GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/20/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Wally Heilman 1st Wally Heilman 1st 1st
San Diego Conquistadors Charlie Stewart 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
San Jose Missions Eli Ewing 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Hawaii Suns Ralph Bailey 4th Ralph Bailey 3rd 2nd
Portland Green Sox Chet Smith 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Salt Lake City Stars Sam Howard 6th Sam Howard 2nd 3rd
Tucson Bulls George Roney 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Phoenix Scorchers Rube Harrison 8th 4th(tied) 8th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tucson Bulls Joe Dentinger 1st Joe Dentinger 2nd 2nd
Phoenix Scorchers Ed Costanzo 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Sacramento Hawks Arnold Mosteller 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
San Jose Missions Earl Coble 4th 5th(tied) 7th
San Diego Conquistadors Heinie Mott 5th Heinie Mott 1st 1st
Hawaii Suns Don Clark 6th Dwight Sabo 4th 3rd
Salt Lake City Stars Joe Curran 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Portland Green Sox Charlie Horton 8th Charlie Horton 3rd 4th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tucson Bulls Wally Melvin 1st Wally Melvin 1st 1st
Hawaii Suns Rod Gray 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Sacramento Hawks Joe Dow 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Phoenix Scorchers Bill Gleaton 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
San Jose Missions Ed Smith 5th Ed Smith 2nd 2nd
San Diego Conquistadors George Rodney 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Portland Green Sox Walter Stanhope 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Salt Lake City Stars Chuck Callahan 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Salt Lake City Stars Bill Coletti 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Portland Green Sox Bob Parker 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Hawaii Suns Harry Barber 3rd Harry Barber 1st 1st
San Diego Conquistadors Jack Sharp 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Scorchers Ben Cooper 5th Ben Cooper 3rd 3rd
San Jose Missions Clyde Lyon 6th Clyde Lyon 2nd 2nd
Sacramento Hawks Jack Cavin 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Tucson Bulls Bernie Dennis 8th 4th(tied) 8th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hawaii Suns Sid Riccio 1st Sid Riccio 2nd 1st
Tucson Bulls Miguel Serrano 2nd Miguel Serrano 4th 3rd
Sacramento Hawks Joe Esteves 3rd Joe Esteves 5th 4th
San Jose Missions Jack Warner 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Scorchers Bill Clement 5th 6th(tied) 7th
San Diego Conquistadors Dan Winik 6th Dan Winik 3rd 5th
Portland Green Sox John Freda 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Salt Lake City Stars Bob Branson 8th Bob Branson 1st 2nd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Gordon Howard 1st Marv Mason 3rd 2nd
San Jose Missions Mel Bahr 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Tucson Bulls John Walls 3rd John Walls 1st 1st
San Diego Conquistadors Dick Huss 4th Dick Huss 2nd 3rd
Salt Lake City Stars Elmer Abbott 5th Elmer Abbott 5th 5th
Hawaii Suns Ray Swan 6th Ray Swan 4th 4th
Phoenix Scorchers Jack Campbell 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Portland Green Sox Art Hebert 8th Art Hebert 6th 6th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sacramento Hawks Jose Soto 1st Jose Soto 1st 1st
San Jose Missions Roger Dorsey 2nd Roger Dorsey 2nd 2nd
Phoenix Scorchers Charlie Phillips 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Portland Green Sox Joe Webster 4th Joe Webster 3rd 3rd
Hawaii Suns Andy Martin 5th Andy Martin 4th 4th
San Diego Conquistadors Dixie Baker 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Salt Lake City Stars Chet Glass 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Tucson Bulls Dick Payne 8th 5th(tied) 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Salt Lake City Stars Lee Yeager 1st Lee Yeager 2nd 2nd
Tucson Bulls Billy Holly 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Phoenix Scorchers Billy Shields 3rd Billy Shields 1st 1st
Portland Green Sox Bill Roberts 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Hawaii Suns Ollie Orr 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Sacramento Hawks Wally Downs 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
San Diego Conquistadors Mike Burney 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
San Jose Missions John Lewis 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Jose Missions Paddy Williamson 1st Dave Bates 6th 6th
Sacramento Hawks Freddy Sims 2nd Jimmie Smith 1st 1st
Hawaii Suns Jim Perrin 3rd Al Whitman 2nd 2nd
San Diego Conquistadors Jack Cornwell 4th Patsy Thomas 3rd 3rd
Salt Lake City Stars Harry Hoskin 5th Bill Good 8th 7th
Tucson Bulls George Noble 6th Hank Parks 5th 4th
Phoenix Scorchers Frank Rector 7th Frank Rector 7th 8th
Portland Green Sox John Boynton 8th Gene Smith 4th 5th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Conquistadors Buddy Adams 1st Ron Verhey 6th 2nd
Sacramento Hawks Guy Mulford 2nd Weldon McGuire 1st 1st
San Jose Missions Joe Burt 3rd Charlie Douglass 3rd 3rd
Salt Lake City Stars Ed Blanchard 4th Cleo Kidwell 5th 4th
Phoenix Scorchers Sam Cooper 5th 7th(tied) 5th
Portland Green Sox Jay Giese 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Hawaii Suns Johnny Roberts 7th Jim Huff 2nd 6th
Tucson Bulls Eddie Kelly 8th Pat Franchi 4th 7th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Scorchers Harry Taylor 1st 7th(tied) 7th
San Diego Conquistadors Buddy Adams 2nd Ron Verhey 5th 3rd
Tucson Bulls Pat Franchi 3rd Pat Franchi 3rd 2nd
Salt Lake City Stars Cleo Kidwell 4th Cleo Kidwell 4th 4th
Sacramento Hawks Guy Mulford 5th Weldon McGuire 1st 1st
Hawaii Suns Sammy Dickerson 6th Sammy Dickerson 6th 6th
San Jose Missions Frank Howard 7th Frank Howard 2nd 5th
Portland Green Sox Ralph Galer 8th 7th(tied) 8th
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