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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/14/1997
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 10th 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Javy Lopez 2nd 13th(tied) 12th
Arizona Diamondbacks Bobby M Estalella 3rd 13th(tied) 13th
Orlando Devil Rays Ivan Rodriguez 4th Melvin Rosario 12th 6th
Washington Senators Jason Kendall 5th Einar Diaz 1st(tied) 1st
San Diego Padres Mike Lieberthal 6th 13th(tied) 15th
Kansas City Royals Rick Wilkins 7th Henry Blanco 6th 5th
Cleveland Spiders Todd Hundley 8th Kevin L Brown 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Jorge Posada 9th 13th(tied) 16th
Montreal Expos Mike Sweeney 10th 13th(tied) 17th
Chicago Cubs Chris Hoiles 11th 13th(tied) 18th
Charlotte Knights Todd Zeile 12th Raul Casanova 1st(tied) 4th
Oakland Athletics Benito Santiago 13th 13th(tied) 19th
Baltimore Orioles Matt Nokes 14th 13th(tied) 20th
Los Angeles Dodgers Scott Hatteberg 15th Joe Ayrault 4th 7th
Colorado Rockies Todd Pratt 16th Julio Mosquera 9th 9th
New York Mets B.J. Surhoff 17th (tied) 13th(tied) 21st
Toronto Blue Jays Darrin Fletcher 17th (tied) Walt McKeel 7th 10th
Minnesota Twins Brook Fordyce 19th Sal Fasano 5th 8th
Milwaukee Creams Brad Ausmus 20th Marcus Jensen 8th 11th
Seattle Pilots Hector Villanueva 21st 13th(tied) 22nd
Detroit Tigers Brent Mayne 22nd 13th(tied) 23rd
Boston Red Sox Todd Greene 23rd 13th(tied) 24th
New York Yankees Jeff Grotewold 24th Raul Chavez 11th 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals Jim Thome 1st 9th(tied) 8th
Minnesota Twins Frank Thomas 2nd 9th(tied) 10th
Seattle Pilots Edgar Martinez 3rd Greg Norton 3rd 1st
Toronto Blue Jays Mark McGwire 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Milwaukee Creams Carlos Delgado 5th 9th(tied) 12th
Charlotte Knights Jason Giambi 6th Paul Konerko 6th(tied) 3rd
Los Angeles Dodgers Rafael Palmeiro 7th 9th(tied) 13th
Chicago Cubs Mike Piazza 8th 9th(tied) 14th
Colorado Rockies Todd Helton 9th 9th(tied) 15th
Oakland Athletics John Olerud 10th 9th(tied) 16th
Orlando Devil Rays Jeff Bagwell 11th 9th(tied) 17th
Florida Marlins Richie Sexson 12th 9th(tied) 18th
New York Yankees Kazuhiro Kiyohara 13th Derrek Lee 6th(tied) 7th
Cincinnati Reds Fred McGriff 14th 9th(tied) 19th
Montreal Expos Hal Morris 15th Sean Casey 1st 2nd
Detroit Tigers Tino Martinez 16th 9th(tied) 20th
Boston Red Sox David Ortiz 17th David Ortiz 6th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Cardinals Ivan Calderon 18th Brooks Kieschnick 5th 6th
New York Mets Greg Colbrunn 19th 9th(tied) 21st
Cleveland Spiders Howard Johnson 20th Randall Simon 4th 5th
Arizona Diamondbacks Mark Grace 21st 9th(tied) 22nd
San Diego Padres Andres Galarraga 22nd 9th(tied) 23rd
Washington Senators Brad Fullmer 23rd Brad Fullmer 2nd 4th
Baltimore Orioles Matt Franco 24th 9th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals Roberto Alomar 1st 12th(tied) 10th
Orlando Devil Rays Craig Biggio 2nd Jason Hardtke 9th 4th
Montreal Expos Jeff Kent 3rd 12th(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Creams Mark Loretta 4th 12th(tied) 14th
Charlotte Knights Chuck Knoblauch 5th Adam Riggs 8th 7th
Cincinnati Reds Fernando Vina 6th Jay Canizaro 2nd(tied) 1st
Toronto Blue Jays Derek Jeter 7th George Arias 5th 2nd
Arizona Diamondbacks Delino DeShields 8th 12th(tied) 15th
Oakland Athletics Geronimo Pena 9th 12th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Cardinals John Valentin 10th 12th(tied) 17th
Boston Red Sox Akira Eto 11th 12th(tied) 18th
Colorado Rockies Damion Easley 12th 12th(tied) 19th
Minnesota Twins Brent Gates 13th 12th(tied) 20th
Cleveland Spiders Tomas Perez 14th Wilton Guerrero 7th 9th
Baltimore Orioles Bill Spiers 15th 12th(tied) 21st
Florida Marlins Mickey Morandini 16th Felipe Crespo 1st 3rd
San Diego Padres Mark Bellhorn 17th Mark Bellhorn 2nd(tied) 5th
Chicago Cubs Scott Cooper 18th (tied) Jose Vidro 2nd(tied) 6th
Los Angeles Dodgers Homer Bush 18th (tied) Pokey Reese 11th 12th
New York Mets Bret Boone 20th Jed Hansen 6th 8th
Washington Senators Ray Durham 21st 12th(tied) 22nd
Detroit Tigers Alex Arias 22nd 12th(tied) 23rd
Seattle Pilots Pat Listach 23rd 12th(tied) 24th
New York Yankees Andy Stankiewicz 24th Tilson Brito 10th 11th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Creams Chipper Jones 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Reds Scott Rolen 2nd 9th(tied) 10th
Cleveland Spiders Kevin Mitchell 3rd Aaron Boone 4th 1st
Montreal Expos Matt Williams 4th 9th(tied) 11th
New York Yankees Travis Fryman 5th Kevin Orie 1st(tied) 2nd
New York Mets Phil Nevin 6th Mike Glendenning 8th 8th
Toronto Blue Jays Dean Palmer 7th Tom Evans 6th 6th
Colorado Rockies Bill R Mueller 8th Hiroki Kokubo 7th 7th
San Diego Padres Vinny Castilla 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Washington Senators Willie Greene 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Los Angeles Dodgers Chris Brown 11th David Bell 5th 4th
Boston Red Sox Edgar Renteria 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Arizona Diamondbacks Robin Ventura 13th Fernando Tatis 1st(tied) 3rd
Florida Marlins Edgardo Alfonzo 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Kansas City Royals Tim Naehring 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Charlotte Knights Tony Batista 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Oakland Athletics Herbert Perry 17th 9th(tied) 18th
Baltimore Orioles Kelly Gruber 18th 9th(tied) 19th
Minnesota Twins Kevin Seitzer 19th Abraham O Nunez 1st(tied) 5th
Detroit Tigers Russ Johnson 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Seattle Pilots Esteban Beltre 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Chicago Cubs 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Orlando Devil Rays 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Louis Cardinals 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Senators Alex Rodriguez 1st Cheron Farley 2nd(tied) 1st
New York Mets Gary Sheffield 2nd 11th(tied) 8th
Charlotte Knights Nomar Garciaparra 3rd Felix Martinez 2nd(tied) 2nd
Kansas City Royals Barry Larkin 4th 11th(tied) 11th
Florida Marlins Craig Counsell 5th 11th(tied) 12th
Chicago Cubs Jeff Cirillo 6th Wilson Delgado 2nd(tied) 3rd
Montreal Expos Jose Hernandez 7th Jorge Velandia 9th 5th
Cincinnati Reds Omar Vizquel 8th 11th(tied) 14th
Orlando Devil Rays Jose Valentin 9th Andy Sheets 2nd(tied) 4th
Boston Red Sox Scott Fletcher 10th Takahiro Ikeyama 10th 10th
Arizona Diamondbacks Mike Bordick 11th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
St. Louis Cardinals Royce Clayton 11th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
New York Yankees Orlando Cabrera 13th 11th(tied) 17th
Colorado Rockies Chip Hale 14th 11th(tied) 18th
Los Angeles Dodgers Kevin Stocker 15th 11th(tied) 19th
San Diego Padres Manuel Lee 16th Hanley Frias 8th 9th
Minnesota Twins Mark Grudzielanek 17th 11th(tied) 20th
Baltimore Orioles Miguel Tejada 18th Rich Aurilia 7th 7th
Milwaukee Creams Rey Sanchez 19th 11th(tied) 21st
Oakland Athletics Greg Litton 20th Takuro Ishii 2nd(tied) 6th
Seattle Pilots Chad Fonville 21st 11th(tied) 22nd
Detroit Tigers Shane Halter 22nd 11th(tied) 23rd
Cleveland Spiders 23rd (tied) Deivi Cruz 1st 13th
Toronto Blue Jays 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Red Sox Barry Bonds 1st Midre Cummings 6th 1st
New York Mets Cliff Floyd 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
San Diego Padres Manny Ramirez 3rd Ray McDavid 8th 3rd
Colorado Rockies Juan Gonzalez 4th (tied) David Dellucci 13th 11th
Washington Senators Albert Belle 4th (tied) Pedro Valdes 11th 8th
Montreal Expos Gregg Jefferies 6th Rich Butler 9th 9th
Milwaukee Creams Steve Finley 7th 14th(tied) 15th
Cleveland Spiders Darryl Strawberry 8th Billy McMillon 5th 5th
Charlotte Knights Shane Mack 9th Carlos Mendoza 7th 10th
Orlando Devil Rays Ron Gant 10th 14th(tied) 16th
Arizona Diamondbacks Mike Greenwell 11th Hiroshi Shibahara 12th 12th
Cincinnati Reds Bobby Higginson 12th Roger Cedeno 2nd 2nd
Minnesota Twins Kal Daniels 13th 14th(tied) 17th
Kansas City Royals Reggie L. Sanders 14th 14th(tied) 18th
Detroit Tigers Ben Grieve 15th Frank Catalanotto 4th 6th
Florida Marlins Juan Encarnacion 16th Todd Walker 3rd 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Stan Javier 17th 14th(tied) 19th
Chicago Cubs Dan Pasqua 18th 14th(tied) 20th
Oakland Athletics Greg Vaughn 19th Chris Latham 10th 13th
Toronto Blue Jays Dante Bichette 20th 14th(tied) 21st
Los Angeles Dodgers Jeffrey Hammonds 21st 14th(tied) 22nd
Seattle Pilots Bruce Aven 22nd Bruce Aven 1st 4th
Baltimore Orioles Lyle Mouton 23rd 14th(tied) 23rd
New York Yankees Darren Lewis 24th 14th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Seattle Pilots Ken Griffey Jr. 1st 13th(tied) 9th
Minnesota Twins Darin Erstad 2nd Kimera Bartee 11th 4th
Charlotte Knights Carl Everett 3rd 13th(tied) 12th
Washington Senators Eric Davis 4th Jeff Abbott 8th 2nd
Orlando Devil Rays Brian Jordan 5th Koji Goto 2nd(tied) 1st
Kansas City Royals Andruw Jones 6th 13th(tied) 14th
San Diego Padres Jim Edmonds 7th Barry Wesson 9th 6th
Baltimore Orioles Kenny Lofton 8th 13th(tied) 15th
Los Angeles Dodgers Torii Hunter 9th 13th(tied) 16th
Detroit Tigers Jose R Herrera 10th 13th(tied) 17th
Milwaukee Creams Tom Goodwin 11th 13th(tied) 18th
Arizona Diamondbacks Lance Blankenship 12th Yoshinobu Takahashi 10th 11th
Chicago Cubs Rich Becker 13th 13th(tied) 19th
Florida Marlins Mark Kotsay 14th Mark Kotsay 1st 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Dwayne Hosey 15th 13th(tied) 20th
Toronto Blue Jays Lance Johnson 16th Pat Watkins 2nd(tied) 5th
Boston Red Sox Mike Cameron 17th 13th(tied) 21st
Oakland Athletics Devon White 18th Gene Kingsale 12th 13th
Montreal Expos Brian R. Hunter 19th 13th(tied) 22nd
St. Louis Cardinals Doug Glanville 20th Scarborough Green 2nd(tied) 7th
Cleveland Spiders Marquis Grissom 21st Jermaine Allensworth 6th 10th
New York Yankees Ryan Thompson 22nd Wendell Magee 2nd(tied) 8th
Colorado Rockies 23rd (tied) Lou Collier 7th 23rd
New York Mets 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Mets Sammy Sosa 1st 9th(tied) 8th
St. Louis Cardinals Brian S Giles 2nd Damian Jackson 5th 1st
Minnesota Twins Larry Walker 3rd Emil Brown 1st(tied) 2nd
Kansas City Royals Jeromy Burnitz 4th Danny Clyburn 6th 6th
Orlando Devil Rays Tim Salmon 5th Jacob Cruz 1st(tied) 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Bernie Williams 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Toronto Blue Jays Ellis Burks 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Milwaukee Creams John Elway 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Cleveland Spiders Bernard Gilkey 9th 9th(tied) 13th
Washington Senators Vladimir Guerrero 10th Ryan Long 7th 7th
Montreal Expos Raul Mondesi 11th 9th(tied) 14th
New York Yankees Bobby Abreu 12th Bubba Trammell 1st(tied) 4th
Chicago Cubs Trot Nixon 13th Jose L Cruz 4th 5th
Oakland Athletics Jay Buhner 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Florida Marlins Rondell White 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Arizona Diamondbacks Tony Gwynn 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Charlotte Knights Orlando Merced 17th 9th(tied) 18th
Seattle Pilots Jermaine Dye 18th Jose Guillen 8th 9th
Los Angeles Dodgers Derrick May 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Colorado Rockies Dmitri Young 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Baltimore Orioles 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Boston Red Sox 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Detroit Tigers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Diego Padres 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Pedro Martinez 1st Clint Sodowsky 12th 2nd
Kansas City Royals Kevin Brown 2nd Geremi Gonzalez 8th 4th
Florida Marlins Kevin Appier 3rd Bobby Chouinard 2nd(tied) 1st
Cincinnati Reds Mike Mussina 4th Mac Suzuki 10th 6th
Orlando Devil Rays John Smoltz 5th Jason Dickson 2nd(tied) 3rd
New York Mets Randy Johnson 6th 18th(tied) 14th
Los Angeles Dodgers Greg Maddux 7th Dennys Reyes 11th 9th
Washington Senators John Burkett 8th Darrell May 13th 10th
Toronto Blue Jays Hipolito Pichardo 9th Mike K Johnson 14th 12th
Baltimore Orioles Dwight Gooden 10th 18th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Creams Matt Young 11th Amaury Telemaco 7th 11th
Arizona Diamondbacks Floyd Youmans 12th Bryan Rekar 15th(tied) 16th
Chicago Cubs Mike Hampton 13th LaTroy Hawkins 15th(tied) 17th
Charlotte Knights Ron Robinson 14th Tony Saunders 2nd(tied) 7th
Minnesota Twins Juan Guzman 15th 18th(tied) 20th
Cleveland Spiders John Thomson 16th Matt Beech 2nd(tied) 8th
Oakland Athletics Matt Morris 17th Matt Morris 1st 5th
San Diego Padres Ismael Valdez 18th Matt Wagner 17th 19th
Colorado Rockies Curt Schilling 19th Jason Johnson 9th 15th
Seattle Pilots Chris Haney 20th 18th(tied) 21st
St. Louis Cardinals Jay Tibbs 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
Boston Red Sox Shinji Imanaka 22nd 18th(tied) 23rd
New York Yankees Mark Clark 23rd Chris Carpenter 2nd(tied) 13th
Detroit Tigers Vaughn Eshelman 24th 18th(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Senators Troy Percival 1st Brian Bevil 2nd 2nd
Toronto Blue Jays Jim Corsi 2nd 19th(tied) 11th
Florida Marlins Billy Wagner 3rd Cory Lidle 5th 3rd
Kansas City Royals Armando Benitez 4th Roberto Duran 1st 1st
Baltimore Orioles Julian Tavarez 5th (tied) 19th(tied) 14th
Colorado Rockies Mike Timlin 5th (tied) Terry Adams 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Louis Cardinals Mariano Rivera 7th 19th(tied) 15th
Orlando Devil Rays Xavier Hernandez 8th Johnny Ruffin 14th 9th
Cleveland Spiders Sterling Hitchcock 9th 19th(tied) 17th
Chicago Cubs Mike Stanton 10th 19th(tied) 18th
Charlotte Knights Tim Burke 11th Jose RF Santiago 3rd(tied) 5th
New York Yankees Doug Simons 12th Nelson Cruz 10th(tied) 7th
Minnesota Twins Rob Dibble 13th Carlos Almanzar 16th 12th
San Diego Padres Robb Nen 14th Keith Foulke 6th 6th
Boston Red Sox Roberto Hernandez 15th Felix Rodriguez 10th(tied) 8th
Los Angeles Dodgers Ricardo Rincon 16th Ryan Hancock 17th 16th
Milwaukee Creams Jeff Calhoun 17th Steve Falteisek 18th 20th
Detroit Tigers Steve J Kline 18th Desi Relaford 10th(tied) 10th
Cincinnati Reds Arthur Rhodes 19th Chris Peters 13th 21st
Montreal Expos Mike Jeffcoat 20th Shayne Bennett 15th 22nd
New York Mets Darren Holmes 21st Jose Cabrera 7th(tied) 13th
Seattle Pilots Greg McMichael 22nd Tavo Alvarez 7th(tied) 19th
Arizona Diamondbacks Kelvim Escobar 23rd Ron Blazier 7th(tied) 23rd
Oakland Athletics Mike Magnante 24th 19th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Florida Marlins Bryan Harvey 1st Cory Lidle 3rd 1st
Orlando Devil Rays Joe Magrane 2nd Johnny Ruffin 14th 13th
Montreal Expos Pat Hentgen 3rd Shayne Bennett 15th 14th
San Diego Padres Robb Nen 4th Keith Foulke 9th 3rd
Kansas City Royals Rick Reed 5th Roberto Duran 2nd 2nd
Seattle Pilots Chris Haney 6th Tavo Alvarez 7th(tied) 5th
Baltimore Orioles Hector Fajardo 7th 19th(tied) 19th
Washington Senators Troy Percival 8th Brian Bevil 4th 4th
Milwaukee Creams Jeff Calhoun 9th Steve Falteisek 18th 17th
Cleveland Spiders Sterling Hitchcock 10th 19th(tied) 20th
Oakland Athletics Ramon A. Garcia 11th 19th(tied) 21st
New York Mets Jim Bullinger 12th Jose Cabrera 7th(tied) 6th
Minnesota Twins Trevor Hoffman 13th Carlos Almanzar 16th 15th
Toronto Blue Jays Jim Corsi 14th 19th(tied) 22nd
Los Angeles Dodgers Lance Painter 15th (tied) Ryan Hancock 17th 18th
St. Louis Cardinals Steve Chitren 15th (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd
Detroit Tigers David Weathers 17th Desi Relaford 10th(tied) 10th
Arizona Diamondbacks Danny Patterson 18th Ron Blazier 5th 7th
Cincinnati Reds Arthur Rhodes 19th Chris Peters 13th 16th
Charlotte Knights Tim Burke 20th Jose RF Santiago 6th 9th
Colorado Rockies Mike Timlin 21st Terry Adams 1st 8th
Chicago Cubs Mike Stanton 22nd 19th(tied) 24th
New York Yankees Doug Simons 23rd Nelson Cruz 10th(tied) 11th
Boston Red Sox Roberto Hernandez 24th Felix Rodriguez 10th(tied) 12th
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