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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
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