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The 2002-03 American League rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, to determine what draft choices are used as compensation for free agents under the 1981, 1985 and 1996 strike settlements between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the major league clubs. The rankings also are used to compare players. They combine statistics such as batting average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position to position:

Starting Pitchers
	A Players
1	Halladay, Roy	98.476
2	Zito, Barry	95.020
3	Mulder, Mark	94.309
4	Hudson, Tim	91.565
5	Moyer, Jamie	90.346
6t	Colon, Bartolo	90.244
6t	Martinez, Pedro	90.244
8	Pettitte, Andy	89.024
9	Loaiza, Esteban	86.789
10	Mussina, Mike	86.382
11t	Clemens, Roger	86.077
11t	Lowe, Derek	86.077
13	Buehrle, Mark	82.927
14	Pineiro, Joel	81.402
15	Wells, David	77.947
16	Garcia, Freddy	77.541
17	Washburn, Jarrod	76.423
18	Wakefield, Tim	75.813
19	Rogers, Kenny	74.390
20	Sabathia, C.C.	73.476
21	Ortiz, Ramon	72.561
22	Lohse, Kyle	71.341
23	Radke, Brad	71.138
24	Lopez, Rodrigo	67.683
25	Lidle, Cory	67.276
B Players
26	Burkett, John	64.634
27	Garland, Jon	63.415
28	May, Darrell	63.008
29t	Appier, Kevin	61.382
29t	Reed, Rick	61.382
31	Lilly, Ted	61.077
32	Thomson, John	60.772
33	Suppan, Jeff	60.467
34	Johnson, Jason	60.366
35	Moss, Damian	58.435
36	Franklin, Ryan	57.622
37	Anderson, Brian	55.183
38	Lackey, John	53.963
39	Weaver, Jeff	52.439
40	Zambrano, Victor	51.728
41	Milton, Eric	51.220
42	Valdes, Ismael	49.390
C Players
43	Kennedy, Joe	44.919
44	Daal, Omar	44.817
45	Sele, Aaron	43.598
46	Wright, Dan	42.480
47	Hernandez, Runelvys	41.159
48	Lieber, Jon	39.126
49t	Benoit, Joaquin	37.805
49t	Maroth, Mike	37.805
No Compensation
51	Park, Chan Ho	37.703
52	Hendrickson, Mark	37.602
53	Sturtze, Tanyon	37.297
54	Hentgen, Pat	35.163
55	Westbrook, Jake	33.740
56	Mays, Joe	33.638
57	Ainsworth, Kurt	33.537
58	Bell, Rob	33.333
59	Davis, Jason	32.825
60	Waechter, Doug	32.724
61	Sosa, Jorge	31.504
62	Asencio, Miguel	30.793
63	Lima, Jose	30.691
64	Lewis, Colby	29.573
65	Gonzalez, Jeremi	28.760
66	Towers, Josh	28.150
67	Lee, Cliff	27.541
68	Harden, Rich	27.439
69	Cornejo, Nate	27.033
70	Person, Robert	24.593
71	Erickson, Scott	23.780
72	Traber, Billy	19.919
73	Bonderman, Jeremy	19.715
74	Rodriguez, Ricardo	17.073
75	Bere, Jason	15.447
76	Snyder, Kyle	12.805
77	Abbott, Paul	10.976
78	Stewart, Joshua	7.927
79	Robertson, Nate	7.215
80	Loux, Shane	5.183
81t	Johnson, Rett	1.220
81t	Thornton, Matt	1.220
81t	Zimmerman, Jeff	1.220

Relief Pitchers
	A Players
1	Foulke, Keith	91.464
2	Kim, Byung-Hyun	89.828
3	Rivera, Mariano	88.871
4	Marte, Damaso	87.675
5	Guardado, Eddie	86.478
6	Hawkins, LaTroy	86.239
7	Benitez, Armando	82.050
8	Percival, Troy	81.731
9	Timlin, Mike	80.455
10	Santana, Johan	79.896
11	Rhodes, Arthur	79.836
12	Cordero, Francisco	79.697
13	Embree, Alan	78.141
14	Sasaki, Kazuhiro	75.548
15	Williamson, Scott	75.469
16	Bradford, Chad	75.030
17	Gordon, Tom	74.791
18	Hammond, Chris	74.392
19	Donnelly, Brendan	72.896
20	Riske, David	72.158
21	White, Gabe	70.044
22	Weber, Ben	69.765
23	Julio, Jorge	68.847
24	Koch, Billy	68.807
25	Shields, Scot	68.568
26	Hasegawa, Shigetoshi	67.930
27	Baez, Danys	67.571
28	Walker, Jamie	67.012
29t	Escobar, Kelvim	66.374
29t	Nelson, Jeff	66.374
31	Romero, J.C.	65.816
32	Rodriguez, Francisco	65.536
33	Politte, Cliff	65.138
	B Players
34	Sauerbeck, Scott	63.622
35	Soriano, Rafael	63.343
36	Rincon, Ricardo	63.223
37	Groom, Buddy	61.986
38	Sullivan, Scott	61.029
39	Osuna, Antonio	60.790
40	Ligtenberg, Kerry	60.590
41	Carter, Lance	59.593
42	Karsay, Steve	59.553
43	Affeldt, Jeremy	58.755
44	Lopez, Aquilino	57.679
45	Ryan, B.J.	57.399
46	Leskanic, Curtis	56.801
47	Mateo, Julio	56.043
48	Mendoza, Ramiro	55.086
49	Schoeneweis, Scott	54.487
50	Betancourt, Rafael	54.009
51	Heredia, Felix	53.450
52	Levine, Al	51.974
53t	Grimsley, Jason	50.977
53t	Harper, Travis	50.977
55	Wunsch, Kelly	49.741
	C Players
56	Walker, Pete	48.783
57	Halama, John	46.470
58	MacDougal, Mike	46.151
59	Roberts, Willis	45.672
60	Wickman, Bob	45.592
61	Mecir, Jim	44.755
62	Bauer, Rick	44.276
63	Parrish, John	44.236
64	Kershner, Jason	43.478
65	Wise, Matt	43.039
66	Mahay, Ron	42.441
	No Compensation
67	Wohlers, Mark	41.843
68	Glover, Gary	41.484
69	Lyon, Brandon	41.284
70	Shouse, Brian	40.048
71	Ramirez, Erasmo	39.848
72	DuBose, Eric	39.290
73	Fetters, Mike	39.011
74t	Dickey, R.A.	37.575
74t	Lloyd, Graeme	37.575
76	Miller, Trever	37.096
77	Rincon, Juan	36.897
78	Arroyo, Bronson	36.777
79	Malaska, Mark	35.860
80	Patterson, Danny	34.663
81	Fultz, Aaron	33.985
82	Mulholland, Terry	33.347
83	Howry, Bob	32.868
84	Powell, Jay	32.629
85	Cressend, Jack	31.990
86	Balfour, Grant	31.432
87	Orosco, Jesse	31.233
88	Spurling, Chris	30.993
89	Carrasco, D.J.	29.797
90	Boyd, Jason	29.398
91	Creek, Doug	28.241
92	Gaudin, Chad	26.805
93	Colome, Jesus	26.207
94	German, Franklyn	25.449
95	Callaway, Mickey	24.132
96	McClung, Seth	23.694
97	Elder, Dave	23.055
98	Neu, Mike	20.542
99	Santiago, Jose	20.383
100	Roney, Matt	18.867
101	Jones, Greg	18.827
102	Carrasco, Hector	18.229
103	Backe, Brandon	17.671
104	Bedard, Erik	17.631
105	Rodney, Fernando	16.554
106	Ledezma, Wil	16.274
107	Schmack, Brian	16.115
108	Bowie, Micah	15.437
109	Field, Nate	15.277
110	Harville, Chad	7.260

Designated Hitters, First Basemen And Outfielders
	A Players
1	Ramirez, Manny	98.293
2	Ordonez, Magglio	95.122
3	Delgado, Carlos	94.737
4	Giambi, Jason	92.632
5	Williams, Bernie	90.976
6	Beltran, Carlos	89.512
7	Anderson, Garret	87.561
8	Martinez, Edgar	87.500
9	Huff, Aubrey	86.707
10	Sweeney, Mike	85.263
11	Thomas, Frank	85.000
12	Wells, Vernon	84.634
13	Salmon, Tim	83.171
14	Stewart, Shannon	82.683
15	Millar, Kevin	80.732
16	Ibanez, Raul	80.610
17t	Lee, Carlos	80.000
17t	Suzuki, Ichiro	80.000
19	Jones, Jacque	79.268
20	Nixon, Trot	78.537
21	Winn, Randy	78.171
22	Burks, Ellis	77.500
23	Everett, Carl	77.317
24t	Olerud, John	76.842
24t	Palmeiro, Rafael	76.842
26t	Ortiz, David	75.000
26t	Young, Dmitri	75.000
28	Durazo, Erubiel	73.750
29	Damon, Johnny	73.171
30	Fullmer, Brad	71.250
31	Hunter, Torii	70.976
32	Mora, Melvin	70.244
33	Bradley, Milton	69.512
34	Cameron, Mike	66.829
35t	Gibbons, Jay	66.098
35t	Gonzalez, Juan	66.098
	B Players
37	Catalanotto, Frank	65.122
38	Guillen, Jose	63.902
39	Phelps, Josh	62.500
40	Higginson, Bobby	62.439
41	Kielty, Bobby	62.195
42	Lawton, Matt	60.000
43	Matsui, Hideki	59.024
44t	Konerko, Paul	58.947
44t	Lee, Travis	58.947
44t	Spiezio, Scott	58.947
47	White, Rondell	58.049
48	Mientkiewicz, Doug	57.895
49	Grieve, Ben	57.561
50	Tucker, Michael	57.317
51	Johnson, Nick	54.737
52	Giambi, Jeremy	53.659
53	Mench, Kevin	52.927
54	Erstad, Darin	52.683
55	Surhoff, B.J.	52.500
56	Hatteberg, Scott	51.579
57	Matos, Luis	51.220
58	Sierra, Ruben	50.610
59	Gerut, Jody	50.000
60	Johnson, Reed	49.878
	C Players
61	Baldelli, Rocco	49.268
62	Dye, Jermaine	49.024
63t	Garcia, Karim	48.780
63t	Long, Terrence	48.780
65	LeCroy, Matt	47.500
66t	Bigbie, Larry	47.317
66t	Cordova, Marty	47.317
66t	Sanchez, Alex	47.317
69	Mohr, Dustan	45.366
70	Ryan, Mike	44.756
71	Ford, Lew	44.634
72	Guiel, Aaron	44.390
	No Compensation
73	McLemore, Mark	44.146
74	Greer, Rusty	43.902
75	Spencer, Shane	43.171
76	Colbrunn, Greg	43.158
77	DaVanon, Jeff	42.805
78	Crawford, Carl	41.463
79	Kapler, Gabe	39.024
80	Byrnes, Eric	38.049
81	Singleton, Chris	37.927
82	Daubach, Brian	36.316
83	Segui, David	36.250
84	Figgins, Chone	35.122
85	Owens, Eric	34.756
86	Pena, Carlos	34.737
87	Rowand, Aaron	34.634
88	Mabry, John	34.390
89	McMillon, Billy	34.268
90	Dellucci, David	31.707
91	Wooten, Shawn	31.250
92	Monroe, Craig	30.244
93	Teixeira, Mark	30.000
94	Rivera, Juan	29.024
95	Hafner, Travis	28.750
96	Escobar, Alex	27.561
97	Crisp, Coco	27.439
98	Witt, Kevin	23.125
99	Cuddyer, Mike	22.439
100	Quinlan, Robb	22.105
101	Ludwick, Ryan	21.220
102	Piatt, Adam	20.488
103	Nix, Laynce	20.244
104	Harvey, Ken	20.000
105	Broussard, Ben	18.947
106	Lopez, Mendy	15.789
107	Petrick, Ben	14.390
108	Brown, Dee	12.927
109	Martin, Al	11.875
110	Riggs, Adam	11.579
111	Harris, Willie	11.220
112	Cust, Jack	10.000
113	McCarty, Dave	9.878
114	Jones, Jason	9.146
115	Sadler, Donnie	7.317
116	Thames, Marcus	6.098
117	Nivar, Ramon	3.780
118	Raines, Tim Jr.	1.463
119	Palmer, Dean	1.250
120	Belle, Albert	0.000

Second Basemen, Third Basemen And Shortstops
	A Players
1	Rodriguez, Alex	96.273
2	Boone, Bret	94.180
3	Chavez, Eric	88.095
4	Tejada, Miguel	86.335
5t	Kennedy, Adam	85.185
5t	Young, Michael	85.185
7	Walker, Todd	84.656
8	Soriano, Alfonso	83.069
9	Jeter, Derek	82.609
10	Garciaparra, Nomar	81.988
11	Koskie, Corey	79.365
12	Randa, Joe	72.222
13	Alomar, Roberto	71.958
14	Vizquel, Omar	71.429
15	Eckstein, David	70.807
16	Mueller, Bill	70.635
17	Boone, Aaron	66.667
18	Hinske, Eric	65.873
19	Guzman, Cristian	65.528
20	Batista, Tony	63.492
21	Hudson, Orlando	63.492
	B Players
22	Glaus, Troy	62.698
23	Hairston, Jerry Jr.	61.376
24	Lugo, Julio	60.870
25	Ellis, Mark	60.847
26	Anderson, Marlon	60.582
27	Rivas, Luis	59.259
28t	Blalock, Hank	57.143
28t	Guillen, Carlos	57.143
30	Cruz, Deivi	56.832
31	Relaford, Desi	56.349
32	Bordick, Mike	55.901
33	Valentin, Jose	54.037
34	Roberts, Brian	53.968
35	Crede, Joe	52.381
36	Woodward, Chris	50.311
	C Players
37	Sanchez, Rey	49.735
38	Gutierrez, Ricky	48.677
39	Berroa, Angel	48.447
40	Merloni, Lou	44.974
41	Morris, Warren	44.709
42	Perry, Herbert	43.651
43	Ordonez, Rey	42.236
	No Compensation
44	Berg, Dave	41.799
45	Gomez, Chris	40.373
46	Cirillo, Jeff	39.683
47	Santiago, Ramon	35.404
48	Bloomquist, Willie	34.921
49	Perez, Antonio	34.921
50	Menechino, Frank	33.333
51	Halter, Shane	32.298
52	Blake, Casey	31.746
53t	Graffanino, Tony	30.952
53t	Rolls, Damian	30.952
55	Jackson, Damian	30.688
56	McDonald, John	28.571
57	Hocking, Denny	27.513
58	Phillips, Brandon	26.720
59	Peralta, Jhonny	26.087
60	Amezaga, Alfredo	25.776
61	Shumpert, Terry	25.397
62	Sandberg, Jared	24.603
63	Almonte, Erick	21.118
64	Wilson, Enrique	19.255
65	Klassen, Danny	19.048
66	Morban, Jose	18.944
67	Durrington, Trent	16.402
68	Munson, Eric	15.873
69	Matos, Julius	13.757
70	Santos, Angel	12.698
71	Crosby, Bobby	0.000

Catchers
	A Players
1	Posada, Jorge	88.940
2	Pierzynski, A.J.	85.253
3	Varitek, Jason	84.332
4	Molina, Bengie	79.263
5	Hernandez, Ramon	76.037
6	Wilson, Dan	68.203
7	Alomar, Sandy Jr.	64.516
8	Myers, Greg	64.286
9	Hall, Toby	63.134
10	Mayne, Brent	62.673
	B Players
11	Davis, Ben	60.138
12	Wilson, Tom	59.447
13	Inge, Brandon	58.525
14	Mirabelli, Doug	54.839
15	Fordyce, Brook	52.304
16	DiFelice, Mike	49.309
	C Players
17	Flaherty, John	49.078
18	Diaz, Einar	47.926
19	Martinez, Victor	47.465
	No Compensation
20	Bard, Josh	45.622
21	Melhuse, Adam	44.240
22	Burke, Jamie	43.548
23	Machado, Robert	42.396
24	Hinch, A.J.	37.327
25	Greene, Todd	36.866
26	Olivo, Miguel	31.797
27	Valentin, Javier	27.880
28	Laker, Tim	20.968
29	Borders, Pat	20.507
30	Molina, Jose	17.281
31	Cash, Kevin	13.825
32	Bowen, Rob	2.074


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