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HUGG BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/29/1997
HBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY | FRONT OFFICE
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass Todd Zeile 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Bluff City Beasties Matt Nokes 2nd 10th(tied) 11th
Nashville Sounds Chris Hoiles 3rd 10th(tied) 12th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Joe Ayrault 4th 10th(tied) 13th
Rochester Red Wings Doug Mirabelli 5th Walt McKeel 4th 4th
Ocean City Blue Crabs John Flaherty 6th Einar Diaz 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bisons Gregg Zaun 7th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz Brian Johnson 7th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers Henry Blanco 9th 10th(tied) 16th
Danville Dairy Daddies Raul Casanova 10th Raul Casanova 3rd 3rd
Savannah Swamp Foxes Izzy Molina 11th Melvin Rosario 9th 7th
Asheville Moonshiners Kevin L Brown 12th Kevin L Brown 1st(tied) 2nd
Portland Stag Chris Widger 13th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Missions Kelly Stinnett 14th 10th(tied) 18th
Hartford Whalers Keith Osik 15th Robert Machado 7th 5th
Idaho Falls Chukars Marcus Jensen 16th Marcus Jensen 5th 6th
Tacoma Rainiers Mike Figga 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Spokane River Rats Mark Dalesandro 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Tucson Tarantulas Jorge Fabregas 19th 10th(tied) 21st
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Julio Mosquera 20th Julio Mosquera 6th 8th
Jacksonville Suns Mandy Romero 21st 10th(tied) 22nd
Columbus Clippers Raul Chavez 22nd Raul Chavez 8th 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Milwaukee Otters 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass Mike Piazza 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Nashville Sounds Jeff Bagwell 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Danville Dairy Daddies Paul Konerko 3rd Paul Konerko 5th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Kevin Young 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Tacoma Rainiers Greg Norton 5th Greg Norton 2nd 2nd
Ocean City Blue Crabs Brad Fullmer 6th Brad Fullmer 1st 1st
Jacksonville Suns Dave Hollins 7th Mario Valdez 4th 3rd
Spokane River Rats John Mabry 8th 6th(tied) 9th
San Antonio Missions Troy Neel 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Savannah Swamp Foxes David Segui 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Idaho Falls Chukars Rico Brogna 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Asheville Moonshiners Randall Simon 12th Randall Simon 3rd 4th
Portland Stag Mark P Johnson 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Brent Brede 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Salt Lake City Buzz Dave Staton 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Rochester Red Wings Steve R Dunn 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Dan Peltier 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Bluff City Beasties 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Brooklyn Cyclones 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Columbus Clippers 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Hartford Whalers 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Milwaukee Otters 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Chris Gomez 1st 9th(tied) 9th
New Orleans Brass Jose Vidro 2nd Jose Vidro 2nd 2nd
Portland Stag Orlando Miller 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Hartford Whalers Felipe Crespo 4th David Bell 1st 1st
Ocean City Blue Crabs Pat F. Kelly 5th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
Savannah Swamp Foxes Tony Womack 5th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
Asheville Moonshiners Chris Stynes 7th Wilton Guerrero 5th 5th
Milwaukee Otters Tony Graffanino 8th 9th(tied) 13th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pokey Reese 9th Pokey Reese 8th 8th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jed Hansen 10th Jed Hansen 4th 4th
San Antonio Missions Mike Lansing 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Tacoma Rainiers Jason Bates 12th 9th(tied) 15th
Rochester Red Wings Jeff King 13th 9th(tied) 16th
Bluff City Beasties Jeff Treadway 14th 9th(tied) 17th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox David Doster 15th 9th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bisons Jay Canizaro 16th Jay Canizaro 3rd 3rd
Tucson Tarantulas Ralph Milliard 17th Ralph Milliard 7th 7th
Nashville Sounds Adam Riggs 18th Adam Riggs 6th 6th
Spokane River Rats Jose Lind 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Danville Dairy Daddies Shawn Gilbert 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Columbus Clippers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Idaho Falls Chukars 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Travis Fryman 1st Kenjiro Nomura 5th 1st
Tucson Tarantulas Tim Naehring 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Salt Lake City Buzz Abraham O Nunez 3rd Abraham O Nunez 2nd 2nd
Asheville Moonshiners Aaron Boone 4th Aaron Boone 6th 5th
Hartford Whalers Kevin Orie 5th Kevin Orie 1st 3rd
San Antonio Missions Scott Livingstone 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Kent Anderson 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Tacoma Rainiers Russ Davis 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Idaho Falls Chukars Mark Lewis 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Scott Leius 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Bluff City Beasties Tom Evans 11th Tom Evans 3rd 4th
Rochester Red Wings Josh Booty 12th Josh Booty 4th 6th
Spokane River Rats Rico Rossy 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons Robert Eenhoorn 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Suns Pete Rose Jr 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Mike Gulan 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Danville Dairy Daddies Kevin Morgan 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Brooklyn Cyclones 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Fox 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Milwaukee Otters 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Nashville Sounds 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
New Orleans Brass 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Portland Stag 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass Jeff Cirillo 1st Luis Ordaz 6th 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Rich Aurilia 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Hartford Whalers F P Santangelo 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Milwaukee Otters Robby Thompson 4th 8th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Missions Tony Fernandez 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Salt Lake City Buzz Norberto Martin 6th 8th(tied) 12th
Portland Stag Alex S Gonzalez 7th 8th(tied) 13th
Asheville Moonshiners Deivi Cruz 8th (tied) Deivi Cruz 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Spokane River Rats Tony Rodriguez 8th (tied) Takuro Ishii 1st(tied) 1st(tied)
Buffalo Bisons David Howard 10th 8th(tied) 14th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Manny Alexander 11th Cheron Farley 1st(tied) 4th
Nashville Sounds Felix Martinez 12th Felix Martinez 1st(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Suns Jorge Velandia 13th Jorge Velandia 5th 6th
Danville Dairy Daddies Pablo Martinez 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Masahiro Kawai 15th Masahiro Kawai 7th 7th
Idaho Falls Chukars Takahiro Suzuki 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Bluff City Beasties 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Brooklyn Cyclones 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Fox 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Columbus Clippers 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Tacoma Rainiers 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Sounds Barry Bonds 1st Carlos Mendoza 4th 1st
Danville Dairy Daddies Shane Mack 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Tucson Tarantulas Jeromy Burnitz 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Suns Johnny Damon 4th Rich Butler 5th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Matt Stairs 5th Roger Cedeno 1st(tied) 2nd
Bluff City Beasties Paul O'Neill 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pedro Munoz 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Hartford Whalers Chad Curtis 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Milwaukee Otters Frank Catalanotto 9th (tied) Frank Catalanotto 3rd 4th
New Orleans Brass Ruben Sierra 9th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dwight Smith 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Brian McRae 12th Chris Latham 6th 6th
Asheville Moonshiners Yamil Benitez 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Tacoma Rainiers Dion James 14th Micah Franklin 1st(tied) 3rd
Portland Stag Eric Owens 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Spokane River Rats Billy Ashley 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Rochester Red Wings Jon Zuber 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Curtis Pride 18th Pedro Valdes 7th 7th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Ray Montgomery 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Columbus Clippers Riccardo Ingram 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Salt Lake City Buzz Robert Perez 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Brooklyn Cyclones 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Missions 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Savannah Swamp Foxes Kenny Lofton 1st Koji Goto 2nd(tied) 1st
Hartford Whalers Todd Dunwoody 2nd Jason McDonald 1st 2nd
Tucson Tarantulas Mark Whiten 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Rochester Red Wings Terrell Lowery 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Asheville Moonshiners Jermaine Allensworth 5th (tied) Jermaine Allensworth 4th 4th
Jacksonville Suns Curtis Goodwin 5th (tied) 10th(tied) 12th
Bluff City Beasties Dante Powell 7th Dante Powell 8th 7th
Nashville Sounds Danny Bautista 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Columbus Clippers Wendell Magee 9th Wendell Magee 5th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Manny Martinez 10th 10th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Missions David Green 11th Scarborough Green 2nd(tied) 3rd
Portland Stag Jeff Kunkel 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Jeff Abbott 13th Jeff Abbott 7th 6th
Salt Lake City Buzz Reggie B. Williams 14th Kimera Bartee 9th 9th
New Orleans Brass Pat Watkins 15th Pat Watkins 6th 8th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dax Jones 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Tacoma Rainiers Alex Diaz 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Brooklyn Cyclones 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Fox 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Danville Dairy Daddies 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Milwaukee Otters 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Spokane River Rats 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Rainiers Vladimir Guerrero 1st Jose Guillen 7th 4th
Hartford Whalers Alex Ochoa 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Bluff City Beasties Felix Jose 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Jose Canseco 4th 8th(tied) 10th
New Orleans Brass Jose L Cruz 5th Jose L Cruz 3rd 3rd
Salt Lake City Buzz Emil Brown 6th Emil Brown 1st(tied) 1st
San Antonio Missions David Hulse 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Eddie Zambrano 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Jacob Cruz 9th Jacob Cruz 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Suns Ozzie Timmons 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Portland Stag Wes Chamberlain 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Asheville Moonshiners Darren Bragg 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Idaho Falls Chukars Wayne Kirby 13th 8th(tied) 16th
Nashville Sounds Ivan Cruz 14th 8th(tied) 17th
Omaha Storm Chasers Danny Clyburn 15th Danny Clyburn 4th 5th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ryan Long 16th Ryan Long 5th 6th
Danville Dairy Daddies Miguel Mejia 17th Miguel Mejia 6th 7th
Brooklyn Cyclones 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Fox 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Milwaukee Otters 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Spokane River Rats 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass Mike Hampton 1st LaTroy Hawkins 18th 6th
Jacksonville Suns Steve Avery 2nd Clint Sodowsky 13th 4th
Hartford Whalers Chris Holt 3rd Mike Thurman 2nd(tied) 2nd
San Antonio Missions Jay Tibbs 4th 19th(tied) 13th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Al Leiter 5th C J Nitkowski 4th 3rd
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Charles Nagy 6th Dennys Reyes 14th 7th
Nashville Sounds Bruce Ruffin 7th Esteban Loaiza 5th(tied) 5th
Asheville Moonshiners Salomon Torres 8th Matt Beech 1st 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Geremi Gonzalez 9th Geremi Gonzalez 9th 8th
Salt Lake City Buzz Tyler Green 10th 19th(tied) 15th
Tucson Tarantulas Denny Neagle 11th Bob Wolcott 5th(tied) 10th
Spokane River Rats Kirk Rueter 12th Scott Eyre 11th 11th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Chad Ogea 13th 19th(tied) 16th
Idaho Falls Chukars Kenny Rogers 14th Rich Hunter 5th(tied) 12th
Columbus Clippers Chris Carpenter 15th Chris Carpenter 2nd(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Mac Suzuki 16th Mac Suzuki 10th 14th
Portland Stag Omar Olivares 17th 19th(tied) 21st
Danville Dairy Daddies Roger Salkeld 18th Dan Serafini 15th 18th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Chris Nabholz 19th Jason Johnson 12th 17th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jim Bullinger 20th Frankie Rodriguez 16th 20th
Tacoma Rainiers Greg Keagle 21st Brian Rose 5th(tied) 19th
Rochester Red Wings Tom Urbani 22nd 19th(tied) 22nd
Milwaukee Otters Allen Watson 23rd 19th(tied) 24th
Bluff City Beasties Mike K Johnson 24th Mike K Johnson 17th 23rd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Bob Scanlan 1st 16th(tied) 10th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Scott Arnold 2nd 16th(tied) 11th
Omaha Storm Chasers Kevin Rogers 3rd Roberto Duran 5th(tied) 3rd
Nashville Sounds Cliff Young 4th Jay Powell 1st(tied) 1st
Columbus Clippers Marc Wilkins 5th Nelson Cruz 5th(tied) 5th
Danville Dairy Daddies Mark Small 6th Felix Rodriguez 5th(tied) 6th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Milt Hill 7th Ramon Morel 1st(tied) 2nd
Milwaukee Otters Todd Ritchie 8th Desi Relaford 11th 8th
Rochester Red Wings German Jimenez 9th 16th(tied) 12th
Portland Stag Ron Blazier 10th Will Cunnane 5th(tied) 7th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Curtis King 11th Antonio Alfonseca 1st(tied) 4th
Spokane River Rats Tim Crabtree 12th 16th(tied) 15th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Matt Mantei 13th 16th(tied) 17th
Salt Lake City Buzz Bob Ayrault 14th 16th(tied) 18th
Asheville Moonshiners Mike Draper 15th 16th(tied) 19th
Hartford Whalers Paul Byrd 16th Cory Lidle 1st(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons Brian Shouse 17th Chris Peters 12th 13th
Tucson Tarantulas Keith Foulke 18th Keith Foulke 5th(tied) 14th
Bluff City Beasties Brad Clontz 19th 16th(tied) 23rd
Idaho Falls Chukars John Johnstone 20th Steve Falteisek 14th 20th
Brooklyn Cyclones Darren Dreifort 21st Curt Lyons 5th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Suns Mark Dewey 22nd Shayne Bennett 13th 21st
Tacoma Rainiers Jeff Wallace 23rd Jeff Wallace 15th 22nd
New Orleans Brass Heathcliff Slocumb 24th 16th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Jay Tibbs 1st 16th(tied) 15th
Hartford Whalers Chris Holt 2nd Cory Lidle 2nd(tied) 1st
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Donovan Osborne 3rd 16th(tied) 17th
Omaha Storm Chasers Osvaldo Fernandez 4th Roberto Duran 7th(tied) 3rd
Spokane River Rats Kirk Rueter 5th 16th(tied) 18th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Chad Ogea 6th Ramon Morel 2nd(tied) 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Tom Urbani 7th 16th(tied) 19th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Matt Mantei 8th 16th(tied) 20th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jim Bullinger 9th Curt Lyons 7th(tied) 4th(tied)
Jacksonville Suns Jeff Fassero 10th Shayne Bennett 14th 14th
Tucson Tarantulas Bob Wolcott 11th Keith Foulke 6th 4th(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz Bob Ayrault 12th 16th(tied) 21st
Milwaukee Otters Todd Ritchie 13th Desi Relaford 12th 12th
Nashville Sounds Cliff Young 14th Jay Powell 1st 6th
Asheville Moonshiners Mike Draper 15th 16th(tied) 22nd
Danville Dairy Daddies Dan Serafini 16th Dan Serafini 5th 7th
Buffalo Bisons Kevin Foster 17th Chris Peters 13th 13th
Bluff City Beasties Brad Clontz 18th 16th(tied) 23rd
Columbus Clippers Marc Wilkins 19th Nelson Cruz 7th(tied) 9th
Idaho Falls Chukars John Johnstone 20th Steve Falteisek 15th 16th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Curtis King 21st Antonio Alfonseca 4th 8th
Portland Stag Ron Blazier 22nd Will Cunnane 7th(tied) 10th
Tacoma Rainiers Carlos Reyes 23rd Brian Rose 7th(tied) 11th
New Orleans Brass Gar Finnvold 24th 16th(tied) 24th
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