The 2001-02 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 Manny Ramirez, 100.000
2 Jason Giambi, 95.714
3 Magglio Ordonez, 95.405
4 Bernie Williams, 92.973
5 Cliff Floyd, 90.135
6 Carlos Beltran, 89.324
7 Jim Thome, 88.095
8 Edgar Martinez, 88.000
9 Juan Gonzalez, 85.676
10 Ellis Burks, 85.333
11 Garret Anderson, 83.784
12 Carlos Delgado, 82.857
13 Mike Sweeney, 81.905
14 Jermaine Dye, 81.351
15 Ichiro Suzuki, 80.000
16 Trot Nixon, 79.054
17t John Olerud, 79.048
17t Rafael Palmeiro, 79.048
19 Bobby Higginson, 78.649
20 Shannon Stewart, 77.838
21 Torii Hunter, 74.865
22 Tim Salmon, 74.595
23 Jose Cruz Jr., 73.514
24t Raul Ibanez, 72.432
24t Jacque Jones, 72.432
26 Paul Konerko, 72.381
27t Mike Cameron, 72.297
27t Carlos Lee, 72.297
29 Matt Lawton, 71.892
30 Dmitri Young, 69.459
31 Marty Cordova, 68.919
32 Randy Winn, 68.784
33 Ben Grieve, 68.514
34 Johnny Damon, 68.243

B Players
35 Todd Hollandsworth, 68.108
36 Frank Catalanotto, 67.027
37 Raul Mondesi, 66.351
38 Robert Fick, 64.865
39 David Ortiz, 64.000
40 Darin Erstad, 63.919
41 Jeff Conine, 63.810
42 Carl Everett, 63.784
43 Terrence Long, 63.243
44 Brad Fullmer, 62.667
45 Rondell White, 62.162
46 Mark McLemore, 59.865
47 Frank Thomas, 57.333
48 Doug Mientkiewicz, 57.143
49 David Justice, 56.000
50 John Vander Wal, 54.730
51 Melvin Mora, 54.459
52 Alex Ochoa, 53.784
53 Michael Tucker, 52.838
54 Bobby Kielty, 52.703
55 Vernon Wells, 52.027
56 Jay Gibbons, 51.892

C Players
57t Rusty Greer, 50.811
57t Chris Richard, 50.811
59 Chris Singleton, 49.730
60t Brian Daubach, 49.524
60t Scott Spiezio, 49.524
62 Ruben Sierra, 49.333
63 Gary MatthewsJr., 48.108
64 Karim Garcia, 46.757
65 Josh Phelps, 46.000
66 Greg Vaughn, 45.333
67 Mark Quinn, 44.054
68 Shawn Wooten, 44.000

No Compensation
69 Randall Simon, 41.905
70 Orlando Palmeiro, 41.757
71t Chuck Knoblauch, 40.000
71t David Segui, 40.000
73 Shane Spencer, 39.459
74 Rickey Henderson, 39.189
75 Kevin Mench, 38.243
76 Steve Cox, 38.095
77 Aaron Rowand, 37.703
78 Lee Stevens, 36.190
79 Dustan Mohr, 35.676
80 Jeff Liefer, 35.405
81 Scott Hatteberg, 35.238
82 John Mabry, 32.432
83 Matthew LeCroy, 29.333
84 Milton Bradley, 28.919
85 Tony Clark, 28.571
86 Ruben Rivera, 27.162
87 Jacob Cruz, 26.757
88 Wendell Magee Jr., 26.486
89 Dean Palmer, 25.333
90 Calvin Pickering, 24.762
91 Olmedo Saenz, 24.667
92 Jose Offerman, 22.857
93 Jason Conti, 22.027
94 Carlos Baerga, 20.000
95 Mike Cuddyer, 19.865
96 Carl Crawford, 19.595
97 George Lombard, 19.189
98 Nick Johnson, 19.048
99t Eric Byrnes, 16.216
99t Adam Piatt, 16.216
101 Aaron Guiel, 15.541
102 Hiram Bocachica, 15.405
103 Carlos Pena, 14.286
104 Juan Rivera, 12.432
105 Charles Gipson, 11.486
106 Donnie Sadler, 7.568
107 Alex Escobar, 7.027
108 Dewayne Wise, 6.892
109 Julio Ramirez, 4.324
110 Luis Ugueto, 2.667
111 Chris Snelling, 2.568
112t Albert Belle, 0.000
112t Brian Lesher, 0.000

Catchers
A Players
1 Ivan Rodriguez, 88.940
2t Jorge Posada, 87.097
2t Jason Varitek, 87.097
4 A.J. Pierzynski, 77.189
5 Dan Wilson, 75.576
6 Bengie Molina, 74.194
7 Ramon Hernandez, 71.429
8 Ben Davis, 70.737
9 Brent Mayne, 65.438
10 Doug Mirabelli, 63.364

B Players
11 Einar Diaz, 62.212
12 Greg Myers, 58.065
13 Bill Haselman, 54.378
14 Toby Hall, 52.765
15 Geronimo Gil, 51.152
16 John Flaherty, 48.848

C Players
17 Tom Prince, 48.157
18 Mark L. Johnson, 47.005
19 Brandon Inge, 44.700

No Compensation
20 Tom Wilson, 42.627
21 Todd Greene, 37.558
22 A.J. Hinch, 35.253
23 Mitch Meluskey, 34.562
24 Josh Paul, 34.101
25 Jose Molina, 32.258
26 Chris Widger, 29.263
27 Ken Huckaby, 28.341
28 Eddie Taubensee, 26.728
29 Brook Fordyce, 24.885
30 Matt Walbeck, 17.742
31 Eddie Perez, 14.747
32 Josh Bard, 13.594

Second bsemen, third basemen and shortstops
A Players
1 Bret Boone, 97.143
2 Alex Rodriguez, 96.104
3 Eric Chavez, 90.286
4 Corey Koskie, 87.429
5 Derek Jeter, 86.364
6 Miguel Tejada, 83.766
7 Troy Glaus, 83.429
8t Jeff Cirillo, 80.000
8t Alfonso Soriano, 80.000
10 Ray Durham, 78.571
11 Adam Kennedy, 75.000
12 Nomar Garciaparra, 72.078
13 Joe Randa, 71.714
14t Robin Ventura, 71.429
14t Omar Vizquel, 71.429
16 David Eckstein, 69.805
17 Tony Batista, 68.000
18 Michael Young, 67.143
19 Cristian Guzman, 66.558
20 Damion Easley, 65.000
21 Shea Hillenbrand, 64.571

B Players
22 Randy Velarde, 62.143
23 Luis Rivas, 61.429
24 Herbert Perry, 61.143
25 Eric Hinske, 60.571
26 Ricky Gutierrez, 59.740
27 Jose Valentin, 58.857
28 Jerry Hairston Jr., 58.571
29 Aubrey Huff, 55.429
30 Carlos Guillen, 52.273
31 Travis Fryman, 52.000
32 Shane Halter, 51.623
33 Damian Jackson, 51.429
34 Mike Bordick, 51.299
35 Mike Lamb, 50.857

C Players
36 Neifi Perez, 49.351
37ReySanchez, 48.701
38 Mark Ellis, 48.571
39 Royce Clayton, 48.377
40t Brent Abernathy, 45.714
40t Russ Johnson, 45.714

No Compensation
42t Luis Alicea, 44.286
42t Lou Merloni, 44.286
44 Orlando Hudson, 43.571
45 Chris Gomez, 43.506
46 Tony Graffanino, 40.000
47 Desi Relaford, 39.286
48 Dave Berg, 38.214
49 Craig Paquette, 37.714
50 Jared Sandberg, 36.857
51 Ron Coomer, 36.571
52 Joe Crede, 36.286
53 D'Angelo Jimenez, 35.065
54 Benji Gil, 34.416
55 Chris Woodward, 33.766
56 Chris Truby, 30.286
57 Denny Hocking, 28.929
58 John McDonald, 26.786
59 Andy Sheets, 24.675
60 Greg LaRocca, 23.429
61 Ramon Santiago, 22.727
62 Willie Harris, 17.500
63 Luis Lopez, 16.571
64 Kit Pellow, 15.429
65 Luis Ordaz, 15.357
66 Bill Selby, 14.286
67 Alex Arias, 11.143
68 Enrique Wilson, 7.792
69 Felix Escalona, 1.299
70 Chone Figgins, 0.357

Starting pitchers
A Players
1 Barry Zito 96.512
2 Mark Mulder 96.124
3 Tim Hudson 92.733
4 Freddy Garcia 92.248
5 Roger Clemens 91.667
6 Jamie Moyer 90.407
7 Mike Mussina 90.310
8 Mark Buehrle 87.209
9 Pedro Martinez 85.465
10 Chan Park Ho 83.721
11 Jarrod Washburn 83.527
12 Andy Pettitte 82.752
13 John Burkett 81.395
14 Eric Milton 81.105
15 C.C. Sabathia 78.585
16 Brad Radke 78.295
17 Ramon Ortiz 78.101
18 Kevin Appier 76.260
19 Aaron Sele 75.581
20 Roy Halladay 75.484
21 Rick Reed 75.097
22 Jeff Weaver 72.771
23 Cory Lidle 72.287
24 David Wells 70.930
25 Joe Mays 67.829
26 Joel Pineiro 65.310

B Players
27 Steve W. Sparks 64.244
28 Jeff Suppan 63.469
29 Kenny Rogers 62.791
30 Paul Byrd 61.434
31 Ismael Valdes 61.047
32 Jason Johnson 60.853
33 Chris Carpenter 60.659
34 Esteban Loaiza 60.465
35 Tanyon Sturtze 57.558
36 Orlando Hernandez 56.977
37 Scott Schoeneweis 55.717
38 Jon Garland 54.457
39 Frank Castillo 54.360
40 Sidney Ponson 54.264
41 Paul Abbott 53.488
42 Rodrigo Lopez 52.810
43 James Baldwin 52.132
44 Paul Wilson 51.453

C Players
45 Todd Ritchie 51.357
46 Dustin Hermanson 50.484
47 Kyle Lohse 49.419
48 Joe Kennedy 48.159
49 Dan Wright 47.481
50 John Lackey 46.996
51 Dave Burba 46.802
52 Pete Walker 46.318

No Compensation
53 Mark Redman 45.349
54 Ted Lilly 44.961
55 Ryan Rupe 39.535
56 Luke Prokopec 38.760
57 Steve Parris 37.597
58 Calvin Maduro 35.271
59 Justin Miller 34.981
60 Travis Driskill 34.109
61 Jose Lima 31.202
62 Runelvys Hernandez 30.329
63 Mike Maroth 29.942
64 Mickey Callaway 29.167
65 Scott Erickson 28.295
66 Pat Hentgen 27.907
67 Darrell May 26.453
68 Aaron Myette 26.066
69 Charles Nagy 25.872
70 Miguel Asencio 25.097
71 Joaquin Benoit 24.516
72t Steve Green 19.864
72t Jaret Wright 19.864
74 Ricardo Rodriguez 18.605
75 Shawn Sedlacek 17.926
76 Sean Douglass 16.473
77 Adam Pettyjohn 15.698
78t Randy Keisler 14.341
78t John Stephens 14.341
80 Jason C. Phillips 13.857
81 Brian Powell 12.403
82 Jim Parque 10.853
83 Christian Parker 6.105
84t Jovanny Cedeno 1.841
84t Kevin McGlinchy 1.841
84t Luis Rivera 1.841
84t Mike Sirotka 1.841

Relief pitchers
A Players
1 Mariano Rivera 91.834
2 Arthur Rhodes 89.376
3 Keith Foulke 88.771
4 Kazuhiro Sasaki 86.654
5 Eddie Guardado 86.616
6 Troy Percival 86.503
7 Derek Lowe 85.066
8 Steve Karsay 82.495
9 Buddy Groom 82.231
10 Kelvim Escobar 80.529
11 Ugueth Urbina 79.887
12 Jeff Zimmerman 79.584
13 Tim Wakefield 78.072
14 Mike Stanton 77.089
15 Billy Koch 76.068
16 Jeff Nelson 75.879
17 Bob Wickman 74.291
18 Ramiro Mendoza 73.308
19 Ricardo Rincon 69.225
20 Cliff Politte 67.524
21 Francisco Cordero 67.410
22 Jason Grimsley 67.032
23 Juan Acevedo 66.994
24 Johan Santana 66.692
25 Damaso Marte 66.352
26 Jorge Julio 66.163
27 Jay Powell 66.087
28 LaTroy Hawkins 65.974
29 Esteban Yan 65.028
30 Ben Weber 64.764
31 Ryan Franklin 64.726
32 Jim Mecir 64.537
33 Danys Baez 64.121
34 Rolando Arrojo 64.008
35 Chad Bradford 63.743

B Players
36 Alan Embree 63.062
37 Roberto Hernandez 62.079
38 Norm Charlton 61.815
39 Al Levine 61.626
40 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 61.323
41 Todd Van Poppel 60.605
42 Mike Jackson 59.735
43 J.C. Romero 59.584
44 Bob Howry 58.828
45 Willis Roberts 58.715
46 Brendan Donnelly 57.297
47 John Rocker 56.786
48 Casey Fossum 55.161
49 Mark Wohlers 55.009
50 B.J. Ryan 54.253
51 Gary Glover 53.951
52 Lance Carter 53.629
53 Jamie Walker 53.270
54 Bob Wells 53.233
55 Travis Phelps 52.401
56 Rocky Biddle 52.174
57 Antonio Osuna 51.493
58 Victor Zambrano 51.456

C Players
59 Tony Fiore 50.170
60 Dennis Cook 49.905
61 Rudy Seanez 49.112
62 Willie Banks 48.979
63 David Riske 48.431
64 Scot Shields 48.242
65 Danny Patterson 47.561
66 Matt Anderson 47.108
67 Blake Stein 46.843
68 Mark Hendrickson 46.578
69 Hideki Irabu 43.856
70 Doug Creek 43.516

No Compensation
71 Terry Mulholland 42.987
72 Jeff Tam 42.457
73 Julio Santana 41.815
74 Rich Rodriguez 41.474
75 Kris Wilson 41.059
76 Yorkis Perez 40.491
77 Jose Paniagua 39.546
78 Dennys Reyes 39.357
79 Kelly Wunsch 38.790
80 Jack Cressend 38.412
81 Sterling Hitchcock 38.147
82 Brian Bowles 38.072
83 Rick Bauer 38.034
84 Carl Sadler 37.524
85 Danny Kolb 36.371
86 Oscar Henriquez 35.690
87 Jake Westbrook 33.611
88 Felix Heredia 33.346
89 Matt Ginter 33.308
90 Scott Mullen 32.060
91 Chris Brock 31.871
92 Jeff Wallace 31.834
93 Jeremy Affeldt 31.115
94 Chad Paronto 30.170
95 Adam Bernero 30.132
96 Scott Cassidy 29.981
97 Wilson Alvarez 29.716
98 Travis Harper 29.414
99 Micah Bowie 28.431
100 Jorge Sosa 27.864
101 Corey Thurman 27.750
102 Juan Alvarez 27.183
103 Jerrod Riggan 26.730
104 C.J. Nitkowski 26.503
105 Mike Porzio 25.104
106 Jason Kershner 24.045
107 Lee Gardner 22.117
108 Heath Murray 16.371
109 John Parrish 14.367
110 Jeff Farnsworth 12.363
111 Mike Duvall 11.229
112 Steven Kent 11.153
113 Tom Martin 7.826
114 Matt Miller 5.822
115 Mike Smith 5.558
116 Jose Rodriguez 0.378