16 May 2005
After seeing how Andruw Jones' OPS has skyrocketed the past month, I thought that it would be interesting to see how all of the Braves regulars fared against all National League regulars.
Both Chipper and Andruw are #1 at their positions in the National League. However, Marcus Giles is the only other player in the top half at a position.
The National League has some terrible hitting shortstops. I couldn't believe Furcal was only more or less slightly below average this season at that position. Jordan and Mondesi, no surprise, are near or at the bottom.
The players that I list may not be necessarily the regular now because of injury or ineffectiveness, but they are the leader on that team for at-bats at that position.
Catcher
1. Hernandez, San Diego-.788
2. Lo Duca, Florida-.786
3. Miller, Milwaukee-.777
4. Phillips, Los Angeles-.748
5. Schneider, Washington-.746
6. Barrett, Chicago-.743
7. Lieberthal, Philadelphia-.713
8. Ross, Pittsburgh-.704
9. Matheny, San Francisco-.694
10. Piazza, New York-.675
11. Snyder, Arizona-.669
12. Estrada, Atlanta-.652
13. LaRue, Cincinnati-.560
14. Ausmus, Houston-.559
15. Molina, St. Louis-.512
16. Closser, Colorado-.489
First Baseman
1. Lee, Chicago-1.116
2. Overbay, Milwaukee-1.090
3. Helton, Colorado-1.003
4. Pujols, St. Louis-.987
5. Choi, Los Angeles-.977
6. Johnson, Washington-.955
7. Ward, Pittsburgh-.928
8. Delgado, Florida-.908
9. Mientkiewicz, New York- .864
10. LaRoche, Atlanta-.859
11. Snow, San Francisco-.790
12. Tracy, Arizona-.789
13. Bagwell, Houston-759
(tie) 14. Nevin, San Diego-.716
(tie)14. Casey, Cincinnati-.716
16. Thome, Philadelphia-.651
Second Baseman
1. Kent, Los Angeles-.953
2. Biggio, Houston-.932
3. Grudzielanek, St. Louis-908
4. Vidro, Washington-.875
5. Counsell, Arizona-.837
6. Giles, Atlanta-.796
7. Castillo, Florida-.793
8. Mackowiak, Pittsburgh-.766
9. Miles, Colorado-.736
10. Loretta, San Diego-.726
11. Polanco, Philadelphia-.713
12. Spivey, Milwaukee-.710
13. Hairston Jr., Chicago-.680
14. Durham, San Francisco-.668
15. Jimenez, Cincinnati-.584
16. Matsui, New York-.570
Third Baseman
1. Jones, Atlanta-1.118
2. Glaus, Arizona-1.013
3. Ensberg, Houston-1.000
4. Branyan, Milwaukee-.928
5. Wright, New York-.864
6. Randa, Cincinnati-.852
7. Castilla, Washington-.846
8. Alfonzo, San Francisco-.834
9. Relaford, Colorado-.826
10. Rolen, St. Louis-.824
11. Ramirez, Chicago-.816
12. Valentin, Los Angeles-.722
13. Burroughs, San Diego-.678
14. Bell, Philadelphia-.616
15. Wigginton, Pittsburgh-.561
16. Lowell, Florida-.532
Shortstop
1. Barmes, Colorado-1.050
(tie)2. Eckstein, St. Louis-.765
(tie)2. Izturis, Los Angeles-.765
4. Vizquel, San Francisco-.751
5. Perez, Chicago-.736
6. Cintron, Arizona-.705
7. Everett, Houston-.648
(tie) 8. Rollins, Philadelphia-.637
(tie)8. Reyes, New York-.637
10. Furcal, Atlanta-.617
11. Gonzalez, Florida-.614
12. Greene, San Diego-.608
13. Aurilia, Cincinnati-.582
14. Guzman, Washington-.555
15. Wilson, Pittsburgh-.482
16. Hardy, Milwaukee-.465
Left Field
1. Dunn, Cincinnati-1.107
2. Cabrera, Florida-1.005
3. Floyd, New York-.968
4. Klesko, San Diego-.948
5. Sanders, St. Louis-.933
6. Bay, Pittsburgh-.890
7. Gonzalez, Arizona-.871
8. Burrell, Philadelphia-.862
9. Feliz, San Francisco-.808
10. Lee, Milwaukee-.763
11. Sledge, Washington-.726
12. Ledee, Los Angeles-.722
13. Lamb, Houston-.693
14. Holliday, Colorado-.685
15. Jordan, Atlanta-.598
16. Hollandsworth, Chicago-.580
Center Field
1. Jones, Atlanta-.937
2. Bradley, Los Angeles-.936
3. Edmonds, St. Louis-.891
4. Clark, Milwaukee-.875
5. Wilkerson, Washington-.838
6. Beltran, New York-.830
7. Griffey, Cincinnati-.829
8. Roberts, San Diego-.772
9. Wilson, Colorado-.749
10. Michaels, Philadelphia-.740
11. Patterson, Chicago-.732
12. Pierre, Florida-.703
13. Taveras, Houston-.670
14. McCracken, Arizona-.540
15. Grissom, San Francisco-.532
16. Redman, Pittsburgh-.471
Right Field
1. Abreu, Philadelphia-1.055
2. Diaz, New York-.964
3. Guillen, Washington-.887
4. Giles, San Diego-.881
5. Hawpe, Colorado-.871
6. Burnitz, Chicago-.848
7. Walker, St. Louis-.834
8. Drew, Los Angeles-.804
9. Encarnacion, Florida-.798
10. Kearns, Cincinnati-.795
11. Lawton, Pittsburgh-.772
12. Jenkins, Milwaukee-.739
13. Lane, Houston-.719
14. Green, Arizona-.699
15. Tucker, San Francisco-.670
16. Mondesi, Atlanta-.619
