06 Salary Ranges - most productive hitters

[keyzick]

With the 06 seasons winding down until the 07 cards are introduced, I thought it might be interesting to see who everyone found most productive [b:9dfa56426d]offensively[/b:9dfa56426d] within the given salary ranges. I realize platoons could be even more valuable, and defense can't be ignored, but to I had to draw a clean line of definition somewhere! :?

I limited it to only full-time players [u:9dfa56426d][b:9dfa56426d](504 or more plate appearances)[/b:9dfa56426d][/u:9dfa56426d] I used, and tried to list only players I used 3 or more times (although not always possible).

$.50M - $1M: Royce Clayton
>$1M - $2M: Jose Reyes
>$2M - $3M: David Eckstein
>$3M - $4M: John Olerud
>$4M - $5M: Coco Crisp
>$5M - $6M: Ken Griffey, Jr.
>$6M - $7M: Jeff Francouer
>$7M - $8M: Manny Ramirez (HM: Tony Clark)
>$8M - $9M: Travis Hafner

Would love to see anyone else's successes as well. Here's the average stats for those players:


[b:9dfa56426d]$.50 - $1M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Clayton[/b:9dfa56426d] 556 55 140 24 5 4 45 44 128 13 183 .252 .307 .330 .637
4 seasons

[b:9dfa56426d]>$1M - $2M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Reyes[/b:9dfa56426d] 477 66 122 9 8 6 29 18 55 35 165 .256 .284 .346 .630
1 season

[b:9dfa56426d]>$2M - $3M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Eckstein[/b:9dfa56426d] 658 91 169 21 5 7 55 55 80 9 223 .257 .314 .338 .653
3 seasons

[b:9dfa56426d]>$3M - $4M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Olerud [/b:9dfa56426d] 575 68 152 22 2 23 82 54 84 0 245 .264 .328 .427 .754
6 seasons

[b:9dfa56426d]>$4M - $5M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Crisp [/b:9dfa56426d] 608 81 176 39 5 16 73 39 99 14 273 .290 .332 .448 .780
10 seasons

[b:9dfa56426d]>$5M - $6M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Griffey [/b:9dfa56426d] 566 86 149 29 2 38 103 53 120 0 295 .264 .327 .522 .849
6 seasons

[b:9dfa56426d]>$6M - $7M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Frnceur[/b:9dfa56426d] 591 91 171 41 6 40 109 28 162 5 342 .289 .321 .579 .901
4 seasons

[b:9dfa56426d]>$7M - $8M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Ramirez[/b:9dfa56426d] 574 118 176 32 2 53 123 84 137 0 371 .307 .395 .645 1.040
3 seasons

[b:9dfa56426d]>$8M - $9M[/b:9dfa56426d]
Name AB R H 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb tb avg obp slg ops
[b:9dfa56426d]Hafner[/b:9dfa56426d] 599 110 161 49 0 31 110 75 159 0 303 .269 .356 .506 .862
3 seasons

[LA Bear]

Kielty, Bobby S LF 3(+1)e6 544 84 144 28 2 16 74 86 124 3 1 5 .265 .363 .412 3L 1.43M

[geekor]

$.50M - $1M: C Gomez, R Cedeno
>$1M - $2M: W Taveras
>$2M - $3M: Cantu (honorable mention: F Sanchez, A Sanchez)
>$3M - $4M: F Thomas (HM: Pena, Redmond)
>$4M - $5M: Duffy
>$5M - $6M: Ken Griffey, Jr.
>$6M - $7M: Gomes (HM: M young)
>$7M - $8M: T Clark (HM: Vlad)
>$8M - $9M: Travis Hafner

Based only on the offensive production, this would be my list

[keyzick]

Thanks Geekor...great idea with Honorable Mentions. I guess I would have put Tony Clark as my HM in the $7M - $8M range. I was kinda torn between him and Manny.

I also added LA Bear's Kielty addition to the $1M-$2M range. Thought it might be interesting to udpate a running total (hoping more people provide input! :) )...

$.50M - $1M: R Clayton, C Gomez, R Cedeno
>$1M - $2M: J Reyes, W Taveras, B Kielty
>$2M - $3M: D Eckstein, J Cantu
>$3M - $4M: J Olerud, F Thomas
>$4M - $5M: C Crisp, C Duffy
>$5M - $6M: K Griffey Jr. ([b:f807305b72]2 votes[/b:f807305b72])
>$6M - $7M: J Francouer, J Gomes
>$7M - $8M: M Ramirez, T Clark
>$8M - $9M: T Hafner ([b:f807305b72]2 votes[/b:f807305b72])

[visick]

$.50M - $1M: R Clayton, C Gomez (2 votes), R Cedeno, Renteria, Cintron
>$1M - $2M: J Reyes, W Taveras (2 votes), B Kielty, Navarro, Anderson
>$2M - $3M: D Eckstein, J Cantu, Taguchi, Barajas, Vizquel, Helms
>$3M - $4M: J Olerud, F Thomas, Gibbons, Grudzielanek, Betemit
>$4M - $5M: C Crisp, C Duffy, Furcal, Floyd
>$5M - $6M: K Griffey Jr. (3 votes), Polanco, Kent,
>$6M - $7M: J Francouer, J Gomes (2 votes), Young, Chipper
>$7M - $8M: M Ramirez, T Clark, Guerrero, Jeter
>$8M - $9M: T Hafner (3 votes),
> $9M: Bay, Cabrera

[geekor]

Visick, come on now. no one is going to take Vizquel, Grudz or Taguchi because they smoke the ball. This thread is supposed to be about [b:f87176af70]offense [/b:f87176af70]:P

[cummings2]

$.50M - $1M: Pete Orr
>$1M - $2M: Garret Anderson
>$2M - $3M: Ryan Freel
>$3M - $4M: Frank Thomas
>$4M - $5M: Aramis Ramirez
>$5M - $6M: Vernon Wells
>$6M - $7M: Jeff Francouer
>$7M - $8M: Vlad Guerrero
>$8M - $9M: Travis Hafner -Even though there's only 5 to chose from in this range. If the Question is anyone over 8 then it would be Andruw Jones.

[visick]

Well geek...I was gonna buy you a beer :D but forget about that now... :(

Almost EVERY league that I'm in those 3 guys hoover around .300 :wink:

So there!

[the splinter]

$.50M - $1M: Thames
>$1M - $2M: Anderson, G.Atkins
>$2M - $3M: Garabito, Alex"I ain't dirty the" Sanchez
>$3M - $4M: Olerud
>$4M - $5M: Floyd
>$5M - $6M: Sheffield
>$6M - $7M: Francouer
>$7M - $8M: Manny
>$8M - $9M: Ortiz(9.12...whatever)

[emart]

Obviously the kind of ballparks you prefer to play in have a bearing on what you think -

$.50M - $1M: Chris Singleton
>$1M - $2M: Garret Anderson
>$2M - $3M: Jorge Piedra
>$3M - $4M: John Olerud
>$4M - $5M: Joe Mauer
>$5M - $6M: Ken Griffey
>$6M - $7M: Victor Martinez
>$7M - $8M: Vlad Guerrero
>$8M - $9M: Travis Hafner