SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/20/1975
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Roanoke Railroaders Red Clay 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Raleigh Explorers Pete Wyatt 2nd Jose Chavez 6th 6th
Savannah Privateers Larry Pierce 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Norfolk Navigators Ted Tinsley 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Mobile Commodores Rudy Earls 5th Pete Little 1st(tied) 1st
Charlotte Bluebirds Johnny Reed 6th Johnny Reed 1st(tied) 2nd
Miami Sailors Billy Halsey 7th Danny Simpson 1st(tied) 3rd
Charleston Seagulls Javier Rodriguez 8th Karl Rentsch 8th 8th
Tampa Cigar Kings Eli Garnett 9th Eli Garnett 7th 7th
Arlington Patriots Harold Casavant 10th Earl Bryan 1st(tied) 4th
Greenville Rockets Harry Gayle 11th Harry Gayle 1st(tied) 5th
Winston-Salem Blazers Eddie Jones 12th 9th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Raleigh Explorers Eddie Johnson 1st Eddie Johnson 7th 5th
Charlotte Bluebirds Earl Warmack 2nd Earl Warmack 3rd 3rd
Roanoke Railroaders Sam Mathews 3rd Sam Mathews 4th 4th
Tampa Cigar Kings Jimmy Grider 4th Jimmy Grider 2nd 2nd
Charleston Seagulls Ed Tracy 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Norfolk Navigators Ike Moore 6th John Evans 6th 6th
Mobile Commodores Lou Patillo 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Winston-Salem Blazers John Smitherman 8th Bill Houghton 1st 1st
Savannah Privateers Jackie O'Brien 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Miami Sailors Joe Howard 10th Joe Howard 5th 7th
Greenville Rockets Lee Tracey 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Arlington Patriots 12th 8th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Dave Tibbs 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Savannah Privateers Don Robinson 2nd 10th(tied) 11th
Raleigh Explorers Carlos Lopez 3rd Al Ireland 1st(tied) 1st
Roanoke Railroaders Jackie Harrison 4th Chuck Flynn 5th 4th
Charlotte Bluebirds Gary Luther 5th Diego Zamora 1st(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Navigators Ralph Smith 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Tampa Cigar Kings Al Shaw 7th (tied) Al Shaw 7th 5th
Winston-Salem Blazers Glenn Cohen 7th (tied) Glenn Cohen 9th 9th
Miami Sailors Whitey Downs 9th Jimmy Allen 8th 8th
Mobile Commodores Bernie Morgan 10th Bernie Morgan 6th 7th
Greenville Rockets Chuck Wright 11th Fred Van der Horst 1st(tied) 3rd
Charleston Seagulls Smith Strayhorn 12th Smith Strayhorn 4th 6th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mobile Commodores Henry Gordon 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Arlington Patriots Pryor Morgan 2nd Pryor Morgan 6th 4th
Roanoke Railroaders Fidel Gutierrez 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Winston-Salem Blazers Dick Gabrielson 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Savannah Privateers Claude Keen 5th Jack Hilbert 3rd 3rd
Charlotte Bluebirds Harry Weisenborn 6th Harry Weisenborn 5th 5th
Raleigh Explorers Bill Underwood 7th Stan Griffin 1st(tied) 1st
Tampa Cigar Kings Dick Carey 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Charleston Seagulls Don Heath 9th Don Heath 4th 6th
Norfolk Navigators Marv Dixon 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Greenville Rockets Billy Walker 11th Melvin Bernard 1st(tied) 2nd
Miami Sailors Chuck Zinn 12th 7th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arlington Patriots Charlie Williams 1st Walt Harvey 2nd 2nd
Mobile Commodores Al Varela 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Tampa Cigar Kings Bobby Woods 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Raleigh Explorers Charlie Bell 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Miami Sailors Lester Williams 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Savannah Privateers Wayne Carter 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Charlotte Bluebirds Bill Ward 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Greenville Rockets Johnny Mathewson 8th Johnny Mathewson 1st 1st
Roanoke Railroaders Jack Barrow 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Norfolk Navigators Claude Mattingly 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Charleston Seagulls Harry Soderholm 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Winston-Salem Blazers 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Bluebirds Cliff Washington 1st Cliff Washington 7th 3rd
Savannah Privateers Vern Bell 2nd Vern Bell 1st 1st
Arlington Patriots Al Chamberlin 3rd Alfonso Valdez 5th 5th
Raleigh Explorers Bill Norton 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Miami Sailors Ray Heiken 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Roanoke Railroaders Jim Santos 6th Jim Santos 2nd 2nd
Norfolk Navigators Jake Levine 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Greenville Rockets Johnny O'Brien 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Charleston Seagulls Jack Abrams 9th Jack Abrams 3rd 4th
Tampa Cigar Kings Harry Doolittle 10th Harry Doolittle 4th 6th
Winston-Salem Blazers Sonny Crane 11th Sonny Crane 8th 7th
Mobile Commodores Tony Hernandez 12th Tony Hernandez 6th 8th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Raleigh Explorers Johnny Brown 1st Don Simpson 1st 1st
Norfolk Navigators George Nichols 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Savannah Privateers Tom Dennis 3rd Tom Dennis 5th 5th
Mobile Commodores Stan Sullivan 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Charleston Seagulls Gus Barlow 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Charlotte Bluebirds Ron Waller 6th Ron Waller 2nd 2nd
Greenville Rockets Sam Harmon 7th Al Paulsen 7th 6th
Roanoke Railroaders Charlie Fox 8th Charlie Fox 4th 3rd
Arlington Patriots Jeff June 9th Jeff June 3rd 4th
Winston-Salem Blazers Isaac Abramowitz 10th Isaac Abramowitz 8th 8th
Miami Sailors Jim Houston 11th Jim Houston 6th 7th
Tampa Cigar Kings Pete Rickert 12th 9th(tied) 12th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Raleigh Explorers Dino Sharp Jr. 1st Dino Sharp Jr. 1st(tied) 1st
Charleston Seagulls Tom Good 2nd Charlie Huffman 5th 3rd
Charlotte Bluebirds Eddie Wilbur 3rd Tom Last 4th 4th
Savannah Privateers Art Higgins 4th Bernie Martin 1st(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Navigators George Cooney 5th George Cooney 6th 5th
Tampa Cigar Kings Carl Siegman 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Miami Sailors George Pratt 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Greenville Rockets Cotton Hill 8th Bob Smith 8th 7th
Winston-Salem Blazers Vern Mercer 9th Vern Mercer 7th 8th
Roanoke Railroaders Jim Ballard 10th Jim Ballard 9th 9th
Arlington Patriots Ricky Smith 11th Ricky Smith 3rd 6th
Mobile Commodores Moe Pederson 12th 10th(tied) 12th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Roanoke Railroaders Jim Terry 1st Jim Terry 10th 9th
Miami Sailors Chris Moore 2nd Lee Jones 7th 5th
Arlington Patriots Tom Johnson 3rd (tied) Marty Wilson 2nd 1st
Charleston Seagulls Davey O'Dell 3rd (tied) Clem Leader 4th 3rd
Tampa Cigar Kings Phil West 5th Phil West 5th 4th
Charlotte Bluebirds Jim Roberts 6th Ricardo Maldonado 3rd 2nd
Norfolk Navigators Alex Thibeault 7th Ike Goellner 11th 11th
Greenville Rockets Juan Rivera 8th Butch Mathis 9th 10th
Mobile Commodores Les Davis 9th Steve Blake 6th 6th
Savannah Privateers Paul Czerwinski 10th Paul Czerwinski 12th 12th
Raleigh Explorers Aaron Cooper 11th Abe Hynes 1st 7th
Winston-Salem Blazers Carl Cannon 12th Frank Erwin 8th 8th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Savannah Privateers Leo McDonald 1st Tom Hurst 2nd(tied) 1st
Roanoke Railroaders John Garrison 2nd 11th(tied) 7th
Mobile Commodores Buck Brooks 3rd Buck Brooks 2nd(tied) 2nd
Norfolk Navigators Jim Evans 4th 11th(tied) 9th
Charlotte Bluebirds Ty Sutton 5th Doc Hudson 9th 8th
Greenville Rockets Charlie McCreadie 6th Charlie McCreadie 2nd(tied) 4th
Raleigh Explorers Larry Howard 7th Ted Zastrow 2nd(tied) 5th
Arlington Patriots Ike Spears 8th Ike Spears 8th 10th
Miami Sailors Art Chandler 9th Calvin Jefferson 10th 12th
Tampa Cigar Kings Sam Lawrence 10th Ernie Woosley 2nd(tied) 6th
Winston-Salem Blazers Ike Bradley 11th Ike Bradley 7th 11th
Charleston Seagulls Bob Chase 12th Ronnie Mayer 1st 3rd
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Norfolk Navigators Sam Helsel 1st 11th(tied) 5th
Arlington Patriots Frank Hunter 2nd Ike Spears 1st(tied) 1st
Charlotte Bluebirds Herm Jones 3rd Herm Jones 3rd 3rd
Roanoke Railroaders John Garrison 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Greenville Rockets Warren Hunt 5th Warren Hunt 4th 4th
Raleigh Explorers Larry Howard 6th Larry Howard 10th 7th
Savannah Privateers Harry Schwartz 7th Harry Schwartz 6th 6th
Miami Sailors Pat Brooks 8th Calvin Jefferson 9th 10th
Winston-Salem Blazers Bill Moore 9th Bill Moore 7th 8th
Tampa Cigar Kings Charlie Samons 10th Ernie Woosley 1st(tied) 2nd
Charleston Seagulls Ed Page 11th Ed Page 8th 11th
Mobile Commodores Rick Bailey 12th Rick Bailey 5th 9th
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