MLB
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/08/1981
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Gary Carter 1st Dave Schmidt 20th 11th
Detroit Tigers Carlton Fisk 2nd David Blume 15th 13th
New York Mets Terry Kennedy 3rd Nick Castaneda 17th 16th
Boston Red Sox Gene Tenace 4th (tied) Dan Firova 19th 18th
California Angels Brian Downing 4th (tied) Wes Clements 5th 1st
Seattle Mariners David Fowlkes 6th Hector Rivera 6th 3rd
Pittsburgh Pirates Lance Parrish 7th Chris Bando 2nd 2nd
Baltimore Orioles Jim Sundberg 8th 21st(tied) 19th
Kansas City Royals Tony Pena Sr. 9th Orlando Sanchez 7th(tied) 5th
Philadelphia Phillies John Wockenfuss 10th Thomas Norko 14th 14th
Houston Astros Ron Hassey 11th Emilio Carrasquel 13th 15th
St. Louis Cardinals Ted Simmons 12th 21st(tied) 20th
Atlanta Braves Rick Dempsey 13th David Peterson 3rd 4th
New York Yankees Thurman Munson 14th 21st(tied) 22nd
Minnesota Twins John Stearns 15th 21st(tied) 23rd
Oakland Athletics Charlie Moore 16th Jody Davis 11th 12th
Milwaukee Brewers Jose Morales 17th Tim Laudner 1st 6th
San Diego Padres John Wathan 18th 21st(tied) 24th
Cincinnati Reds Butch Wynegar 19th Joseph Henderson 7th(tied) 7th
Chicago White Sox Joe Nolan 20th 21st(tied) 25th
Cleveland Indians Alan Ashby 21st John Lickert 18th 26th
Toronto Blue Jays Rick Cerone 22nd Marty Castillo 7th(tied) 9th
Texas Rangers Bruce Benedict 23rd Ozzie Virgil 12th 17th
San Francisco Giants Ernie Whitt 24th Brad Gulden 16th 21st
Chicago Cubs Dave Rader 25th Bob Kearney 4th 8th
Los Angeles Dodgers Tim Blackwell 26th Doug Gwosdz 7th(tied) 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Cardinals Keith Hernandez 1st 20th(tied) 14th
Baltimore Orioles Eddie Murray 2nd Dave Hostetler 2nd 1st
Detroit Tigers Cecil Cooper 3rd 20th(tied) 16th
Boston Red Sox Reggie Smith 4th Sean Everton 18th 12th
Pittsburgh Pirates Jason Thompson 5th Robert Bailey 11th 8th
Seattle Mariners Kent Hrbek 6th Kent Hrbek 3rd(tied) 2nd
Minnesota Twins Rod Carew 7th Jack Sauer 15th 11th
Chicago White Sox Willie Aikens 8th Larry Whisenton 3rd(tied) 3rd
Los Angeles Dodgers Mike Hargrove 9th Bob Mariano 12th 13th
New York Yankees Rusty Staub 10th William Metil 9th 9th
Oakland Athletics John Mayberry Sr. 11th 20th(tied) 21st
Cleveland Indians Andre Thornton 12th 20th(tied) 22nd
New York Mets Bob Watson 13th John Schaive 1st 4th
Chicago Cubs Pete Rose 14th Scott Fletcher 8th 10th
California Angels Willie Upshaw 15th Tim Tolman 17th 19th
Kansas City Royals Cliff Johnson 16th Kenneth Scarpace 16th 18th
Cincinnati Reds Dan Driessen 17th Jeff Cox 13th 17th
Texas Rangers Benny Ayala 18th Jim Maler 3rd(tied) 5th
Atlanta Braves John Milner 19th 20th(tied) 23rd
San Francisco Giants Chris Chambliss 20th Jesus Vega 10th 15th
Montreal Expos Otto Velez 21st 20th(tied) 25th
San Diego Padres Mike Jorgensen 22nd Kenneth Foster 3rd(tied) 6th
Houston Astros Bill Robinson 23rd Edgar Castro 19th 24th
Philadelphia Phillies Davey Johnson 24th Al Minker 14th 20th
Milwaukee Brewers Mike Ivie 25th 20th(tied) 26th
Toronto Blue Jays Daryl Sconiers 26th Daryl Sconiers 3rd(tied) 7th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
California Angels Bobby Grich 1st 20th(tied) 16th
Montreal Expos Tim Raines 2nd 20th(tied) 19th
Cincinnati Reds Joe Morgan 3rd Mike Gates 2nd 1st
New York Yankees Willie Randolph 4th 20th(tied) 21st
Detroit Tigers Lou Whitaker 5th Tim Flannery 6th(tied) 4th
New York Mets John Castino 6th 20th(tied) 23rd
Atlanta Braves Glenn Hubbard 7th Vance Law 6th(tied) 5th
Houston Astros Tony Bernazard 8th Ron Gardenhire 1st 2nd
Boston Red Sox Manny Trillo 9th Pat Tabler 16th 14th
Pittsburgh Pirates Wally Backman 10th Wally Backman 4th 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Ron Oester 11th Onix Concepcion 18th 18th
Los Angeles Dodgers Steve Sax 12th Steve Sax 13th 13th
Cleveland Indians Dickie Thon 13th Douglas Wabeke 6th(tied) 6th
Minnesota Twins Julio Cruz 14th 20th(tied) 24th
Kansas City Royals Frank White 15th Johnny Ray 14th 15th
San Diego Padres Steve Staggs 16th Shooty Babitt 6th(tied) 7th
Chicago White Sox Jim Morrison 17th 20th(tied) 25th
Oakland Athletics Rich Dauer 18th Keith Thrower 15th 17th
Chicago Cubs Bump Wills 19th Carlos Pimentel 6th(tied) 8th
Texas Rangers Dave Cash 20th Floyd Rayford 19th 22nd
Philadelphia Phillies Edward Cervantes 21st Luis Aguayo 6th(tied) 11th
Toronto Blue Jays Mike Rex 22nd Andre Robertson 5th 10th
Milwaukee Brewers Jerry Remy 23rd 20th(tied) 26th
Baltimore Orioles Bob Bailor 24th Paul Serna 17th 20th
Seattle Mariners Jerry Royster 25th Wallace Johnson 3rd 9th
San Francisco Giants Larry Milbourne 26th Domingo Ramos 6th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Phillies Mike Schmidt 1st Bobby Bonner 16th 10th
Kansas City Royals George Brett 2nd Rene Marchand 17th 12th
Boston Red Sox Buddy Bell 3rd Elmer Cardwell 14th 13th
Los Angeles Dodgers Ron Cey 4th 20th(tied) 17th
Milwaukee Brewers Bill Madlock 5th Dave Edler 1st(tied) 1st
New York Yankees Toby Harrah 6th 20th(tied) 20th
Chicago White Sox Doug DeCinces 7th Fred Manrique 13th 15th
Atlanta Braves Bob Horner 8th Erik Peterson 1st(tied) 2nd
San Francisco Giants Darrell Evans 9th Brad Mills 5th(tied) 3rd
Minnesota Twins Roy Smalley 10th Gary Gaetti 11th 14th
Cincinnati Reds Johnny Bench 11th Brook Jacoby 5th(tied) 5th
Chicago Cubs Eric Soderholm 12th Ryne Sandberg 5th(tied) 6th
Baltimore Orioles Cal Ripken Jr. 13th Cal Ripken Jr. 5th(tied) 7th
California Angels Carney Lansford 14th Ken Weislak 1st(tied) 4th
Pittsburgh Pirates Ken Oberkfell 15th Danny Ainge 15th 16th
Texas Rangers Graig Nettles 16th Ty Waller 18th 18th
Oakland Athletics Ray Knight 17th 20th(tied) 22nd
Montreal Expos Tim Wallach 18th 20th(tied) 23rd
Detroit Tigers Art Howe 19th Kevin Bell 5th(tied) 9th
Houston Astros Larry Parrish 20th 20th(tied) 24th
Toronto Blue Jays Steve Ontiveros 21st 20th(tied) 25th
New York Mets Mike Marshall 22nd Mike Marshall 4th 8th
San Diego Padres Roy Howell 23rd 20th(tied) 26th
Cleveland Indians Paul Schaal 24th Mike Morse 19th 21st
Seattle Mariners Hubie Brooks 25th Manny Castillo 5th(tied) 11th
St. Louis Cardinals Luis Salazar 26th Bobby Miscik 12th 19th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Brewers Robin Yount 1st 14th(tied) 9th
Boston Red Sox Rick Burleson 2nd 14th(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Reds Dave Concepcion 3rd Lenny Faedo 1st(tied) 1st
Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell 4th Andrew Timko 8th 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Ozzie Smith 5th 14th(tied) 13th
San Diego Padres Garry Templeton 6th Lindon Duncan 9th 8th
Chicago Cubs U L Washington 7th Noel Roman 10th 11th
Pittsburgh Pirates Craig Reynolds 8th Jim Gabella 1st(tied) 2nd
Cleveland Indians Bill Almon 9th John Flannery 13th 14th
Toronto Blue Jays Chris Speier 10th 14th(tied) 16th
Atlanta Braves Steven Whitehead 11th 14th(tied) 17th
New York Mets Tim Foli 12th 14th(tied) 18th
San Francisco Giants Bucky Dent 13th Scot Pyle 1st(tied) 3rd
Seattle Mariners Larry Bowa 14th 14th(tied) 19th
Minnesota Twins Rafael Ramirez 15th 14th(tied) 20th
Oakland Athletics Harry Chappas 16th 14th(tied) 21st
Kansas City Royals Bill Russell 17th Robert Allen 7th 12th
New York Yankees Bud Harrelson 18th 14th(tied) 23rd
Houston Astros Alfredo Griffin 19th Antonio Pilla 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Orioles Mark Wagner 20th Shanie Dugas 1st(tied) 5th
Los Angeles Dodgers Mario Guerrero 21st A.J. Hill 11th 15th
Montreal Expos Tom Veryzer 22nd 14th(tied) 24th
California Angels Mike Fischlin 23rd Frank Garcia 12th 22nd
Texas Rangers Mike Phillips 24th 14th(tied) 25th
Chicago White Sox Mario Mendoza 25th Julio Valdez 1st(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Tim Johnson 26th 14th(tied) 26th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oakland Athletics Rickey Henderson 1st 19th(tied) 14th
San Diego Padres Dave Winfield 2nd Eddie Milner 6th(tied) 1st
Pittsburgh Pirates Al Oliver 3rd Brian Harper 6th(tied) 2nd
Minnesota Twins Steve Kemp 4th 19th(tied) 18th
Boston Red Sox Jim Rice 5th 19th(tied) 19th
Baltimore Orioles Lee Lacy 6th R.J. Reynolds 6th(tied) 4th
Kansas City Royals Willie Wilson 7th Terry Francona 6th(tied) 5th
Toronto Blue Jays Gary Matthews 8th 19th(tied) 22nd
New York Yankees Ben Oglivie 9th 19th(tied) 23rd
Montreal Expos Dusty Baker 10th Rodney Nealeigh 15th 15th
New York Mets Lee Mazzilli 11th Ray Bowens 18th 17th
Houston Astros Jose Cruz 12th Darryl Motley 1st 3rd
Texas Rangers Mike Easler 13th George Bell 6th(tied) 6th
Cincinnati Reds George Foster 14th Albert Hall 6th(tied) 8th
St. Louis Cardinals Gene Richards 15th 19th(tied) 24th
Philadelphia Phillies Greg Luzinski 16th Randy Johnson 3rd 7th
Cleveland Indians Dave Collins 17th 19th(tied) 25th
Detroit Tigers Tom Brunansky 18th Tom Brunansky 6th(tied) 9th(tied)
Chicago Cubs Claudell Washington 19th 19th(tied) 26th
Milwaukee Brewers Bill Buckner 20th Alan Wiggins 4th 9th(tied)
Los Angeles Dodgers Don Baylor 21st Mike Ciampa 6th(tied) 12th
Atlanta Braves Gary Ward 22nd Mel Hall 5th 11th
Seattle Mariners Miguel Dilone 23rd Dan Cataline 17th 21st
Chicago White Sox Jim Dwyer 24th Greg Smith 14th 16th
California Angels Joe Charboneau 25th Pat Sheridan 16th 20th
San Francisco Giants Leon Roberts 26th Brett Butler 2nd 13th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Andre Dawson 1st 20th(tied) 14th
Detroit Tigers Chet Lemon 2nd Gus Burgess 10th 8th
California Angels Chili Davis 3rd Chili Davis 3rd(tied) 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Fred Lynn 4th Epifano Martinez 16th 9th
Milwaukee Brewers Paul Molitor 5th 20th(tied) 19th
Boston Red Sox Ruppert Jones 6th Joseph Kubit 17th 16th
Cincinnati Reds Jerry Mumphrey 7th Leo Sutherland 14th 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Cesar Cedeno 8th (tied) David Green 2nd 2nd
Texas Rangers Omar Moreno 8th (tied) John Palica 13th 11th
Baltimore Orioles Al Bumbry 10th Rondal Rollin 3rd(tied) 3rd
Houston Astros Amos Otis 11th 20th(tied) 20th
Atlanta Braves Dale Murphy 12th Bob Helsom 12th 12th
Kansas City Royals Dwayne Murphy 13th David Hall 3rd(tied) 5th
Oakland Athletics Mickey Rivers 14th 20th(tied) 21st
Pittsburgh Pirates Gorman Thomas 15th Dave Henderson 1st 4th
New York Mets Rudy Law 16th Richard Poe 15th 17th
Chicago White Sox Rick Peters 17th 20th(tied) 22nd
Los Angeles Dodgers Garry Maddox 18th Eric Attaway 11th 15th
Seattle Mariners Bill North 19th Timothy Cannon 18th 23rd
San Francisco Giants Mookie Wilson 20th Stanley Younger 3rd(tied) 6th
Cleveland Indians Rick Miller 21st 20th(tied) 24th
San Diego Padres Tony Scott 22nd Cressy Pratt 9th 13th
Chicago Cubs Larry Hisle 23rd Jesus Figueroa 3rd(tied) 7th
Minnesota Twins Rick Manning 24th Rick Lisi 19th 25th
Toronto Blue Jays Lloyd Moseby 25th 20th(tied) 26th
New York Yankees Reid Nichols 26th Reid Nichols 8th 18th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Red Sox Dwight Evans 1st 13th(tied) 11th
Detroit Tigers Lonnie Smith 2nd 13th(tied) 12th
Los Angeles Dodgers Pedro Guerrero 3rd 13th(tied) 13th
New York Mets Leon Durham 4th 13th(tied) 14th
Philadelphia Phillies Oscar Gamble 5th Von Hayes 4th(tied) 2nd
San Francisco Giants Jack Clark 6th Bob Dernier 1st 1st
Baltimore Orioles Ken Singleton 7th 13th(tied) 16th
Chicago White Sox Harold Baines 8th 13th(tied) 17th
New York Yankees Sixto Lezcano 9th 13th(tied) 18th
San Diego Padres Lyman Bostock 10th 13th(tied) 19th
Kansas City Royals George Hendrick 11th Paul Householder 4th(tied) 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Ken Griffey 12th Mark Smith 4th(tied) 4th
Houston Astros Terry Puhl 13th 13th(tied) 20th
St. Louis Cardinals Richie Zisk 14th John Shelby 11th 15th
Oakland Athletics Reggie Jackson 15th 13th(tied) 22nd
Pittsburgh Pirates Dave Parker 16th 13th(tied) 23rd
Milwaukee Brewers Richie Hebner 17th Ray Martinez 12th 21st
Texas Rangers Rick Monday 18th 13th(tied) 24th
Toronto Blue Jays Denny Walling 19th Jesse Barfield 4th(tied) 6th
Minnesota Twins Bake McBride 20th George Vukovich 10th 10th
Atlanta Braves William Ewing 21st Alan Knicely 2nd 5th
Montreal Expos Richard Leon 22nd 13th(tied) 25th
Seattle Mariners Barry Bonnell 23rd Pat Casey 4th(tied) 7th
Chicago Cubs Paul Dade 24th Randy Salava 4th(tied) 8th
California Angels Broderick Perkins 25th 13th(tied) 26th
Cleveland Indians Dave Engle 26th Dave Engle 3rd 9th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela 1st Craig Chamberlain 18th 17th
Pittsburgh Pirates Ron Guidry 2nd Jeff Morris 10th 8th
Chicago Cubs Steve Carlton 3rd Dave LaPoint 14th(tied) 13th
New York Mets Rudy May 4th Atlee Hammaker 14th(tied) 14th
St. Louis Cardinals Bill Gullickson 5th Eric Show 5th 2nd
Chicago White Sox Britt Burns 6th Mike Witt 6th 3rd
Minnesota Twins Bert Blyleven 7th Brad Mengwasser 2nd 1st
Houston Astros J.R. Richard 8th Daniel Keen 24th 19th
Detroit Tigers Len Barker 9th Jim Baker 14th(tied) 16th
Atlanta Braves Pascual Perez 10th 25th(tied) 20th
San Diego Padres Don Robinson 11th Bryn Smith 11th(tied) 11th
Boston Red Sox Nolan Ryan 12th (tied) John Martin 1st 4th
Oakland Athletics Bob Welch 12th (tied) Bud Black 13th 12th
Seattle Mariners John Butcher 14th Ken Pryce 8th 7th
New York Yankees Jerry Koosman 15th Bob Bastian 3rd 5th
Texas Rangers Mike Krukow 16th Dennis Howard 14th(tied) 18th
San Francisco Giants Burt Hooton 17th James Smith 23rd 22nd
Cleveland Indians Scott Sanderson 18th Bob Walk 7th 9th
Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto 19th 25th(tied) 26th
Toronto Blue Jays Tom Underwood 20th Keith Thibodeaux 21st 21st
Kansas City Royals Dennis Leonard 21st Tim Lollar 11th(tied) 15th
Milwaukee Brewers Ed Whitson 22nd Kelly Scott 9th 10th
Montreal Expos Steve Rogers 23rd Yonis Rodriguez 4th 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Larry Christenson 24th Rene Quinones 19th 23rd
Baltimore Orioles Charlie Hough 25th Darryl Banks 20th 24th
California Angels Floyd Bannister 26th Steve True 22nd 25th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cubs Lee Smith 1st Ray Searage 16th 11th
Texas Rangers Ken Brett 2nd Andy McGaffigan 4th 1st
Montreal Expos Jesse Orosco 3rd Mark King 14th 12th
Kansas City Royals Randy Tate 4th Bob Ferris 26th 22nd
Houston Astros Dave Lemonds 5th Len Whitehouse 20th 16th
Boston Red Sox Bob Stoddard 6th Mike Alvarez 3rd 2nd
Milwaukee Brewers Tom Bruno 7th Jeff Stember 25th 23rd
Cincinnati Reds Larry Burchart 8th Geoff Combe 9th 7th
California Angels Willie Hernandez 9th Bill Bordley 21st(tied) 20th
Los Angeles Dodgers Dave Smith 10th George Stablein 13th 14th
St. Louis Cardinals Bill Dillman 11th Jay Howell 7th 3rd
San Francisco Giants Lary Sorensen 12th Kevin Saucier 23rd 24th
Toronto Blue Jays John Fulgham 13th Mark Davis 12th 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Greg Minton 14th Pete Ladd 1st 4th
Minnesota Twins Dave Patterson 15th Tom Burns 2nd 5th
Baltimore Orioles Gary Ryerson 16th Keith Macwhorter 19th 19th
Cleveland Indians Tom Johnson 17th George Riley 10th 13th
Seattle Mariners Joey McLaughlin 18th Jim Dorsey 5th 6th
Oakland Athletics Dave Schmidt 19th Dave Schmidt 18th 15th
New York Yankees Frank DiPino 20th Rich Bordi 6th 8th
San Diego Padres Joe Beckwith 21st Jeff Twitty 8th 9th
Atlanta Braves Dick Joyce 22nd Bob Tufts 21st(tied) 21st
Chicago White Sox Steve Bedrosian 23rd Steve Bedrosian 17th 18th
Pittsburgh Pirates Gene Garber 24th Rod Scurry 11th 17th
New York Mets Glenn Abbott 25th Sandy Wihtol 24th 26th
Detroit Tigers Jim Kern 26th Bob Veselic 15th 25th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Yankees Phil Niekro 1st Tom Niedenfuer 18th 18th
Pittsburgh Pirates Rich Gossage 2nd Rod Scurry 3rd 1st
Chicago Cubs Rollie Fingers 3rd (tied) Ray Searage 12th(tied) 2nd
Houston Astros Scott McGregor 3rd (tied) Len Whitehouse 15th 3rd
Montreal Expos Tom Gorman 5th Alejandro Pena 16th(tied) 10th
Minnesota Twins Steve Howe 6th Chuck Porter 25th 24th
Los Angeles Dodgers Tug McGraw 7th Craig Chamberlain 10th 5th
Seattle Mariners Jeff Reardon 8th Jim Dorsey 6th 4th
Oakland Athletics Barry Cort 9th Bud Black 11th 6th
San Francisco Giants Manny Sarmiento 10th Kevin Saucier 23rd 21st
California Angels Luis De Leon 11th Luis De Leon 19th 19th
Atlanta Braves Dave Beard 12th Bob Tufts 16th(tied) 14th
St. Louis Cardinals Danny Boone 13th Gene Nelson 20th 20th
Detroit Tigers Joe Sambito 14th Greg Harris 22nd 22nd
San Diego Padres Tippy Martinez 15th Jeff Twitty 2nd 7th
Toronto Blue Jays Al Holland 16th Mark Davis 12th(tied) 12th
Texas Rangers John Henry Johnson 17th Andy McGaffigan 5th 9th
Baltimore Orioles Gary Lucas 18th Keith Macwhorter 8th 13th
Chicago White Sox Ron Davis 19th Steve Bedrosian 4th 11th
Boston Red Sox Neil Allen 20th Mike Alvarez 1st 8th
Philadelphia Phillies Roy Lee Jackson 21st Steve Fireovid 21st 23rd
Milwaukee Brewers Tom Burgmeier 22nd Gary Mattice 9th 15th
Cincinnati Reds Rusty Gerhardt 23rd Geoff Combe 14th 16th
Cleveland Indians Tim Stoddard 24th Bob Walk 7th 17th
New York Mets Dick Tidrow 25th Sandy Wihtol 24th 25th
Kansas City Royals Bill Campbell 26th Bob Ferris 26th 26th
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