HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/20/1975
BNN Index
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HL
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SCORES
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STANDINGS
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STATS
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TEAMS
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PLAYERS
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TRANSACTIONS
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HISTORY
CATCHERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters
Rube McGowan
1st
Jim Korver
2nd
2nd
Rockford Wildcats
Walter Baker
2nd
6th(tied)
6th
Peoria Pastimers
Ben Matousek
3rd
Ben Matousek
4th
3rd
Gary Steelmen
George Gray
4th
6th(tied)
7th
Terre Haute Brewers
Charlie Bradley
5th
Charlie Bradley
3rd
4th
Springfield Hustlers
Manny Guerra
6th
Manny Guerra
5th
5th
Madison Senators
John Reed
7th
6th(tied)
8th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Fred Blake
8th
6th(tied)
9th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Ben James
9th
6th(tied)
10th
Dubuque Dukes
Stan Bobick
10th
6th(tied)
11th
Wichita Rustlers
Rufe Williams
11th
6th(tied)
12th
Evansville Hawks
Jack Hatfield
12th
Spencer Helmlinger
1st
1st
FIRST BASEMEN
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters
Don Taylor
1st
3rd(tied)
3rd
Evansville Hawks
Ted Bunce
2nd
3rd(tied)
4th
Peoria Pastimers
Dick Smith
3rd
3rd(tied)
5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Vern Blaney
4th
3rd(tied)
6th
Madison Senators
Charlie Anderson
5th
3rd(tied)
7th
Terre Haute Brewers
Dick Atchison
6th
3rd(tied)
8th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Maury Ahern
7th
3rd(tied)
9th
Springfield Hustlers
Calvin Marriot
8th
Ernie Green
1st
1st
Rockford Wildcats
Morrie Howard
9th
Bob Webster
2nd
2nd
Wichita Rustlers
George Sanders
10th
3rd(tied)
10th
Gary Steelmen
Jim Day
11th
3rd(tied)
11th
Dubuque Dukes
Leon Carnes
12th
3rd(tied)
12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Madison Senators
Lew Barnes
1st
3rd(tied)
3rd
Peoria Pastimers
Al Wagoner
2nd
3rd(tied)
4th
Evansville Hawks
Bob Downs
3rd
3rd(tied)
5th
Terre Haute Brewers
Bill Tripp
4th
3rd(tied)
6th
Davenport Dusters
Joe Pierre
5th
3rd(tied)
7th
Dubuque Dukes
Chuck Mackey
6th
3rd(tied)
8th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Earl Brown
7th
George Rose
1st
1st
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Bob Miller
8th
3rd(tied)
9th
Springfield Hustlers
Don Richardson
9th
3rd(tied)
10th
Wichita Rustlers
Wally Ellis
10th
3rd(tied)
11th
Rockford Wildcats
Win Neal
11th
Joe Stocksdale
2nd
2nd
Gary Steelmen
John James
12th
3rd(tied)
12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes
Jerome Smith
1st
Jerome Smith
1st
1st
Peoria Pastimers
Ernie Lott
2nd
3rd(tied)
3rd
Evansville Hawks
Al Ashcroft
3rd
3rd(tied)
4th
Terre Haute Brewers
Eddie Adani
4th
3rd(tied)
5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Ed Esler
5th
3rd(tied)
6th
Madison Senators
Carl Lambert
6th
Carl Lambert
2nd
2nd
Rockford Wildcats
Garland Johnson
7th
3rd(tied)
7th
Gary Steelmen
Bob Christian
8th
3rd(tied)
8th
Wichita Rustlers
Mike Dreyfus
9th
3rd(tied)
9th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Don Phelps
10th
3rd(tied)
10th
Davenport Dusters
Dick Christensen
11th
3rd(tied)
11th
Springfield Hustlers
Greg Simmons
12th
3rd(tied)
12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes
Tom Wood
1st
3rd(tied)
3rd
Springfield Hustlers
Eddie Foley
2nd
3rd(tied)
4th
Wichita Rustlers
Bill Naylor
3rd
3rd(tied)
5th
Gary Steelmen
Tom Carpenter
4th
3rd(tied)
6th
Madison Senators
Johnny Anderson
5th
3rd(tied)
7th
Peoria Pastimers
Herb Marini
6th
3rd(tied)
8th
Davenport Dusters
Moses Watts
7th
Jack Childs
1st
1st
Evansville Hawks
Irv Smith
8th
3rd(tied)
9th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Ed Neville
9th
3rd(tied)
10th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Bruce Day
10th
Bruce Day
2nd
2nd
Terre Haute Brewers
Rick Alexander
11th
3rd(tied)
11th
Rockford Wildcats
Raul Villar
12th
3rd(tied)
12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters
George Sills
1st
3rd(tied)
3rd
Gary Steelmen
Pete Hart
2nd
3rd(tied)
4th
Peoria Pastimers
Curt Blige
3rd
3rd(tied)
5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Jerry Branscum
4th
3rd(tied)
6th
Terre Haute Brewers
Ed Makin
5th
Charlie Watson
1st
1st
Rockford Wildcats
Al Baker
6th
3rd(tied)
7th
Dubuque Dukes
Bobby Cocks
7th
3rd(tied)
8th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Johnnie Baldwin
8th
3rd(tied)
9th
Madison Senators
Tommy Nash
9th
3rd(tied)
10th
Evansville Hawks
Leo Clark
10th
Leo Clark
2nd
2nd
Springfield Hustlers
Hank Pollock
11th
3rd(tied)
11th
Wichita Rustlers
12th
3rd(tied)
12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes
Russ Griffith
1st
Russ Griffith
2nd
1st
Evansville Hawks
Gary Ellis
2nd
4th(tied)
4th
Springfield Hustlers
Mickey Cummings
3rd
4th(tied)
5th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Clem Williams
4th
4th(tied)
6th
Wichita Rustlers
Roy Baker
5th
4th(tied)
7th
Davenport Dusters
Bill Durst
6th
Bill Durst
3rd
3rd
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
John Shimp
7th
John Shimp
1st
2nd
Peoria Pastimers
Stan Ross
8th
4th(tied)
8th
Rockford Wildcats
Eddie Beasley
9th
4th(tied)
9th
Madison Senators
Manny Diaz
10th
4th(tied)
10th
Gary Steelmen
Joe Cousino
11th
4th(tied)
11th
Terre Haute Brewers
12th
4th(tied)
12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes
Al Searcy
1st
4th(tied)
4th
Evansville Hawks
John Simmons
2nd
4th(tied)
5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
John Krebs
3rd
John Krebs
3rd
1st
Davenport Dusters
Theodore Davis
4th
4th(tied)
6th
Peoria Pastimers
Alex Lipscomb
5th
4th(tied)
7th
Rockford Wildcats
Johnny Manning
6th
Johnny Manning
2nd
3rd
Lincoln Railsplitters
Tommy Pierce
7th
Tommy Pierce
1st
2nd
Wichita Rustlers
Charlie Woolard
8th
4th(tied)
8th
Gary Steelmen
Julio Cardenas
9th
4th(tied)
9th
Madison Senators
Mike South
10th
4th(tied)
10th
Springfield Hustlers
Charlie Cook
11th
4th(tied)
11th
Terre Haute Brewers
12th
4th(tied)
12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Lincoln Railsplitters
Wally Bishop
1st
Gary Barrett
10th
7th
Davenport Dusters
Joe Trent
2nd
Pedro Winn
3rd(tied)
3rd
Evansville Hawks
Leroy Davis
3rd
Harry Wilson
3rd(tied)
4th
Rockford Wildcats
Tom Arencibia
4th
Joe Austin
9th
8th
Springfield Hustlers
Ben Nicholson
5th
Art Purnell
2nd
2nd
Madison Senators
Harry Leonard
6th
11th(tied)
11th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Ray Harry
7th
Leo Gilliam
3rd(tied)
5th
Gary Steelmen
Bill Sexton
8th
Bill Sexton
7th
9th
Dubuque Dukes
Cot Bowen
9th
Oscar Taylor
3rd(tied)
6th
Terre Haute Brewers
Dan Willmore
10th
Harry Trinity
1st
1st
Peoria Pastimers
Dick Kusler
11th
John Herrick Jr.
8th
10th
Wichita Rustlers
Ellis Wright
12th
11th(tied)
12th
RELIEVERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Davenport Dusters
Jim Donohue
1st
Monte Erickson
7th
2nd
Rockford Wildcats
Alvin Manning
2nd
Carl Rudy
6th
3rd
Gary Steelmen
Ed Gibson
3rd
Stan Weaver
1st
1st
Madison Senators
Harry Rasnake
4th
Phil Fletcher
8th
4th
Dubuque Dukes
Fred Jones
5th
Bill Thomas
2nd
5th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Steve Woodward
6th
9th(tied)
9th
Peoria Pastimers
Ed Saunders
7th
Tim Young
3rd
6th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Bill Aldrich
8th
Gary Barrett
5th
7th(tied)
Springfield Hustlers
Pat Key
9th
Jim Danielson
4th
7th(tied)
Wichita Rustlers
Bill Lynaugh
10th
9th(tied)
10th
Terre Haute Brewers
Bill Sloan
11th
9th(tied)
11th
Evansville Hawks
Fred Felder
12th
9th(tied)
12th
CLOSERS
Team
Top player
Team ranking
Top prospect
Organizational ranking
Overall ranking
Dubuque Dukes
Bill Thomas
1st
Bill Thomas
2nd
1st
Rockford Wildcats
Alvin Manning
2nd
Carl Rudy
6th
3rd
Davenport Dusters
Jim Donohue
3rd
Monte Erickson
8th
4th
Springfield Hustlers
Jim Danielson
4th
Jim Danielson
4th
5th
Gary Steelmen
John Case
5th
John Case
1st
2nd
Wichita Rustlers
Juan Castro
6th
9th(tied)
9th
Lincoln Railsplitters
Al Hauth
7th
Gary Barrett
5th
6th
Cedar Rapids Chiefs
Bob Palko
8th
9th(tied)
10th
Madison Senators
Julio Ortiz
9th
Julio Ortiz
7th
8th
Peoria Pastimers
Tim Young
10th
Tim Young
3rd
7th
Evansville Hawks
Lee Benjamin
11th
9th(tied)
11th
Terre Haute Brewers
Bill Sloan
12th
9th(tied)
12th
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