Positional Strength Overview By Teams

	04/26/1981
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American Baseball Association Positional Strength Overview By Teams

Atlanta Rebels 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Johnny Jones	9th	Daryl Wilkinson	15th	13th
First Basemen	Alejandro Romero	16th	Bob Jones	13th	16th
Second Basemen	Kyle Black	18th	Javier Elizondo	17th	18th
Third Basemen	Bernard Jones	20th	Billy Lambright	9th	13th
Shortstops	Rodrigo Ramos	13th	David Tate	12th	12th
Left Fielders	Wesley Dale	20th	Cristián Rodríguez	19th	20th
Center Fielders	Ian Kidd	15th	Bob Smith	19th	19th
Right Fielders	Edward Zimmerman	8th	Jason Barnett	14th	11th
Starting Pitchers	Bor-zeng Chen	1st	Ramón De Los Santos	3rd	1st
Relievers	Denny Cole	3rd	Denny Reynolds	1st	1st
Closers	Pedro Delgado	14th	Franco Pérez	7th	8th

Baltimore Barons 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Matt Peterson	17th	José Martínez	3rd	5th
First Basemen	Alejandro Peña	7th	Armando Flores	4th	5th
Second Basemen	Jorge Feliciano	6th	Mitsuzuka Kikuchi	16th	13th
Third Basemen	Pepe Rodríguez	9th	David Bell	10th	11th
Shortstops	Larry McCluney	20th	Mike Fernández	3rd	7th
Left Fielders	Al Jackson	2nd	Pat Ballard	8th	2nd
Center Fielders	Dan Starr	14th	Lawrence Hale	5th	9th
Right Fielders	David Hughes	20th	Tony Rodríguez	4th	16th
Starting Pitchers	Jared Richardson	20th	Cristián Hernández	14th	14th
Relievers	Jeffrey Ward	13th	Jim Martin	11th	11th
Closers	François Crête	9th	Frank Caldwell	18th	17th

Boston Colonials 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Wynn Johnson	12th	Robert Sherman	10th	10th
First Basemen	Shumei Higuchi	2nd	Gabriel Vélez	7th	3rd
Second Basemen	Lawrence Gray	10th	Miguel Flores	6th	6th
Third Basemen	Curt Conner	11th	Martín Rojas	16th	17th
Shortstops	Jason Thomas	19th	Norogumi Matsuoka	17th	18th
Left Fielders	Héctor Guzmán	19th	Noburo Hashimoto	1st	5th
Center Fielders	Paul Calvino	2nd	Jesús Vázquez	4th	2nd
Right Fielders	Adrian Rollins	2nd	Paul Smith	17th	5th
Starting Pitchers	Juan García	5th	Claude Jones	Tied for 15th	16th
Relievers	Matthew Williams	6th	Felipe Ramírez	17th	7th
Closers	Carlos Salazar	3rd	Won-il Yi	3rd	4th

Boston Morrills 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Corbin Fairfield	Tied for 5th	Lee Baker	16th	12th
First Basemen	Josh Leaney	12th	Luke Weston	15th	14th
Second Basemen	José Estrada	15th	Miguel López	12th	14th
Third Basemen	John Beckwith	10th	Garland Higgins	5th	7th
Shortstops	Cristián Rodríguez	6th	Mark Kelly	10th	9th
Left Fielders	Morgan Duncan	1st	Juan Luna	3rd	1st
Center Fielders	Domingo López	8th	Cecil Johnston	8th	8th
Right Fielders	Otto Coleman	15th	Kevin Mitchell	6th	7th
Starting Pitchers	Matt Jones	4th	Tomás Roa	Tied for 15th	15th
Relievers	Alfredo Rivera	5th	Douglas Barton	19th	9th
Closers	José Vásquez	5th	Elwood Allen	14th	11th

Chicago Hitmen 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Shingen Miwa	20th	Bernardo Cortés	11th	16th
First Basemen	Kululu Ufa	4th	Reggie Phillips	2nd	1st
Second Basemen	Jack Hudson	16th	Randy Webb	Tied for 19th	20th
Third Basemen	Phil McDonald	3rd	José Rivera	2nd	2nd
Shortstops	Pedro Soto	10th	Tony García	Tied for 19th	20th
Left Fielders	Júlio Barrón	16th	Tom Gray	13th	16th
Center Fielders	Edwin Morris	13th	Quentin Hall	17th	17th
Right Fielders	Clayton Pike	16th	Toshikazu Hara	1st	3rd
Starting Pitchers	Yeong-sin Kim	14th	José Sánchez	12th	13th
Relievers	Esa Lavinen	4th	António Castro	7th	4th
Closers	Tracy Adams	2nd	Davy McCoy	5th	1st

Chicago Clout 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Fernando Gómez	4th	Ed Bates	9th	9th
First Basemen	Tom Griffin	19th	José Espinoza	1st	4th
Second Basemen	Armando Méndez	14th	Len Conner	5th	7th
Third Basemen	Martín Sánchez	13th	Randolph Beck	15th	16th
Shortstops	Joseph Desbiens	2nd	Gil Olson	9th	5th
Left Fielders	Palmer Raymond	10th	Phil Wallace	2nd	3rd
Center Fielders	Charles Palmer	1st	David Donaldson	18th	13th
Right Fielders	Archie Gray	14th	Luis Estronza	16th	19th
Starting Pitchers	Barthelemy Saro	16th	Charlie van Rensselaer	11th	12th
Relievers	Jack Joyner	1st	Joe Rush	5th	2nd
Closers	Rocky Miles	1st	León Sánchez	13th	7th

Cincinnati Rivermen 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Fernando López	2nd	Guus Buyse	8th	8th
First Basemen	Ben Bennett	3rd	Larry Smith	19th	17th
Second Basemen	Gil Cook	11th	Carlos Romero	11th	12th
Third Basemen	Alberto Ramos	14th	Manuel Martínez	3rd	5th
Shortstops	Júlio Asconcio	7th	Glen Taylor	1st	1st
Left Fielders	Manuel Flores	9th	Phil Casey	Tied for 11th	11th
Center Fielders	Jesús Ramos	20th	José Ledesma	10th	16th
Right Fielders	Donald Gaines	13th	Mark Davis	18th	20th
Starting Pitchers	Jay Haynes	6th	Dave Thompson	13th	11th
Relievers	Paco Herrera	19th	Bobby Shelton	14th	19th
Closers	Miguel Días	19th	Nelion Kumanda	17th	20th

Cleveland Eagles 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Carlos Ronceros	15th	Robert Douglas	2nd	2nd
First Basemen	Alonso Infante	9th	Rob Eckersley	6th	8th
Second Basemen	José Gómez	19th	Luis Zamora	14th	17th
Third Basemen	Aaron Sharp	5th	Yasutoki Fujihara	7th	6th
Shortstops	Emílio Martínez	3rd	Gerardo Amaya	5th	4th
Left Fielders	Tim Harsh	3rd	Orlando Pérez	20th	14th
Center Fielders	Jesús Castaneda	5th	Lynwood Kelly	12th	6th
Right Fielders	Drew Key	19th	Robert Moore	3rd	8th
Starting Pitchers	Roberto Gutiérrez	11th	Jaime Molina	8th	7th
Relievers	Francis Bradley	17th	Jaime Molina	9th	18th
Closers	Scott Richardson	15th	Chad Harper	Tied for 18th	19th

Detroit Bears 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Gonzalo Ríos	13th	Alfonso Torres	Tied for 18th	20th
First Basemen	Manlio Coppola	13th	Brandon MacMurdo	3rd	6th
Second Basemen	Dave Day	9th	Héctor Guerrero	19th	19th
Third Basemen	Fred Foster	8th	Chris Johnston	17th	14th
Shortstops	Will Pitts	8th	Wes Bourgeois	19th	19th
Left Fielders	Ramiro Gómez	5th	Bill Lloyd	9th	7th
Center Fielders	Bob Cummins	9th	Yugoro Nakashima	6th	7th
Right Fielders	Matt Bennett	5th	Guus Schumacher	20th	17th
Starting Pitchers	Shuncho Sakamoto	9th	Marcos Aranda	2nd	2nd
Relievers	Kerry Campbell	16th	Júlio Rodríguez	12th	14th
Closers	Chris Pearson	13th	Kerry Johnson	20th	18th

Houston Bullfighters 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Ronald Parker	3rd	Chris Thomas	17th	14th
First Basemen	Carl Crouch	20th	Pedro Mendoza	17th	19th
Second Basemen	Ellis Caldicott	7th	Arturo Gallegos	9th	10th
Third Basemen	Ronald Weber	1st	Ramón Álvarez	13th	3rd
Shortstops	Darren Payne	5th	Henry Scott	8th	6th
Left Fielders	Jerry Dunlap	18th	Harrison Hess	7th	12th
Center Fielders	Martín Ramírez	4th	Salvador Idurat	11th	5th
Right Fielders	Leonardo Contreras	4th	Carlos Salazar	19th	9th
Starting Pitchers	Willis Helms	13th	Germán Álvarez	7th	10th
Relievers	Roy Roberts	11th	Juan Cardenas	18th	15th
Closers	Stephen O'Dell	20th	Raúl García	8th	14th

Los Angeles Quakes 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Curt Cowan	7th	Roger Ellis	13th	11th
First Basemen	Eisuke Nakamura	18th	Peter Johnson	9th	10th
Second Basemen	Frank Thompson	3rd	Kevin Wagner	2nd	2nd
Third Basemen	Miguel Santos	2nd	Jorge Torres	1st	1st
Shortstops	Orlando Méndez	1st	Ray Montgomery	4th	2nd
Left Fielders	Alfred Williams	17th	Fernando Martínez	14th	19th
Center Fielders	Ray Sims	10th	Josh Baker	13th	11th
Right Fielders	Carlos Rivera	18th	Tom Kline	11th	18th
Starting Pitchers	Mark Isobel	8th	Enrico Costa	Tied for 15th	17th
Relievers	Takeo Murata	15th	Felipe Aalbers	6th	10th
Closers	Joseph Olson	17th	Manny Ayala	1st	2nd

Manhattan Peril 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Foster McQueen	10th	Gerald Coleman	7th	7th
First Basemen	Alexander Flynn	1st	Bruce Chandler	5th	2nd
Second Basemen	Mark Brown	2nd	Mike Watkins	4th	1st
Third Basemen	Bernardo González	15th	Adrián Campos	14th	15th
Shortstops	Jaime Morán	17th	José Ramírez	16th	17th
Left Fielders	Roberto Romero	7th	Matt Miller	18th	18th
Center Fielders	Tom Sweet	12th	Edward Gilbert	15th	15th
Right Fielders	Joe Lambert	6th	Mike Knight	5th	4th
Starting Pitchers	Roderick Goodnight	2nd	Ed Larsen	6th	3rd
Relievers	Nick Kenney	10th	Tim Rathbun	15th	12th
Closers	Pat Ruffin	16th	Nino Lagomarsino	12th	15th

New York Empires 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Ángel Acevedo	Tied for 7th	Francisco Herrera	5th	3rd
First Basemen	Harrison Hill	6th	Jeremy Spence	10th	9th
Second Basemen	Marcos Navarro	4th	Francisco García	18th	16th
Third Basemen	José Galló	12th	Brenton Griffin	8th	9th
Shortstops	Tom Thomas	12th	Juan Hesía	15th	14th
Left Fielders	Joe Fox	6th	Júlio López	15th	10th
Center Fielders	Tim Waller	7th	José Zapata	1st	1st
Right Fielders	Adrián Cardona	3rd	Jorge Gonzáles	2nd	1st
Starting Pitchers	Jay Klooster	Tied for 2nd	Bobby Cox	10th	5th
Relievers	Ron Kirkland	14th	Edison McKinney	2nd	5th
Closers	Pedro Aranda	11th	William Dougherty	9th	10th

Philadelphia Blue Rocks 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Paul Hudson	1st	Graham Moore	Tied for 18th	18th
First Basemen	Eduardo Jiménez	17th	Anthony Knight	18th	18th
Second Basemen	Masaharu Koumura	8th	Mathew Eaton	7th	8th
Third Basemen	Pedro Herrera	18th	Ken Wells	19th	18th
Shortstops	Martin Barr	18th	Francisco Díaz	14th	15th
Left Fielders	José Saldaña	8th	Gabe Sweeney	5th	6th
Center Fielders	Ricardo Rodríguez	11th	Wade Barnes	9th	10th
Right Fielders	Clifford Ware	11th	B.J. Coleman	10th	10th
Starting Pitchers	Pat White	12th	Steven Scott	Tied for 15th	19th
Relievers	Wayne Mills	2nd	Juan González	10th	3rd
Closers	Salvador Guzmán	Tied for 7th	Yaichiro Kohara	2nd	3rd

Phoenix Aces 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Juan Ramos	18th	Jeff Robinson	12th	15th
First Basemen	Ernest Donaldson	11th	Rick Cannon	16th	15th
Second Basemen	Paul Thames	12th	Gary Wright	8th	11th
Third Basemen	Charlie Johnston	19th	Eric Savage	18th	19th
Shortstops	Enrique Contreras	16th	Xiu-tou Gao	7th	10th
Left Fielders	Manny Olivarez	Tied for 13th	Patrick Griffith	17th	17th
Center Fielders	César Rivera	17th	Ric Marks	20th	20th
Right Fielders	Todd Perkins	17th	José Tejada	9th	13th
Starting Pitchers	Michael Mundell	10th	Carlos González	Tied for 15th	18th
Relievers	Harry Henderson	7th	Roberto Gómez	3rd	6th
Closers	Ed Compton	12th	Russ Lovelace	6th	6th

Pittsburgh Keystones 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Brad Scott	Tied for 15th	Pete Harrison	4th	6th
First Basemen	Zane Thompson	10th	Carlos Rodríguez	12th	11th
Second Basemen	António Peña	5th	Glenn Glanville	10th	9th
Third Basemen	Guillermo Ayala	4th	Benny Pitts	4th	4th
Shortstops	John Bridwell	9th	Quentin Frawley	13th	13th
Left Fielders	Juan Rico	4th	Jason Webb	11th	8th
Center Fielders	Juan Garza	6th	José Cruz	2nd	3rd
Right Fielders	Anastasio Maldonado	Tied for 9th	Manny Sánchez	15th	15th
Starting Pitchers	Víctor López	17th	Reynaldo Rivero	5th	8th
Relievers	Mike Piper	9th	John Negus	8th	8th
Closers	Vincente Martínez	7th	Rob Warren	10th	9th

San Antonio Revenge 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	César Garza	14th	César Garza	1st	1st
First Basemen	Rusty Tillman	5th	Pedro García	8th	7th
Second Basemen	Quentin Miles	17th	Andrés Rivera	3rd	4th
Third Basemen	Tyler Anderson	17th	Edward Barnes	20th	20th
Shortstops	Andy Thomas	11th	Marcos Lara	6th	8th
Left Fielders	Anthony Horton	13th	Neil Norris	16th	15th
Center Fielders	Nelson López	3rd	Takafumi Ohayashi	7th	4th
Right Fielders	Loren Gwyther	9th	Jerome Faulkner	13th	12th
Starting Pitchers	Randy Greene	19th	Dan Caudill	15th	20th
Relievers	Travis King	18th	Ron Hopkins	4th	17th
Closers	Travis Grant	10th	Jeremy Moore	4th	5th

St. Louis Dredgers 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Ken Gilliam	19th	Gerald Whitehead	14th	17th
First Basemen	Miguel Méndez	14th	Maurice Chamings	20th	20th
Second Basemen	Masafumi Kichida	13th	Ward Wright	15th	15th
Third Basemen	Dave Lambert	6th	Greg Smith	11th	10th
Shortstops	Jack Fullerton	4th	Neil Shirley	18th	16th
Left Fielders	Tomás Estrada	15th	Willie Evans	10th	13th
Center Fielders	Harry Morgan	18th	Geoffrey Sharpe	14th	14th
Right Fielders	David Hernández	7th	Aaron Simpson	8th	6th
Starting Pitchers	Fu-po Teng	15th	Jack Cannon	1st	4th
Relievers	Arnold Perry	20th	Kei Kokawa	13th	20th
Closers	Anthony Galway	18th	Orlando Berrios	11th	16th

The Bronx Ironmen 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Yoritomo Kamuta	11th	Sergio Garza	18th	19th
First Basemen	Gary Osborne	15th	Claudio Martínez	11th	12th
Second Basemen	Chris Boyd	20th	Pepe Rodríguez	1st	5th
Third Basemen	Jorge Herrera	7th	Hadji Ukurugenzi	12th	12th
Shortstops	Justin Payne	15th	Paul Wallace	2nd	3rd
Left Fielders	José Velázquez	12th	Scott Joplin	4th	4th
Center Fielders	Pedro Sotelo	19th	Ramón Pérez	3rd	12th
Right Fielders	Ángel Fernández	1st	Kuan Koo	7th	2nd
Starting Pitchers	Anthony Henderson	7th	In-chul Yi	9th	9th
Relievers	Hunter Petty	12th	Palmer Duncan	16th	13th
Closers	Pat Fuller	4th	César Hernández	16th	12th

Washington Mutuals 04/26/1981
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	George Bishop	5th	Henry Clark	6th	4th
First Basemen	Bill Pierce	8th	Kade Payne	14th	13th
Second Basemen	Steve Steele	1st	Clay Labelle	13th	3rd
Third Basemen	José Colón	16th	Glenn Stark	6th	8th
Shortstops	Foster Jones	14th	Eric Nicholson	11th	11th
Left Fielders	Qing-nian Qin	11th	Máximo Galindo	6th	9th
Center Fielders	Jim Miller	16th	Gerardo Estrada	16th	18th
Right Fielders	Nicky Dinsdale	12th	Vicente Castro	12th	14th
Starting Pitchers	Darren McGee	18th	Barry Kane	4th	6th
Relievers	Edgar Rojas	8th	Troy Forman	20th	16th
Closers	Willie O'Day	6th	Jeff Ellis	15th	13th