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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Best and Worst of 2007 UZR

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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.

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