Freakshow
08-13-2009, 11:33 PM
I realize that the Current Events Forum has recently run polls on this. However, those ballots appeared to be drawn up somewhat unsystematically, the OF were all thrown together, and they weren’t even in alphabetical order. I think we can do this a bit better. Here’s my format:
• We’ll create a 25-man team; these will be on the ballot for the final election, along with a few wild cards.
• We’ll have ten preliminary polls, one for each position.
• We’ll vote for two players at each position (16 players total), plus five starting pitchers, plus four relievers. DH will not be listed separately, since only a handful of significant players played a majority of their games there.
• Data will be provided: total Win Shares 2000-2008 plus top 3 seasons in the decade; total WARP3 2000-2009 plus top 3 seasons; MVP award top 3 finishes in the decade. Other stats (OPS+, RC, etc.) are as of the 2009 all-star break.
• Players will be ranked only on their play in the decade 2000-2009; performance before 2000 should be ignored. Active players should be projected only to the end of this season; what you think they might do after this season is irrelevant.
• I’ll try and get the ten polls up fairly quickly. They’ll stay open for about a month.
We'll vote for two center fielders. If a CF is one of the Top 2 in a stat among these players it's highlighted below.
Player 3MVP ASG OPS+ RC OBP SLG G GG WARP3 Top 3 WS Top 3
Carlos Beltran 4-9-12 5 122 1024 0.363 0.503 1373 3 64.8 (10.5-10.1-7.7) 218 (34-29-29)
Mike Cameron 16-21-x 1 112 806 0.344 0.459 1320 3 53.4 (9.5-8.8-7.1) 175 (29-25-21)
Johnny Damon 13-15-16 2 108 991 0.360 0.444 1425 52.9 (6.8-6.6-6.5) 194 (26-26-25)
Jim Edmonds 4-5-17 3 140 891 0.389 0.548 1216 6 53.5 (8.9-8.5-8.5) 198 (33-30-29)
Torii Hunter 6-15-21 3 110 753 0.331 0.481 1315 8 50.6 (8.0-7.0-6.5) 147 (22-21-20)
Andruw Jones 2-8-11 5 113 866 0.340 0.495 1381 8 55.1 (8.6-8.6-7.6) 179 (30-27-23)
Grady Sizemore 10-11-12 3 122 563 0.366 0.487 748 2 39.9 (10.5-8.5-8.3) 108 (29-26-24)
• We’ll create a 25-man team; these will be on the ballot for the final election, along with a few wild cards.
• We’ll have ten preliminary polls, one for each position.
• We’ll vote for two players at each position (16 players total), plus five starting pitchers, plus four relievers. DH will not be listed separately, since only a handful of significant players played a majority of their games there.
• Data will be provided: total Win Shares 2000-2008 plus top 3 seasons in the decade; total WARP3 2000-2009 plus top 3 seasons; MVP award top 3 finishes in the decade. Other stats (OPS+, RC, etc.) are as of the 2009 all-star break.
• Players will be ranked only on their play in the decade 2000-2009; performance before 2000 should be ignored. Active players should be projected only to the end of this season; what you think they might do after this season is irrelevant.
• I’ll try and get the ten polls up fairly quickly. They’ll stay open for about a month.
We'll vote for two center fielders. If a CF is one of the Top 2 in a stat among these players it's highlighted below.
Player 3MVP ASG OPS+ RC OBP SLG G GG WARP3 Top 3 WS Top 3
Carlos Beltran 4-9-12 5 122 1024 0.363 0.503 1373 3 64.8 (10.5-10.1-7.7) 218 (34-29-29)
Mike Cameron 16-21-x 1 112 806 0.344 0.459 1320 3 53.4 (9.5-8.8-7.1) 175 (29-25-21)
Johnny Damon 13-15-16 2 108 991 0.360 0.444 1425 52.9 (6.8-6.6-6.5) 194 (26-26-25)
Jim Edmonds 4-5-17 3 140 891 0.389 0.548 1216 6 53.5 (8.9-8.5-8.5) 198 (33-30-29)
Torii Hunter 6-15-21 3 110 753 0.331 0.481 1315 8 50.6 (8.0-7.0-6.5) 147 (22-21-20)
Andruw Jones 2-8-11 5 113 866 0.340 0.495 1381 8 55.1 (8.6-8.6-7.6) 179 (30-27-23)
Grady Sizemore 10-11-12 3 122 563 0.366 0.487 748 2 39.9 (10.5-8.5-8.3) 108 (29-26-24)