HEARTLAND LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/20/1975
 
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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