Baseball Evaluation Field Value

Position	American League	National League
OF	Torii Hunter, LAA Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS Nick Markakis, BAL	Hunter Pence, HOU Carlos Beltran, NYN Nate McLouth, PIT
1B	Mark Teixeira, LAA/ATL	Albert Pujols, SLN
2B	Placido Polanco, DET	Brandon Phillips, CIN
3B	Adrian Beltre, SEA	Troy Glaus, SLN
SS	Michael Young, TEX	Jimmy Rollins, PHI
C	Dionar Navarro, TBA	Benji Molina, SFN

Top Ten Field Value Quotients
Position Players

Outfielders - Top Thirty

1 Pence  Hunter  HOU 100.0%
2 Beltran  Carlos   NYM 98.1%
3 McLouth Nate   PIT 97.8%
4 Hunter Torii   LAA 97.7%
5 Ellsbury  Jacoby   BOS 96.3%
6 Rowand Aaron   SFG 96.2%
7 Markakis Nick   BAL 95.3%
8 Ross  Cody   FLA 95.2%
9 Young Chris   ARI 94.4%
10 Sizemore Grady   CLE 94.0%
11 Gomez  Carlos   MIN 94.0%
12 Upton B.J.   TBR 93.8%
13 Braun Ryan   MIL 93.5%
14 Kemp  Matt   LAD 93.2%
15 Winn  Randy   SFG 93.1%
16 Victorino Shane   PHI 92.8%
17 DeJesus David   KCR 92.0%
18 Granderson Curtis   DET 91.9%
19 Suzuki  Ichiro   SEA 91.9%
20 Rios  Alexis   TOR 91.6%
21 Jones  Adam   BAL 91.2%
22 Cameron Mike   MIL 90.9%
23 Ludwick Ryan   STL 90.5%
24 Schumaker Skip   STL 89.0%
25 Abreu  Bobby   NYY 88.4%
26 Nady  Xavier   NYY 87.9%
27 Dye  Jermaine   CHW 87.8%
28 Francoeur Jeff ATL 87.0%
29 Werth  Jayson   PHI 86.8%
30 Hamilton Josh   TEX 86.7%

Catchers - Top Ten

1 Molina Benji SFN 100.00%
2 Snyder Chris ARI 99.7%
3 Kendall Jason MIL 99.5%
4 Soto Geovanny CHN 96.0%
5 Navarro Dionar TBA 95.6%
6 Mauer Joe MIN 92.5%
7 Suzuki Kurt OAK 92.1%
8 Varitek Jason BOS 91.9%
9 Martin Russell LAD 88.4%
10 Rodriguez Ivan DET/NYA 82.8%

Shortstops - Top Ten

1 Young  Michael   TEX 99.3%
2 Rollins  Jimmy   PHI 98.5%
3 Cabrera Orlando   CHW 98.3%
4 Peralta Jhonny   CLE 95.1%
5 Izturis Cesar   STL 94.5%
6 Tejada  Miguel   HOU 93.9%
7 Hardy J.J.   MIL 92.6%
8 Escobar Yunel   ATL 91.6%
9 Reyes  Jose   NYM 87.9%
10 Jeter  Derek   NYY 87.4%

1st Base - Top Ten

1 Teixeira Mark LAA/ATL 100.0%
2 Pujols Albert SLN 99.5%
3 Kotchman Casey LAA/ATL 97.1%
4 Overbay Lyle TOR 96.8%
5 Morneau Justin MIN 92.8%
6 Berkman Lance HOU 90.2%
7 Gonzalez Adrian SDP 88.9%
8 Pena Carlos TBA 88.4%
9 Loney James LAN 84.7%
10 Howard Ryan PHI 84.5%

2nd Base - Top Ten

1 Polanco Placido DET 96.0%
2 Phillips Brandon CIN 95.7%
3 Roberts Brian BAL 94.3%
4 Pedroia Dustin BOS 94.2%
5 Kinsler Ian TEX 94.2%
6 Utley Chase PHI 94.2%
7 Sanchez Freddie PIT 92.6%
8 Lopez Jose SEA 92.4%
9 Cano Robinson NYA 92.4%
10 Ellis Mark OAK 91.8%

3rd Base - Top Ten

1 Glaus Troy SLN 100.00%
2 Kouzmanoff Kevin SDN 96.7%
3 Beltre Adrian SEA 92.0%
4 Zimmerman Ryan WSN 90.7%
5 Feliz Pedro PHI 90.5%
6 Lowell Mike BOS 90.2%
7 Mora Melvin BAL 89.6%
8 Figgins Chone LAA 89.3%
9 Wright David NYM 89.1%
10 Rodriguez Alex NYA 88.5%

Note: Bold reflects 2008 Gold Glove Winner
Silver Mitt Award Winner - Minimum 900 Innings Played at the position

Fielding Statistics (Preliminary) as of 10-2-08. Based on Innings Played, Fielding Percentage, Range Factor, Stolen Base Percentage Caught (C), Assists per 9 IP (OF). Quotient values represent a percentage of the Best Field Value for Position for each season.

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