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Your 2005 Major League No-Stars!
2005-07-08 16:00
by Mike Carminati

For the heck of it, I constructed the worst lineups by league and present them fondly here. It may be unscientific, but I used OPS (straight up, no park-adjusted chaser) based on at least 200 plate appearances and ERA based on ten games started for starting pitchers. The DH is assigned to the worst position player who has at least 200 plate appearances who has a worse player in front him. Here are the results:

PosNLTMOPSALTMOPS
CChris SnyderAri.611John BuckKC.617
1BDoug MientkiewiczNYM.697Travis LeeTB.644
2BJamey CarrollWas.588Omar InfanteDet.656
SSCristian GuzmanWas.530Orlando CabreraLAA.648
3BSean BurroughsSD.624Aaron BooneCle.607
LFBrian JordanAtl.627Tony WomackNYY.542
CFCorey PattersonChC.649Nook LoganDet.657
RFGeoff JenkinsMil.754Richard HidalgoTex.686
DHJ.J. HardyMil.578Mark TeahenKC.650
PosNLTMERAALTMERA
SPEric MiltonCin 7.20 Jose LimaKC 7.58
SPJoe KennedyCol 7.04 Wilfredo Ledezma Det7.07
SPRamon Ortiz Cin6.59Hideo NomoTB 6.80
SPAl Leiter Fla 6.31Zack GreinkeKC 6.09
SPVicente PadillaPhi6.27Mark HendricksonTB 5.91
CL Danny Graves Cin6.83Keith Foulke Bos6.23

The one player who gets sideswiped is Geoff Jenkins, who is the worst NL right fielder who fits the criteria. However, there were a few worse ones (Austin Kearns, Raul Mondesi) who lost their jobs before they could "qualify". Sorry, Geoff.

Also, Sean Burroughs beat out Mike Lowell by just one OPS point. Sorry, Mike. Some of the supposed All-Stars (Izturis, Rollins) weren't far behind their corresponding No-Star. It makes me proud. As they keep monkeying with the system, I expect the two squads to become more closely aligned.

Comments
2005-07-09 19:04:54
1.   Todd S
It's hilarious seeing Sean Burroughs on this list.

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