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| Position | Top player | Team ranking | Top prospect | Organizational ranking | Overall ranking |
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| Catchers | Kiyoshi Kichikawa | 6th | Tadamasa Kiyomizu | 8th | 8th |
| First Basemen | Morihiro Kato | 5th | Razan Ojima | 1st | 2nd |
| Second Basemen | Norio Nakamura | 4th | Seitaro Kuramoto | 1st | 1st |
| Third Basemen | Masayoshi Sato | 3rd | John Noseworthy | 4th | 2nd |
| Shortstops | Hikaru Ageda | 2nd | Akio Sato | 3rd | 2nd |
| Left Fielders | Makoto Kato | 1st | Tied for 4th | 4th | |
| Center Fielders | Kawanari Ueno | 1st | Masutaro Ota | 3rd | 1st |
| Right Fielders | Yoshiaga Hashimoto | 1st | Carlos Candellas | 7th | 7th |
| Starting Pitchers | Michinaga Murakami | 8th | Shinsui Sato | 7th | 8th |
| Relievers | Takaaki Baba | 4th | Mitsuharu Takahashi | 8th | 8th |
| Closers | Katsunan Tanaka | 8th | Shiro Kawai | 8th | 8th |
