AL All-Star Team Preview
Posted by redsoxstats on April 23, 2008
Using BaseRuns, here are the leaders at each position in the American League. Of course this doesn’t take into account defense, but I think it gives a fair assessment of who is raking in the AL.
| AL All-Star 1st Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | GPA | BsR | /PA | IsoP | IsoD | SecA | BABIP | BB% | K% | BB/K | ||||||
| 1B | Carlos Guillen | 19 | 82 | .314 | .415 | .543 | .957 | .323 | 15.1 | .18 | .229 | .101 | .429 | .322 | 15% | 10% | 1.50 | ||||
| 2B | Dustin Pedroia | 22 | 100 | .364 | .418 | .523 | .941 | .319 | 19.2 | .19 | .159 | .054 | .295 | .403 | 9% | 10% | 0.90 | ||||
| 3B | Kevin Youkilis | 21 | 95 | .354 | .421 | .561 | .982 | .330 | 18.7 | .20 | .183 | .067 | .317 | .380 | 10% | 10% | 1.00 | ||||
| SS | Edgar Renteria | 21 | 89 | .333 | .371 | .488 | .859 | .289 | 13.6 | .15 | .155 | .038 | .214 | .357 | 6% | 12% | 0.45 | ||||
| C | A.J. Pierzynski | 15 | 66 | .344 | .394 | .590 | .984 | .325 | 12.5 | .19 | .246 | .050 | .328 | .333 | 2% | 6% | 0.25 | ||||
| CF | Josh Hamilton | 21 | 99 | .306 | .364 | .553 | .917 | .302 | 16.6 | .17 | .235 | .058 | .365 | .314 | 9% | 11% | 0.82 | ||||
| LF | Manny Ramirez | 21 | 88 | .342 | .409 | .684 | 1.093 | .355 | 19.1 | .22 | .329 | .067 | .456 | .412 | 7% | 26% | 0.27 | ||||
| RF | Nick Markakis | 20 | 85 | .313 | .459 | .493 | .951 | .330 | 16.9 | .20 | .179 | .146 | .478 | .400 | 19% | 23% | 0.84 | ||||
| DH | Hideki Matsui | 20 | 79 | .328 | .430 | .522 | .953 | .324 | 15.0 | .19 | .194 | .102 | .373 | .339 | 10% | 10% | 1.00 | ||||
| AL All-Star 2nd Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | GPA | BsR | /PA | IsoP | IsoD | SecA | BABIP | BB% | K% | BB/K | ||||||
| 1B | Ryan Garko | 20 | 83 | .294 | .422 | .456 | .878 | .304 | 14.2 | .17 | .162 | .128 | .382 | .316 | 16% | 11% | 1.44 | ||||
| 2B | Aaron Hill | 21 | 92 | .309 | .367 | .457 | .823 | .279 | 13.6 | .15 | .148 | .058 | .272 | .333 | 7% | 11% | 0.60 | ||||
| 3B | Chone Figgins | 21 | 96 | .363 | .469 | .413 | .881 | .314 | 18.2 | .19 | .050 | .106 | .263 | .446 | 15% | 16% | 0.93 | ||||
| SS | Bobby Crosby | 21 | 91 | .310 | .363 | .464 | .827 | .279 | 13.1 | .14 | .155 | .053 | .238 | .333 | 8% | 11% | 0.70 | ||||
| C | Kurt Suzuki | 19 | 76 | .319 | .382 | .362 | .744 | .262 | 8.9 | .12 | .043 | .063 | .130 | .367 | 5% | 12% | 0.44 | ||||
| CF | Jacoby Ellsbury | 20 | 68 | .308 | .456 | .538 | .994 | .340 | 16.0 | .23 | .212 | .148 | .673 | .295 | 18% | 7% | 2.40 | ||||
| LF | Raul Ibanez | 21 | 91 | .305 | .374 | .561 | .935 | .309 | 14.3 | .16 | .244 | .069 | .366 | .294 | 4% | 11% | 0.33 | ||||
| RF | Alex Rios | 20 | 90 | .303 | .400 | .447 | .847 | .292 | 14.6 | .16 | .145 | .097 | .329 | .375 | 13% | 20% | 0.67 | ||||
| DH | Milton Bradley | 19 | 80 | .328 | .425 | .478 | .903 | .311 | 14.0 | .18 | .149 | .097 | .299 | .389 | 13% | 15% | 0.83 | ||||
