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Catchers Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking California Angels Brian Downing 1st Tied for 10th 8th Kansas City Royals Darrell Porter 2nd Don Slaught 10th 9th St. Louis Cardinals Terry Kennedy 3rd Tom Nieto 6th 3rd Boston Red Sox Carlton Fisk 4th Danny Sheaffer Tied for 10th 10th Cleveland Indians Ron Hassey 5th Jack Fimple Tied for 10th 11th Detroit Tigers Lance Parrish 6th Bob Melvin 7th 6th Texas Rangers Jim Sundberg 7th Tied for 10th 13th Cincinnati Reds Alan Ashby 8th Dave Miley 5th 4th Los Angeles Dodgers Mike Scioscia 9th Gilberto Reyes Tied for 10th 14th Seattle Mariners Bo Diaz 10th Dan Firova Tied for 10th 15th Chicago White Sox Bob Brenly 11th Tied for 10th 16th Milwaukee Brewers Charlie Moore 12th Tied for 10th 17th Houston Astros Milt May 13th Tied for 10th 18th San Francisco Giants Shuzo Arita 14th Matt Nokes 4th 5th Atlanta Braves Bruce Benedict 15th Tied for 10th 19th Minnesota Twins Butch Wynegar 16th Jeff Reed Tied for 10th 21st Philadelphia Phillies Bob Boone 17th Mike LaValliere 2nd 1st New York Mets Ron Hodges 18th Ronn Reynolds 8th 12th Chicago Cubs Barry Foote 19th Tied for 10th 22nd Toronto Blue Jays Ernie Whitt 20th Tied for 10th 23rd Oakland Athletics Jim Essian 21st Mickey Tettleton 1st 2nd Baltimore Orioles Rick Dempsey 22nd Carl Nichols 9th 20th Pittsburgh Pirates Ed Ott 23rd Tied for 10th 24th San Diego Padres Marc Hill 24th Tied for 10th 25th New York Yankees Johnny Oates 25th Scott Bradley 3rd 7th Montreal Expos 26th Tied for 10th 26th First Basemen Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking St. Louis Cardinals Keith Hernandez 1st Tied for 6th 6th Milwaukee Brewers Cecil Cooper 2nd Tied for 6th 7th Kansas City Royals Willie Aikens 3rd Tied for 6th 8th Los Angeles Dodgers Toru Sugiura 4th Sid Bream 3rd 3rd California Angels Rod Carew 5th Sap Randall Tied for 6th 9th Atlanta Braves Chris Chambliss 6th Tied for 6th 10th Pittsburgh Pirates Willie Stargell 7th Tied for 6th 11th Houston Astros Cesar Cedeno 8th Glenn Davis Tied for 6th 12th Boston Red Sox Cliff Johnson 9th Todd Benzinger 4th 4th Cincinnati Reds Dan Driessen 10th Tied for 6th 13th Minnesota Twins Kent Hrbek 11th Tied for 6th 14th Montreal Expos Warren Cromartie 12th Tied for 6th 15th Detroit Tigers Richie Hebner 13th Mike Laga 5th 5th New York Mets Steve Garvey 14th Randy Milligan 2nd 1st Seattle Mariners Bruce Bochte 15th Brick Smith Tied for 6th 16th Chicago White Sox Lamar Johnson 16th Tied for 6th 17th Toronto Blue Jays Otto Velez 17th 6th 18th New York Yankees Bob Watson 18th Fred McGriff 1st 2nd Baltimore Orioles Terry Crowley 19th Tied for 6th 19th San Diego Padres Dave Bergman 20th John Kruk Tied for 6th 20th Philadelphia Phillies Kenichi Yazawa 21st Francisco Melendez Tied for 6th 21st Chicago Cubs Karl Pagel 22nd Tied for 6th 22nd Cleveland Indians Wayne Cage 23rd Tied for 6th 23rd Texas Rangers Tied for 24th Tied for 6th Tied for 24th San Francisco Giants Tied for 24th Kelvin Torve Tied for 6th Tied for 24th Oakland Athletics Tied for 24th Tim Pyznarski Tied for 6th 24th Second Basemen Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking California Angels Bobby Grich 1st Tied for 4th 4th Houston Astros Joe Morgan 2nd Tied for 4th 5th Detroit Tigers Lou Whitaker 3rd Scott Earl 4th 6th New York Yankees Willie Randolph 4th Edwin Rodriguez Tied for 4th 7th Milwaukee Brewers Paul Molitor 5th Randy Ready 3rd 3rd Kansas City Royals Kazunori Shinozuka 6th Tied for 4th 8th Pittsburgh Pirates Phil Garner 7th Rich Renteria Tied for 4th 9th New York Mets Wally Backman 8th Tied for 4th 10th St. Louis Cardinals Tom Herr 9th Tied for 4th 11th Cincinnati Reds Bump Wills 10th Tied for 4th 12th Cleveland Indians Ryuzo Yamasaki Tied for 11th Junior Noboa Tied for 4th Tied for 13th Boston Red Sox Jerry Remy Tied for 13th Tied for 4th 13th Philadelphia Phillies Manny Trillo 13th Juan Samuel Tied for 4th 15th San Diego Padres Bill Stein 14th Paul Noce Tied for 4th 16th Seattle Mariners Akinobu Okada 15th Harold Reynolds Tied for 4th 17th Minnesota Twins Rob Wilfong 16th Steve Lombardozzi 2nd 2nd Montreal Expos Glenn Franklin 17th Bryan Little 1st 1st Toronto Blue Jays Garry Harris 18th Tied for 4th 18th Chicago White Sox Alan Bannister 19th Craig Smajstrla Tied for 4th 19th Baltimore Orioles Rich Dauer 20th Ricky Jones Tied for 4th 20th Atlanta Braves Juan Bonilla 21st Tied for 4th 21st San Francisco Giants Mike Ramsey 22nd Tied for 4th 22nd Chicago Cubs Steve Dillard 23rd Tied for 4th 23rd Los Angeles Dodgers Tied for 24th Tied for 4th Tied for 24th Texas Rangers Tied for 24th Greg Tabor Tied for 4th Tied for 24th Oakland Athletics Tied for 24th Mike Gallego Tied for 4th 24th Third Basemen Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Philadelphia Phillies Mike Schmidt 1st Rick Schu 4th 1st Los Angeles Dodgers Ron Cey 2nd Tied for 6th 6th Montreal Expos Larry Parrish 3rd Tied for 6th 7th San Francisco Giants Darrell Evans 4th Tied for 6th 8th Cleveland Indians Toby Harrah 5th Kelly Gruber 5th 5th San Diego Padres Masayuki Kakefu 6th Luis Quinones Tied for 6th 9th Texas Rangers Buddy Bell 7th Tied for 6th 10th Atlanta Braves Bob Horner 8th Tied for 6th 11th St. Louis Cardinals Ken Oberkfell 9th Tied for 6th 12th Baltimore Orioles Doug DeCinces 10th Tied for 6th 13th Houston Astros Art Howe 11th Tied for 6th 14th Pittsburgh Pirates Luis Salazar 12th Bobby Bonilla 1st 2nd California Angels Dickie Thon 13th Tied for 6th 15th Seattle Mariners Ray Knight 14th Hiromi Matsunaga 2nd 3rd Oakland Athletics Wayne Gross 15th Steve Kiefer Tied for 6th 16th New York Yankees Graig Nettles 16th Mike Pagliarulo Tied for 6th 17th Toronto Blue Jays Roy Howell 17th Mike Sharperson 6th 18th New York Mets Hubie Brooks 18th Dave Cochrane Tied for 6th 19th Chicago White Sox Tatsunori Hara 19th Wade Rowdon 3rd 4th Kansas City Royals Rance Mulliniks 20th Bill Pecota Tied for 6th 20th Milwaukee Brewers Ken Macha 21st Tied for 6th 21st Boston Red Sox Butch Hobson 22nd Tied for 6th 22nd Cincinnati Reds Skeeter Barnes 23rd Tied for 6th 23rd Detroit Tigers Tied for 24th Hiroshi Moriwaki Tied for 6th 24th Minnesota Twins Tied for 24th Scotti Madison Tied for 6th Tied for 24th Chicago Cubs Tied for 24th Fritzie Connally Tied for 6th Tied for 24th Shortstops Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Minnesota Twins Roy Smalley Jr. 1st Rod Booker Tied for 5th 3rd St. Louis Cardinals Garry Templeton 2nd Bob Meacham Tied for 5th 5th Atlanta Braves Yoshihiko Takahashi 3rd Paul Zuvella Tied for 5th 6th San Francisco Giants Craig Reynolds 4th Tied for 5th 7th Oakland Athletics Rick Burleson 5th Donnie Hill Tied for 5th 9th Kansas City Royals U.L. Washington 6th Tied for 5th 10th Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell 7th Tied for 5th 11th Chicago White Sox Derrel Thomas 8th Tied for 5th 12th Boston Red Sox Hiroyuki Yamazaki 9th Juan Bustabad Tied for 5th 13th Montreal Expos Bill Almon 10th Luis A Rivera 3rd 2nd San Diego Padres Takayuki Kono 11th Ozzie Guillen Tied for 5th 14th Seattle Mariners Larry Milbourne 12th Tied for 5th 15th Philadelphia Phillies Larry Bowa 13th Steve Jeltz 4th 4th Houston Astros Ozzie Smith 14th Tied for 5th 16th Cleveland Indians Yoshio Mizukami 15th Tied for 5th 17th Toronto Blue Jays Alfredo Griffin 16th Tied for 5th 18th New York Yankees Bucky Dent 17th Rich Scott Tied for 5th 19th Chicago Cubs Ivan DeJesus 18th Tied for 5th 20th Cincinnati Reds Junior Kennedy 19th Tied for 5th 21st Baltimore Orioles Kiko Garcia 20th Jeff Schaefer Tied for 5th 22nd Milwaukee Brewers Ed Romero 21st Ernest Riles 5th 23rd California Angels Todd Cruz 22nd Craig Gerber 1st 1st Texas Rangers Pepe Frias 23rd Curtis Wilkerson Tied for 5th 24th Los Angeles Dodgers Brian J Giles 24th Dave Anderson 2nd 8th Pittsburgh Pirates Tied for 25th Rafael Belliard Tied for 5th Tied for 25th New York Mets Tied for 25th Tied for 5th 25th Left Fielders Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Detroit Tigers Steve Kemp 1st Tied for 7th 6th Montreal Expos Tim Raines 2nd Terry Francona 4th 3rd Oakland Athletics Rickey Henderson 3rd Tied for 7th 8th Boston Red Sox Jim Rice 4th Tied for 7th 9th Milwaukee Brewers Ben Oglivie 5th Mike Felder 3rd 4th San Diego Padres Dave Winfield 6th Tied for 7th 10th Philadelphia Phillies Lonnie Smith 7th Tied for 7th 11th Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Easler 8th Tied for 7th 12th Los Angeles Dodgers Dusty Baker 9th Lemmie Miller 6th 7th Cincinnati Reds George Foster 10th Tied for 7th 13th New York Mets Steve Henderson 11th Kevin Mitchell 2nd 1st Baltimore Orioles John Lowenstein 12th Mike Young Tied for 7th 14th Cleveland Indians Tom Paciorek 13th Bernardo Brito Tied for 7th 15th St. Louis Cardinals Dane Iorg 14th Jim Adduci Tied for 7th 16th Chicago White Sox Wayne Nordhagen 15th Tied for 7th 17th San Francisco Giants Terry Whitfield 16th Tied for 7th 18th Chicago Cubs Miguel Dilone 17th Joe Carter 1st 2nd Minnesota Twins Gary Ward 18th Dave Meier 5th 5th Houston Astros Leron Lee 19th Eric Bullock Tied for 7th 19th California Angels Don Baylor 20th Tied for 7th 20th New York Yankees Bobby Murcer 21st Tied for 7th 21st Seattle Mariners Dan Meyer 22nd Norifumi Nishimura Tied for 7th 22nd Kansas City Royals Steve Braun Tied for 23rd Tied for 7th Tied for 23rd Texas Rangers Billy Sample Tied for 23rd Tied for 7th 23rd Atlanta Braves Kazunori Yamamoto 25th Tied for 7th 25th Toronto Blue Jays 26th 7th 26th Center Fielders Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn 1st Steve Lyons Tied for 6th 5th Detroit Tigers Kirk Gibson 2nd Glenn Wilson Tied for 6th 6th Los Angeles Dodgers Pedro Guerrero 3rd Jose Gonzalez Tied for 6th 7th Oakland Athletics Dwayne Murphy 4th Tied for 6th 8th New York Mets Lee Mazzilli 5th Lenny Dykstra 1st 1st San Diego Padres Jerry Mumphrey 6th Kevin McReynolds Tied for 6th 9th Houston Astros Terry Puhl 7th Tied for 6th 10th Milwaukee Brewers Gorman Thomas 8th Tied for 6th 11th Minnesota Twins Ken Landreaux 9th Jim Eisenreich Tied for 6th 12th Cincinnati Reds Dave Collins 10th Tony Walker 4th 2nd San Francisco Giants Billy North 11th Tied for 6th 13th Kansas City Royals Amos Otis 12th Tied for 6th 14th Texas Rangers Mickey Rivers 13th Tied for 6th 15th Atlanta Braves Brett Butler 14th Tied for 6th 16th Toronto Blue Jays Lloyd Moseby 15th Tied for 6th 17th Philadelphia Phillies Garry Maddox 16th Jim Olander Tied for 6th 18th California Angels Larry Harlow 17th Devon White Tied for 6th 19th Seattle Mariners Joe Simpson 18th Phil Bradley 2nd 3rd Chicago White Sox Greg Johnston 19th Daryl Boston 3rd 4th Cleveland Indians John Scott 20th Dave Gallagher Tied for 6th 20th New York Yankees Tied for 21st 6th Tied for 22nd Pittsburgh Pirates Tied for 22nd Trench Davis Tied for 6th 22nd Chicago Cubs 23rd Darrin Jackson 5th 21st Baltimore Orioles Tied for 24th Tied for 6th Tied for 22nd Montreal Expos Tied for 22nd Roy E Johnson Tied for 6th Tied for 22nd St. Louis Cardinals Tied for 22nd Stan Javier Tied for 6th Tied for 22nd Right Fielders Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking St. Louis Cardinals Leon Durham 1st Curt Ford Tied for 6th 5th Los Angeles Dodgers Rick Monday 2nd Ralph Bryant 5th 2nd San Francisco Giants Jack Clark 3rd Jessie Reid Tied for 6th 6th New York Yankees Oscar Gamble 4th John Elway 6th 7th Kansas City Royals Clint Hurdle 5th Dave Leeper Tied for 6th 8th Oakland Athletics Mike Davis 6th Tied for 6th 9th Chicago White Sox Harold Baines 7th Tied for 6th 10th Texas Rangers Richie Zisk 8th Tied for 6th 11th Cleveland Indians Von Hayes 9th Tied for 6th 12th California Angels Merv Rettenmund 10th Mike C Brown Tied for 6th 13th Boston Red Sox Jim Dwyer 11th Tied for 6th 14th Seattle Mariners Leon Roberts 12th Ricky Nelson 3rd 4th Philadelphia Phillies Bake McBride 13th Keith Hughes Tied for 6th 15th Cincinnati Reds Eddie Milner 14th Paul O'Neill 2nd 3rd Montreal Expos Rowland Office 15th Tied for 6th 16th Chicago Cubs Jerry Martin 16th Tied for 6th 17th Atlanta Braves Jeff Burroughs 17th Tied for 6th 18th San Diego Padres Jerry Turner 18th Tony Gwynn 1st 1st Toronto Blue Jays Jesse Barfield 19th Tied for 6th 19th Houston Astros Bob Jones 20th Tied for 6th 20th Detroit Tigers Ron Kittle 21st Tied for 6th 21st Milwaukee Brewers Tied for 22nd Tied for 6th 23rd Baltimore Orioles Tied for 23rd Tied for 6th Tied for 23rd Minnesota Twins Tied for 23rd Jimmy Weaver Tied for 6th Tied for 23rd Pittsburgh Pirates Tied for 23rd Joe Orsulak Tied for 6th Tied for 23rd New York Mets 26th John Christensen 4th 22nd Starting Pitchers Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Montreal Expos Bill Gullickson 1st Charlie Lea Tied for 1st 1st Los Angeles Dodgers Don Sutton 2nd Fernando Valenzuela Tied for 1st 2nd Boston Red Sox Takashi Nishimoto 3rd Bob Ojeda Tied for 1st 3rd Chicago Cubs Rick Reuschel 4th Tied for 1st 4th Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto 5th Tied for 1st 5th Cleveland Indians Doug Rau 6th Tied for 1st 6th Kansas City Royals Steve Busby 7th Tom Candiotti Tied for 1st 7th Houston Astros Nolan Ryan 8th Tied for 1st 8th Philadelphia Phillies Larry Christenson 9th Marty Bystrom Tied for 1st 9th Detroit Tigers Akio Saito 10th Jerry Ujdur Tied for 1st 10th Atlanta Braves Jim Bibby 11th Joe Cowley Tied for 1st 11th Texas Rangers Gaylord Perry 12th John Butcher Tied for 1st 12th Chicago White Sox Britt Burns 13th Chuck Porter Tied for 1st 13th Baltimore Orioles Scott McGregor 14th Mike Boddicker 1st 14th Seattle Mariners Floyd Bannister 15th Mike Moore Tied for 1st 15th Milwaukee Brewers Kazuhiko Endo 16th Dave LaPoint Tied for 1st 16th Oakland Athletics Rick Langford 17th Bill Krueger Tied for 1st 17th Minnesota Twins Jerry Koosman 18th Frank Viola Tied for 1st 18th California Angels Frank Tanana 19th Angel Moreno Tied for 1st 19th Toronto Blue Jays Jim Clancy 20th Tied for 1st 20th New York Yankees Rudy May Tied for 21st Tim Lollar Tied for 1st Tied for 21st St. Louis Cardinals John Fulgham Tied for 21st Tied for 1st Tied for 21st San Diego Padres Kazumi Takahashi Tied for 21st Eric Show Tied for 1st Tied for 21st San Francisco Giants Bob Knepper Tied for 21st Tied for 1st Tied for 21st Pittsburgh Pirates Rick Rhoden Tied for 21st Pascual Perez Tied for 1st 21st New York Mets Craig Swan Tied for 21st Tim Leary Tied for 1st Tied for 21st Relievers Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Montreal Expos Elias Sosa 1st Rick Engle 23rd 6th Houston Astros Ken Forsch 2nd Mark Ross 25th 13th Chicago Cubs Bruce Sutter 3rd Vance Lovelace 26th 15th Pittsburgh Pirates Kent Tekulve 4th Jim Winn 8th 1st Los Angeles Dodgers Rick Sutcliffe 5th John Franco 7th 3rd New York Mets Mitsuo Sumi 6th Scott Holman 12th 5th Philadelphia Phillies Warren Brusstar 7th Kevin Gross 5th 2nd San Francisco Giants Gary Lavelle 8th Fred Breining 17th 11th Baltimore Orioles Tippy Martinez 9th Tony Arnold 20th 12th St. Louis Cardinals Darold Knowles 10th Jeff Keener 6th 7th Cincinnati Reds Yutaka Enatsu 11th Joe Price 11th 10th Detroit Tigers Aurelio Lopez 12th Dave Gumpert 1st 4th Cleveland Indians Takamasa Suzuki 13th Bud Anderson 24th 19th Kansas City Royals Kevin Kobel 14th David Cone 4th 9th Oakland Athletics Tamotsu Nagai 15th Curt Young 21st 17th Texas Rangers Sparky Lyle 16th Jose Guzman 3rd 8th California Angels Dennis Blair 17th Jim Dorsey 19th 18th Minnesota Twins Doug Corbett 18th Mark Portugal 10th 14th Seattle Mariners Jim Beattie 19th Lee Guetterman 14th 16th Atlanta Braves Gene Garber 20th Steve Bedrosian 18th 20th Boston Red Sox Butch Hobson 21st Keith Macwhorter 22nd 22nd Toronto Blue Jays Joey McLaughlin 22nd Luis Aquino 9th 21st Chicago White Sox Wayne Nordhagen 23rd Jack Hardy 15th 23rd San Diego Padres Sal Bando 24th George Stablein 16th 24th Milwaukee Brewers Jim Gantner 25th Bill Wegman 13th 25th New York Yankees Ron Davis 26th Bob Tewksbury 2nd 26th Closers Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Pittsburgh Pirates Kent Tekulve 1st Jim Winn 10th 1st Chicago Cubs Bruce Sutter 2nd Vance Lovelace 25th 17th Montreal Expos Elias Sosa 3rd Rick Engle 23rd 15th San Francisco Giants Gary Lavelle 4th Mark Grant 9th 3rd Houston Astros Joe Sambito 5th Jeff Calhoun 26th 19th Cincinnati Reds Tom Hume 6th Rob Murphy 12th 10th Baltimore Orioles Tippy Martinez 7th Tony Arnold 20th 16th Philadelphia Phillies Warren Brusstar 8th Kevin Gross 7th 6th Milwaukee Brewers Bill Castro 9th Tim Crews 6th 5th New York Yankees Ron Davis 10th Bob Tewksbury 3rd 2nd Texas Rangers Sparky Lyle 11th Dave Schmidt 24th 21st New York Mets Jeff Reardon 12th Bill Latham 11th 12th Detroit Tigers Aurelio Lopez 13th Dave Gumpert 4th 4th Boston Red Sox Tom Burgmeier 14th Keith Macwhorter 15th 14th San Diego Padres Rollie Fingers 15th Bill Long 13th 13th Seattle Mariners Shane Rawley 16th Mark Langston 22nd 20th Toronto Blue Jays Joey McLaughlin 17th Luis Aquino 8th 11th St. Louis Cardinals Darold Knowles 18th Jeff Keener 5th 8th California Angels Mark Clear 19th Ron Romanick 19th 23rd Oakland Athletics Tamotsu Nagai 20th Curt Young 21st 24th Cleveland Indians Bob Owchinko 21st Neal Heaton 18th 22nd Kansas City Royals Kevin Kobel 22nd David Cone 2nd 7th Minnesota Twins Doug Corbett 23rd Mark Portugal 14th 18th Los Angeles Dodgers Bobby Castillo 24th Sid Fernandez 1st 9th Atlanta Braves Rick Camp 25th Dan Morogiello 16th 25th Chicago White Sox Ed Farmer 26th Jack Hardy 17th 26th

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