2003 Player Survey

Tim McClelland 22.0%
Jim Joyce 9.2%
Ed Rapuano 8.9%
John Hirschbeck 8.0%
Ted Barrett 4.8%
Mark Hirschbeck 4.5%

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?McClelland, who led both the AL (27.2%) and the NL (17.0%) in the best-umpire voting, fared better with hitters (26.4%) than with pitchers (16.7%).

Who's the worst?

C.B. Bucknor 20.7%
Bruce Froemming 16.1%
Joe Brinkman 8.0%
Joe West 7.0%
Phil Cuzzi 4.7%
Angel Hernandez 4.7%

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?Froemming, a 33-year veteran, led the worst-umpire voting among players with fewer than two years' service (27.5%).

20. The current drug-testing policy...

Should be more stringent 36.5%
Is adequate as is 40.7%
Should be abolished 7.6%
Don't know 15.2%

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

?Pitchers (41.4 %) favor more stringent testing more than hitters (31.5%).
?Among players with one year of experience or less, 54.5% want more stringent testing.
?Among players who earn $10 million or more a year, 50.0% think the system is adequate as is.

*SI approached every major league player; 550 agreed to participate, though not every player answered every question. Figures used are percentages of the total number of respondents for each question.