The AL-only OFers finish my initial rankings of the hitters based on their 2006 production. Their are some very obvious sore thumbs by the names of Ichiro Suzuki and Chone Figgins. Surprisingly, I do not feel the same way about Scott Podsednick, Corey Patterson and Kenny Lofton.
Carl Crawford is listed 4th, and he was initially one who I thought should be higher, but his HR, RBI and Runs totals are much lower than his roto-rep led me to believe.
Sleepers reside at the bottom of the list. This makes sense because these rankings take into account only 2006 production. A player can't go .290/30/100/90/15 and be a sleeper the next season!
Rank | Player | Pos | AVG | HR | RBI | R | SB | |
1 | GUERRERO VLADIMIR | ANA | 0.329 | 33 | 116 | 92 | 15 | |
2 | DYE JERMAINE | CWS | 0.315 | 44 | 120 | 103 | 7 | |
3 | WELLS VERNON | TOR | 0.303 | 32 | 106 | 91 | 17 | |
4 | CRAWFORD CARL | TB | 0.305 | 18 | 77 | 89 | 58 | |
5 | SIZEMORE GRADY | CLE | 0.290 | 28 | 76 | 134 | 22 | |
6 | MATTHEWS JR GARY | TEX | 0.313 | 19 | 79 | 102 | 10 | |
7 | ABREU BOBBY | NYY | 0.297 | 15 | 107 | 98 | 30 | |
8 | DAMON JOHNNY | NYY | 0.285 | 24 | 80 | 115 | 25 | |
9 | RAMIREZ MANNY | BOS | 0.321 | 35 | 102 | 79 | 0 | |
10 | IBANEZ RAUL | SEA | 0.289 | 33 | 123 | 103 | 2 | |
11 | CUDDYER MICHAEL | MIN | 0.284 | 24 | 109 | 102 | 6 | |
12 | SUZUKI ICHIRO | SEA | 0.322 | 9 | 49 | 110 | 45 | |
13 | HUNTER TORII | MIN | 0.278 | 31 | 98 | 86 | 12 | |
14 | RIOS ALEX | TOR | 0.302 | 17 | 82 | 68 | 15 | |
15 | SWISHER NICK | OAK | 0.254 | 35 | 95 | 106 | 1 | |
16 | ORDONEZ MAGGLIO | DET | 0.298 | 24 | 104 | 82 | 1 | |
17 | RIVERA JUAN | ANA | 0.310 | 23 | 85 | 65 | 0 | |
18 | GRANDERSON CURTIS | DET | 0.260 | 19 | 68 | 90 | 8 | |
19 | MONROE CRAIG | DET | 0.255 | 28 | 92 | 89 | 2 | |
20 | FIGGINS CHONE | ANA | 0.267 | 9 | 62 | 93 | 52 | |
21 | JOHNSON REED | TOR | 0.319 | 12 | 49 | 86 | 8 | |
22 | DREW J.D. | BOS | 0.283 | 20 | 100 | 84 | 2 | |
23 | BALDELLI ROCCO | TB | 0.302 | 16 | 57 | 59 | 10 | |
24 | LOFTON KENNY | TEX | 0.301 | 3 | 41 | 79 | 32 | |
25 | BROWN EMIL | KC | 0.287 | 15 | 81 | 77 | 6 | |
26 | PATTERSON COREY | BAL | 0.276 | 16 | 53 | 75 | 45 | |
27 | PAYTON JAY | OAK | 0.296 | 10 | 59 | 78 | 8 | |
28 | BLAKE CASEY | CLE | 0.282 | 19 | 68 | 63 | 6 | |
29 | PODSEDNIK SCOTT | CWS | 0.261 | 3 | 45 | 86 | 40 | |
30 | DEJESUS DAVID | KC | 0.295 | 8 | 56 | 83 | 6 | |
31 | MARKAKIS NICK | BAL | 0.291 | 16 | 62 | 72 | 2 | |
32 | ANDERSON GARRET | ANA | 0.280 | 17 | 85 | 63 | 1 | |
33 | GERMAN ESTEBAN | KC | 0.326 | 3 | 34 | 44 | 7 | |
34 | OZUNA PABLO | CWS | 0.328 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 6 | |
35 | THAMES MARCUS | DET | 0.256 | 26 | 60 | 61 | 1 | |
36 | CABRERA MELKY | NYY | 0.280 | 7 | 50 | 75 | 12 | |
37 | MICHAELS JASON | CLE | 0.267 | 9 | 55 | 77 | 9 | |
38 | HUFF AUBREY | BAL | 0.267 | 21 | 66 | 57 | 0 | |
39 | NORTON GREG | TB | 0.296 | 17 | 45 | 47 | 1 | |
40 | BRADLEY MILTON | OAK | 0.276 | 14 | 52 | 53 | 10 | |
41 | GATHRIGHT JOEY | KC | 0.238 | 1 | 41 | 59 | 22 | |
42 | YOUNG DELMON | TB | 0.317 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 2 | |
43 | WILLIAMS BERNIE | NYY | 0.281 | 12 | 61 | 65 | 2 | |
44 | CRISP COCO | BOS | 0.264 | 8 | 36 | 58 | 22 | |
45 | TYNER JASON | MIN | 0.312 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 4 | |
46 | CATALANOTTO FRANK | TOR | 0.300 | 7 | 56 | 56 | 1 | |
47 | PENA WILY MO | BOS | 0.301 | 11 | 42 | 36 | 0 | |
48 | MATSUI HIDEKI | NYY | 0.302 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 1 | |
49 | BLOOMQUIST WILLIE | SEA | 0.247 | 1 | 15 | 36 | 16 | |
50 | SHEFFIELD GARY | NYY | 0.298 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 5 | |
51 | KOTSAY MARK | OAK | 0.275 | 7 | 59 | 57 | 6 | |
52 | FORD LEW | MIN | 0.226 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 9 | |
53 | SANDERS REGGIE | KC | 0.246 | 11 | 49 | 45 | 7 | |
54 | MACKOWIAK ROB | CWS | 0.290 | 5 | 23 | 31 | 5 | |
55 | STEWART SHANNON | MIN | 0.293 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 3 | |
56 | WILKERSON BRAD | TEX | 0.222 | 15 | 44 | 56 | 3 | |
57 | CHOO SHIN-SOO | CLE | 0.280 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 5 | |
58 | HINSKE ERIC | BOS | 0.271 | 13 | 34 | 43 | 2 | |
59 | NIXON TROT | CLE | 0.268 | 8 | 52 | 59 | 0 | |
60 | GIBBONS JAY | BAL | 0.277 | 13 | 46 | 34 | 0 | |
61 | HAIRSTON JERRY | TEX | 0.206 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 5 | |
62 | KIELTY BOBBY | OAK | 0.270 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 2 | |
63 | ANDERSON BRIAN N. | CWS | 0.225 | 8 | 33 | 46 | 4 | |
64 | KUBEL JASON | MIN | 0.241 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 2 | |
65 | WHITE RONDELL | MIN | 0.246 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 1 | |
66 | GUILLEN JOSE | SEA | 0.216 | 9 | 40 | 28 | 1 | |
67 | REED JEREMY | SEA | 0.217 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 2 | |
68 | CRUZ NELSON | TEX | 0.223 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 1 | |
69 | WILLITS REGGIE | ANA | 0.267 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | |
70 | JONES ADAM | SEA | 0.216 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |
71 | MURPHY DAVID | BOS | 0.227 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
72 | SWEENEY RYAN | CWS | 0.229 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
73 | ERSTAD | DARIN | ANA | 0.221 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |