MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/1915
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago Cubs Wally Schang 1st Bill Wagner 7th(tied) 7th
Washington Senators Steve O'Neill 2nd Al DeVormer 6th 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Bubbles Hargrave 3rd Alex Gaston 2nd 2nd
Chicago White Sox Ray Schalk 4th Butch Byler 10th 9th
Pittsburgh Pirates Tommy Clarke 5th 12th(tied) 12th
New York Yankees William Fischer 6th Leslie Hayes 7th(tied) 8th
Detroit Tigers Art Wilson 7th 12th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Frank Snyder 8th Ray Kennedy 3rd 3rd
Boston Braves Lee Magee 9th Dolly Gray 11th 11th
Cleveland Indians Jesse Altenburg 10th Larry Woodall 5th 5th
Boston Red Sox Johnny Bassler 11th Johnny Schulte 4th 4th
Cincinnati Reds Bill Rariden 12th 12th(tied) 14th
Brooklyn Robins Ivey Wingo 13th 12th(tied) 15th
St. Louis Browns Gus Fisher 14th Jose Maria Fernandez 7th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia Athletics Eddie Ainsmith 15th Fred Wasem 1st 6th
New York Giants Ted Easterly 16th 12th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Yankees Mike Donlin 1st Ray Schmandt 4th 1st
Pittsburgh Pirates Joe Judge 2nd Jose Rodriguez 5th(tied) 5th
Boston Braves Vic Saier 3rd 10th(tied) 9th
New York Giants Jack Fournier 4th Ted Jourdan 1st 2nd
Chicago White Sox George Sisler 5th 10th(tied) 10th
St. Louis Cardinals George H Burns 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Washington Senators Fred Merkle 7th 10th(tied) 13th
Cleveland Indians Stuffy McInnis 8th Roy Grimes 2nd 3rd
Cincinnati Reds Chick Gandil 9th Earl Sheely 8th 8th
Philadelphia Athletics Dick Hoblitzell 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Chicago Cubs Jack Tobin 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Detroit Tigers Polly McLarry 12th Ballplayer Baxter 9th 12th
St. Louis Browns Bunny Brief 13th Snake Henry 5th(tied) 6th
Boston Red Sox Ed Konetchy 14th Fred Lear 3rd 4th
Philadelphia Phillies Del Gainer 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Brooklyn Robins Art Griggs 16th Babe Ellison 5th(tied) 7th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Yankees Fred Snodgrass 1st Turner Barber 8th 1st
Cleveland Indians Heinie Zimmerman 2nd Edward Roben 12th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Browns Frank Baker 3rd Joseph Varney 7th 2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates Del Pratt 4th Art Ewoldt 6th 3rd
Washington Senators Max Carey 5th Mike Massey 5th 4th
Brooklyn Robins Larry Doyle 6th Cliff Brady 3rd 5th
Boston Braves Birdie Cree 7th 15th(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Phillies Bruno Betzel 8th Hob Hiller 1st 6th
St. Louis Cardinals Jim Viox 9th Aaron Ward 2nd 7th
Cincinnati Reds Morrie Rath 10th 15th(tied) 16th
Chicago White Sox Johnny Evers 11th Ross Youngs 9th 8th
Detroit Tigers Art Fletcher 12th Ballplayer Preston 10th 9th
Chicago Cubs Jack Dalton 13th G. Fenton 12th(tied) 13th
New York Giants John S Farrell 14th Chick Fewster 12th(tied) 14th
Boston Red Sox Ballplayer Harm 15th Paddy Siglin 11th 10th
Philadelphia Athletics Ray Morgan 16th Mike Herrera 4th 11th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Giants Eddie Collins Sr 1st Frank E Thompson 2nd 1st
Cleveland Indians Heinie Groh 2nd Joe Leonard 3rd 2nd
Detroit Tigers Red J Smith 3rd 11th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Robins Cotton Tierney 4th Fred H Thomas 9th 9th
Chicago White Sox John Knight 5th Ramon Gonzalez 6th 3rd
Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Menosky 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Washington Senators Howie Shanks 7th Johnny Butler 8th 8th
New York Yankees Eddie Brown 8th Tom Connolly 7th 5th
Cincinnati Reds Frank LaPorte 9th 11th(tied) 13th
Chicago Cubs Hans Lobert 10th (tied) 11th(tied) 14th
Philadelphia Phillies Jimmy Johnston 10th (tied) Tony Boeckel 5th 4th
St. Louis Cardinals Cozy A Dolan 12th Lester Buffington 10th 11th
Philadelphia Athletics Tillie Shafer 13th 11th(tied) 15th
Boston Red Sox Harry Steinfeldt 14th 11th(tied) 16th
Boston Braves Harry Lord 15th Ike Caveney 4th 6th
St. Louis Browns Clyde Barnhart 16th Clyde Barnhart 1st 7th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Robins Ken Nash 1st Socks Seibold 9th(tied) 1st
Cleveland Indians Ray Chapman 2nd Joe Mulligan 7th 3rd
Chicago White Sox Bill Wambsganss 3rd M. Kirk 4th 2nd
New York Giants Rogers Hornsby 4th Howdy Caton 9th(tied) 4th
Detroit Tigers Bobby Byrne 5th 13th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Reds Roger Peckinpaugh 6th John Honig 11th(tied) 5th
Pittsburgh Pirates Jack Sheehan 7th 13th(tied) 14th
St. Louis Browns Happy Felsch 8th 13th(tied) 15th
Boston Red Sox Rube Oldring 9th Jimmy E Cooney 3rd 7th
Washington Senators Everett Scott 10th Red Shannon 2nd 6th
St. Louis Cardinals Doc Lavan 11th Harvey McClellan 1st 8th
Philadelphia Athletics Gene Madden 12th Sam B Crane 5th 9th
Boston Braves Dave Bancroft 13th Charlie Hollocher 6th 10th
New York Yankees Donie Bush 14th Art Koehler 8th 11th
Philadelphia Phillies Barry McCormick 15th Carter Elliott 11th(tied) 12th
Chicago Cubs Oscar Drucke 16th 13th(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington Senators Zack Wheat 1st Jack Kibble 1st(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Phillies Casey Stengel 2nd 11th(tied) 7th
Cleveland Indians Harry Hooper 3rd Kenzie Kirkham 9th 8th
Brooklyn Robins Vin Campbell 4th Taylor Farrell 4th(tied) 2nd
New York Yankees Bobby Veach 5th Merlin Kopp 6th 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Walton Cruise 6th 11th(tied) 11th
Boston Red Sox Ken Williams 7th (tied) 11th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh Pirates O. Swain 7th (tied) Bill A Cunningham 4th(tied) 4th
Boston Braves John Wilson 9th Ray O'Brien 1st(tied) 5th
Chicago Cubs Joe F Connolly 10th 11th(tied) 14th
Detroit Tigers Tillie Walker 11th (tied) Gene Layden 10th 12th
New York Giants Cliff W Lee 11th (tied) Bill Brown 7th(tied) 9th
St. Louis Browns Wilbur Good 13th Alfred Ellis 7th(tied) 10th
Chicago White Sox Cy Williams 14th 11th(tied) 15th
Cincinnati Reds Beals Becker 15th 11th(tied) 16th
Philadelphia Athletics Ward Miller 16th Shags Horan 1st(tied) 6th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Tigers Tris Speaker 1st Molly Craft 6th(tied) 2nd
Boston Braves Ty Cobb 2nd Art Stadille 2nd 1st
Cleveland Indians Shoeless Joe Jackson 3rd Frank Madden 12th 11th
New York Yankees Amos Strunk 4th Bill Stellbauer 9th 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Harry Heilmann 5th Ballplayer Hilderbrand 10th(tied) 10th
St. Louis Browns Pete Schneider 6th Ballplayer Sapp 6th(tied) 4th
Brooklyn Robins Bill Bankston 7th Gil Whitehouse 3rd 5th
Chicago Cubs Jack Smith 8th Ballplayer Lohr 10th(tied) 12th
Washington Senators Benny Kauff 9th Frank Walker 5th 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Braggo Roth 10th Earl Potteiger 1st 6th
Cincinnati Reds Tommy Griffith 11th 13th(tied) 13th
Chicago White Sox George W Harper 12th Dutch Wetzel 4th 8th
Pittsburgh Pirates Billy Southworth 13th Al Kirby 6th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Athletics Bob Bescher 14th 13th(tied) 14th
Boston Red Sox Bill McCabe 15th 13th(tied) 15th
New York Giants Johnny Johnston 16th 13th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Cardinals Sherry Magee 1st Charlie Jackson 7th(tied) 7th
New York Yankees Baby Doll Jacobson 2nd Claude Cooper 10th 8th
Philadelphia Phillies Elmer Flick 3rd George Johnson 6th 1st
Philadelphia Athletics Johnny Bates 4th 11th(tied) 10th
Washington Senators Eddie Murphy 5th 11th(tied) 11th
New York Giants Bob Coulson 6th Merwin Jacobson 1st 2nd
St. Louis Browns Bing Miller 7th Ben Paschal 4th 3rd
Chicago Cubs Max Flack 8th 11th(tied) 13th
Chicago White Sox Elmer Smith 9th 11th(tied) 14th
Boston Braves Cuke Barrows 10th Harry Morse 5th 5th(tied)
Pittsburgh Pirates Sam Crawford 11th Victor St. Martin 2nd 4th
Cincinnati Reds Solly Hofman 12th Pat Duncan 3rd 5th(tied)
Cleveland Indians Clyde Milan 13th Arthur Hauger 9th 12th
Brooklyn Robins Jimmy Sebring 14th Austin McHenry 7th(tied) 9th
Boston Red Sox Doc Gessler 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Detroit Tigers Steve Evans 16th 11th(tied) 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Tigers Walter Johnson 1st Bob Steele 1st 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Rube Benton 2nd Pete Standridge 13th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Robins Herb Byram 3rd George Beck 13th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Phillies Ad Brennan 4th Jimmy Agnew 8th(tied) 7th
Boston Braves Art Schimpf 5th Bill L James 12th 8th
New York Yankees Ralph Glaze 6th Sammy Ross 13th(tied) 15th
Chicago Cubs Charlie Schmutz 7th Bill Fincher 3rd 2nd
Boston Red Sox Bullet Joe Bush 8th Jasper Efird 7th 6th
Pittsburgh Pirates Tom Seaton 9th Red Day 13th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Indians Doc Crandall 10th Bernie Boland 5th 3rd
Washington Senators Nap Rucker 11th Jakie May 8th(tied) 11th
Cincinnati Reds Matt Clark 12th Benn Karr 4th 5th
St. Louis Browns Louis Drucke 13th Erv Kantlehner 2nd 4th
Chicago White Sox George Baumgardner 14th Slim Love 11th 13th
Philadelphia Athletics Carl Weilman 15th Eric Erickson 10th 14th
New York Giants Earl Yingling 16th Lefty Lorenzen 6th 9th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Yankees Doc Ayers 1st Tom Knowlson 12th(tied) 5th
Detroit Tigers Bill Steen 2nd Joe Pate 11th 4th
Chicago Cubs Hack Schumann 3rd Jimmy Zinn 10th 2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates Joe Willis 4th Chick Smith 8th 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Jim Shaw 5th Hod Eller 3rd 1st
Philadelphia Athletics Pol Perritt 6th Pol Perritt 6th 6th
Chicago White Sox Scott Perry 7th Red Oldham 9th 9th
Boston Braves Buddy Napier 8th Ernie Shore 7th 8th
Boston Red Sox Johnny Tillman 9th Harry Trekell 1st 7th
Washington Senators Lou Schettler 10th Hank Ritter 12th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Reds Mike Cunningham 11th (tied) Ernie Koob 4th 10th
Cleveland Indians Dick Rudolph 11th (tied) King Lear 16th 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Fred Toney 13th Iron Davis 14th 14th
Brooklyn Robins Ed Kusel 14th Dick Niehaus 15th 15th
New York Giants Ellis Johnson 15th Carl Mays 5th 11th
St. Louis Browns Charlie Becker 16th Dutch Ruether 2nd 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Brooklyn Robins Elmer Steele 1st George Beck 15th 1st
Washington Senators George Johnson 2nd Jakie May 12th 2nd
Boston Red Sox Guy Morton 3rd Dazzy Vance 6th 3rd
New York Yankees Ralph Caldwell 4th Tom Knowlson 14th 4th
Boston Braves Bill Lelivelt 5th Ernie Shore 9th 6th
Chicago Cubs Ben DeMott 6th Lefty Williams 3rd 7th
St. Louis Browns Tommy C Thompson 7th Erv Kantlehner 2nd 5th
Cincinnati Reds Herb Pennock 8th Ernie Koob 5th 8th
Detroit Tigers Hank Gehring 9th Bob Steele 7th 9th
New York Giants Tim McCabe 10th Carl Mays 10th 11th
Chicago White Sox Red Hoff 11th Red Oldham 11th 13th
St. Louis Cardinals Roy Witherup 12th Pete Standridge 13th 14th
Philadelphia Athletics Elmer Rieger 13th Pol Perritt 4th 12th
Cleveland Indians Harry Kane 14th Bernie Boland 16th 15th
Philadelphia Phillies John Taff 15th Hod Eller 1st 10th
Pittsburgh Pirates Sam Frock 16th Chick Smith 8th 16th
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