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2009 Fantasy Baseball American League Player Rankings (#1-100)

(By Mike Inglett of Sport Fanatics - Developer of the Sport Fanatics Projections)

 

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2009 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using batting average, runs, runs batted in, home runs and stolen bases for hitters and wins, saves, ERA, WHIP and strikeouts for pitchers. Please note the overall rankings are based on projected fantasy points, which is a guide for how well a player is projected to produce in typical 5X5 rotisserie leagues. This is only a guide as you should also consider position scarcity, your league position requirements and your league rules when drafting players for your team.   Final Spring Training update April 4, 2009

 

#1-100    #101-200    #201-300    #301-400

 

AL Rank PLAYER TEAM AGE POS FP R  HR  RBI  SB  BA  W  S  K  ERA  WHIP 
1 Miguel Cabrera DET 25.9 1B 352.8 95 38 121 1 .311          
2 Grady Sizemore CLE 26.6 OF 345.3 108 30 85 33 .279          
3 Mark Teixeira NYY 28.9 1B 336.2 99 35 116 2 .304          
4 Josh Hamilton TEX 27.9 OF 335.0 95 33 115 8 .300          
5 Matt Holliday OAK 29.2 OF 331.8 103 25 101 17 .300          
6 C.C. Sabathia NYY 28.7 SP 326.0           18 0 208 3.13 1.15
7 Ian Kinsler TEX 26.8 2B 321.1 105 22 82 27 .296          
8 Nick Markakis BAL 25.4 OF 319.5 99 23 102 10 .308          
9 Justin Morneau MIN 27.8 1B 316.7 95 27 122 1 .299          
10 Alex Rios TOR 28.1 OF 314.3 96 21 85 23 .296          
11 Carl Crawford TB 27.6 OF 312.3 92 11 80 42 .294          
12 Jason Bay BOS 30.5 OF 309.7 102 30 102 9 .283          
13 Alex Rodriguez NYY 33.7 3B 308.9 92 31 97 15 .299          
14 Evan Longoria TB 23.5 3B 306.9 90 33 106 9 .282          
15 B.J. Upton TB 24.6 OF 304.7 91 18 77 40 .281          
16 Kevin Youkilis BOS 30.0 1B/3B 304.0 95 26 105 3 .306          
17 Dustin Pedroia BOS 25.6 2B 300.8 100 15 74 17 .317          
18 Carlos Quentin CHW 26.6 OF 300.3 95 33 100 7 .284          
19 Ichiro Suzuki SEA 35.4 OF 299.9 95 8 50 35 .316          
20 Curtis Granderson DET 28.1 OF 299.8 116 24 73 17 .282          
21 Roy Halladay TOR 31.9 SP 298.1           17 0 169 3.21 1.12
22 Vladimir Guerrero LAA 34.2 OF 297.1 84 25 101 4 .312          
23 Brian Roberts BAL 31.4 2B 288.6 100 9 56 39 .291          
24 Magglio Ordonez DET 35.2 OF 288.4 83 22 105 1 .308          
25 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 25.7 OF 287.9 100 9 48 46 .285          
26 David Ortiz BOS 33.3 DH 287.2 93 31 108 1 .284          
27 Bobby Abreu LAA 35.0 OF 277.1 90 16 88 19 .288          
28 Jermaine Dye CHW 35.1 OF 277.0 87 32 93 3 .279          
29 Torii Hunter LAA 33.7 OF 273.0 86 23 85 17 .275          
30 Chris Davis TEX 23.1 3B/1B 270.3 88 30 98 2 .274          
31 Derek Jeter NYY 34.7 SS 269.6 96 12 75 13 .299          
32 Jonathan Papelbon BOS 28.4 RP 268.1           4 41 77 2.16 0.91
33 James Shields TB 27.3 SP 267.5           15 0 171 3.66 1.17
34 Johnny Damon NYY 35.4 OF 267.5 92 16 66 24 .286          
35 Aubrey Huff BAL 32.2 1B/3B 264.7 81 25 91 2 .292          
36 Felix Hernandez SEA 23.0 SP 263.8           14 0 188 3.39 1.29
37 Carlos Pena TB 30.9 1B 263.3 84 34 105 1 .257          
38 Josh Beckett BOS 28.9 SP 262.3           16 0 187 3.81 1.19
39 Joe Nathan MIN 34.4 RP 262.2           3 41 74 2.09 1.00
40 Vernon Wells TOR 30.3 OF 259.5 78 23 87 7 .288          
41 Alexei Ramirez CHW 27.5 2B 258.5 73 22 83 14 .285          
42 A.J. Burnett NYY 32.3 SP 255.3           15 0 202 3.86 1.29
43 Jhonny Peralta CLE 26.9 SS 254.6 98 21 85 2 .275          
44 Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS 28.5 SP 254.5           16 0 181 3.58 1.32
45 Michael Young TEX 32.4 SS 254.2 89 11 83 9 .291          
46 Cliff Lee CLE 30.6 SP 254.0           16 0 153 3.62 1.23
47 Zack Greinke KC 25.5 SP 252.1           14 0 180 3.66 1.25
48 Francisco Liriano MIN 25.4 SP 252.1           14 0 180 3.30 1.26
49 Mariano Rivera NYY 39.4 RP 251.8           4 38 66 2.31 0.97
50 Adrian Beltre SEA 30.0 3B 251.7 80 25 82 9 .270          
51 Scott Kazmir TB 25.2 SP 247.5           13 0 203 3.53 1.31
52 Robinson Cano NYY 26.5 2B 245.2 79 16 84 2 .293          
53 Jose Lopez SEA 25.3 2B 241.4 77 17 83 5 .283          
54 Nelson Cruz TEX 28.8 OF 239.4 68 24 82 12 .271          
55 Joakim Soria KC 24.9 RP 239.1           2 38 68 2.36 1.03
56 Mark DeRosa CLE 34.1 3B/2B/OF 238.7 88 16 83 4 .285          
57 John Lackey LAA 30.5 SP 234.8           14 0 153 3.69 1.22
58 Jim Thome CHW 38.6 DH 231.8 83 30 88 0 .254          
59 David DeJesus KC 29.3 OF 231.1 83 12 74 8 .286          
60 Jon Lester BOS 25.2 SP 230.2           14 0 148 3.66 1.33
61 Justin Verlander DET 26.1 SP 230.1           14 0 170 4.01 1.34
62 Kevin Slowey MIN 24.9 SP 230.0           14 0 140 3.58 1.20
63 Pat Burrell TB 32.4 OF 230.0 77 30 91 0 .251          
64 Scott Baker MIN 27.5 SP 229.8           13 0 153 3.75 1.24
65 Alex Gordon KC 25.2 3B 229.5 75 20 77 12 .265          
66 Joba Chamberlain NYY 23.5 SP 229.0           11 0 178 3.35 1.21
67 Victor Martinez CLE 30.2 C 228.4 70 18 88 0 .291          
68 Placido Polanco DET 33.4 2B 227.7 90 8 60 6 .300          
69 Matt Garza TB 25.4 SP 226.4           14 0 149 3.80 1.32
70 Mike Jacobs KC 28.4 1B 226.0 72 28 89 1 .257          
71 Joe Mauer MIN 25.9 C 224.7 80 9 72 3 .320          
72 Xavier Nady NYY 30.3 OF 222.8 69 20 82 2 .282          
73 Chien-Ming Wang NYY 29.0 SP 222.6           17 0 100 3.76 1.28
74 Mike Aviles KC 28.1 SS/2B 222.2 79 11 68 9 .285          
75 Gil Meche KC 30.6 SP 221.7           12 0 171 3.96 1.36
76 Brian Fuentes LAA 33.7 RP 221.6           3 34 78