Replacement Level Ratings- Year End Edition

So now that the regular season is over I computed the numbers for most valuable player per position group. I'm not estimating these numbers because I've got actual statistics, just not what my estimations had for players.

Replacement level was set at (AVG, OBP, SLG)
Catcher: .232/.304/.364
1B/COF/DH: .235/.303/.419
MIF/3B/CF: .226/.293/.373


Top 10 Catchers:

Julio Polanco (OK) 62.37
Gerald Williams (RIC) 59.21
Oswaldo Santayana (OTT) 57.18
Rafael Martin (CHA) 55.65
Pedro Vega (KC) 51.23
Quinn Smith (ROC) 50.02
Bronson Hawkins (LV) 45.86
Alex Sanchez (LOU) 45.67
Mateo Medrano (SLC) 43.57
Gus Cora (CHR) 43.32


Top 10 1B/COF/DH

Gregory Scott (NO) 101.38
Vic Tejada (NAS) 91.28
Peter Dong (RIC) 84.97
Bill Piper (KC) 74.48
Nick Regan (BOS) 72.22
Jeff Jennings (HON) 71.80
Jolbert Telemaco (PAW) 69.34
Brett Munoz (LR) 67.23
Clinton Lindsey (LV) 66.79
Don Wilkins (PAW) 66.30

TOP 10 MIF/3B/CF

Walt Brown (HON) 104.98
Dave Phillips (PAW) 102.23
Vic Gil (DOV) 85.08
Crash Hermanson (BOS) 83.81
Julio Segui (SWB) 81.86
Guillermo Estrada (BUR) 77.28
Trevor Moreno (BOS) 72.91
Chun-Lim Wang (LV) 64.98
Dan Franco (TOR) 63.66
Quilvio Cortes (DOV) 63.02

The numbers again are how many runs the player added compared to what an average team would be expected to score. More specifically the amount of runs they would add compared to a REPLACEMENT LEVEL player(which was defined above) would be expected to contribute. So that is why you see a couple MIF type guys have a lot of runs added. They put up 1B/COF numbers while being able to play a more demanding defensive position. Also these are just offensive statistics, so they don't look at how many runs a player might have given up because his defense was lousy(cough Crash Hermanson).

TOP 10 MLV

So here is the list of the Top 10 MLV for C, 1B/COF/DH, and 2B/3B/SS/CF

For those un-aquantaited with sabermetrics, there is a great article, http://www.stathead.com/bbeng/woolner/mlvdesc.htm, about what it means. I could go into detail but I wouldn't do it justice.

These numbers are the amount of runs these players should expect to add to a league average team during their projected plate appearances. I'll have the top 5 catchers and top 10 1B/COF/DH and 2B/3B/SS/CF in the list.

Catchers

1. Julio Polanco OK 49.7
2. Gerald Williams RIC 32.0
3. Rafael Martin CHA 31.4
4. Bronson Hawkins LV 29.3
5. Calvin Bruske CHR 28.7

1B/COF/DH

1. Vic Tejada NAS 40.8
2. Peter Dong RIC 37.4
3. Luis Limon POR 34.1
4. Brett Munoz LR 33.8
5. Jeff Jennings HON 33.5
6. Deivi Tapies TOR 33.3
7. Nick Regan BOS 32.5
8. Jon Price DET 31.8
9. Shaggy Brown DOV 31.4
10. Yamid Encarnacion BUR 31.0

2B/3B/SS/CF

1. Walt Brown HOU 58.5
2. Miguel Diaz CLE 50.5
3. Dave Phillips PAW 48.0
4. Diego Alfonzo FRE 42.5
5. Pedro Rijo NO 38.8
6. Glenn Holdridge RIC 38.4
7. Phillip Ransom VC 37.54
8. Dean Aleander NAS 37.52
9. Haywood Twitchell BUR 36.4
10. Don Lee NO 36.0



There is a graph that goes along with the above results. If you are interested in that visual representation, contact lccooler and I'm sure he will be more than happy to send you a copy.