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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
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