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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/29/1997
DBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY | FRONT OFFICE
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Florida Marlins Charles Johnson 1st Robert Machado 7th 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Javy Lopez 2nd 11th(tied) 9th
Cleveland Spiders Todd Hundley 3rd Kevin L Brown 1st(tied) 1st
Orlando Devil Rays Ivan Rodriguez 4th Melvin Rosario 9th 4th
Arizona Diamondbacks Bobby M Estalella 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Kansas City Royals Rick Wilkins 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Montreal Expos Mike Sweeney 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Jason Kendall 8th Einar Diaz 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Jorge Posada 9th 11th(tied) 14th
San Diego Padres Ed Taubensee 10th 11th(tied) 15th
Toronto Blue Jays Darrin Fletcher 11th 11th(tied) 16th
Oakland Athletics Benito Santiago 12th 11th(tied) 17th
Los Angeles Dodgers Scott Hatteberg 13th 11th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Creams Damian Miller 14th Marcus Jensen 5th 6th
Charlotte Knights Eli Marrero 15th Eli Marrero 10th 10th
Baltimore Orioles Jim Leyritz 16th (tied) Walt McKeel 4th 7th
Las Vegas Angels Hector Villanueva 16th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th
New York Mets B.J. Surhoff 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Minnesota Twins Brook Fordyce 19th 11th(tied) 21st
Boston Red Sox Todd Greene 20th Raul Casanova 3rd 5th
Colorado Rockies Brian Banks 21st Julio Mosquera 6th 8th
Detroit Tigers Bill Haselman 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Chicago Cubs 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 24th
Philadelphia Phillies 23rd (tied) Raul Chavez 8th 23rd
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Minnesota Twins Frank Thomas 1st 8th(tied) 5th
Milwaukee Creams Carlos Delgado 2nd 8th(tied) 7th
Toronto Blue Jays Mark McGwire 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Kansas City Royals Jim Thome 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Jason Giambi 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Las Vegas Angels Edgar Martinez 6th Greg Norton 3rd 1st
Oakland Athletics John Olerud 7th 8th(tied) 13th
Los Angeles Dodgers Rafael Palmeiro 8th 8th(tied) 14th
San Diego Padres Tony Clark 9th 8th(tied) 15th
Colorado Rockies Todd Helton 10th 8th(tied) 16th
Cincinnati Reds Fred McGriff 11th 8th(tied) 17th
Washington Senators Kent Hrbek 12th Brad Fullmer 2nd 3rd
Florida Marlins Richie Sexson 13th 8th(tied) 18th
Montreal Expos Hal Morris 14th (tied) Sean Casey 1st 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Derrek Lee 14th (tied) Derrek Lee 6th(tied) 8th
Orlando Devil Rays John Kruk 16th 8th(tied) 19th
Cleveland Spiders Howard Johnson 17th Randall Simon 4th 4th
Arizona Diamondbacks Mark Grace 18th 8th(tied) 20th
Boston Red Sox David Ortiz 19th (tied) Paul Konerko 6th(tied) 12th
Detroit Tigers Tino Martinez 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
New York Mets Olmedo Saenz 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Louis Cardinals Ivan Calderon 22nd Brooks Kieschnick 5th 6th
Baltimore Orioles Matt Franco 23rd 8th(tied) 23rd
Chicago Cubs 24th 8th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals Roberto Alomar 1st 9th(tied) 8th
Orlando Devil Rays Craig Biggio 2nd 9th(tied) 10th
Montreal Expos Jeff Kent 3rd 9th(tied) 11th
Milwaukee Creams Mark Loretta 4th 9th(tied) 12th
Toronto Blue Jays Derek Jeter 5th 9th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Reds Fernando Vina 6th Jay Canizaro 3rd 1st
Charlotte Knights Chuck Knoblauch 7th Adam Riggs 6th 4th
Oakland Athletics Geronimo Pena 8th 9th(tied) 14th
St. Louis Cardinals John Valentin 9th 9th(tied) 15th
Arizona Diamondbacks Delino DeShields 10th 9th(tied) 16th
Boston Red Sox Akira Eto 11th 9th(tied) 17th
San Diego Padres Mark Bellhorn 12th Ralph Milliard 7th 6th
Florida Marlins Luis Castillo 13th David Bell 1st 2nd
Colorado Rockies Damion Easley 14th 9th(tied) 18th
New York Mets Bret Boone 15th Jed Hansen 4th 5th
Baltimore Orioles Bill Spiers 16th 9th(tied) 19th
Minnesota Twins Brent Gates 17th 9th(tied) 20th
Cleveland Spiders Tomas Perez 18th Wilton Guerrero 5th 7th
Washington Senators Ray Durham 19th 9th(tied) 21st
Los Angeles Dodgers Homer Bush 20th Pokey Reese 8th 9th
Detroit Tigers Howard Battle 21st 9th(tied) 22nd
Chicago Cubs Scott Cooper 22nd Jose Vidro 2nd 3rd
Las Vegas Angels Pat Listach 23rd 9th(tied) 23rd
Philadelphia Phillies 24th 9th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Spiders Kevin Mitchell 1st Aaron Boone 6th(tied) 1st
Milwaukee Creams Chipper Jones 2nd 8th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Reds Scott Rolen 3rd 8th(tied) 6th
Montreal Expos Matt Williams 4th 8th(tied) 8th
New York Mets Phil Nevin 5th 8th(tied) 9th
San Diego Padres Vinny Castilla 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Washington Senators Willie Greene 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Colorado Rockies Bill R Mueller 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Boston Red Sox Edgar Renteria 9th 8th(tied) 13th
Los Angeles Dodgers Chris Brown 10th 8th(tied) 14th
Toronto Blue Jays Dean Palmer 11th Tom Evans 3rd 3rd
Florida Marlins Edgardo Alfonzo 12th Kevin Orie 1st 2nd
Charlotte Knights Tony Batista 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Baltimore Orioles Kelly Gruber 14th Josh Booty 4th 4th
Arizona Diamondbacks Robin Ventura 15th Fernando Tatis 6th(tied) 7th
Oakland Athletics Herbert Perry 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Kansas City Royals Hensley Meulens 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Detroit Tigers Russ Johnson 18th 8th(tied) 19th
Chicago Cubs Bill Selby 19th 8th(tied) 21st
Las Vegas Angels 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Minnesota Twins 20th (tied) Abraham O Nunez 2nd 18th
Orlando Devil Rays 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Philadelphia Phillies 20th (tied) Kenjiro Nomura 5th 20th
St. Louis Cardinals 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Senators Alex Rodriguez 1st Cheron Farley 1st(tied) 1st
New York Mets Gary Sheffield 2nd 8th(tied) 4th
Charlotte Knights Nomar Garciaparra 3rd Felix Martinez 1st(tied) 2nd
Kansas City Royals Barry Larkin 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Florida Marlins Craig Counsell 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Toronto Blue Jays Jay Bell 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Reds Omar Vizquel 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Montreal Expos Jose Hernandez 8th Jorge Velandia 6th 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Orlando Cabrera 9th 8th(tied) 13th
Orlando Devil Rays Jose Oquendo 10th Masahiro Kawai 7th 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Royce Clayton 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Arizona Diamondbacks Bret Barberie 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Boston Red Sox Scott Fletcher 13th 8th(tied) 16th
Baltimore Orioles Miguel Tejada 14th 8th(tied) 17th
Chicago Cubs Randy Velarde 15th Wilson Delgado 1st(tied) 3rd
San Diego Padres Manuel Lee 16th 8th(tied) 18th
Minnesota Twins Mark Grudzielanek 17th 8th(tied) 19th
Colorado Rockies Chip Hale 18th 8th(tied) 20th
Los Angeles Dodgers Kevin Stocker 19th 8th(tied) 21st
Milwaukee Creams Rey Sanchez 20th 8th(tied) 22nd
Oakland Athletics Greg Litton 21st Takuro Ishii 1st(tied) 5th
Detroit Tigers Shane Halter 22nd 8th(tied) 23rd
Las Vegas Angels Chad Fonville 23rd 8th(tied) 24th
Cleveland Spiders 24th Deivi Cruz 1st(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Mets Cliff Floyd 1st 8th(tied) 7th
Washington Senators Albert Belle 2nd Pedro Valdes 7th 2nd
San Diego Padres Manny Ramirez 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Colorado Rockies Juan Gonzalez 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Milwaukee Creams Steve Finley 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Montreal Expos Gregg Jefferies 6th Rich Butler 5th 5th
Cleveland Spiders Darryl Strawberry 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Kansas City Royals Reggie L. Sanders 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Cincinnati Reds Bobby Higginson 9th (tied) Roger Cedeno 1st(tied) 1st
Orlando Devil Rays Ron Gant 9th (tied) Chris Latham 6th 6th
Minnesota Twins Kal Daniels 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Florida Marlins Juan Encarnacion 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Oakland Athletics Greg Vaughn 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Detroit Tigers Ben Grieve 14th Frank Catalanotto 3rd 4th
Toronto Blue Jays Dan Pasqua 15th 8th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Stan Javier 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Las Vegas Angels Bruce Aven 17th Micah Franklin 1st(tied) 3rd
Boston Red Sox Todd Hollandsworth 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Los Angeles Dodgers Jeffrey Hammonds 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Arizona Diamondbacks Butch Huskey 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Baltimore Orioles Lyle Mouton 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Philadelphia Phillies Darren Lewis 22nd 8th(tied) 22nd
Charlotte Knights 23rd (tied) Carlos Mendoza 4th 23rd
Chicago Cubs 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Las Vegas Angels Ken Griffey Jr. 1st 12th(tied) 6th
Minnesota Twins Darin Erstad 2nd Kimera Bartee 10th 4th
Kansas City Royals Andruw Jones 3rd 12th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Eric Davis 4th Jeff Abbott 8th 2nd
Charlotte Knights Carl Everett 5th 12th(tied) 14th
Orlando Devil Rays Brian Jordan 6th Koji Goto 2nd(tied) 1st
San Diego Padres Jim Edmonds 7th 12th(tied) 15th
Los Angeles Dodgers Torii Hunter 8th 12th(tied) 16th
Detroit Tigers Jose R Herrera 9th 12th(tied) 17th
Arizona Diamondbacks Lance Blankenship 10th 12th(tied) 18th
Florida Marlins Mark Kotsay 11th Jason McDonald 1st 3rd
Boston Red Sox Mike Cameron 12th 12th(tied) 19th
Colorado Rockies Milt Cuyler 13th Lou Collier 5th 7th
Milwaukee Creams Tom Goodwin 14th 12th(tied) 20th
Chicago Cubs Rich Becker 15th Pat Watkins 7th 8th
Oakland Athletics Gene Kingsale 16th Gene Kingsale 11th 12th
Montreal Expos Brian R. Hunter 17th 12th(tied) 21st
Cincinnati Reds Dwayne Hosey 18th 12th(tied) 22nd
Toronto Blue Jays Cecil Espy 19th Dante Powell 9th 10th
St. Louis Cardinals Doug Glanville 20th Scarborough Green 2nd(tied) 5th
Cleveland Spiders Marquis Grissom 21st Jermaine Allensworth 4th 9th
Philadelphia Phillies J.R. Phillips 22nd Wendell Magee 6th 11th
Baltimore Orioles 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
New York Mets 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Mets Sammy Sosa 1st 9th(tied) 6th
St. Louis Cardinals Brian S Giles 2nd Damian Jackson 4th 1st
Minnesota Twins Larry Walker 3rd Emil Brown 1st(tied) 2nd
Cincinnati Reds Bernie Williams 4th (tied) 9th(tied) 9th(tied)
Philadelphia Phillies Bobby Abreu 4th (tied) 9th(tied) 9th(tied)
Kansas City Royals Richard Hidalgo 6th Danny Clyburn 5th 5th
Orlando Devil Rays Tim Salmon 7th Jacob Cruz 1st(tied) 3rd
Toronto Blue Jays Ellis Burks 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Cleveland Spiders Bernard Gilkey 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Chicago Cubs Trot Nixon 10th Jose L Cruz 3rd 4th
Oakland Athletics Jay Buhner 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Jon Nunnally 12th Ryan Long 6th 7th
Milwaukee Creams John Elway 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Montreal Expos Raul Mondesi 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Florida Marlins Rondell White 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Charlotte Knights Orlando Merced 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Arizona Diamondbacks Tony Gwynn 17th 9th(tied) 18th
Las Vegas Angels Jermaine Dye 18th Jose Guillen 8th 8th
Colorado Rockies Dmitri Young 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Los Angeles Dodgers Derrick May 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Baltimore Orioles 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Boston Red Sox 21st (tied) Miguel Mejia 7th 21st
Detroit Tigers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Diego Padres 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Pedro Martinez 1st Clint Sodowsky 10th 1st
Kansas City Royals Kevin Brown 2nd Geremi Gonzalez 7th 2nd
Los Angeles Dodgers Greg Maddux 3rd Dennys Reyes 11th 5th
Cincinnati Reds Mike Mussina 4th Mac Suzuki 8th 6th
Washington Senators John Burkett 5th 17th(tied) 12th
Orlando Devil Rays John Smoltz 6th C J Nitkowski 4th 3rd
New York Mets Randy Johnson 7th 17th(tied) 13th
Florida Marlins Kevin Appier 8th Mike Thurman 1st(tied) 4th
Toronto Blue Jays Hipolito Pichardo 9th Mike K Johnson 14th 8th
Milwaukee Creams Matt Young 10th Rich Hunter 13th 11th
Arizona Diamondbacks Floyd Youmans 11th 17th(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Tony Saunders 12th Esteban Loaiza 5th(tied) 9th
Oakland Athletics Matt Morris 13th Jaret Wright 5th(tied) 10th
Baltimore Orioles Dwight Gooden 14th 17th(tied) 18th
Cleveland Spiders John Thomson 15th Matt Beech 1st(tied) 7th
Minnesota Twins Juan Guzman 16th 17th(tied) 20th
San Diego Padres Ismael Valdez 17th Matt Wagner 16th 17th
St. Louis Cardinals Miguel Batista 18th 17th(tied) 21st
Boston Red Sox Shinji Imanaka 19th 17th(tied) 22nd
Las Vegas Angels Mike Trombley 20th Amaury Telemaco 12th 16th
Colorado Rockies Curt Schilling 21st Jason Johnson 9th 15th
Detroit Tigers Vaughn Eshelman 22nd 17th(tied) 24th
Chicago Cubs Scott Chiamparino 23rd LaTroy Hawkins 15th 23rd
Philadelphia Phillies Mark Clark 24th Chris Carpenter 1st(tied) 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Senators Troy Percival 1st Ramon Morel 2nd(tied) 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Mariano Rivera 2nd 16th(tied) 8th
Orlando Devil Rays Frank DiPino 3rd 16th(tied) 11th
Colorado Rockies Joey Eischen 4th Antonio Alfonseca 2nd(tied) 2nd
Baltimore Orioles Julian Tavarez 5th 16th(tied) 12th
Cleveland Spiders Steve Karsay 6th 16th(tied) 13th
Chicago Cubs Mike Stanton 7th (tied) 16th(tied) 17th
Florida Marlins Billy Wagner 7th (tied) Cory Lidle 2nd(tied) 4th
Boston Red Sox Joe Borowski 9th Dan Serafini 2nd(tied) 5th
Kansas City Royals Gregg Olson 10th Roberto Duran 8th(tied) 7th
Milwaukee Creams Jeff Calhoun 11th Steve Falteisek 15th 14th
Detroit Tigers Danny Graves 12th Desi Relaford 12th 10th
Minnesota Twins Rob Dibble 13th 16th(tied) 19th
New York Mets Darren Holmes 14th Jose Cabrera 6th(tied) 6th
Charlotte Knights Tim Burke 15th Jay Powell 1st 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Arthur Rhodes 16th Chris Peters 13th 15th
Los Angeles Dodgers Ricardo Rincon 17th 16th(tied) 20th
Toronto Blue Jays Jim Corsi 18th 16th(tied) 21st
Montreal Expos Mike Jeffcoat 19th Shayne Bennett 14th 18th
San Diego Padres Robb Nen 20th Keith Foulke 6th(tied) 9th
Arizona Diamondbacks Eddie Guardado 21st Will Cunnane 8th(tied) 16th
Oakland Athletics Toby Borland 22nd 16th(tied) 24th
Philadelphia Phillies Jose Mesa 23rd Nelson Cruz 8th(tied) 22nd
Las Vegas Angels Joe Hudson 24th Brian Rose 8th(tied) 23rd
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Florida Marlins Bryan Harvey 1st Cory Lidle 1st(tied) 1st
Kansas City Royals Rick Reed 2nd Roberto Duran 8th(tied) 2nd
Orlando Devil Rays Joe Magrane 3rd 16th(tied) 16th
Montreal Expos Pat Hentgen 4th Shayne Bennett 14th 12th
San Diego Padres Robb Nen 5th Keith Foulke 7th 4th
Washington Senators Troy Percival 6th Ramon Morel 1st(tied) 3rd
Cleveland Spiders Steve Karsay 7th 16th(tied) 17th
Oakland Athletics Jason Bere 8th 16th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Creams Tommy Greene 9th Steve Falteisek 15th 15th
Baltimore Orioles Hector Fajardo 10th 16th(tied) 19th
Las Vegas Angels Mike Trombley 11th Brian Rose 8th(tied) 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Steve Chitren 12th 16th(tied) 20th
Charlotte Knights Tim Burke 13th Jay Powell 4th 5th
Toronto Blue Jays Jim Corsi 14th 16th(tied) 21st
New York Mets Darren Holmes 15th Jose Cabrera 3rd 6th
Minnesota Twins Trevor Hoffman 16th 16th(tied) 22nd
Arizona Diamondbacks Danny Patterson 17th Will Cunnane 8th(tied) 8th
Los Angeles Dodgers Lance Painter 18th 16th(tied) 23rd
Cincinnati Reds Arthur Rhodes 19th Chris Peters 13th 14th
Colorado Rockies Joey Eischen 20th Antonio Alfonseca 5th 9th
Detroit Tigers David Weathers 21st Desi Relaford 12th 13th
Chicago Cubs Mike Stanton 22nd 16th(tied) 24th
Boston Red Sox Joe Borowski 23rd Dan Serafini 6th 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Jose Mesa 24th Nelson Cruz 8th(tied) 11th
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