2009 Player Rater

If you go to "Players" then "Free Agents" then "All" then choose either "Batters" or "Pitchers", you can see their final 2009 rating by clicking "2009".

 Here are the top 27 players from last year.

 1. Pujols            401.6    H
 2. Greinke         362.2
 3. Hernandez     359.7
 4. Carpenter     349.4
 5. Lincecum      327.1
 6. Wainwright   313.2
 7. Fielder          297.2    H
 8. Halladay       287.8
 9. Vasquez       272.8
10. Haren          246.3
11. Sabbathia    242.7
12. Mauer         240.7    H
13. Jurrgens      238.2
14. Verlander    235.9
15. Cain            230.1
16. H. Ramirez  224.9    H
17. Johnson       223.1
18. Howard       220.4    H
19. Teixeria       217.6    H
20. Braun          211.9    H
21. Bay             209.8    H
22. Utley           207       H
23. Gonzales     206.1    H
24. Lee             204.1    H
25. Youkilis      203.5    H
26. Zobrist        192.6    H
27. Lilly            188.1

So there is tendency for the most elite players to be pitchers, but after that there is a large number of super star hitters. I guess knew this already in preparation for the draft. Out of 27 players 13 are hitters. The scoring may seem lopsided now, but I do believe it will average out. Actually there is strategy involved. Benching a player on a day when he would have had a negative contribution will keep his score high and thus you could score higher than these numbers from last year. What fun!