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Elite Player Rankings

Below is a list of players ranked by their inclusion in the Top 20 of each of the five hitting categories for traditional fantasy baseball - AVG, HR, RBI, R, and SB. There are only 61 players who qualified based on their 2006 production.

This list has a much better intuitive feel for the way fantasy players are conventionally valued, and it looks, other than the sorting which I did by # of Top 20 ranks, much closer to what fantasy players bring with them into their drafts - either snake or auction.

Personally, I have never seen player values presented in this manner. This presentation is younger than the hours in a season of "24" so comments are wanted.

Player # Top 20 Rank AVG Top 20 Rank HR Top 20 Rank RBI Top 20 Rank R Top 20 Rank SB Top 20 Rank
PUJOLS ALBERT 4 0.331 7 49 3 137 3 119 6
ATKINS GARRETT 3 0.329 10 120 10 117 11
BELTRAN CARLOS 3 41 9 116 13 127 3
CABRERA MIGUEL 3 0.339 5 114 20 112 16
DYE JERMAINE 3 0.315 20 44 6 120 9
HOLLIDAY MATT 3 0.326 11 114 19 119 7
JETER DEREK 3 0.343 3 118 10 34 16
JONES ANDRUW 3 41 10 129 6 107 19
ORTIZ DAVID 3 54 2 137 2 115 12
RODRIGUEZ ALEX 3 35 20 121 8 113 14
SORIANO ALFONSO 3 46 4 119 8 41 10
SUZUKI ICHIRO 3 0.322 13 110 17 45 7
BERKMAN LANCE 2 45 5 136 4
DELGADO CARLOS 2 38 14 114 18
FURCAL RAFAEL 2 113 15 37 12
GUERRERO VLADIMIR 2 0.329 9 116 15
HAFNER TRAVIS 2 42 7 117 12
HOWARD RYAN 2 58 1 149 1
LEE CARLOS 2 37 16 116 14
MORNEAU JUSTIN 2 0.321 14 130 5
RAMIREZ ARAMIS 2 38 13 119 11
RAMIREZ HANLEY 2 119 9 51 5
RAMIREZ MANNY 2 0.321 15 35 18
REYES JOSE 2 122 5 64 1
JETER DEREK 2 0.343499197 3 118 10 34 16
ROLLINS JIMMY 2 127 4 36 14
THOMAS FRANK 2 39 12 114 17
THOME JIM 2 42 8 108 18
ABREU BOBBY 2 30 19
CABRERA ORLANDO 1 27 20
CANO ROBINSON 1 0.342 4
CRAWFORD CARL 1 58 2
DAMON JOHNNY 1 115 13
DUNN ADAM 1 40 11
FIGGINS CHONE 1 52 4
FREEL RYAN 1 37 13
GIAMBI JASON 1 37 17
GLAUS TROY 1 38 15
GUILLEN CARLOS 1 0.32 16
IBANEZ RAUL 1 123 7
JOHNSON REED 1 0.319 17
JONES CHIPPER 1 0.324 12
KONERKO PAUL 1 35 19
LO DUCA PAUL 1 0.318 18
LOFTON KENNY 1 32 18
LOPEZ FELIPE 1 44 9
MARTINEZ VICTOR 1 0.316 19
MAUER JOE 1 0.347 1
MCCANN BRIAN 1 0.333 6
PATTERSON COREY 1 45 8
PIERRE JUAN 1 58 3
PODSEDNIK SCOTT 1 40 11
ROBERTS BRIAN 1 36 15
SANCHEZ FREDDY 1 0.344 2
SIZEMORE GRADY 1 134 1
SWISHER NICK 1 106 20
TAVERAS WILLY 1 33 17
TEJADA MIGUEL 1 0.33 8
UTLEY CHASE 1 131 2
WRIGHT DAVID 1 116 16
ROBERTS DAVE 1 49 6