NIHON YAKYU KYOKAI
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/1909
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sabae Megane-ten Chris Cox 1st Gabriel González 1st 1st
Nagasaki Kamo Ken Fitzsimmons 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Niigata Hakuchoh Jay Clarke 3rd Reginaldo Reséndez 2nd 2nd
Matsuyama Kawauso Jimmy Archer 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Syd Smith 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Kamakura Kodaibito Larry McLean 6th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
Takasaki Sakura Jon Lauterbach 6th (tied) 4th(tied) 7th(tied)
Kagoshima Teitoku Shinji Takeda 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Fukuyama Komori Arnaldo Espinosa 9th Zenón García 3rd 3rd
Aomori Hotaru Tommy Clarke 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Iga Shinobi Gabby Street 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Kumamoto Kuma Luis Robles 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Hakodate Daiouika Jack Bliss 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Morioka Ayame Tacks Latimer 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Fukushima Kamome Tadashi Soma 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Seki Katanakaji Kiyokazu Kunishige 16th 4th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Morioka Ayame Jim Delahanty 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Matsuyama Kawauso Billy Nash 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Fukushima Kamome Rube Ellis 3rd Mateo Lozano 4th 1st
Fukuyama Komori Roger Bresnahan 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Sabae Megane-ten Hiroshi Fuse 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Takasaki Sakura Martín Díaz 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Seki Katanakaji Frank LaPorte 7th Marcos Ostorga 2nd 2nd
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Tomoyuki Kanai 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Aomori Hotaru Bill Abstein 9th Ángel Treviño 3rd 3rd
Iga Shinobi Juan María Núñez 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Kumamoto Kuma Harumi Eto 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Hakodate Daiouika Pablo Brito 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Nagasaki Kamo Etelfrido Valdez 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Kamakura Kodaibito Cornelio Mancía 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Kagoshima Teitoku Tadataka Azuma 15th 5th(tied) 16th
Niigata Hakuchoh Yukio Iwata 16th Doug Bailey 1st 4th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Seki Katanakaji Yoshifumi Kawai 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Niigata Hakuchoh Wataru Higaki 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Hakodate Daiouika John Hummel 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Matsuyama Kawauso Hisayuki Oe 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Kamakura Kodaibito Masahiro Sasamoto 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Fukuyama Komori Bill Eagan 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Iga Shinobi Katsuya Yamasaki 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Takasaki Sakura Kazunori Matsumoto 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fukushima Kamome Tokuyuki Yoshimura 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Morioka Ayame Hakaru Okajima 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Kagoshima Teitoku Barry McCormick 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Aomori Hotaru Shogo Kanda 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Nagasaki Kamo Kiyohisa Iwata 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Yoneo Watanabe 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Kumamoto Kuma Kanbu Nakano 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Sabae Megane-ten Rafael Henao 16th 1st(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Takasaki Sakura Shigekuni Ishibashi 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Bert Myers 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Matsuyama Kawauso Theo Jeffery 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Hakodate Daiouika Hobe Ferris 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Niigata Hakuchoh Kouyou Enomoto 5th Juan Camacho 1st 1st
Morioka Ayame Diosdado de la Cruz 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Iga Shinobi Bill Bradley 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Nagasaki Kamo Yuuya Miyahira 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Fukushima Kamome Benedicto Varela 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Seki Katanakaji Morgan Hickman 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Sabae Megane-ten Hiroaki Hara 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Aomori Hotaru Howard Dodd 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Fukuyama Komori Noboyuki Kobayashi 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Kagoshima Teitoku Masahiro Nakao 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
Kumamoto Kuma Hatsuo Shiraishi 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
Kamakura Kodaibito Ryan Gilleland 16th 2nd(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nagasaki Kamo John Knight 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Hirotoshi Ishihara 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Niigata Hakuchoh Masayuki Okamoto 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Seki Katanakaji Haruyoshi Yamashita 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Kumamoto Kuma Tom Downey 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Kamakura Kodaibito Kojiro Yamamoto 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Morioka Ayame Jimmy Austin 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Matsuyama Kawauso Dave Fultz 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fukuyama Komori Tadanao Morimoto 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Hakodate Daiouika Darío Garrido 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Aomori Hotaru Terukiyo Hara 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Iga Shinobi Hiroki Matsumoto 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
Kagoshima Teitoku Chisen Nishimoto 12th (tied) 1st(tied) 12th(tied)
Fukushima Kamome Yoshinobu Takata 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Takasaki Sakura Solly Hofman 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Sabae Megane-ten Eurípides Pérez 16th 1st(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Morioka Ayame Ed Hahn 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Takasaki Sakura Harry Hooper 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Junichi Koishizawa 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Kamakura Kodaibito Shigekazu Miyazaki 4th Jorge Saenz 2nd 1st
Seki Katanakaji Bob Caruthers 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Nagasaki Kamo Ryo Hirata 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Fukuyama Komori Abdías Padilla 7th Marcos Gutiérrez 1st 2nd
Matsuyama Kawauso Akinori Yokoi 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Iga Shinobi Daigo Tamura 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Hakodate Daiouika Daiki Suzuki 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Niigata Hakuchoh Bob Ganley 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Sabae Megane-ten Owen Wilson 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Kagoshima Teitoku José Melgar 13th 4th(tied) 14th
Kumamoto Kuma Daichi Kimura 14th Gaspar Ruiz 3rd 3rd
Aomori Hotaru Kakuzo Okamoto 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Fukushima Kamome Marco Antonio Betancurt 16th 4th(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nagasaki Kamo Bill O'Hara 1st Urías Martínez 2nd 1st
Fukuyama Komori Motofumi Yamashita 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Sabae Megane-ten Al Schweitzer 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Kamakura Kodaibito Junya Morita 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Fukushima Kamome Shigeaki Otani 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Aomori Hotaru Makato Yamashita 6th (tied) 3rd(tied) 7th(tied)
Iga Shinobi Tsuyoshi Yanagawa 6th (tied) 3rd(tied) 7th(tied)
Morioka Ayame Kazutomi Sumitimo 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Kazuhide Igarashi 9th 3rd(tied) 10th
Niigata Hakuchoh Tokuei Abe 10th 3rd(tied) 11th
Kagoshima Teitoku Isao Tagawa 11th 3rd(tied) 12th
Kumamoto Kuma Makoto Yuki 12th 3rd(tied) 13th
Takasaki Sakura Shuuto Yamane 13th 3rd(tied) 14th
Hakodate Daiouika Shoichi Koizumi 14th 3rd(tied) 15th
Seki Katanakaji Takeo Shoda 15th Ramón Soto 1st 2nd
Matsuyama Kawauso Junichiro Oki 16th 3rd(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Niigata Hakuchoh Doc Gessler 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Kamakura Kodaibito Sadao Kuroki 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Aomori Hotaru Gavvy Cravath 3rd Rio Johnson 1st 1st
Iga Shinobi Red Murray 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Sabae Megane-ten Art Griggs 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Seki Katanakaji Danny Green 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Kumamoto Kuma Yozo Fujioka 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Fukuyama Komori Ryo Honda 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Takasaki Sakura Danny Moeller 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Morioka Ayame Yoshinori Kuramoto 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Kagoshima Teitoku Nagisa Konno 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Fukushima Kamome Harry Niles 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Nagasaki Kamo Tsuneichi Kawamoto 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Hakodate Daiouika Hirose Hatakeyama 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Walt McCredie 15th 2nd(tied) 15th
Matsuyama Kawauso Hiromu Okinaka 16th 2nd(tied) 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sabae Megane-ten Joe Corbett 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Iga Shinobi Nick Andrews 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Kamakura Kodaibito Takeshi Funakoshi 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Niigata Hakuchoh Aquiles Caraveo 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Matsuyama Kawauso Antonio Jaime 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Aomori Hotaru Josh Shields 6th (tied) 1st(tied) 6th(tied)
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo Acacio Velásquez 6th (tied) 1st(tied) 6th(tied)
Takasaki Sakura Cristón Cantú 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Seki Katanakaji Steve Stewart 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Kumamoto Kuma Tokutomi Sakai 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Hakodate Daiouika Christy Mathewson 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Fukuyama Komori Takeo Kaneda 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Kagoshima Teitoku Bill Dinneen 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Fukushima Kamome Ricardo Rojas 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Nagasaki Kamo Felipe Herrera 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Morioka Ayame Jesús Hernández 16th 1st(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fukuyama Komori Taketo Nakanishi 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Seki Katanakaji Raúl Casas 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Kumamoto Kuma Frazer Sherwin 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Kamakura Kodaibito Sougo Yamamoto 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Niigata Hakuchoh Tetsuya Nakamoto 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo C.J. Partlow 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Hakodate Daiouika Dalmacio Lúa 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Takasaki Sakura Ricardo Chávez 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fukushima Kamome Baudelio Hernández 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Nagasaki Kamo Masaru Kawano 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Aomori Hotaru Rubén Rosado 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Sabae Megane-ten Shingo Wakayama 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Matsuyama Kawauso Yuki Matsumoto 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Iga Shinobi Katsuyoshi Hattori 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Morioka Ayame Shigefumi Usui 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Kagoshima Teitoku Hi West 16th 1st(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kumamoto Kuma Ben Lowe 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Morioka Ayame Masuto Matsui 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Yamatokoriyama Kingyo C.J. Partlow 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Sabae Megane-ten Shingo Wakayama 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Kamakura Kodaibito Sougo Yamamoto 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Fukuyama Komori Taketo Nakanishi 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Takasaki Sakura Shinjiro Kashima 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Niigata Hakuchoh Tetsuya Nakamoto 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Aomori Hotaru Rubén Rosado 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Hakodate Daiouika Ed Seward 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Matsuyama Kawauso Roberto Hernández 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Iga Shinobi Thibaut Prieur 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Seki Katanakaji Raúl Casas 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Nagasaki Kamo Masaru Kawano 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Fukushima Kamome Baudelio Hernández 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Kagoshima Teitoku Yeijiro Kawaguchi 16th 1st(tied) 16th
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