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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).
National League First Basemen and Outfielders Rank, Player Rating 1 Vladimir Guerrero A 93.696 2 Larry Walker A 91.304 3 Jeff Bagwell A 90.714 4 Sammy Sosa A 90.652 5 Barry Bonds A 89.783 6 Mark McGwire A 88.571 7 John Olerud A 87.143 8 Dante Bichette A 87.065 (tie) Gary Sheffield A 87.065 10 Brian Giles A 86.739 11 Bobby Abreu A 85.870 12 Luis Gonzalez A 85.435 13 Carl Everett A 83.478 14 Ray Lankford A 82.391 15 Todd Helton A 82.143 16 Moises Alou A 81.522 17 Jeromy Burnitz A 79.783 18 Brian Jordan A 79.457 19 Tony Gwynn A 78.913 20 Ellis Burks A 78.478 21 Rondell White A 77.609 22 Mark Grace A 76.429 23 Eric Davis A 75.326 24 Eric Karros A 73.571 25 Greg Vaughn A 73.043 26 Darryl Hamilton A 72.826 27 Henry Rodriguez A 71.087 28 Cliff Floyd A 69.565 (tie) Andruw Jones A 69.565 30 Sean Casey A 69.286 (tie) Andres Galarraga A 69.286 (tie) Kevin Young A 69.286 33 Doug Glanville A 68.913 (tie) Dmitri Young A 68.913 35 Ryan Klesko A 68.696 36 Derek Bell A 68.478 37 Reggie Sanders A 67.283 38 Rickey Henderson B 67.174 39 Glenallen Hill B 67.065 40 Raul Mondesi B 66.304 41 Marvin Benard B 65.217 42 Steve Finley B 60.326 (tie) Devon White B 60.326 44 Rico Brogna B 58.571 45 Ron Gant B 57.826 46 Erubiel Durazo B 56.071 (tie) Mark Loretta B 56.071 48 Jeffrey Hammonds B 55.217 49 J.T. Snow B 55.000 50 Geoff Jenkins B 54.348 51 Gerald Williams B 54.022 52 Marquis Grissom B 53.804 53 Wally Joyner B 53.571 54 Darren Bragg B 53.261 (tie) Stan Javier B 53.261 56 Armando Rios B 52.609 57 Mark Kotsay B 51.522 58 Bruce Aven B 50.870 59 Greg Colbrunn B 50.714 60 Roger Cedeno B 50.652 61 Travis Lee B 49.286 62 Al Martin C 49.130 63 Angel Echevarria C 49.022 64 Kevin Millar C 48.571 65 David Dellucci C 46.304 (tie) Richard Hidalgo C 46.304 67 Brant Brown C 46.087 68 John Vander Wal C 45.109 69 Trenidad Hubbard C 44.783 70 Alex Ochoa C 44.674 71 Mike Cameron C 44.239 72 Kevin Sefcik C 43.696 73 Preston Wilson C 43.152 74 Todd Hollandsworth 42.391 75 Brad Fullmer 41.429 76 Matt Mieske 41.413 77 Orlando Merced 41.087 78 Michael Tucker 40.000 79 J.D. Drew 39.348 (tie) Bernard Gilkey 39.348 81 Benny Agbayani 38.913 82 Hal Morris 38.571 (tie) Randall Simon 38.571 84 Ivan Cruz 37.143 85 Rob Ducey 36.739 86 F.P. Santangelo 35.435 87 Glen Barker 35.000 88 Lance Johnson 34.565 (tie) Turner Ward 34.565 90 Ruben Rivera 33.370 91 Shawon Dunston 32.609 (tie) Otis Nixon 32.609 93 Craig Paquette 31.087 94 Matt Franco 29.565 95 Lenny Harris 29.130 96 Eric Owens 28.370 97 Adrian Brown 28.261 98 Brian R. Hunter 27.857 99 Dave Hansen 26.429 100 Danny Bautista 25.217 101 Chris Stynes 23.478 102 Manny Martinez 22.391 103 Kevin Barker 22.143 104 Daryle Ward 22.065 105 Thomas Howard 21.630 106 Todd Dunwoody 21.087 107 Brian Banks 20.714 108 Willie McGee 20.435 109 Fernando Seguignol 19.286 110 Ryan McGuire 17.857 111 Edgard Clemente 17.283 112 Jack Howell 17.143 113 Jeff Barry 16.739 114 Chris Sexton 15.870 115 Calvin Murray 14.457 116 James Mouton 13.913 117 Lance Berkman 11.304 118 Dale Sveum 8.571 119 Robert Ryan 5.109 120 John Wehner 4.891 121 Kevin Gibbs 0.543 (tie) Brent Huff 0.543 Catchers Rank, Player Rating 1 Javy Lopez A 90.794 2 Mike Piazza A 89.206 3 Jason Kendall A 87.302 4 Mike Lieberthal A 85.397 5 Eddie Taubensee A 79.683 6 David Nilsson A 77.143 7 Brent Mayne A 74.921 8 Eddie Perez A 70.635 9 Tony Eusebio A 66.349 10 Phil Nevin A 65.397 11 Chris Widger A 63.175 12 Damian Miller A 62.222 (tie) Mike Redmond A 62.222 (tie) Jeff Reed A 62.222 15 Kelly Stinnett B 61.587 16 Scott Servais B 60.317 17 Carlos Hernandez B 59.365 18 Brian Johnson B 57.778 19 Bob Henley B 56.825 20 Paul Bako B 56.190 21 Greg Myers B 54.921 22 Kirt Manwaring B 53.333 23 Benito Santiago B 53.016 24 Todd Pratt C 52.698 25 Todd Hundley C 50.159 26 Eli Marrero C 48.571 27 Henry Blanco C 48.095 28 Bobby Hughes C 47.937 29 Alberto Castillo 45.397 30 Jorge Fabregas 43.810 31 Doug Mirabelli 38.889 32 Jose Molina 34.762 33 Ben Davis 33.333 (tie) Keith Osik 33.333 35 Joe Oliver 33.016 36 Paul LoDuca 31.746 37 Gary Bennett 29.524 (tie) Mitch Meluskey 29.524 39 Wiki Gonzalez 29.365 40 Tom Prince 25.556 41 Jason LaRue 24.286 42 Ramon Castro 20.476 43 Robert Machado 18.889 44 Charlie Greene 17.460 45 Darron Cox 12.698 46 Vance Wilson 0.476 Second Basemen, Third Basemen, and shortstops Rank, Player Rating 1 Barry Larkin A 94.196 2 Chipper Jones A 89.835 3 Craig Biggio A 88.095 4 Jeff Cirillo A 87.912 5 Vinny Castilla A 85.714 6 Edgardo Alfonzo A 85.238 7 Neifi Perez A 84.821 8 Robin Ventura A 84.066 9 Matt Williams A 82.418 10 Mark Grudzielanek A 81.696 11 Rich Aurilia A 80.804 12 Scott Rolen A 79.670 13 Jeff Kent A 79.524 14 Edgar Renteria A 77.232 15 Fernando Vina A 74.286 16 Jose Hernandez A 73.661 17 Fernando Tatis A 73.077 18 Quilvio Veras A 70.476 19 Mike Lansing A 69.524 20 Mickey Morandini A 69.286 21 Ricky Gutierrez A 68.304 22 Bret Boone A 67.143 23 Bill Mueller A 67.033 24 Eric Young A 66.190 25 Chris Gomez A 65.625 26 Jay Bell A 65.238 27 Pokey Reese A 64.762 28 Alex Arias B 64.063 29 Orlando Cabrera B 63.839 30 Pat Meares B 62.946 31 Andy Fox B 61.384 (tie) Rey Ordonez B 61.161 (tie) Jose Valentin B 61.161 34 Ken Caminiti B 60.989 35 Mike Benjamin B 56.250 36 Terry Shumpert B 55.714 (tie) Tony Womack B 55.714 38 Warren Morris B 54.048 (tie) Jose Vidro B 54.048 40 Dave Berg B 53.571 41 Bill Spiers B 52.473 42 Walt Weiss B 52.232 43 Gary Gaetti B 52.198 44 Jeff Blauser B 51.339 45 Ron Belliard B 50.714 46 Jose Vizcaino B 50.446 47 Desi Relaford C 49.107 48 Aaron Boone C 48.901 49 Ed Sprague Jr. C 48.352 50 Alex Gonzalez C 48.214 51 Kurt Abbott C 47.143 52 Craig Counsell C 46.190 53 Shane Andrews C 46.154 54 Charlie Hayes C 44.505 55 Adrian Beltre C 43.407 56 Mark Lewis 43.095 57 Luis Castillo 40.714 58 Joe McEwing 40.476 59 Lou Collier 39.732 60 Kevin Orie 39.560 61 Dave Magadan 39.011 62 Keith Lockhart 38.810 63 Ramon E. Martinez 38.095 64 Sean Berry 37.912 65 Ozzie Guillen 37.500 66 Michael Barrett 37.363 67 Mike Lowell 36.813 68 Wilton Guerrero 35.952 69 Damian Jackson 35.268 70 Tim Bogar 34.598 71 Hanley Frias 33.929 72 Kevin Jordan 32.418 73 Manny Alexander 31.920 74 Marlon Anderson 29.762 75 Russ Johnson 29.121 76 Bobby Bonilla 27.473 77 Luis Lopez 22.768 (tie) Mike Mordecai 22.768 79 Geoff Blum 21.205 80 David Doster 20.476 81 Tripp Cromer 20.238 82 Domingo Cedeno 18.527 83 David Howard 17.188 84 Abraham Nunez 14.286 85 Chad Meyers 14.286 86 Chris Clapinski 13.462 87 Jose Nieves 11.830 88 Adam Kennedy 11.190 89 Doug Strange 10.165 90 Billy Martin 0.000 (tie) Ernest Spivey 0.000 Starting Pitchers Rank, Player Rating 1 Kevin Brown A 98.232 2 Randy Johnson A 96.212 3 Mike Hampton A 94.613 4 Greg Maddux A 92.761 5 Jose Lima A 92.340 6 John Smoltz A 91.751 7 Shane Reynolds A 90.152 8 Tom Glavine A 88.973 9 Curt Schilling A 86.027 10 Kevin Millwood A 85.522 11 Andy Ashby A 84.596 12 Al Leiter A 83.754 13 Kenny Rogers A 79.630 14 Rick Reed A 78.114 15 Pete Harnisch A 77.020 16 Chan Ho Park A 76.852 17 Dustin Hermanson A 76.431 18 Pedro Astacio A 74.579 19 Andy Benes A 74.411 20 Omar Daal A 73.485 21 Jason Schmidt A 72.643 22 Denny Neagle A 72.391 23 Todd Stottlemyre A 72.222 24 Francisco Cordova A 71.970 25 Jon Lieber A 70.370 26 Sterling Hitchcock A 69.781 27 Kevin Tapani A 67.845 28 Ismael Valdes A 67.677 29 Juan Guzman A 66.162 30 Woody Williams A 65.825 31 Kirk Rueter B 65.488 32 Shawn Estes B 65.152 33 Steve Woodard B 64.983 34 Steve Trachsel B 64.646 35 Orel Hershiser B 63.805 36 Kent Bottenfield B 63.721 37 Kerry Wood B 62.205 38 Russ Ortiz B 61.700 39 Livan Hernandez B 59.007 40 Darren Dreifort B 58.586 41 Scott Karl B 58.502 42 Steve Parris B 57.828 43 Masato Yoshii B 57.576 44 Brett Tomko B 57.492 45 Armando Reynoso B 56.145 46 Brian Anderson B 55.640 47 Darryl Kile B 55.387 48 Hideo Nomo B 54.040 49 Mark Gardner B 53.704 50 Darren Oliver B 53.030 51 Brian Bohanon C 51.431 52 Paul Byrd C 50.758 53 Brian Meadows C 50.084 54 Bobby Jones C 49.495 55 Matt Morris C 49.242 56 Todd Ritchie C 49.074 57 Chris Peters C 47.475 58 Steve Avery C 45.539 59 Alex Fernandez C 43.182 60 Carl Pavano C 42.088 61 Pete Schourek 40.320 62 Matt Clement 39.057 63 Kris Benson 38.215 64 Chad Ogea 36.111 65 Mike Thurman 35.859 66 Jamey Wright 35.690 67 Joe Nathan 34.596 68 Jose Silva 34.512 69 A.J. Burnett 33.754 70 Donovan Osborne 33.502 71 Dennis Springer 32.071 72 Octavio Dotel 31.481 73 Chris Holt 30.724 74 Cal Eldred 30.471 75 Jeremi Gonzalez 29.966 76 Carlton Loewer 29.630 77 John Thomson 28.956 78 Ryan Dempster 28.872 79 Bruce Chen 28.535 80 Bill Pulsipher 27.946 81 Garrett Stephenson 26.768 82 Chris Brock 25.168 83 Matt Beech 23.232 84 Kyle Farnsworth 20.960 85 Randy Wolf 19.781 86 Rick Ankiel 19.360 87 Kyle Peterson 18.182 88 Trey Moore 17.761 (tie) Odalis Perez 17.761 90 Larry Luebbers 17.677 91 Jeremy Powell 16.498 92 Scott Winchester 13.131 93 Dan Smith 12.879 94 Andrew Lorraine 11.111 95 Micah Bowie 6.650 96 Buddy Carlyle 5.219 (tie) Kevin Ritz 5.219 98 Troy Brohawn 1.010 (tie) Scott McCrary 1.010 (tie) Steve R. Montgomery 1.010 Relief Pitchers Rank, Player Rating 1 Billy Wagner A 90.664 2 Armando Benitez A 90.597 3 Robb Nen A 90.361 4 Ugueth Urbina A 89.451 5 Trevor Hoffman A 89.114 6 Jeff Shaw A 84.631 7 Rick Aguilera A 81.699 8 Dennis Cook A 80.452 9 John Rocker A 80.334 10 John Johnstone A 78.969 11 Matt Mantei A 78.261 12 Turk Wendell A 77.283 13 Kerry Ligtenberg A 76.879 14 Steve Kline A 74.890 15 Greg Swindell A 74.823 16 Gregg Olson A 74.014 17 Jason Christiansen A 72.902 18 Danny Graves A 72.700 19 Scott Williamson A 72.363 20 Scott Elarton A 71.992 21 Scott Sullivan A 71.587 22 Bob Wickman A 70.711 23 Donne Wall A 70.374 24 Rudy Seanez A 69.835 25 Mike Remlinger A 69.329 26 Dave Veres A 67.745 27 Dan Miceli A 67.644 28 John Franco A 66.734 29 Gabe White A 66.127 30 Mike Williams A 66.060 31 Terry Adams A 65.083 32 Terry Mulholland A 64.712 33 Antonio Osuna A 64.341 34 Jerry Spradlin A 63.364 35 Jerry Dipoto A 62.454 36 Wayne Gomes A 62.420 37 Jay Powell A 62.386 38 Russ Springer A 62.150 39 Antonio Alfonseca A 61.443 40 Billy Taylor B 60.600 41 Carlos Reyes B 60.162 42 Stan Belinda B 59.353 43 Alan Mills B 59.218 44 Anthony Telford B 59.083 45 Doug Henry B 59.016 46 Alan Embree B 58.578 47 Dan Plesac B 58.443 48 Juan Acevedo B 57.263 49 Jeff Brantley B 56.791 (tie) Scott Radinsky B 56.791 51 Brian Boehringer B 56.421 52 Mike Maddux B 56.218 53 Jose Cabrera B 54.803 54 Mike Myers B 54.466 55 Rick Croushore B 53.286 56 Kevin McGlinchy B 53.185 57 Amaury Telemaco B 51.972 58 Miguel Batista B 51.736 59 David Weathers B 51.601 60 Eric Plunk B 51.466 61 Lance Painter B 51.365 62 Chuck McElroy B 51.112 63 Jeff Tabaka B 50.455 64 Bobby Chouinard B 50.388 65 Yorkis Perez B 50.253 66 Scott Sauerbeck C 49.949 67 Armando Almanza C 48.433 68 Dennys Reyes C 48.231 69 Curtis Leskanic C 47.927 70 Robert Person C 47.860 71 Steve L. Montgomery C 47.489 72 Ron Villone C 47.219 73 Rich Rodriguez C 45.989 74 Darren Holmes C 45.669 75 Matt Karchner C 44.995 76 Felix Heredia C 44.725 77 Pat Mahomes C 44.355 78 Rich Loiselle C 44.220 79 Mark Guthrie 43.782 80 Valerio De Los Santos 43.040 81 Steve Schrenk 42.703 82 Jeff D'Amico 41.894 (tie) Matt Whisenant 41.894 84 Alan Benes 41.658 85 Vladimir Nunez 41.557 86 Brad Clontz 41.119 87 Manny Aybar 41.052 88 Pedro Borbon Jr. 40.917 89 Ricky Bottalico 40.883 90 Marc Wilkins 39.400 91 Scott Sanders 39.063 92 Brian Edmondson 38.659 93 Jeff Wallace 38.625 94 Randy Myers 38.389 (tie) Heathcliff Slocumb 38.389 96 Felix Rodriguez 37.277 97 Chad Fox 36.232 98 Mike DeJean 35.524 99 Vic Darensbourg 34.985 100 Scott Aldred 34.446 101 David Lee 34.210 102 Onan Masaoka 33.401 103 Greg Hansell 33.215 104 Trever Miller 33.030 105 Guillermo Mota 32.996 106 Scott Strickland 31.884 107 Braden Looper 31.817 108 Jeff Tam 31.277 109 Byung-Hyun Kim 31.143 110 Rafael Roque 30.940 111 Mike Mohler 30.789 112 Curtis King 30.233 113 Matt Herges 29.862 114 Rigo Beltran 28.244 115 Hector Ramirez 26.323 116 Jimmy Anderson 25.581 117 Rodney Myers 25.413 118 Mark Wohlers 25.042 119 Brian Williams 24.435 120 Rocky Coppinger 22.177 121 Javier Martinez 20.526 122 Rafael Medina 19.144 123 Matt Whiteside 18.470 124 Billy Brewer 17.661 125 Mike Judd 15.689 126 Roberto Ramirez 15.302 127 Joe Grahe 15.133 128 Heath Murray 7.887 129 Robinson Checo 5.696 130 Mike Porzio 3.033