MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/03/1946
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Tigers Bill Salkeld 1st 10th(tied) 7th
New York Yankees Ernie Lombardi 2nd Sherm Lollar 6th 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Aaron Robinson 3rd 10th(tied) 8th
Pittsburgh Pirates Walker Cooper 4th 10th(tied) 9th
Boston Braves Joe Schultz 5th 10th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia Athletics Yogi Berra 6th Yogi Berra 5th 5th
Boston Red Sox Phil Masi 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Cleveland Guardians Clyde Kluttz 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Brooklyn Dodgers Bruce Edwards 9th Bruce Edwards 1st(tied) 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Bill Dickey 10th Joe Astroth 1st(tied) 3rd
New York Giants Buddy Rosar 11th Gus Niarhos 1st(tied) 4th
Washington Senators Ray Mueller 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Chicago Cubs Clyde McCullough 13th Les Moss 1st(tied) 6th
Chicago White Sox Andy Seminick 14th George Armstrong 8th 14th
St. Louis Browns Hal Wagner 15th Bob Brady 9th 16th
Cincinnati Reds Joe Garagiola 16th Joe Garagiola 7th 11th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago White Sox Stan Musial 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates Johnny Mize 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Washington Senators Mickey Vernon 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
New York Yankees Hank Greenberg 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Boston Red Sox Phil Cavarretta 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Detroit Tigers Eddie Robinson 6th Eddie Robinson 1st 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Frank McCormick 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Cleveland Guardians Eddie Waitkus 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Cincinnati Reds Babe Young 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Athletics Les Fleming 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
New York Giants Nick Etten 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Dodgers Heinz Becker 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Chicago Cubs Ray Sanders 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Boston Braves Elbie Fletcher 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
Philadelphia Phillies Joe Kuhel 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
St. Louis Browns Rudy York 16th 2nd(tied) 16th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Giants Billy Herman 1st 5th(tied) 5th
St. Louis Browns Eddie Stanky 2nd Dick Lajeskie 3rd 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Snuffy Stirnweiss 3rd Don Hasenmayer 4th 4th
Cleveland Guardians Joe Gordon 4th Nippy Jones 2nd 1st
Washington Senators Bobby Doerr 5th 5th(tied) 6th
New York Yankees Mickey Witek 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Chicago Cubs Buddy Blattner 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Boston Red Sox Glenn Crawford 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Pittsburgh Pirates Pete Coscarart 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia Athletics Skeeter Newsome 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Dodgers Bobby Adams 11th Bobby Adams 1st 3rd
Chicago White Sox Lonny Frey 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Boston Braves Red Schoendienst 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Reds Frankie Gustine 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Detroit Tigers Connie Ryan 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Phillies Cass Michaels 16th 5th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Reds Whitey Kurowski 1st 5th(tied) 3rd
Brooklyn Dodgers Pete Reiser 2nd 5th(tied) 4th
Chicago White Sox George Kell 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Boston Red Sox Stan Hack 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Philadelphia Phillies Billy Johnson 5th 5th(tied) 8th
St. Louis Browns Grady Hatton 6th Grady Hatton 3rd 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Ken Keltner 7th Ted Sepkowski 4th 6th
Detroit Tigers Hank Majeski 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Chicago Cubs Chuck Workman 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Athletics Don Ross 10th 5th(tied) 12th
New York Yankees Cookie Lavagetto 11th 5th(tied) 13th
Boston Braves Erv Dusak 12th Eddie Miksis 1st 1st
Washington Senators Jim Tabor 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Pittsburgh Pirates Skippy Roberge 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Cleveland Guardians Rip Russell 15th 5th(tied) 16th
New York Giants Eddie Yost 16th Eddie Yost 2nd 9th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Giants Lou Boudreau 1st 4th(tied) 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Pee Wee Reese 2nd 4th(tied) 3rd
Chicago Cubs Johnny Pesky 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Pittsburgh Pirates Vern Stephens 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Detroit Tigers Luke Appling 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Philadelphia Athletics Billy Cox 6th 4th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Browns Bobby Brown 7th Bobby Brown 1st 1st
Washington Senators Marty Marion 8th 4th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Dodgers Phil Rizzuto 9th 4th(tied) 11th
Cleveland Guardians Eddie Lake 10th Frank Whitman 3rd 8th
Cincinnati Reds Eddie Miller 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Boston Red Sox Billy Jurges 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Boston Braves Buddy Kerr 13th 4th(tied) 14th
New York Yankees Dick Culler 14th Alvin Dark 2nd 5th
Chicago White Sox Jimmy Brown 15th 4th(tied) 15th
St. Louis Cardinals Bobby Sturgeon 16th 4th(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cubs Ted Williams 1st 8th(tied) 2nd
Cincinnati Reds Augie Galan 2nd 8th(tied) 5th
Boston Red Sox Charlie Keller 3rd 8th(tied) 7th
Chicago White Sox Willard Marshall 4th 8th(tied) 11th
Boston Braves Jeff Heath 5th 8th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Athletics Sid Gordon 6th Dale Mitchell 1st 1st
Philadelphia Phillies Del Ennis 7th Del Ennis 3rd 4th
New York Yankees Ralph Kiner 8th Ralph Kiner 2nd 3rd
St. Louis Browns Joe Medwick 9th 8th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh Pirates Buster Adams 10th 8th(tied) 14th
New York Giants Dick Wakefield 11th 8th(tied) 15th
Brooklyn Dodgers Sam Chapman 12th Vern Benson 6th 8th
Detroit Tigers Chet Laabs 13th Clarence Maddern 7th 9th
St. Louis Cardinals Bama Rowell 14th Dick Sisler 5th 6th
Washington Senators George Case 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Guardians Bob Kennedy 16th Gil Coan 4th 10th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Tigers Stan Spence 1st 7th(tied) 6th
New York Giants Goody Rosen 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Chicago Cubs Carl Furillo 3rd Carl Furillo 3rd 2nd
Boston Braves Joe DiMaggio 4th Johnny Groth 4th 4th
St. Louis Browns Andy Pafko 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Chicago White Sox Dom DiMaggio 6th Dick Whitman 6th 5th
Brooklyn Dodgers Bobby Thomson 7th Bobby Thomson 1st(tied) 1st
Cleveland Guardians Hoot Evers 8th 7th(tied) 10th
St. Louis Cardinals Jim Russell 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Pittsburgh Pirates Johnny Wyrostek 10th 7th(tied) 12th
New York Yankees Thurman Tucker 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Wally Judnich 12th Gene Woodling 1st(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Athletics Vance Dinges 13th Paul Lehner 5th 9th
Boston Red Sox Harry Walker 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Cincinnati Reds Guy Curtright 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Washington Senators Carden Gillenwater 16th 7th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Senators Tommy Holmes 1st 2nd(tied) 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Roy Cullenbine 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Dixie Walker 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Boston Braves Johnny Hopp 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Dodgers Enos Slaughter 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
St. Louis Browns Buddy Lewis 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh Pirates Bob Elliott 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Athletics Hank Edwards 8th Joe Smaza 1st 4th
Chicago White Sox Bill Nicholson 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Detroit Tigers Tommy Henrich 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Reds Elmer Valo 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
New York Giants Taffy Wright 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Chicago Cubs Wally Moses 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Boston Red Sox Hal Peck 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
Cleveland Guardians Johnny Lindell 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
New York Yankees Pat Mullin 16th 2nd(tied) 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Guardians Hal Newhouser 1st Ted Gray 2nd 1st
St. Louis Browns Bob Feller 2nd 7th(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Athletics Tex Hughson 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Fred Hutchinson 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Phillies Ewell Blackwell 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Pittsburgh Pirates Johnny Schmitz 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Brooklyn Dodgers Max Lanier 7th Monte Kennedy 5th 4th
New York Yankees Virgil Trucks 8th Bob Kuzava 3rd 3rd
Boston Red Sox Nels Potter 9th Dick Koecher 6th 8th
Chicago Cubs Preacher Roe 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Boston Braves Dizzy Trout 11th Joe Coleman 4th 5th
New York Giants Ed Lopat 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Reds Bobo Newsom 13th Doyle Lade 1st 2nd
Detroit Tigers Johnny Vander Meer 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Washington Senators Hank Borowy 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Chicago White Sox Vic Raschi 16th 7th(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Braves Ray Prim 1st Art Houtteman 6th 3rd
Pittsburgh Pirates Steve Roser 2nd Lee Howard 8th 5th
Cleveland Guardians Hi Bithorn 3rd Russ Meyer 1st 1st
Boston Red Sox Randy Gumpert 4th Dick Koecher 9th 6th
New York Yankees Johnny Podgajny 5th Bill Wight 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Louis Browns Jack Hallett 6th 12th(tied) 10th
Chicago Cubs Joe Page 7th Red Adams 7th 9th
Brooklyn Dodgers Russ Christopher 8th 12th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Athletics Russ Bauers 9th Hank Behrman 2nd 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Mike Ryba 10th 12th(tied) 13th
Detroit Tigers Jake Wade 11th John Carden 11th 11th
Cincinnati Reds Ken Gables 12th Rex Barney 3rd(tied) 7th
Chicago White Sox Sheldon Jones 13th Sheldon Jones 3rd(tied) 8th
Washington Senators Frank Barrett 14th Ray Shore 10th 14th
St. Louis Cardinals Herman Besse 15th 12th(tied) 15th
New York Giants Lefty Wilkie 16th 12th(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Browns Jack Hallett 1st 12th(tied) 8th(tied)
Chicago Cubs Joe Page 2nd Red Adams 7th 6th
Philadelphia Athletics Russ Bauers 3rd Hank Behrman 3rd 2nd
Boston Red Sox Tom Ferrick 4th Dick Koecher 9th 8th(tied)
Cleveland Guardians Al Gettel 5th Ted Gray 2nd 1st
Philadelphia Phillies Mike Ryba 6th 12th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Frank Barrett 7th Ray Shore 10th 11th
Detroit Tigers Paul Erickson 8th John Carden 11th 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Allie Reynolds 9th 12th(tied) 14th
Pittsburgh Pirates Steve Roser 10th Lee Howard 8th 10th
Boston Braves Earl Caldwell 11th Art Houtteman 6th 7th
Cincinnati Reds Ken Gables 12th Doyle Lade 1st 3rd
New York Yankees Johnny Podgajny 13th Bill Wight 4th(tied) 4th
New York Giants Nick Strincevich 14th 12th(tied) 15th
Chicago White Sox Sheldon Jones 15th Sheldon Jones 4th(tied) 5th
Brooklyn Dodgers George Caster 16th 12th(tied) 16th
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