cleveland Guardians	Woodie Held	10th	Jerry Davanon	14th	12th
Pittsburgh Pirates	Dave Wissman	11th	Pablo Cruz	8th	11th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Don Wert	12th	Carlos Alarcon	1st	7th
Washington Senators	Jake Gibbs	13th	Katsuji Kuroda	5th	13th
New York Yankees	Ron Hansen	14th	Tony Eichelberger	7th	14th
Houston Astros	Julio Gotay	15th	Tony LaRussa	10th	15th
Chicago White Sox	Bert Campaneris	16th	Bud Harrelson	18th	17th
Atlanta Braves	George Scott	17th	George Scott	2nd	16th
Boston Red Sox	Luis Alcaraz	18th	Edwin Lopez	16th(tied)	18th
St. Louis Cardinals	Ernest Foli	19th	Jorge de la Cruz	11th	19th
Minnesota Twins	Walter Jones	20th	Wayne Garrett	20th	20th

LEFT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
California Angels	Link Curtis	1st	Jim Holt	8th	1st
Chicago Cubs	Billy Williams	2nd	Melvin Resendez	5th(tied)	2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates	Willie Stargell	3rd	Joe Rudi	19th(tied)	3rd
Chicago White Sox	Vada Pinson	4th	Victor Torres	16th	4th
Washington Senators	Felipe Alou	5th	Ricky Medrano	5th(tied)	5th
Cincinnati Reds	Bob Allison	6th	Tom Johnson	12th	7th
Baltimore Orioles	Boog Powell	7th	Rick Monday	2nd	6th
Kansas City Athletics	Tony Conigliaro	8th	Johnny Briggs	14th	8th
New York Yankees	Joe Pepitone	9th	Ken Henderson	18th	10th
Boston Red Sox	Carl Yastrzemski	10th	Neal Austinson	19th(tied)	11th
St. Louis Cardinals	Curt Blefary	11th	Chris Coletta	7th	9th
Cleveland Guardians	Paul Blair	12th	Ron Woods	10th	12th
Minnesota Twins	Tony Oliva	13th	Robert Taylor	11th	13th
New York Mets	Mike Hershberger	14th	Al Oliver	13th	14th
San Francisco Giants	Jesus Alou	15th	Leroy Reams	4th	15th
Atlanta Braves	Manny Jimenez	16th	James Dix	17th	17th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Etsuo Miyamoto	17th	Tommie Reynolds	15th	18th
Philadelphia Phillies	Ted Savage	18th	Bobby Bonds	1st	16th
Houston Astros	Gates Brown	19th	Robert Speer	3rd	19th
Detroit Tigers		20th	Gene Tenace	9th	20th

CENTER FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New York Mets	Hank Aaron	1st	Larry Hisle	16th	1st
Chicago Cubs	Lou Brock	2nd	Bobby Tejeda	17th	2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Curt Flood	3rd	Curt Motton	4th	3rd
Chicago White Sox	Jim Landis	4th	Jay Johnstone	15th	4th
Cleveland Guardians	Tommie Agee	5th	Jerry Morales	14th	5th
Minnesota Twins	Ed Kranepool	6th	Reggie Jackson	20th	11th
Pittsburgh Pirates	Lou Piniella	7th	Roy Foster	8th	6th
New York Yankees	Roger Maris	8th	Telmo Cypriano	18th	10th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Willie Davis	9th	John Paciorek	12th	7th
Baltimore Orioles	Russ Snyder	10th	Jorge Fernandez	10th	8th
San Francisco Giants	Jose Cardenal	11th	Jonathan Hernandez	19th	13th
Kansas City Athletics	Tommy Davis	12th	Matt Ford	2nd	9th
Washington Senators	Chuck Hinton	13th	Alex Martinez	7th	12th
Cincinnati Reds	Art Shamsky	14th	Bill Voss	9th	14th
Philadelphia Phillies	Johnny Callison	15th	Carmen Fanzone	11th	15th
Houston Astros	Lou Clinton	16th	Ron Swoboda	6th	16th
California Angels	Mike White	17th	Tony Martinez	13th	19th
Atlanta Braves	Barry Morgan	18th	Bobby Tolan	5th	18th
Boston Red Sox	Len Gabrielson	19th	Dave May	1st	17th
Detroit Tigers	James White	20th	Steve Sanches	3rd	20th

RIGHT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New York Yankees	Mickey Mantle	1st	Johnny Jeter	9th	1st
Cincinnati Reds	Frank Robinson	2nd	Bernie Smith	3rd	2nd
California Angels	Willie Mays	3rd	Tyrone Crawford	14th	3rd
Atlanta Braves	Rico Carty	4th	Lawrence Wieck	4th	4th
Detroit Tigers	Al Kaline	5th	Joaquin Sanchez	11th	7th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Duke Snider	6th	Jim Fairey	1st	5th
Pittsburgh Pirates	Roberto Clemente	7th	Leroy Stanton	2nd	6th
Washington Senators	Frank Howard	8th	Cito Gaston	17th	8th
Houston Astros	Rusty Staub	9th	Mike Santos	13th	9th
Cleveland Guardians	George Altman	10th	James Covington	8th	10th
San Francisco Giants	Matty Alou	11th	Robert Mitchell	10th	11th
New York Mets	Alex Johnson	12th	Alex Johnson	19th	13th
Boston Red Sox	Lenny Green	13th	Danny Napoleon	6th	12th
Chicago Cubs	Joe Dawsey	14th	Nate Colbert	15th	14th
Minnesota Twins	Chris Till	15th	Ed Palat	18th	17th
Kansas City Athletics	Chris Holland	16th	Francisco Ramos	16th	18th
Philadelphia Phillies	Tony Gonzalez	17th	Carlos Batres	7th	15th
St. Louis Cardinals	Bob Burda	18th	John May	5th	16th
Chicago White Sox	Ken Harrelson	19th	Carlos May	20th	19th
Baltimore Orioles	David Kwiatkowski	20th	David Kwiatkowski	12th	20th

STARTING PITCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Los Angeles Dodgers	Sandy Koufax	1st	Mario Rosado	18th	3rd
Atlanta Braves	Richard Allen	2nd	Sparky Lyle	19th	6th
California Angels	Jerry Stephenson	3rd	Dick Selma	6th	1st
St. Louis Cardinals	James Reiter	4th	Bill Gogolewski	4th	2nd
Cleveland Guardians	Sam McDowell	5th	Stan Bahnsen	8th	4th
Chicago Cubs	Larry Dierker	6th	Dick Drago	13th	7th
Baltimore Orioles	Gary Schaefer	7th	Roger Nelson	16th	8th
Chicago White Sox	Don Sutton	8th	Andy Messersmith	2nd	5th
New York Mets	Jim Bunning	9th	Dave Boswell	10th	12th
Kansas City Athletics	Jim O'Toole	10th	Catfish Hunter	1st	9th
New York Yankees	Camilo Pascual	11th	Jerry Koosman	5th	11th
Detroit Tigers	Fritz Peterson	12th	Jim Nash	3rd	10th
San Francisco Giants	Juan Marichal	13th	Gene Garber	14th	13th
Cincinnati Reds	Jim Maloney	14th	Ron Reed	17th	14th
Philadelphia Phillies	Ray Culp	15th	Steve Arlin	12th	15th
Boston Red Sox	Alexander Bright	16th	Gary Nolan	9th	16th
Pittsburgh Pirates	Joe Gibbon	17th	Les Cain	15th	19th
Washington Senators	Fergie Jenkins	18th	Nolan Ryan	11th	18th
Houston Astros	Ronald Foltz	19th	Tom Seaver	7th	17th
Minnesota Twins	Dave Roberts	20th	Woodie Fryman	20th	20th

RELIEVERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Athletics	Dick Ellsworth	1st	Ed Cecil	3rd	1st
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Newman	2nd	Willis Ortiz	1st	2nd
San Francisco Giants	Richard Swanson	3rd	Jon Fernandez	19th	3rd
Detroit Tigers	Mike Marsh	4th	Rafael Saucedo	8th	4th
California Angels	Eusebio Elizalde	5th	Carlos Nunez	15th	5th
Chicago Cubs	Hisaki Minami	6th	Roy Medley	11th	6th
Chicago White Sox	Fred Beene	7th	Fred Beene	12th	7th
Boston Red Sox	Dick Hall	8th	Steve Kealey	9th	8th
Washington Senators	Jerry Messerly	9th	Peter Podbielan	7th	9th
Minnesota Twins	Dennis Higgins	10th	Jorge Martinez	20th	12th
Baltimore Orioles	Bob Friend	11th	Tug McGraw	10th	10th
New York Mets	Fritz Ackley	12th	Adrian Murillo	2nd	11th
Houston Astros	Cisco Carlos	13th	Hector Garcia	13th	13th
New York Yankees	Pete Mikkelsen	14th	Sergio Reyes	18th	15th
Cincinnati Reds	John Flavin	15th	Rich Beck	5th	14th
Atlanta Braves	Bob Hendley	16th	Richard Thoms	6th	17th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ron Perranoski	17th	Frank Peters	14th	18th
Cleveland Guardians	Sonny Siebert	18th	Dave Perez	4th	16th
Philadelphia Phillies	Kenneth Lubert	19th	Kenneth Lubert	16th	19th
St. Louis Cardinals	Glenn McMinn	20th	Paul Emerick	17th	20th

CLOSERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
St. Louis Cardinals	Lindy McDaniel	1st	Douglas Duffie	20th	17th
Cleveland Guardians	Dave Leonhard	2nd	Omar Ornelas	13th(tied)	3rd
Baltimore Orioles	Ken McBride	3rd	Tug McGraw	1st	1st
Atlanta Braves	Curt Sauer	4th	Oscar Zamora	13th(tied)	6th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Stan Williams	5th	Gene Morowski	10th	5th
Chicago White Sox	Rick Wise	6th	Mike Hedlund	13th(tied)	7th
Kansas City Athletics	Dick Ellsworth	7th	Leroy Thomas	6th	4th
Houston Astros	Lanny Monette	8th	Ramon Tejada	18th	18th
Philadelphia Phillies	John Hathcote	9th	Santos Jimenez	11th	10th
Washington Senators	Butch Hughes	10th	Peter Podbielan	2nd	2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Newman	11th	Don O'Riley	5th	9th
Cincinnati Reds	Arsenio Sotolongo	12th	Hector Rodriguez	19th	19th
New York Yankees	Bill Stafford	13th	Sergio Reyes	3rd	8th
Chicago Cubs	Kenshiro Tanaka	14th	Pedro Borbon	12th	12th
Minnesota Twins	Jack Baldschun	15th	Jorge Martinez	4th	11th
San Francisco Giants	Bobby Bolin	16th	Enrique Rojo	9th	13th
California Angels	Marcel Lachemann	17th	Eugene Williams	8th	14th
Boston Red Sox	Chris Zachary	18th	Donald Sargent	7th	15th
New York Mets	Jim Bouton	19th	Elio Cortes	13th(tied)	16th
Detroit Tigers	Terry Fox	20th	Jim Bibby	17th	20th

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