NEW YORK -- The 1998-99 American League rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, to determine what draft choices are used as compensation for free agents under the 1981, 1985 and 1996 strike settlements between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the major league clubs. The rankings also are used to compare players. They combine statistics such as batting
average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position to
position:
Designated Hitters, First Basemen And Outfielders
A Players
1. Albert Belle 96.533
2. Bernie Williams 96.267
3. Rafael Palmeiro 95.789
4. Manny Ramirez 94.933
5. Edgar Martinez 93.333
6. Juan Gonzalez 90.933
7. Ken Griffey Jr. 89.600
8. Rusty Greer 88.400
9. Shawn Green 86.400
10. Jason Giambi 86.316
11. Paul O'Neill 85.333
12. Mo Vaughn 85.263
13. Tim Salmon 82.667
14. Carlos Delgado 82.105
15. B.J. Surhoff 81.333
16. Frank Thomas 80.000
17. Ben Grieve 77.867
18. Matt Stairs 77.333
19. Kenny Lofton 77.067
20. Jim Thome 76.842
21. Johnny Damon 76.267
22. Shannon Stewart 75.867
23. Magglio Ordonez 74.933
24. Brady Anderson 74.667
25. Garret Anderson 74.400
26. Jim Edmonds 73.333
27. Matt Lawton 71.733
28. Troy O'Leary 71.067
29. Tony Clark 69.474
30. Jose Canseco 69.333
31. Fred McGriff 68.421
32. David Justice 68.000
33. Jermaine Dye 67.467
34. Bobby Higginson 67.200
B Players
35. John Jaha 66.667
36. Harold Baines 65.333
37. Roberto Kelly 64.800
38. Will Clark 62.105
39. Marty Cordova 61.867
40. Carlos Beltran 60.933
41. Butch Huskey 59.200
42. Mike Simms 58.400
tie. Bubba Trammell 58.400
44. Brian McRae 57.867
45. Tino Martinez 55.789
46. Jay Buhner 55.733
47. Dave Martinez 55.467
48. Tom Goodwin 54.133
49. Quinton McCracken 53.333
50. Tony Phillips 52.800
51. Tim Raines 52.533
52. Juan Encarnacion 50.667
53. Chad Curtis 50.000
tie. Chris Singleton 50.000
55. David Segui 49.474
C Players
56. Chili Davis 49.333
tie. Gregg Jefferies 49.333
58. Darren Lewis 48.533
59. Carlos Lee 48.000
60. Orlando Palmeiro 47.600
61. Jose Guillen 46.667
62. Mike Stanley 44.737
63. Trot Nixon 44.267
64. Damon Buford 44.000
65. Darin Erstad 42.105
66. John Mabry 41.867
67. Lee Stevens 41.053
No Compensation
68. Mike Colangelo 40.400
69. Jacob Cruz 40.000
tie. Jim Leyritz 40.000
71. Rich Becker 39.467
72. Chad Allen 38.933
73. Reggie Jefferson 38.667
74. Shane Spencer 38.400
75. Jacque Jones 37.600
76. Ricky Ledee 37.467
77. Luis Polonia 36.000
tie. Paul Sorrento 36.000
79. Brian L. Hunter 34.933
80. Scott Pose 34.400
81. Karim Garcia 33.200
82. Jeremy Giambi 32.000
83. Gabe Kapler 32.000
84. Ryan Christenson 31.600
85. Raul Ibanez 31.200
86. Rich Amaral 30.933
87. Brian Daubach 30.526
88. Matt Luke 27.467
89. Wil Cordero 27.368
90. Richie Sexson 26.842
91. Torii Hunter 26.800
92. Jeff Conine 26.316
93. Jason McDonald 25.867
94. Alex Ramirez 25.467
95. Paul Konerko 23.158
96. Todd Greene 22.667
97. Terrell Lowery 22.667
98. Darrin Jackson 22.400
99. Robert Fick 20.000
100. Derrick May 19.067
101. Brian Simmons 17.867
102. Jacob Brumfield 15.733
103. Vernon Wells 12.800
104. Ruben Mateo 12.000
105. Dave Roberts 9.200
106. Kimera Bartee 8.933
107. Charles Gipson 8.400
108. Eugene Kingsale 7.600
109. Ryan Jackson 3.158
tie. Doug Mientkiewicz 3.158
111. Ozzie Timmons 1.867
112. Rob Butler 0.000
Catchers
A Players
1. Ivan Rodriguez 93.810
2. Darrin Fletcher 88.571
3. Brad Ausmus 83.095
4. Jorge Posada 75.952
5. Scott Hatteberg 72.857
6. Mike Sweeney 72.143
7. Charles Johnson 71.905
8. Terry Steinbach 70.476
tie. Dan Wilson 70.476
B Players
10. Jason Varitek 69.048
11. John Flaherty 65.714
12. Brook Fordyce 54.762
13. Matt Walbeck 50.714
14. Bill Haselman 49.524
15. Tom Lampkin 49.286
16. Mike Macfarlane 47.619
C Players
17. Chad Kreuter 46.667
18. Sandy Alomar Jr. 46.190
19. Mike DiFelice 45.238
No Compensation
20. Einar Diaz 43.810
21. Joe Girardi 40.714
22. Tim Spehr 40.000
23. Mike Matheny 38.571
24. Ramon Hernandez 34.762
25. Mark Johnson 34.524
26. Javier Valentin 31.905
27. Ben Molina 25.000
tie. Gregg Zaun 25.000
29. Mike Figga 8.333
30. Vidal Candelaria 1.667
tie. Shea Hillenbrand 1.667
Second Basemen, Third Basemen And Shortstops
A Players
1. Roberto Alomar 93.367
2. Alex Rodriguez 88.961
3. Derek Jeter 88.312
4. Todd Zeile 83.251
5. Cal Ripken 82.759
6. Nomar Garciaparra 82.468
7. Randy Velarde 81.122
8. Omar Vizquel 79.545
9. Ray Durham 78.316
10. Joe Randa 78.079
11. Damion Easley 78.061
12. Scott Brosius 77.833
tie. Travis Fryman 77.833
14. Mike Bordick 77.273
15. Jose Offerman 77.041
16. Chuck Knoblauch 76.020
17. Dean Palmer 74.877
tie. John Valentin 74.877
19. Tony Fernandez 73.892
20. Todd Walker 70.918
21. Wade Boggs 67.488
22. Royce Clayton 66.883
23. Mark McLemore 66.327
B Players
24. Tony Batista 64.286
tie. Miguel Cairo 64.286
tie. Delino DeShields 64.286
tie. Miguel Tejada 64.286
28. David Bell 64.031
29. Homer Bush 63.776
30. Deivi Cruz 63.636
31. Ron Coomer 63.547
32. Corey Koskie 59.360
33. Russ Davis 57.635
34. Rey Sanchez 57.143
35. Eric Chavez 55.172
36. Scott Spiezio 54.592
37. Gary DiSarcina 51.948
38. Carlos Febles 51.531
39. Alex S. Gonzalez 51.299
40. Troy Glaus 51.232
41. Mike Caruso 50.974
C Players
42. Carlos Baerga 50.255
43. Greg Norton 49.507
44. Brent Gates 49.261
45. Willie Greene 47.537
46. Craig Grebeck 44.898
47. Bobby Smith 44.828
tie. Craig Wilson 44.828
49. Kevin Stocker 44.156
No Compensation
50. Denny Hocking 44.133
51. Olmedo Saenz 43.842
52. Aaron Ledesma 43.831
53. Enrique Wilson 42.365
54. Frank Catalanotto 41.837
55. Herbert Perry 40.394
56. Jeff Frye 38.265
57. Luis Alicea 36.735
58. Rafael Bournigal 34.416
59. Tyler Houston 33.005
60. Carlos Guillen 32.143
61. Tony Graffanino 31.122
62. Jeff Reboulet 31.034
63. Jon Shave 30.519
64. Jeff Huson 30.357
65. Luis Sojo 27.586
66. Ray Holbert 26.623
tie. Andy Sheets 26.623
68. Justin Baughman 26.531
69. Liu Rodriguez 24.235
70. Wilton Veras 24.138
71. Jed Hansen 22.194
72. Donnie Sadler 21.684
73. Cristian Guzman 20.130
74. Willis Otanez 18.719
75. Ryan Minor 17.241
76. Steve Scarsone 16.234
77. David Lamb 15.584
78. Jorge Velandia 15.561
79. Scott Leius 7.882
80. Trent Durrington 6.378
81. Chris Woodward 4.870
82. Casey Degroote 0.000
Starting Pitchers
A Players
1. Pedro Martinez 96.512
2. Roger Clemens 95.640
3. Mike Mussina 94.186
4. David Wells 88.953
5. Jamie Moyer 88.081
6. Rick Helling 86.531
7. Scott Erickson 86.434
8. Aaron Sele 86.240
9. Bartolo Colon 85.174
10. David Cone 84.690
11. Dave Burba 84.399
12. Chuck Finley 83.915
13. Andy Pettitte 82.558
14. Rolando Arrojo 78.198
15. Orlando Hernandez 75.872
16. Bret Saberhagen 74.806
17. Brad Radke 74.225
18. Charles Nagy 73.159
19. Justin Thompson 72.093
20. Tim Wakefield 70.930
21. Mike Sirotka 70.640
22. Omar Olivares 69.477
23. Brian Moehler 68.411
24. Hideki Irabu 68.023
25. Chris Carpenter 66.667
26. Jaret Wright 66.279
B Players
27. James Baldwin 64.922
28. Jose Rosado 64.244
29. Dave Mlicki 63.953
30. Wilson Alvarez 61.434
31. Jeff Fassero 60.659
32. Tim Belcher 60.271
33. Pat Hentgen 59.205
34. Esteban Loaiza 59.109
35. Joey Hamilton 56.105
36. Eric Milton 55.911
37. Mark Portugal 55.233
38. Pat Rapp 55.136
39. Freddy An. Garcia 52.907
tie. Ramon J. Martinez 52.907
41. Kent Mercker 52.519
42. Kelvim Escobar 52.229
43. John Burkett 52.035
44. Sidney Ponson 51.163
C Players
45. Mike Morgan 50.388
46. LaTroy Hawkins 48.450
47. Gil Heredia 48.062
48. Dwight Gooden 47.965
49. Tim Hudson 46.996
50. Jimmy Haynes 46.609
51. Kevin Appier 44.380
52. Tony Saunders 42.926
No Compensation
53. Mark Clark 42.248
54. Ken Hill 41.279
55. Roy Halladay 40.019
56. John Halama 39.826
tie. Steve Sparks 39.826
58. Jim Parque 39.341
59. Mike Oquist 38.372
60. Jeff Suppan 34.399
61. John Snyder 34.302
62. Gil Meche 34.012
63. Jaime Navarro 33.721
64. Butch Henry 32.946
65. Bobby Witt 32.461
66. Jarrod Washburn 32.267
67. Jason Johnson 30.233
68. Willie Blair 29.845
tie. Ryan Rupe 29.845
70. Ken Cloude 29.264
71. Hipolito Pichardo 27.422
72. Jason Dickson 25.969
73. Jay Witasick 24.322
74. Jeff Weaver 22.965
75. Seth Greisinger 22.481
76. Blake Stein 21.705
77. Rick Gorecki 16.957
78. Dan Reichert 13.372
79. Dave Eiland 12.597
80. Jay Ryan 12.209
81. Dave Borkowski 9.981
82. Ramon Ortiz 9.399
83. Doug Linton 7.558
84. Chris Fussell 6.202
85. Robert Ramsay 2.907
86. Ariel Prieto 1.163
87. Mike Jerzembeck 0.775
Relief Pitchers
A Players
1. Keith Foulke 89.804
2. Mike Jackson 88.803
3. Mariano Rivera 88.111
4. Doug Brocail 85.725
5. Derek Lowe 84.571
6. Paul Shuey 84.417
7. John Wetteland 83.109
8. Mike Timlin 82.455
9. Tom Gordon 81.377
10. Troy Percival 80.185
11. Mike Trombley 79.684
12. Roberto Hernandez 76.145
13. Doug Jones 76.106
14. Bobby Howry 75.952
15. Paul Quantrill 75.067
16. Graeme Lloyd 74.760
17. Rod Beck 74.606
18. Ricardo Rincon 74.105
19. Bill Simas 72.913
20. Steve Reed 72.566
21. Jeff Zimmerman 72.143
22. Ramiro Mendoza 70.566
23. Albie Lopez 70.258
24. Shigetoshi Hasegawa 69.912
25. Scott Service 69.450
26. Jim Mecir 68.988
27. Mark Leiter 68.911
28. T.J. Mathews 68.334
29. Tim Crabtree 67.988
30. Mike Stanton 66.025
31. Jesse Orosco 65.718
32. Todd Jones 65.602
33. Arthur Rhodes 65.564
34. Eddie Guardado 63.909
B Players
35. John Wasdin 63.178
36. Al Reyes 62.062
37. Rich Garces 61.023
tie. C.J. Nitkowski 61.023
39. Billy Koch 60.523
40. John Frascatore 60.485
41. Steve Karsay 60.331
42. Mark Petkovsek 59.754
43. Paul Abbott 59.484
44. Bob Wells 57.984
45. Bryce Florie 57.907
46. Jose Mesa 55.483
47. Esteban Yan 55.444
48. Tim Worrell 55.252
49. Rick White 54.906
50. Jose Paniagua 54.675
51. Jim Corsi 54.482
52. Buddy Groom 53.444
tie. Jeff Nelson 53.444
54. Allen Watson 53.367
55. Mike Magnante 51.058
56. Sean Runyan 50.173
57. B.J. Ryan 49.731
C Players
58. Jeff Montgomery 49.481
59. Hector Carrasco 48.326
60. Lou Pote 48.057
61. Joe Mays 47.595
62. Carlos Castillo 47.403
63. Doug Johns 47.287
64. Mike James 46.903
65. Travis Miller 46.595
66. Mike Venafro 46.326
67. Rheal Cormier 45.017
68. Jason Grimsley 44.556
No Compensation
69. Greg McMichael 43.594
70. Paul Spoljaric 43.017
71. Sean DePaula 42.824
72. Matt Anderson 41.631
73. Jason Isringhausen 41.477
74. Paul Assenmacher 41.054
75. Mike Fetters 40.977
tie. Al Levine 40.977
77. Julio Santana 40.823
78. Pep Harris 40.208
79. Mike Munoz 38.207
80. Frankie Rodriguez 38.169
81. Sean Lowe 37.476
82. Scott Kamieniecki 36.014
83. Mark Langston 35.706
84. Jose Santiago 35.514
85. Norm Charlton 34.975
86. Alvin Morman 33.474
87. Eric Gunderson 33.321
88. Tom Davey 32.166
89. Chris Haney 31.935
90. Derek Wallace 30.820
91. Francisco Cordero 30.339
92. Bill Risley 30.165
93. Jim Poole 29.588
94. Scott Eyre 29.011
95. Nelson Cruz 28.434
96. Mike Holtz 26.356
97. Orber Moreno 24.240
98. Masao Kida 23.971
99. Cory Lidle 22.701
100. Mac Suzuki 22.432
101. Brad Rigby 22.278
102. Eric Weaver 22.047
103. Mike Duvall 21.008
104. Danny Kolb 20.623
105. Jason Rakers 20.008
106. David Riske 19.969
107. Alan Newman 19.469
108. Peter Munro 16.776
109. Jesus Pena 15.564
110. Dan Perkins 13.082
111. Darren Hall 11.235
112. Tim Byrdak 8.042
113. Todd Williams 6.098
114. Marino Santana 5.618
