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11/03/99- Updated 02:30 AM ET
Rankings, used to divide free agents into groups to determine draft-pick compensation for a player's former club if he signs with a new team, are based on statistics over two seasons. The top 30% in each position get an A ranking, the next 20% a B ranking and the group between 50% and 60% a C.
What the rankings mean Baseball statistical rankings, created in the 1981 strike settlement, are compiled by Elias Sports Bureau and used to divide free agents into three that determine draft-pick compensation for a player's former club if he signs with a new team. The top 30% in each group get an A ranking, the next 20% a B ranking and the group between 50% and 60% a C. Regular-season statistics over two years are used to determine the ranking. Clubs losing A players receive two amateur draft choices, B players one draft choice and C players a special draft choice (following the second complete round and before the third).
American League Designated Hitters, First Basemen, and Outfielders Rank, Player Rating 1 Albert Belle A 96.532 2 Bernie Williams A 96.267 3 Rafael Palmeiro A 95.789 4 Manny Ramirez A 94.933 5 Edgar Martinez A 93.333 6 Juan Gonzalez A 90.933 7 Ken Griffey Jr. A 89.600 8 Rusty Greer A 88.400 9 Shawn Green A 86.400 10 Jason Giambi A 86.316 11 Paul O'Neill A 85.333 12 Mo Vaughn A 85.263 13 Tim Salmon A 82.667 14 Carlos Delgado A 82.105 15 B.J. Surhoff A 81.333 16 Frank Thomas A 80.000 17 Ben Grieve A 77.867 18 Matt Stairs A 77.333 19 Kenny Lofton A 77.067 20 Jim Thome A 76.842 21 Johnny Damon A 76.267 22 Shannon Stewart A 75.867 23 Magglio Ordonez A 74.933 24 Brady Anderson A 74.667 25 Garret Anderson A 74.400 26 Jim Edmonds A 73.333 27 Matt Lawton A 71.733 28 Troy O'Leary A 71.067 29 Tony Clark A 69.474 30 Jose Canseco A 69.333 31 Fred McGriff A 68.421 32 David Justice A 68.000 33 Jermaine Dye A 67.467 34 Bobby Higginson A 67.200 35 John Jaha B 66.667 36 Harold Baines B 65.333 37 Roberto Kelly B 64.800 38 Will Clark B 62.105 39 Marty Cordova B 61.867 40 Carlos Beltran B 60.933 41 Butch Huskey B 59.200 42 Mike Simms B 58.400 (tie) Bubba Trammell B 58.400 44 Brian McRae B 57.867 45 Tino Martinez B 55.789 46 Jay Buhner B 55.733 47 Dave Martinez B 55.467 48 Tom Goodwin B 54.133 49 Quinton McCracken B 53.333 50 Tony Phillips B 52.800 51 Tim Raines B 52.533 52 Juan Encarnacion B 50.667 53 Chad Curtis B 50.000 (tie) Chris Singleton B 50.000 55 David Segui B 49.474 56 Chili Davis C 49.333 (tie) Gregg Jefferies C 49.333 57 Darren Lewis C 48.533 59 Carlos Lee C 48.000 60 Orlando Palmeiro C 47.600 61 Jose Guillen C 46.667 62 Mike Stanley C 44.737 63 Trot Nixon C 44.267 64 Damon Buford C 44.000 65 Darin Erstad C 42.105 66 John Mabry C 41.867 67 Lee Stevens C 41.053 68 Mike Colangelo 40.400 69 Jacob Cruz 40.000 (tie) Jim Leyritz 40.000 71 Rich Becker 39.467 72 Chad Allen 38.933 73 Reggie Jefferson 38.667 74 Shane Spencer 38.400 75 Jacque Jones 37.600 76 Ricky Ledee 37.467 77 Luis Polonia 36.000 (tie) Paul Sorrento 36.000 79 Brian L. Hunter 34.933 80 Scott Pose 34.400 81 Karim Garcia 33.200 82 Jeremy Giambi 32.000 83 Gabe Kapler 32.000 84 Ryan Christenson 31.600 85 Raul Ibanez 31.200 86 Rich Amaral 30.933 87 Brian Daubach 30.526 88 Matt Luke 27.467 89 Wil Cordero 27.368 90 Richie Sexson 26.842 91 Torii Hunter 26.800 92 Jeff Conine 26.316 93 Jason McDonald 25.867 94 Alex Ramirez 25.467 95 Paul Konerko 23.158 96 Todd Greene 22.667 97 Terrell Lowery 22.667 98 Darrin Jackson 22.400 99 Robert Fick 20.000 100 Derrick May 19.067 101 Brian Simmons 17.867 102 Jacob Brumfield 15.733 103 Vernon Wells 12.800 104 Ruben Mateo 12.000 105 Dave Roberts 9.200 106 Kimera Bartee 8.933 107 Charles Gipson 8.400 108 Eugene Kingsale 7.600 109t Ryan Jackson 3.158 109t Doug Mientkiewicz 3.158 111 Ozzie Timmons 1.867 112 Rob Butler 0.000 Catchers Rank, Player Rating 1 Ivan Rodriguez A 93.810 2 Darrin Fletcher A 88.571 3 Brad Ausmus A 83.095 4 Jorge Posada A 75.952 5 Scott Hatteberg A 72.857 6 Mike Sweeney A 72.143 7 Charles Johnson A 71.905 8 Terry Steinbach A 70.476 (tie) Dan Wilson A 70.476 10 Jason Varitek B 69.048 11 John Flaherty B 65.714 12 Brook Fordyce B 54.762 13 Matt Walbeck B 50.714 14 Bill Haselman B 49.524 15 Tom Lampkin B 49.286 16 Mike Macfarlane B 47.619 17 Chad Kreuter C 46.667 18 Sandy Alomar Jr. C 46.190 19 Mike DiFelice C 45.238 20 Einar Diaz 43.810 21 Joe Girardi 40.714 22 Tim Spehr 40.000 23 Mike Matheny 38.571 24 Ramon Hernandez 34.762 25 Mark Johnson 34.524 26 Javier Valentin 31.905 27 Ben Molina 25.000 (tie) Gregg Zaun 25.000 29 Mike Figga 8.333 30 Vidal Candelaria 1.667 (tie) Shea Hillenbrand 1.667 Second Basemen, Third Basemen, and Shortstops Rank, Player Rating 1 Roberto Alomar A 93.367 2 Alex Rodriguez A 88.961 3 Derek Jeter A 88.312 4 Todd Zeile A 83.251 5 Cal Ripken A 82.759 6 Nomar Garciaparra A 82.468 7 Randy Velarde A 81.122 8 Omar Vizquel A 79.545 9 Ray Durham A 78.316 10 Joe Randa A 78.079 11 Damion Easley A 78.061 12 Scott Brosius A 77.833 (tie) Travis Fryman A 77.833 14 Mike Bordick A 77.273 15 Jose Offerman A 77.041 16 Chuck Knoblauch A 76.020 17 Dean Palmer A 74.877 (tie) John Valentin A 74.877 19 Tony Fernandez A 73.892 20 Todd Walker A 70.918 21 Wade Boggs A 67.488 22 Royce Clayton A 66.883 23 Mark McLemore A 66.327 24 Tony Batista B 64.286 (tie) Miguel Cairo B 64.286 (tie) Delino DeShields B 64.286 (tie) Miguel Tejada B 64.286 28 David Bell B 64.031 29 Homer Bush B 63.776 30 Deivi Cruz B 63.636 31 Ron Coomer B 63.547 32 Corey Koskie B 59.360 33 Russ Davis B 57.635 34 Rey Sanchez B 57.143 35 Eric Chavez B 55.172 36 Scott Spiezio B 54.592 37 Gary DiSarcina B 51.948 38 Carlos Febles B 51.531 39 Alex S. Gonzalez B 51.299 40 Troy Glaus B 51.232 41 Mike Caruso B 50.974 42 Carlos Baerga C 50.255 43 Greg Norton C 49.507 44 Brent Gates C 49.261 45 Willie Greene C 47.537 46 Craig Grebeck C 44.898 47 Bobby Smith C 44.828 (tie) Craig Wilson C 44.828 49 Kevin Stocker C 44.156 50 Denny Hocking 44.133 51 Olmedo Saenz 43.842 52 Aaron Ledesma 43.831 53 Enrique Wilson 42.365 54 Frank Catalanotto 41.837 55 Herbert Perry 40.394 56 Jeff Frye 38.265 57 Luis Alicea 36.735 58 Rafael Bournigal 34.416 59 Tyler Houston 33.005 60 Carlos Guillen 32.143 61 Tony Graffanino 31.122 62 Jeff Reboulet 31.034 63 Jon Shave 30.519 64 Jeff Huson 30.357 65 Luis Sojo 27.586 66 Ray Holbert 26.623 (tie) Andy Sheets 26.623 68 Justin Baughman 26.531 69 Liu Rodriguez 24.235 70 Wilton Veras 24.138 71 Jed Hansen 22.194 72 Donnie Sadler 21.684 73 Cristian Guzman 20.130 74 Willis Otanez 18.719 75 Ryan Minor 17.241 76 Steve Scarsone 16.234 77 David Lamb 15.584 78 Jorge Velandia 15.561 79 Scott Leius 7.882 80 Trent Durrington 6.378 81 Chris Woodward 4.870 82 Casey Degroote 0.000 Starting Pitchers Rank, Player Rating 1 Pedro Martinez A 96.512 2 Roger Clemens A 95.640 3 Mike Mussina A 94.186 4 David Wells A 88.953 5 Jamie Moyer A 88.081 6 Rick Helling A 86.531 7 Scott Erickson A 86.434 8 Aaron Sele A 86.240 9 Bartolo Colon A 85.174 10 David Cone A 84.690 11 Dave Burba A 84.399 12 Chuck Finley A 83.915 13 Andy Pettitte A 82.558 14 Rolando Arrojo A 78.198 15 Orlando Hernandez A 75.872 16 Bret Saberhagen A 74.806 17 Brad Radke A 74.225 18 Charles Nagy A 73.159 19 Justin Thompson A 72.093 20 Tim Wakefield A 70.930 21 Mike Sirotka A 70.640 22 Omar Olivares A 69.477 23 Brian Moehler A 68.411 24 Hideki Irabu A 68.023 25 Chris Carpenter A 66.667 26 Jaret Wright A 66.279 27 James Baldwin B 64.922 28 Jose Rosado B 64.244 29 Dave Mlicki B 63.953 30 Wilson Alvarez B 61.434 31 Jeff Fassero B 60.659 32 Tim Belcher B 60.271 33 Pat Hentgen B 59.205 34 Esteban Loaiza B 59.109 35 Joey Hamilton B 56.105 36 Eric Milton B 55.911 37 Mark Portugal B 55.233 38 Pat Rapp B 55.136 39 Freddy An. Garcia B 52.907 (tie) Ramon J. Martinez B 52.907 41 Kent Mercker B 52.519 42 Kelvim Escobar B 52.229 43 John Burkett B 52.035 44 Sidney Ponson B 51.163 45 Mike Morgan C 50.388 46 LaTroy Hawkins C 48.450 47 Gil Heredia C 48.062 48 Dwight Gooden C 47.965 49 Tim Hudson C 46.996 50 Jimmy Haynes C 46.609 51 Kevin Appier C 44.380 52 Tony Saunders C 42.926 53 Mark Clark 42.248 54 Ken Hill 41.279 55 Roy Halladay 40.019 56t John Halama 39.826 56t Steve Sparks 39.826 58 Jim Parque 39.341 59 Mike Oquist 38.372 60 Jeff Suppan 34.399 61 John Snyder 34.302 62 Gil Meche 34.012 63 Jaime Navarro 33.721 64 Butch Henry 32.946 65 Bobby Witt 32.461 66 Jarrod Washburn 32.267 67 Jason Johnson 30.233 68 Willie Blair 29.845 (tie) Ryan Rupe 29.845 70 Ken Cloude 29.264 71 Hipolito Pichardo 27.422 72 Jason Dickson 25.969 73 Jay Witasick 24.322 74 Jeff Weaver 22.965 75 Seth Greisinger 22.481 76 Blake Stein 21.705 77 Rick Gorecki 16.957 78 Dan Reichert 13.372 79 Dave Eiland 12.597 80 Jay Ryan 12.209 81 Dave Borkowski 9.981 82 Ramon Ortiz 9.399 83 Doug Linton 7.558 84 Chris Fussell 6.202 85 Robert Ramsay 2.907 86 Ariel Prieto 1.163 87 Mike Jerzembeck 0.775 Relief Pitchers Rank, Player Rating 1 Keith Foulke A 89.804 2 Mike Jackson A 88.803 3 Mariano Rivera A 88.111 4 Doug Brocail A 85.725 5 Derek Lowe A 84.571 6 Paul Shuey A 84.417 7 John Wetteland A 83.109 8 Mike Timlin A 82.455 9 Tom Gordon A 81.377 10 Troy Percival A 80.185 11 Mike Trombley A 79.684 12 Roberto Hernandez A 76.145 13 Doug Jones A 76.106 14 Bobby Howry A 75.952 15 Paul Quantrill A 75.067 16 Graeme Lloyd A 74.760 17 Rod Beck A 74.606 18 Ricardo Rincon A 74.105 19 Bill Simas A 72.913 20 Steve Reed A 72.566 21 Jeff Zimmerman A 72.143 22 Ramiro Mendoza A 70.566 23 Albie Lopez A 70.258 24 Shigetoshi Hasegawa A 69.912 25 Scott Service A 69.450 26 Jim Mecir A 68.988 27 Mark Leiter A 68.911 28 T.J. Mathews A 68.334 29 Tim Crabtree A 67.988 30 Mike Stanton A 66.025 31 Jesse Orosco A 65.718 32 Todd Jones A 65.602 33 Arthur Rhodes A 65.564 34 Eddie Guardado A 63.909 35 John Wasdin B 63.178 36 Al Reyes B 62.062 37 Rich Garces B 61.023 (tie) C.J. Nitkowski B 61.023 39 Billy Koch B 60.523 40 John Frascatore B 60.485 41 Steve Karsay B 60.331 42 Mark Petkovsek B 59.754 43 Paul Abbott B 59.484 44 Bob Wells B 57.984 45 Bryce Florie B 57.907 46 Jose Mesa B 55.483 47 Esteban Yan B 55.444 48 Tim Worrell B 55.252 49 Rick White B 54.906 50 Jose Paniagua B 54.675 51 Jim Corsi B 54.482 52 Buddy Groom B 53.444 (tie) Jeff Nelson B 53.444 54 Allen Watson B 53.367 55 Mike Magnante B 51.058 56 Sean Runyan B 50.173 57 B.J. Ryan B 49.731 58 Jeff Montgomery C 49.481 59 Hector Carrasco C 48.326 60 Lou Pote C 48.057 61 Joe Mays C 47.595 62 Carlos Castillo C 47.403 63 Doug Johns C 47.287 64 Mike James C 46.903 65 Travis Miller C 46.595 66 Mike Venafro C 46.326 67 Rheal Cormier C 45.017 68 Jason Grimsley C 44.556 69 Greg McMichael 43.594 70 Paul Spoljaric 43.017 71 Sean DePaula 42.824 72 Matt Anderson 41.631 73 Jason Isringhausen 41.477 74 Paul Assenmacher 41.054 75 Mike Fetters 40.977 (tie) Al Levine 40.977 77 Julio Santana 40.823 78 Pep Harris 40.208 79 Mike Munoz 38.207 80 Frankie Rodriguez 38.169 81 Sean Lowe 37.476 82 Scott Kamieniecki 36.014 83 Mark Langston 35.706 84 Jose Santiago 35.514 85 Norm Charlton 34.975 86 Alvin Morman 33.474 87 Eric Gunderson 33.321 88 Tom Davey 32.166 89 Chris Haney 31.935 90 Derek Wallace 30.820 91 Francisco Cordero 30.339 92 Bill Risley 30.165 93 Jim Poole 29.588 94 Scott Eyre 29.011 95 Nelson Cruz 28.434 96 Mike Holtz 26.356 97 Orber Moreno 24.240 98 Masao Kida 23.971 99 Cory Lidle 22.701 100 Mac Suzuki 22.432 101 Brad Rigby 22.278 102 Eric Weaver 22.047 103 Mike Duvall 21.008 104 Danny Kolb 20.623 105 Jason Rakers 20.008 106 David Riske 19.969 107 Alan Newman 19.469 108 Peter Munro 16.776 109 Jesus Pena 15.564 110 Dan Perkins 13.082 111 Darren Hall 11.235 112 Tim Byrdak 8.042 113 Todd Williams 6.098 114 Marino Santana 5.618