It's time to take a look at the best and worst players at each position in each league for the 2087 season. For position players, I use runs created per 27 outs, and for pitchers, I use ERA. Only players who played enough to qualify for either the batting title or the ERA title were considered.
Note: The "Q#" column and the number in parentheses next to the "Pitcher" column represent the number of qualifying players at those positions.
NL All Pros
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Hitters:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 7 Salomon Alvarez SD 7.7
1B 11 John Rachal HFD 8.8
2B 12 Keith Mueller PHO 7.2
3B 9 Anthony Nicklas PHO 8.8
SS 11 Mike Morales PHO 10.1
LF 11 Russell McCrimmon NJ 10.5
CF 8 Carlo Romero LA 8.6
RF 12 James Wysocki LA 8.7
Pitchers(47):
Player Team ERA
Carlos Lozoya SD 1.96
Mose Urick ROC 2.07
Peter Boughner HFD 2.48
John Hazeltine POR 2.92
Christopher Kirk POR 2.92
NL All Schmoes
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Hitters:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 7 Osvaldo Colunga HBG 4.3
1B 11 Timothy Wegener LA 3.9
2B 12 Robert Clear HBG 3.4
3B 9 Andres Garcia LA 4.0
SS 11 Martin Colon POR 2.8
LF 11 Gabriel Rius BUF 4.0
CF 8 Matthew Welty SAC 3.7
RF 12 George Vidal HBG 3.5
Pitchers(47):
Player Team ERA
Emanuel Martorell POR 6.82
Ramon Concepcion LA 6.21
Jonathan Zinn BUF 6.06
Kenneth Hinkle PHO 5.82
Tony Rivera PHO 5.68
AL All Pros
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Hitters:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 9 Lee Chappel DEN 9.9
1B 11 Sabas Laureano WAS 9.6
2B 7 Nicholas Keough KC 8.5
3B 10 Kenneth Tebo GR 8.2
SS 13 Brooks Branco DEN 11.3*
Santiago Pina WAS 9.7*
LF 10 Reggie Melendez TUC 7.1
CF 11 Russell Thomas DEN 9.1
RF 13 David New MEM 10.9
Pitchers:
Player Team ERA
Christian Hokusai MIA 2.40
Otis Smith NAS 3.25
Russell Mangano MEM 3.35
Robert McNett DEN 3.48
Rickie Standley MEM 3.80
*While
Brooks Branco's listed position is shortstop, he played almost exclusively at DH this year, so I decided to also list the best hitter who actually played at shortstop this year, in this case, Washington's
Santiago Pina.
AL All Schmoes
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Hitters:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 9 Raul Chapa MEM 3.8
1B 11 Steven Hart CHA 5.7
2B 7 Jorge Gonzalez GB 4.7
3B 10 Alberto Cisneros NAS 2.8
SS 13 Mickey Beazley GR 4.4
LF 10 Roy Springs WAS 4.2
CF 11 Oswaldo Torres GR 4.1
RF 13 Ezekiel Ketterer GB 4.3
Pitchers:
Player Team ERA
Franky Maldonado KC 8.12
Clarence Smith WAS 6.81
Micheal Schmalz NAS 6.62
Jay Marrone GB 6.39
Bryan Tatro CHA 6.25