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| Position | Top player | Team ranking | Top prospect | Organizational ranking | Overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catchers | Jun Umaba | 6th | Luis Carrasco | 5th | 6th |
| First Basemen | Okakura Okada | 4th | Ryosei Kato | 6th | 4th |
| Second Basemen | Sumitomo Nakamura | Tied for 4th | Mashashi Kudo | 2nd | 2nd |
| Third Basemen | Yasuhiro Yamamoto | Tied for 7th | Tied for 7th | 8th | |
| Shortstops | Hiroya Ohayashi | 1st | Hideyoshi Yoshimura | 6th | 1st |
| Left Fielders | Yoshi Fukuda | 4th | Tied for 4th | 7th | |
| Center Fielders | Soetsu Ono | 5th | Tsuneo Sakiyurai | 6th | 5th |
| Right Fielders | Tokichiro Higuchi | 6th | 8th | 8th | |
| Starting Pitchers | Toshikazu Inoue | 2nd | Jim Unknown | 2nd | 2nd |
| Relievers | Noboru Sato | 2nd | Hideaki Ichikawa | 1st | 2nd |
| Closers | Kunimatsu Yamamoto | 7th | Jim Unknown | 1st | 5th |
