EASTERN ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/20/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Akron Wheels Carl Adams 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne Generals Art Dolby 2nd Art Dolby 3rd 2nd
Dayton Dukes Johnny Ezzo 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Youngstown Phenoms Chuck Carbell 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Erie Cannons Pete Verna 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Reading Coal Barons Jim Lee 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Harrisburg Red Wings Cy Alessi 7th Roger Ellis 2nd 3rd
Charleston Blue Legs Charles O'Brien 8th Charles O'Brien 1st 1st
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Youngstown Phenoms Jack Hoyt 1st Jack Hoyt 1st 1st
Akron Wheels John Hauk 2nd Jim Kerr 4th 3rd
Fort Wayne Generals Frank Dolan 3rd Frank Dolan 2nd 2nd
Charleston Blue Legs Ed Rumple 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Reading Coal Barons Sonny Burnett 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Erie Cannons Bill Asche 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Harrisburg Red Wings Bill Canfield 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Dayton Dukes Curt Briggs 8th Curt Briggs 3rd 4th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Akron Wheels Johnny Dennis 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne Generals Bobby Mendez 2nd Bobby Mendez 2nd 2nd
Reading Coal Barons Dave Rankin 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Dayton Dukes Pat Godfrey 4th Pat Godfrey 1st 1st
Youngstown Phenoms Bobby Zimmerman 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Charleston Blue Legs Sam Johnson 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Erie Cannons Russ Fox 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Harrisburg Red Wings Alvin Thomas 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Youngstown Phenoms Roy Cohen 1st Stan Mance 2nd 1st
Akron Wheels Bernie Bartlett 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Fort Wayne Generals Willie Davis 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Dayton Dukes Bill Grant 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Charleston Blue Legs Stu Duer 5th Stu Duer 1st 2nd
Erie Cannons Red Baker 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Harrisburg Red Wings Bryan Odgers 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Reading Coal Barons Herb Flam 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Erie Cannons Willie Cole 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Youngstown Phenoms Paul Hanson 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Fort Wayne Generals Marv Klimowicz 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Dayton Dukes Troy Uphold 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Harrisburg Red Wings Gene Lewis 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Reading Coal Barons Charlie Walker 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Akron Wheels Danny Henderson 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Charleston Blue Legs Ed Cannon 8th 1st(tied) 8th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Erie Cannons Scotty Rains 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Charleston Blue Legs Si Connell 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Reading Coal Barons Bob Baysinger 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Youngstown Phenoms Mack Mitchell 4th Sid Packer 3rd 3rd
Akron Wheels Paul Baglio 5th Paul Baglio 1st 1st
Dayton Dukes Ken Jones 6th Ken Jones 2nd 2nd
Fort Wayne Generals Fred Smith 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Harrisburg Red Wings 8th 4th(tied) 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Erie Cannons George Miller 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Charleston Blue Legs John Mann 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Youngstown Phenoms John Creese 3rd John Creese 2nd 1st
Reading Coal Barons Barney Knox 4th Barney Knox 1st 2nd
Fort Wayne Generals Harry Davis 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Dayton Dukes Lou Wilkerson 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Akron Wheels Ike Opel 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Harrisburg Red Wings Jeff Varley 8th Jeff Varley 3rd 3rd
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Blue Legs Elmer Miller 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Reading Coal Barons Johnny Brackett 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Fort Wayne Generals Charlie Thomas 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Dayton Dukes Billy Kirkham 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Erie Cannons Granville Nelson 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Akron Wheels Charlie Grant 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Youngstown Phenoms Danny Girard 7th Danny Girard 1st 1st
Harrisburg Red Wings Jerry Brock 8th Bobby Crider 2nd 2nd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Blue Legs Willie Davis 1st Tom Dodson 7th 7th
Fort Wayne Generals Guy Austin 2nd Billy Cunningham 1st 1st
Reading Coal Barons Harry Weaver 3rd Lloyd Greiner 3rd(tied) 3rd
Dayton Dukes Charlie Williams 4th Johnny Westlake 3rd(tied) 4th
Erie Cannons Bob Neal 5th Bob Neal 2nd 2nd
Harrisburg Red Wings Hanson Allen 6th Joe Lacy 3rd(tied) 5th
Akron Wheels Nick Guillory 7th John Jones 3rd(tied) 6th
Youngstown Phenoms Harry Bigelow 8th 8th 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Youngstown Phenoms Ed Carter 1st Tom Ray 4th 2nd
Erie Cannons George McKinney 2nd Dale Johnson 1st(tied) 1st
Harrisburg Red Wings Roger Decker 3rd 5th(tied) 4th
Reading Coal Barons Bill Hadley 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Charleston Blue Legs Ellis Porter 5th Herman Steele 1st(tied) 3rd
Dayton Dukes Pete Gardner 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Fort Wayne Generals Dick Ellison 7th Dick Ellison 3rd 7th
Akron Wheels 8th 5th(tied) 8th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Reading Coal Barons Harry Weaver 1st 5th(tied) 4th
Charleston Blue Legs Herman Steele 2nd Herman Steele 2nd 2nd
Harrisburg Red Wings Roger Decker 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Fort Wayne Generals Dick Ellison 4th Bill Lynch 1st 1st
Dayton Dukes Glenn Smith 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Erie Cannons Joe Bass 6th Joe Bass 3rd 3rd
Youngstown Phenoms Tom Ray 7th Tom Ray 4th 6th
Akron Wheels 8th 5th(tied) 8th
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