Fantasy Baseball: NL 20-20 Hitters for 2009

by Ray Guilfoyle on Oct 9, 2009 9:00 AM EDT in Baseball Comment 0 comments

I am veering off the second half stats and onto the full season stats, and wanted to see how many NL hitters went 20-20 in 2009. By 20-20, I mean the hitter hit 20 HRs and stole 20 bases.

So here is the list of 20-20 hitters in 2009:

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	KO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
Kemp, Matt CF LA	606	97	180	26	101	52	139	34	0.297	0.352	0.490
Rollins, Jimmy SS PHI	672	100	168	21	77	44	70	31	0.250	0.296	0.423
Ramirez, Hanley SS FLA	576	101	197	24	106	61	101	27	0.342	0.410	0.543
Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN	584	78	161	20	98	44	75	25	0.276	0.329	0.447
Reynolds, Mark 3B ARI	578	98	150	44	102	76	223	24	0.260	0.349	0.543
Utley, Chase 2B PHI	571	112	161	31	93	88	110	23	0.282	0.397	0.508
Braun, Ryan J. LF MIL	635	113	203	32	114	57	121	20	0.320	0.386	0.551
Tulowitzki, Troy SS COL	543	101	161	32	92	73	112	20	0.297	0.377	0.553
Upton, Justin RF ARI	526	84	158	26	86	55	137	20	0.300	0.366	0.532
Werth, Jayson RF PHI	571	98	153	36	99	91	156	20	0.268	0.373	0.506
McLouth, Nate CF ATL	507	86	130	20	70	68	99	19	0.256	0.352	0.436

I included Nate McLouth since he missed the list by 1 SB, which he certainly would have stolen had he not been injured. No one on this list is much of a surprise except for Troy Tulowtizki. I don't know anyone who predicted he would steal 20 bases this season. I don't see Tulo swiping 20 again anytime soon.

Justin Upton is a bit of a surprise as well but I have a feeling he will steal 20+ again in 2010, along with 35+ bombs.

Who from this list could move to the 30-30 level? Matt Kemp, Hanley Ramirez, maybe Justin Upton, maybe Jayson Werth, and the darkhorse is Mark Reynolds.

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