NEW YORK -- The 1998-99 National 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:
First Basemen And Outfielders
A Players
1. Vladimir Guerrero 93.696
2. Larry Walker 91.304
3. Jeff Bagwell 90.714
4. Sammy Sosa 90.652
5. Barry Bonds 89.783
6. Mark McGwire 88.571
7. John Olerud 87.143
8. Dante Bichette 87.065
tie. Gary Sheffield 87.065
10. Brian Giles 86.739
11. Bobby Abreu 85.870
12. Luis Gonzalez 85.435
13. Carl Everett 83.478
14. Ray Lankford 82.391
15. Todd Helton 82.143
16. Moises Alou 81.522
17. Jeromy Burnitz 79.783
18. Brian Jordan 79.457
19. Tony Gwynn 78.913
20. Ellis Burks 78.478
21. Rondell White 77.609
22. Mark Grace 76.429
23. Eric Davis 75.326
24. Eric Karros 73.571
25. Greg Vaughn 73.043
26. Darryl Hamilton 72.826
27. Henry Rodriguez 71.087
28. Cliff Floyd 69.565
tie. Andruw Jones 69.565
30. Sean Casey 69.286
tie. Andres Galarraga 69.286
tie. Kevin Young 69.286
33. Doug Glanville 68.913
tie. Dmitri Young 68.913
35. Ryan Klesko 68.696
36. Derek Bell 68.478
37. Reggie Sanders 67.283
B Players
38. Rickey Henderson 67.174
39. Glenallen Hill 67.065
40. Raul Mondesi 66.304
41. Marvin Benard 65.217
42. Steve Finley 60.326
tie. Devon White 60.326
44. Rico Brogna 58.571
45. Ron Gant 57.826
46. Erubiel Durazo 56.071
tie. Mark Loretta 56.071
48. Jeffrey Hammonds 55.217
49. J.T. Snow 55.000
50. Geoff Jenkins 54.348
51. Gerald Williams 54.022
52. Marquis Grissom 53.804
53. Wally Joyner 53.571
54. Darren Bragg 53.261
tie. Stan Javier 53.261
56. Armando Rios 52.609
57. Mark Kotsay 51.522
58. Bruce Aven 50.870
59. Greg Colbrunn 50.714
60. Roger Cedeno 50.652
61. Travis Lee 49.286
C Players
62. Al Martin 49.130
63. Angel Echevarria 49.022
64. Kevin Millar 48.571
65. David Dellucci 46.304
tie. Richard Hidalgo 46.304
67. Brant Brown 46.087
68. John Vander Wal 45.109
69. Trenidad Hubbard 44.783
70. Alex Ochoa 44.674
71. Mike Cameron 44.239
72. Kevin Sefcik 43.696
73. Preston Wilson 43.152
No Compensation
74. Todd Hollandsworth 42.391
75. Brad Fullmer 41.429
76. Matt Mieske 41.413
77. Orlando Merced 41.087
78. Michael Tucker 40.000
79. J.D. Drew 39.348
tie. Bernard Gilkey 39.348
81. Benny Agbayani 38.913
82. Hal Morris 38.571
tie. Randall Simon 38.571
84. Ivan Cruz 37.143
85. Rob Ducey 36.739
86. F.P. Santangelo 35.435
87. Glen Barker 35.000
88. Lance Johnson 34.565
tie. Turner Ward 34.565
90. Ruben Rivera 33.370
91. Shawon Dunston 32.609
tie. Otis Nixon 32.609
93. Craig Paquette 31.087
94. Matt Franco 29.565
95. Lenny Harris 29.130
96. Eric Owens 28.370
97. Adrian Brown 28.261
98. Brian R. Hunter 27.857
99. Dave Hansen 26.429
100. Danny Bautista 25.217
101. Chris Stynes 23.478
102. Manny Martinez 22.391
103. Kevin Barker 22.143
104. Daryle Ward 22.065
105. Thomas Howard 21.630
106. Todd Dunwoody 21.087
107. Brian Banks 20.714
108. Willie McGee 20.435
109. Fernando Seguignol 19.286
110. Ryan McGuire 17.857
111. Edgard Clemente 17.283
112. Jack Howell 17.143
113. Jeff Barry 16.739
114. Chris Sexton 15.870
115. Calvin Murray 14.457
116. James Mouton 13.913
117. Lance Berkman 11.304
118. Dale Sveum 8.571
119. Robert Ryan 5.109
120. John Wehner 4.891
121. Kevin Gibbs 0.543
tie. Brent Huff 0.543
Catchers
A Players
1. Javy Lopez 90.794
2. Mike Piazza 89.206
3. Jason Kendall 87.302
4. Mike Lieberthal 85.397
5. Eddie Taubensee 79.683
6. David Nilsson 77.143
7. Brent Mayne 74.921
8. Eddie Perez 70.635
9. Tony Eusebio 66.349
10. Phil Nevin 65.397
11. Chris Widger 63.175
12. Damian Miller 62.222
tie. Mike Redmond 62.222
tie. Jeff Reed 62.222
B Players
15. Kelly Stinnett 61.587
16. Scott Servais 60.317
17. Carlos Hernandez 59.365
18. Brian Johnson 57.778
19. Bob Henley 56.825
20. Paul Bako 56.190
21. Greg Myers 54.921
22. Kirt Manwaring 53.333
23. Benito Santiago 53.016
C Players
24. Todd Pratt 52.698
25. Todd Hundley 50.159
26. Eli Marrero 48.571
27. Henry Blanco 48.095
28. Bobby Hughes 47.937
No Compensation
29. Alberto Castillo 45.397
30. Jorge Fabregas 43.810
31. Doug Mirabelli 38.889
32. Jose Molina 34.762
33. Ben Davis 33.333
33. Keith Osik 33.333
35. Joe Oliver 33.016
36. Paul LoDuca 31.746
37. Gary Bennett 29.524
tie. Mitch Meluskey 29.524
39. Wiki Gonzalez 29.365
40. Tom Prince 25.556
41. Jason LaRue 24.286
42. Ramon Castro 20.476
43. Robert Machado 18.889
44. Charlie Greene 17.460
45. Darron Cox 12.698
46. Vance Wilson 0.476
Second Basemen, Third Basemen And Shortstops
A Players
1. Barry Larkin 94.196
2. Chipper Jones 89.835
3. Craig Biggio 88.095
4. Jeff Cirillo 87.912
5. Vinny Castilla 85.714
6. Edgardo Alfonzo 85.238
7. Neifi Perez 84.821
8. Robin Ventura 84.066
9. Matt Williams 82.418
10. Mark Grudzielanek 81.696
11. Rich Aurilia 80.804
12. Scott Rolen 79.670
13. Jeff Kent 79.524
14. Edgar Renteria 77.232
15. Fernando Vina 74.286
16. Jose Hernandez 73.661
17. Fernando Tatis 73.077
18. Quilvio Veras 70.476
19. Mike Lansing 69.524
20. Mickey Morandini 69.286
21. Ricky Gutierrez 68.304
22. Bret Boone 67.143
23. Bill Mueller 67.033
24. Eric Young 66.190
25. Chris Gomez 65.625
26. Jay Bell 65.238
27. Pokey Reese 64.762
B Players
28. Alex Arias 64.063
29. Orlando Cabrera 63.839
30. Pat Meares 62.946
31. Andy Fox 61.384
32. Rey Ordonez 61.161
tie. Jose Valentin 61.161
34. Ken Caminiti 60.989
35. Mike Benjamin 56.250
36. Terry Shumpert 55.714
tie. Tony Womack 55.714
38. Warren Morris 54.048
tie. Jose Vidro 54.048
40. Dave Berg 53.571
41. Bill Spiers 52.473
42. Walt Weiss 52.232
43. Gary Gaetti 52.198
44. Jeff Blauser 51.339
45. Ron Belliard 50.714
46. Jose Vizcaino 50.446
C Players
47. Desi Relaford 49.107
48. Aaron Boone 48.901
49. Ed Sprague Jr. 48.352
50. Alex Gonzalez 48.214
51. Kurt Abbott 47.143
52. Craig Counsell 46.190
53. Shane Andrews 46.154
54. Charlie Hayes 44.505
55. Adrian Beltre 43.407
No Compensation
56. Mark Lewis 43.095
57. Luis Castillo 40.714
58. Joe McEwing 40.476
59. Lou Collier 39.732
60. Kevin Orie 39.560
61. Dave Magadan 39.011
62. Keith Lockhart 38.810
63. Ramon E. Martinez 38.095
64. Sean Berry 37.912
65. Ozzie Guillen 37.500
66. Michael Barrett 37.363
67. Mike Lowell 36.813
68. Wilton Guerrero 35.952
69. Damian Jackson 35.268
70. Tim Bogar 34.598
71. Hanley Frias 33.929
72. Kevin Jordan 32.418
73. Manny Alexander 31.920
74. Marlon Anderson 29.762
75. Russ Johnson 29.121
76. Bobby Bonilla 27.473
77. Luis Lopez 22.768
tie. Mike Mordecai 22.768
79. Geoff Blum 21.205
80. David Doster 20.476
81. Tripp Cromer 20.238
82. Domingo Cedeno 18.527
83. David Howard 17.188
84. Abraham Nunez 14.286
85. Chad Meyers 14.286
86. Chris Clapinski 13.462
87. Jose Nieves 11.830
88. Adam Kennedy 11.190
89. Doug Strange 10.165
90. Billy Martin 0.000
tie. Ernest Spivey 0.000
Starting Pitchers
A Players
1. Kevin Brown 98.232
2. Randy Johnson 96.212
3. Mike Hampton 94.613
4. Greg Maddux 92.761
5. Jose Lima 92.340
6. John Smoltz 91.751
7. Shane Reynolds 90.152
8. Tom Glavine 88.973
9. Curt Schilling 86.027
10. Kevin Millwood 85.522
11. Andy Ashby 84.596
12. Al Leiter 83.754
13. Kenny Rogers 79.630
14. Rick Reed 78.114
15. Pete Harnisch 77.020
16. Chan Ho Park 76.852
17. Dustin Hermanson 76.431
18. Pedro Astacio 74.579
19. Andy Benes 74.411
20. Omar Daal 73.485
21. Jason Schmidt 72.643
22. Denny Neagle 72.391
23. Todd Stottlemyre 72.222
24. Francisco Cordova 71.970
25. Jon Lieber 70.370
26. Sterling Hitchcock 69.781
27. Kevin Tapani 67.845
28. Ismael Valdes 67.677
29. Juan Guzman 66.162
30. Woody Williams 65.825
B Players
31. Kirk Rueter 65.488
32. Shawn Estes 65.152
33. Steve Woodard 64.983
34. Steve Trachsel 64.646
35. Orel Hershiser 63.805
36. Kent Bottenfield 63.721
37. Kerry Wood 62.205
38. Russ Ortiz 61.700
39. Livan Hernandez 59.007
40. Darren Dreifort 58.586
41. Scott Karl 58.502
42. Steve Parris 57.828
43. Masato Yoshii 57.576
44. Brett Tomko 57.492
45. Armando Reynoso 56.145
46. Brian Anderson 55.640
47. Darryl Kile 55.387
48. Hideo Nomo 54.040
49. Mark Gardner 53.704
50. Darren Oliver 53.030
C Players
51. Brian Bohanon 51.431
52. Paul Byrd 50.758
53. Brian Meadows 50.084
54. Bobby Jones 49.495
55. Matt Morris 49.242
56. Todd Ritchie 49.074
57. Chris Peters 47.475
58. Steve Avery 45.539
59. Alex Fernandez 43.182
60. Carl Pavano 42.088
No Compensation
61. Pete Schourek 40.320
62. Matt Clement 39.057
63. Kris Benson 38.215
64. Chad Ogea 36.111
65. Mike Thurman 35.859
66. Jamey Wright 35.690
67. Joe Nathan 34.596
68. Jose Silva 34.512
69. A.J. Burnett 33.754
70. Donovan Osborne 33.502
71. Dennis Springer 32.071
72. Octavio Dotel 31.481
73. Chris Holt 30.724
74. Cal Eldred 30.471
75. Jeremi Gonzalez 29.966
76. Carlton Loewer 29.630
77. John Thomson 28.956
78. Ryan Dempster 28.872
79. Bruce Chen 28.535
80. Bill Pulsipher 27.946
81. Garrett Stephenson 26.768
82. Chris Brock 25.168
83. Matt Beech 23.232
84. Kyle Farnsworth 20.960
85. Randy Wolf 19.781
86. Rick Ankiel 19.360
87. Kyle Peterson 18.182
88. Trey Moore 17.761
88. Odalis Perez 17.761
90. Larry Luebbers 17.677
91. Jeremy Powell 16.498
92. Scott Winchester 13.131
93. Dan Smith 12.879
94. Andrew Lorraine 11.111
95. Micah Bowie 6.650
96. Buddy Carlyle 5.219
96. Kevin Ritz 5.219
98. Troy Brohawn 1.010
tie. Scott McCrary 1.010
tie. Steve R. Montgomery 1.010
Relief Pitchers
A Players
1. Billy Wagner 90.664
2. Armando Benitez 90.597
3. Robb Nen 90.361
4. Ugueth Urbina 89.451
5. Trevor Hoffman 89.114
6. Jeff Shaw 84.631
7. Rick Aguilera 81.699
8. Dennis Cook 80.452
9. John Rocker 80.334
10. John Johnstone 78.969
11. Matt Mantei 78.261
12. Turk Wendell 77.283
13. Kerry Ligtenberg 76.879
14. Steve Kline 74.890
15. Greg Swindell 74.823
16. Gregg Olson 74.014
17. Jason Christiansen 72.902
18. Danny Graves 72.700
19. Scott Williamson 72.363
20. Scott Elarton 71.992
21. Scott Sullivan 71.587
22. Bob Wickman 70.711
23. Donne Wall 70.374
24. Rudy Seanez 69.835
25. Mike Remlinger 69.329
26. Dave Veres 67.745
27. Dan Miceli 67.644
28. John Franco 66.734
29. Gabe White 66.127
30. Mike Williams 66.060
31. Terry Adams 65.083
32. Terry Mulholland 64.712
33. Antonio Osuna 64.341
34. Jerry Spradlin 63.364
35. Jerry Dipoto 62.454
36. Wayne Gomes 62.420
37. Jay Powell 62.386
38. Russ Springer 62.150
39. Antonio Alfonseca 61.443
B Players
40. Billy Taylor 60.600
41. Carlos Reyes 60.162
42. Stan Belinda 59.353
43. Alan Mills 59.218
44. Anthony Telford 59.083
45. Doug Henry 59.016
46. Alan Embree 58.578
47. Dan Plesac 58.443
48. Juan Acevedo 57.263
49. Jeff Brantley 56.791
tie. Scott Radinsky 56.791
51. Brian Boehringer 56.421
52. Mike Maddux 56.218
53. Jose Cabrera 54.803
54. Mike Myers 54.466
55. Rick Croushore 53.286
56. Kevin McGlinchy 53.185
57. Amaury Telemaco 51.972
58. Miguel Batista 51.736
59. David Weathers 51.601
60. Eric Plunk 51.466
61. Lance Painter 51.365
62. Chuck McElroy 51.112
63. Jeff Tabaka 50.455
64. Bobby Chouinard 50.388
65. Yorkis Perez 50.253
C Players
66. Scott Sauerbeck 49.949
67. Armando Almanza 48.433
68. Dennys Reyes 48.231
69. Curtis Leskanic 47.927
70. Robert Person 47.860
71. Steve L. Montgomery 47.489
72. Ron Villone 47.219
73. Rich Rodriguez 45.989
74. Darren Holmes 45.669
75. Matt Karchner 44.995
76. Felix Heredia 44.725
77. Pat Mahomes 44.355
78. Rich Loiselle 44.220
No Compensation
79. Mark Guthrie 43.782
80. Valerio De Los Santos 43.040
81. Steve Schrenk 42.703
82. Jeff D'Amico 41.894
82. Matt Whisenant 41.894
84. Alan Benes 41.658
85. Vladimir Nunez 41.557
86. Brad Clontz 41.119
87. Manny Aybar 41.052
88. Pedro Borbon Jr. 40.917
89. Ricky Bottalico 40.883
90. Marc Wilkins 39.400
91. Scott Sanders 39.063
92. Brian Edmondson 38.659
93. Jeff Wallace 38.625
94. Randy Myers 38.389
tie. Heathcliff Slocumb 38.389
96. Felix Rodriguez 37.277
97. Chad Fox 36.232
98. Mike DeJean 35.524
99. Vic Darensbourg 34.985
100. Scott Aldred 34.446
101. David Lee 34.210
102. Onan Masaoka 33.401
103. Greg Hansell 33.215
104. Trever Miller 33.030
105. Guillermo Mota 32.996
106. Scott Strickland 31.884
107. Braden Looper 31.817
108. Jeff Tam 31.277
109. Byung-Hyun Kim 31.143
110. Rafael Roque 30.940
111. Mike Mohler 30.789
112. Curtis King 30.233
113. Matt Herges 29.862
114. Rigo Beltran 28.244
115. Hector Ramirez 26.323
116. Jimmy Anderson 25.581
117. Rodney Myers 25.413
118. Mark Wohlers 25.042
119. Brian Williams 24.435
120. Rocky Coppinger 22.177
121. Javier Martinez 20.526
122. Rafael Medina 19.144
123. Matt Whiteside 18.470
124. Billy Brewer 17.661
125. Mike Judd 15.689
126. Roberto Ramirez 15.302
127. Joe Grahe 15.133
128. Heath Murray 7.887
129. Robinson Checo 5.696
130. Mike Porzio 3.033
