THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Best and Worst of 2007 UZR

Here are the top and bottom 3 at each position, minimum of 100 defensive games in the IF and 81 games in the OF.  Numbers are runs above or below average at that position prorated to 150 defensive games, based on the number of caught balls by an average fielder (x amount of caught balls = 1 defensive game).  Everyone is normalized to the NL and AL combined, so, for example, the total of all the AL SS could be negative. 

1B

Best

NL

Helton +18
Pujols +14
LaRoche +13

AL

Kotchman +20
Casey +8
Morneau/Youkilis +5

Worst

NL

Howard -9
Fielder -9
Berkman -8

AL

Sexson -11
Garko -6
Pena -5

2B

Best

NL

Utley +16
Hudson +15
Giles +6

AL

Ellis +25
Cano +15
Hill +14

Worst

NL

Kent -23
Uggla -17
Johnson -13

AL

Kinsler -9
Barfield -7
Roberts -4

SS

Best

NL

Reyes +23
Tulowitzki +20
Vizquel +16

AL

Pena +10
Cabrera +6
Bartlett +4

Worst

NL

Ramirez -20
Lopez -14
Eckstein -10

AL

Jeter -27
Guillen -24
Young -15

3B

Best

NL

Feliz +28
Rolen +24
Ramirez +6

AL

Inge +12
Beltre +5
Gordon +4

Worst

NL

Cabrera -28
Atkins -23
Bautista -12

AL

Fields -17
Figgins -11
Glaus -5

LF

Best

NL

Soriano +16
Holliday +13
Gonzalez +11

AL

No one above zero!

Worst

NL

Burrell -34
Bonds -23
Lee -18

AL

Ramirez -33
Ibanez -30
Matsui -15

CF

Best

NL

Rowand +14
Beltran +8
Cameron +7

AL

Sizemore +26
Granderson +18
Dejesus/Crisp +13

Worst

NL

Roberts -26
Hall -16
Young -11

AL

Suzuki -14
Upton -14
Matthews -8

RF

Best

NL

Victorino +20
Kearns +13
Winn +7

AL

Ordonez +14
Teahan +5
Dye +2

Worst

NL

Griffey -16
Hawpe -15
Green -5

AL

Guillen -21
Young -15
Cuddyer -14

That’s all folks!