Scoresheet-talk 2002 Preseason Rankings
These rankings are based on a unscientific poll of subscribers to the Scoresheet-talk
list of their ranking of players for a regular continuing league beginning in 2000.
There's no need to vote at every position (or both leagues). Please do fill out a
complete ballot for each position you do vote. For each position send a ranked list with the total
number of requested names. I have a list of eligible players. Signings or trades after
12/18) won't affect which league players are listed. I will try to make any corrections.
This year, I'm doing things a little differently. I have a separate address for each position
and all voting will be done in the same period. Please, don't send your votes to the list.
The column titled Total is the total number of ranked points. Votes is the number of ballots
a player is named on. Max is the maximum position a player was ranked. 1st is the number
of 1st place votes.
AL Catchers - 32 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Rodriguez 318 32 1 30 1
2. Posada 280 31 2 2 2
3. Varitek 216 31 2 4
4. Hall 192 30 3
5. Fick 144 28 2 21 (AL-1b)
6. Meluskey 114 24 4 3
7. Hernandez 87 26 5 7
8. Pierzynski 62 16 4
9. Fletcher 60 15 3 6
10. Diaz 55 14 3 15
11. Davis 49 13 3 11 (NL C)
12. Phelps 33 12 4
13. Maurer 30 10 3
14. Molina 29 7 4 8
15. LeCroy 24 10 5 11
16. Wooten 23 5 4
17. Paul 11 3 5 19
18. Wilson 10 3 3 15
19. Mayne 9 4 8 12 (NL C)
20. Hatteberg 5 2 8 13
21. Fordyce 3 1 8 9
Also in the AL C 2001 Top 10:
5) Johnson (NL-C)
9) Taubensee (No votes)
NL Catchers - 26 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Piazza 312 26 1 26 1
2. Kendall 271 26 2 2
3. LoDuca 245 25 2 21
4. Johnson 210 25 2 5 (AL C)
5. Lopez 182 24 3 3
6. Lieberthal 170 25 2 5
7. Petrick 151 23 3 4
8. Miller,D 74 15 5 10
9. Gonzalez 68 17 7 27
10. Hundley 58 18 6 6
11. LaRue 46 13 8 13
12. House 43 13 4 14
12. Ausmus 43 12 6 8
14. Barrett 41 11 6 7
15. Zaun 19 8 9 14 (AL C)
16. Buck 15 6 8
17. Santiago 14 4 9
18. Casanova 12 3 4
19. Gentry 9 1 4
20. *Davis 8 1 5 11
21. Castro 7 2 9 15
21. Kreuter 7 1 6 17
23. Stinnett 6 2 10 27
24. Miller,C. 5 1 8
25. Barajas 2 1 11
26. Marrero 1 1 12 25
26. Matheny 1 1 12 19
26. Fasano 1 1 12
26. Hernandez,Ca 1 1 12 21
26. Redmond 1 1 12 27
26. Cresse 1 1 12 21
26. Machado 1 1 12
Also in the NL C 2001 Top 12:
9) Estellella (AL-C)
11) Davis (AL-C)
12) Mayne (AL-C)
AL First Basemen - 30 total votes
total votes max 1st 2001
1. Giambi 449 30 1 29 2
2. Delgado 400 29 2 1 1
3. Thome 391 30 1 4
4. Sweeney 315 29 3 5
5. Palmeiro 301 29 3 6
6. Thomas 270 27 3 3
7. Olerud 226 29 4 9
7. Martinez 226 26 4 7
9. Konerko 217 28 5 10
10. Johnson 141 23 5 12
11. Pena 130 21 4 17
12. Vaughn 94 18 6 8
13. Clark 76 19 9 13
14. Ortiz 72 17 7 14
15. Mientkiewicz 63 15 8
16. Morneau 18 5 10
17. Segui 14 4 9 15
18. Fullmer 11 6 13 11
19. Cox 10 4 10
19. Kotchman 10 3 11
19. Canseco 10 3 10 22
21. Palmer 8 3 12
22. Munson 5 1 11 26
23. Daubach 3 1 13 20
24. Valdez 2 1 14
25. Conine 1 1 15
NL First Basemen - 25 total votes
total votes max 1st 2001
1. Helton 374 25 1 1
2. Bagwell 350 25 1 2
3. Casey 302 25 3 4
4. Klesko 295 24 3 5
5. Sexson 283 25 2 26 (NL-OF)
6. Durazo 191 22 5 7
7. McGriff 188 23 4 18 (AL-1B)
8. T. Lee 131 20 7 17
9. Choi 127 16 5 10
10. Grace 124 18 6 8
11. T. Martinez 116 15 5 19 (AL-1B)
12. D. Lee 104 16 4 9
13. A. Gonzalez 77 11 5
14. Karros 44 9 7 6
15. Broussard 42 7 7 15
16. JT Snow 29 6 10 11
17. Lee Stevens 29 4 7 14
18. Wilson 17 3 9
19. Overbay 8 2 12
20. Helms 6 1 10
21. Young (PIT) 5 1 11 12
22. Ju. Franco 4 1 12
Also in the NL 1B 2001 Top 12:
3) McGwire (retired)
AL Second Basemen - 30 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Boone 282 30 1 15 16 (NL-2B)
2. Durham 276 30 1 12 2
3. Soriano 193 29 1 1 13 (AL-SS)
4. Easley 133 27 3 3
5. Kennedy 114 27 3 10
6. Rivas 109 24 3 19
7. Menechino 105 21 1 1 23
8. Abernathy 89 20 1 1 14
9. Febles 84 21 3 6
10. Hairston 46 14 5 12
11. Young 42 11 3
12. Hudson 36 8 3
13. Offerman 35 8 4 5
13. German 35 8 4
15. Stynes 25 5 5 13 (AL-3B)
16. Velarde 16 4 3 9
17. Bush 9 7 9 15
18. Johnson 6 1 5
18. Veras 6 1 5 11 (NL-2B)
18. Macias 6 2 8
21. Bloomquist 2 1 9 16
Also in the AL 2B 2001 Top 10:
1) Alomar (NL-2B)
4) Knoblauch (AL-OF)
7) Ortiz (NL-2B)
8) DeShields (NL-2B)
NL Second Basemen - 25 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Alomar 315 27 1 17 1 (AL-2B)
2. Vidro 275 27 1 5 3
3. Kent 255 27 1 1 2
4. Alfonzo 254 26 1 1 1
5. Biggio 205 27 1 1 5
6. Ortiz 146 24 4 7 (AL-2B)
7. Giles 144 27 4 14
8. Walker 109 25 5 4
9. Castillo 99 24 5 6
10. Vina 92 23 4 10
11. Belliard 77 18 6 7
12. Hill 50 15 6
13. Young 22 9 6 8
14. DeShields 19 6 6 8 (AL-2B)
15. Grudzielanek 13 5 8
16. Anderson 11 6 10
17. Loretta 10 4 8 6 (NL-SS)
18. Bell 5 1 8 11
19. Butler 3 1 10
20. Morris 1 1 12 9
20. Spivey 1 1 12
Also in the NL 2B 2001 Top 10:
11) Veras (AL-2B)
AL Shortstops - 26 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Rodriguez 260 26 1 26 1
2. Garciaparra 225 26 2 2
3. Jeter 215 26 2 3
4. Tejada 180 26 3 4
5. Guzman 130 26 5 11
6. Valentin 124 24 4 6
7. Vizquel 60 20 5 5
8. Lopez,Fe 56 19 5 15
9. Eckstein 55 17 5
10. Batista 39 14 5 3 (AL-3B)
11. Guiterrez 26 10 7 7 (NL-SS)
12. Perez,A 20 7 7 12
13. Clayton 12 4 7 9
14. Guillen 8 3 7 10
15. McLenmore 5 2 8
16. Gomez 4 2 8
16. Berroa 4 2 8
18. Infante 2 2 10
18. Bordick 2 1 9 15
19. Gil 1 1 10
19. Perez,Ne 1 1 10 5 (NL-SS)
Also in the AL SS 2000 Top 10:
7) Cruz,De (no votes)
8) Gonzalez,Al (NL-SS)
NL Shortstops - 23 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Aurilla 274 23 1 21 4
2. Furcal 215 23 1 1 2
3. Rollins 195 23 2 10
4. Cabrera 169 23 2 12
5. Larkin 166 22 1 1 3
6. Renteria 165 20 2 1
7. Uribe 161 21 2
8. Jimenez 105 20 4 12 (AL-2B)
9. Betemit 84 16 5 23
10. Lugo 50 17 7 8
11. Vazquez 32 10 7
12. Phillips 32 9 6
13. Womack 27 7 2 9
14. Hernandez 21 9 8 18
15. Gonzalez ChN 19 6 8 8 (AL-SS)
16. Burke 18 5 7
16. Polanco 18 5 8
17. Gonzalez Flo 13 4 5 15
18. Counsell 10 4 7
19. Ordanez 5 3 10 19
19. Montanez 5 2 9
21. Johnson,Ke 5 1 8
22. Martinez,Ra 3 1 10 31
23. Guzman 1 1 12
24. Reyes 1 1 12
Also in the NL SS 2001 Top 12:
5) Perez (AL-SS)
6) Loretta (NL-2B)
7) Gutierrez (AL-SS)
AL Thirdbasemen - 28 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Glaus, T 275 28 1 23 1
2. Chavez, E 255 28 1 5 2
3. Koskie, C 202 28 2 5
4. Cirillo, J 176 27 3 5 (NL-3B)
5. Blalock, H 149 24 3 17
6. Ventura, R 97 24 4 7 (NL-3B)
7. Teixeira, M 65 18 4
8. Branyan, R 62 15 3 37 (AL-OF)
9. Young, D 55 13 4 27 (NL-OF)
10. Fryman, T 43 12 5 4
11. Crede, J 31 13 7 9
12. Randa, J 30 11 7 7
13. Henson, D 29 7 5 19
14. Cuddyer, M 21 9 6 11
15. Hinske, E 19 8 6
16. Huff, A 9 4 8 10
17. Paquette, C 5 2 7 23 (NL-3B)
18. Blanco, T 3 2 9
18. Bell, D 3 2 9 18 (AL-2B)
18. Lamb, M 3 2 9 18
21. Hillenbrand,S 2 1 9
Also in the AL 3B 2000 Top 10:
3) Batista (AL-SS)
5) Palmer (AL-1B/DH)
8) Camaniti (NL-3B)
NL Thirdbasemen - 26 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Jones, C 292 26 1 13 1
2. Pujols, A 279 26 1 10 14
3. Rolen, S 239 26 2 3
4. Ramirez, A 224 26 2 10
5. Beltre, A 217 26 1 2 2
6. Nevin, P 207 26 2 6
7. Burroughs, S 141 24 3 8
8. Tatis, F 125 26 4 4
9. Lowell, M 96 22 6 9
10. Mueller, B 54 18 7 12
11. Boone, A 53 18 8 13
12. Williams, M 30 12 9 11
13. Ensberg, M 21 11 9
14. Castilla, V 16 8 8 12 (AL-3B)
15. Nady, X 10 5 10 14
16. Feliz, P 6 3 9 17
17. Gautreau, J 5 2 9
18. Norton, G 5 2 10
19. Houston, T 4 3 11
20. Kelton, D 3 1 10
21. Truby, C 1 1 12 16
Also in the NL 3B 2000 Top 12:
5) Cirillo (AL-3B)
7) Ventura (AL-3B)
AL Outfielders - 28 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 1st/3rd 2001
1. Ramirez 838 28 1 26 28 1
2. Williams,B 780 28 1 1 21 2
3. Ordanez 771 28 1 1 16 6
4. Gonzalez,J 748 28 2 12 10
5. Suzuki 634 28 2 3 43
6. Dye 605 27 3 1 7
7. Stewart 596 28 5 9
8. Beltran 583 28 2 2 23
9. Damon 574 26 4 5
10. Nixon,T 485 26 5 32
11. Cameron 482 26 6 22
12. Salmon 458 27 6 8
13. Cruz,Jo 427 24 6 29
14. Higginson 386 24 3 1 12
15. Burks 377 24 5 17
16. Everett 364 24 5 3
17. Kapler 356 27 8 14
18. Mondesi 355 26 8 11
19. Erstad 330 24 6 4
20. Lawton 327 25 11 15
21. White 279 22 5 21 (NL-OF)
22. Grieve 273 27 16 16
23. Wells,V 216 20 11 25
24. Lee,C 181 22 11 28
25. Giambi,Je 159 16 12 38
26. Borchard 136 15 8 48
27. Greer 135 17 12 20
28. Anderson,G 133 16 10 30
29. Catalonotto 131 9 12 12 (AL-2B)
30. Hunter,To 127 14 13
31. Justice 124 18 17 13
32. Hamilton,Jo 74 7 11 27
33. Vander Wal 51 8 16
34. Jones,Ja 47 7 21 44
35. Long 45 10 17 33
36. Rowand 42 7 22
37. *Young 35 2 10 27 (NL-OF)
38. Vaughn,Gr 30 7 20 26
39. Conine 29 4 18
40. Quinn 27 4 18 24
41. Snelling 25 3 18 52
42. Bradley 22 6 21 32 (NL-OF)
43. Mench 15 5 24 38
44. Crawford 12 1 19
45. Lofton 11 4 24 18
46. Knoblauch 10 5 28
47. Kielty 10 2 26
48. Cordova 8 2 26
49. Restovich 5 1 26 48
50. Brown,D 5 3 29 36
51. Tucker 4 1 27 66 (NL-OF)
52. Ludwick 2 1 29
52. Strong 2 1 29
54. Sierra 1 1 30
54. Escobar 1 1 30 31 (NL-OF)
54. Bichette 1 1 30 40
54. Tyner 1 1 30
Also in the AL OF 2001 Top 30
19) Mateo (NL-OF)
21) Belle (No votes)
NL Outfielders - 19 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 1st/3rd 2001
1. Guerrero 663 19 1 15 17 1
2. Sosa 642 19 2 13 7
3. Bonds 625 19 1 2 9 5
4. Berkman 595 19 1 1 4 17
5. Giles 572 19 2 2 4
6. Drew 566 19 1 1 5 11
7. Griffey 534 19 2 1 3
8. Sheffield 533 19 3 1 6
9. Walker 531 19 4 12
10. Jones,An 505 19 4 2
11. Abreu 489 19 6 8
12. Green 487 19 3 2 13
13. Gonzalez,Lu 482 18 2 2 16
14. Dunn 444 18 2 1 66
15. Edmonds 416 19 9 10
16. Floyd 411 19 8 18
17. Alou 407 18 4 14
18. Hidalgo 379 19 7 9
19. Burrell 315 19 16 15
20. Jenkins 278 19 11 19
21. Wilson,Pr 257 18 12 24
22. Burnitz 251 18 17 20
23. Ward,D 224 19 20 35
24. Pierre 214 18 17 42
25. Kotsay 159 16 19 28
26. Kearns 157 15 20 50
27. Millar 140 13 19 22 (NL-1B)
28. Hollandsworth 136 13 16 45
28. Finley 136 14 20 22
30. Patterson 131 14 21 23
31. Cedeno 130 14 19 31 (AL-OF)
31. Trammell 130 15 23 71
33. Cust 88 13 24 37
34. Wilkerson 86 12 23 59
35. Byrd 81 8 22
36. Chen 60 6 23 52
36. Lankford 60 11 24 25
38. Jordan 59 10 25 33
39. Sanders,R 44 5 26 59
40. Ochoa 32 6 26 34
41. Bergeron 29 4 24 36
42. Lane 19 4 28
43. Rios 17 4 31 41
43. Hammonds 17 5 31 29
45. Sweeney 16 1 21
46. Payton 12 4 32 30
47. Benard 11 2 30 49
48. Stairs 9 1 28 46
49. Delucci 8 1 29
50. Encarnacion 7 2 31 35
50. Bautista 7 1 30
50. Agbayani 7 2 32 39
53. Ambres 6 1 31
54. Valent 4 1 33 57
55. Glanville 4 1 33 40
56. Henderson 3 3 36
57. Hermansen 2 1 35 55
57. Shinjo 2 1 35
57. Surhoff 2 1 35 38
Also in the NL OF 2001 Top 36
21) White,Ro (AL-OF)
26) Sexson (NL-1B)
27) Young,D (AL-3B)
31) Escobar (AL-OF)
32) Bradley (AL-OF)
AL Pitchers - 22 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st/5th 1st 2001
1. Pedro Martinez 1091 22 1 22 18 1
2. Mike Mussina 1067 22 1 22 2 2
3. Tim Hudson 1047 22 1 21 1 3
4. Freddy Garcia 1006 22 1 13 1 11
5. Barry Zito 987 22 3 9 0 8
6. Brad Radke 917 22 4 2 0 13
7. Bartolo Colon 909 21 4 6 0 4
8. Mark Mulder 900 22 3 3 0 33
9. Eric Milton 876 22 5 3 0 5
10. Roger Clemens 869 22 2 4 0 6
11. Andy Pettitte 847 21 5 1 0 12
12. Matt Buehrle 822 22 7 0 0
13. Chan Ho Park 781 19 2 2 0 10 (NL-SP)
14. C. C. Sabathia 765 21 4 1 0 28
15. Corey Lidle 721 22 6 0 0
16. Jeff Weaver 716 21 5 1 0 9
17. Aaron Sele 690 21 9 0 0 14
18. Joe Mays 648 22 6 0 0 72
19. Roy Halladay 622 20 11 0 0 87
20. Chris Washburn 599 19 10 0 0 39
21. Ramon Ortiz 588 20 13 0 0 29
22. Joe Kennedy 527 20 11 0 0
23. Jamie Moyer 511 20 9 0 0 40
24. Jeff Suppan 482 19 15 0 0 19
25. Todd Ritchie 447 18 13 0 0 42 (NL-SP)
26. Chris Carpenter 428 17 15 0 0 41
27. Joel Pineiro 401 17 13 0 0
28. John Burkett 383 18 19 0 0
29. Du. Hermanson 339 14 12 0 0 20 (NL-SP)
30. Paul Wilson 330 14 16 0 0 43
31. Jon Garland 323 18 17 0 0 34
32. Orl. Hernandez 319 17 20 0 0 7
33. Ryan Anderson 290 14 17 0 0 53
34. Rick Reed 286 11 14 0 0 23 (NL-SP)
35. Paul Abbott 273 17 22 0 0 32
36. Steve Sparks 240 12 20 0 0 70
37. Sidney Ponson 238 13 24 0 0 18
38. Kelvim Escobar 216 13 22 0 0 48
39, Jason Johnson 209 13 20 0 0
40. Chuck Finley 204 14 24 0 0 16
41. Eric Hiljus 202 11 19 0 0
42. Frank Castillo 188 12 23 0 0 51
43. Adam Johnson 178 13 25 0 0 101
44. Mike Sirotka 173 11 16 0 0 15
45. Luke Prokopec 168 9 18 0 0 76 (NL-SP)
46. Ster. Hitchcock 153 12 29 0 0 67 (NL-SP)
47. Chris George 149 9 22 0 0 64
48. Ismael Valdes 143 10 21 0 0 74 (NL-SP)
49. Rick Helling 137 11 24 0 0 17
50. Esteban Loaiza 131 11 31 0 0 21
51. Nate Cornejo 128 8 24 0 0
52. Doug Davis 115 8 25 0 0 89
53. Jon Rauch 108 10 34 0 0 54
54. Josh Towers 96 11 25 0 0
55. Jose Rosado 95 8 20 0 0 27
56. Gil Meche 92 8 29 0 0 23
57. Mike Redman 84 9 29 0 0 35
58. Mario Ramos 64 5 32 0 0
58. Brian Moehler 64 5 27 0 0 30
60. Nick Bierbrodt 61 7 35 0 0
60. Dave Burba 61 5 30 0 0 22
62. Brandon Lyon 58 6 34 0 0
63. David Wells 55 7 36 0 0 9
64. Casey Fossum 54 5 35 0 0
65. Kenny Rogers 53 5 35 0 0 20
66. Jim Parque 48 5 34 0 0 26
67. Matt Wise 45 3 38 0 0
68. Sc. Schoenweiss 44 3 32 0 0 72
69. John Halama 42 4 19 0 0 36
70. Seung Song 39 2 27 0 0
71. Adr. Hernandez 37 5 31 0 0 55
71. Chad Durbin 37 4 37 0 0 101
73. Pat Hentgen 37 2 28 0 0 77 (NL-SP)
74. Joaquin Benoit 34 1 17 0 0 89
75. Dewon Brazelton 31 3 35 0 0
76. Jose Lima 30 3 34 0 0 59 (NL-SP)
77. Matt Ginter 27 3 41 0 0 94
78. Tanyon Sturtze 25 2 38 0 0 77
79. Bra. Claussen 24 2 32 0 0
80. Rocky Biddle 23 1 28 0 0
81. Ryan Drese 20 1 31 0 0
82. Jeff Austin 19 3 42 0 0 91
83. Scott Erickson 17 2 40 0 0 86
84. Jaret Wright 16 3 44 0 0 47
84. Rafael Soriano 16 3 43 0 0
84. Kenny Baugh 16 2 42 0 0
87. Aaron Myette 15 2 37 0 0 83
88. Dan Reichert 14 3 43 0 0 65
88. Calvin Maduro 14 1 37 0 0
88. David Cone 14 1 37 0 0 60
91. John Lackey 13 1 38 0 0
92. Wilson Alvarez 12 2 42 0 0 68
92. Blake Stein 12 2 40 0 0 52
94. Makato Suzuki 11 1 40 0 0 42
95. Rich Stahl 10 1 41 0 0
96. Joe Torres 9 1 42 0 0
97. Corwin Malone 9 1 42 0 0
98. Brad Thomas 8 1 43 0 0
98. Willis Roberts 8 1 43 0 0
98. Kyle Lohse 8 1 43 0 0
98. Rolando Arrojo 8 1 43 0 0 49
102.J. Duchscherer 7 2 46 0 0
102.John Stephens 7 1 44 0 0
104.Jimmy Gobble 6 2 48 0 0
104.Matt Kinney 6 2 46 0 0 67
106.Steve Woodard 5 1 46 0 0 49
106.Jake Westbrook 5 1 46 0 0
108.Ted Lilly 4 1 47 0 0 71
109.Gary Glover 3 2 49 0 0
109.Matt Riley 3 1 48 0 0
111.Chris Bootcheck 1 1 50 0 0
111.Ryan Rupe 1 1 50 0 0 77
Also in the AL P 2000 Top 50:
24) Baldwin (NL-SP)
25) Heredia (No votes)
31) Ohka (NL-SP)
37) Lopez (NL-SP)
38) Nomo (NL-SP)
44) K. Wells (NL-SP)
45) Rekar (No votes)
46) Holt (No votes)
NL Pitchers - 14 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st/5th 1st 2001
1. Randy Johnson 835 14 1 14 11 1
2. Curt Schilling 808 14 1 13 3 6
3. Greg Maddux 799 14 2 13 0 3
4. Javier Vazquez 790 14 3 9 0 12
5. Matt Morris 772 14 2 7 0 53
6. Kevin Brown 750 14 3 3 0 2
7. Kerry Wood 713 13 2 5 0 11
8. Roy Oswalt 705 14 3 3 0 69
9. Josh Beckett 703 14 4 1 0 45
10. Brad Penny 651 14 6 0 0 21
11. Jon Lieber 621 14 10 0 0 17
12. Al Leiter 599 14 10 0 0 9
13. Darryl Kile 598 14 7 0 0 18
14. Wade Miller 561 13 8 0 0 60
15. Ben Sheets 544 14 14 0 0 37
16. Ryan Dempster 535 13 8 0 0 13
17. Bud Smith 532 13 5 1 0 70
18. Tony Armas 527 14 13 0 0 29
19. Jason Schmidt 520 14 11 0 0 55
20. Russ Ortiz 512 12 9 0 0 33
21. Kevin Millwood 494 14 11 0 0 8
22. Rick Ankiel 484 14 5 1 0 4
23. Tom Glavine 477 13 6 0 0 5
24. Robert Person 452 14 13 0 0 31
25. A. J. Burnett 437 13 10 0 0 43
26. Randy Wolf 428 14 16 0 0 39
27. Carl Pavano 423 14 15 0 0 15
28. Kris Benson 386 13 13 0 0 7
29. Kevin Duckworth 376 14 17 0 0
30. Glendon Rusch 357 14 16 0 0 27
31. Bruce Chen 349 13 22 0 0 19
32. Nick Neugebauer 345 12 11 0 0 71
33. Eric Gagne 343 12 13 0 0 40
34. Juan Cruz 343 11 11 0 0
35. Mark Prior 326 10 13 0 0
36. Shawn Estes 325 13 19 0 0 34
37. Hideo Nomo 323 13 15 0 0 38 (AL-SP)
38. Brian Tolberg 320 12 19 0 0 51
39. Brian Lawrence 319 10 12 0 0
40. Jason Marquis 288 10 12 0 0
41. Shane Reynolds 280 11 24 0 0 38
42. Woody Williams 272 11 21 0 0 30
43. Kevin Appier 208 8 18 0 0 47
44. Kurt Ainsworth 186 9 20 0 0 86
45. Omar Daal 185 11 27 0 0 63
46. Mike Hampton 182 9 20 0 0 36
47. Octavio Dotel 174 8 23 0 0 49
48. Den. Tankersley 170 9 24 0 0
49. Tim Redding 168 11 15 0 0
50. Ruben Quevedo 154 8 26 0 0 91
51. Steve Trachsel 148 11 29 0 0 61
52. Jeff D'Amico 143 7 15 0 0 22
53. Matt Clement 137 8 32 0 0 41
54. Kip Wells 128 7 29 0 0 44 (AL-SP)
55. Sco. Williamson 126 7 30 0 0 26
56. Terry Adams 115 9 37 0 0
56. Odalis Perez 115 6 32 0 0
58. Elmer Dessens 100 5 26 0 0 93
58. Jamey Wright 100 5 21 0 0 56
60. Toma Ohka 96 6 36 0 0 31 (AL-SP)
61. Darren Dreifort 94 5 16 0 0 16
62. Jason Bere 89 8 41 0 0 109
63. Andy Ashby 83 5 25 0 0 32
64. Bret Tomko 79 6 31 0 0 59 (AL-SP)
65. Kurt Rueter 70 7 32 0 0 52
66. Adam Eaton 66 6 44 0 0 28
67. Dave Coggin 55 5 45 0 0
67. Miguel Batista 55 4 39 0 0
69. Pedro Astacio 53 3 30 0 0 58
70. Albie Lopez 49 4 43 0 0 37 (AL-SP)
71. Nelson Figueroa 47 4 39 0 0
72. Carl. Hernandez 46 3 36 0 0
73. Britt Reames 44 4 35 0 0 65
74. Chris Reitsima 41 2 37 0 0 98
75. Carlos Zambrano 40 3 42 0 0
76. Wilf. Rodriguez 38 3 36 0 0 90
77. Brian Anderson 37 3 44 0 0 44
77. Cliff Politte 37 2 25 0 0 62
79. Livan Hernandez 36 3 42 0 0 25
80. Kevin Tapani 32 2 43 0 0 79
80. Paul Rigdon 32 2 36 0 0 85 (AL-SP)
82. Jerome Williams 31 2 34 0 0
82. Jason Grilli 31 1 30 0 0
84. Kevin Jarvis 30 4 48 0 0
85. Chuck Smith 28 3 50 0 0 35
86. Bobby Jones 27 2 46 0 0 106
86. John Thompson 27 1 34 0 0
88. Bret Myers 26 4 45 0 0 94
89. Troy Mattes 25 1 36 0 0
90. Seth Etherton 24 1 37 0 0 81
91. Boof Bonser 23 3 51 0 0
92. Van Benschoten 21 2 41 0 0
92. Ja. Middlebrook 21 1 40 0 0
94. Jae Seo 20 2 50 0 0
95. Jake Peavy 19 2 49 0 0
95. Lance Davis 19 2 47 0 0
97. Chad Hutchinson 18 1 43 0 0 89
97. Gavin Floyd 18 1 43 0 0
99. Joe Nathan 17 1 44 0 0 82
100.Ryan Jensen 16 1 45 0 0
101.Adam Wainwright 15 2 52 0 0
101.Scott Elarton 15 1 46 0 0 14
104.Brad Baisley 14 1 47 0 0
104.C. Rodriguez 14 1 47 0 0
106.James Baldwin 13 1 48 0 0 24 (AL-SP)
107.Andy Benes 12 1 49 0 0 48
108.Tony McKnight 11 1 50 0 0
109.Damian Moss 8 1 53 0 0
109.Dave Mlicki 8 1 53 0 0 66 (AL-SP)
110.Pete Harnisch 7 1 54 0 0 50
111.Armando Reynoso 6 1 55 0 0 98
111.Bobby Bradley 6 1 55 0 0 66
113.Julian Tavarez 5 2 58 0 0 85
114.Matt Belisle 4 2 58 0 0
115.Dicky Gonzalez 3 1 58 0 0
115.Ty Howington 3 1 58 0 0
117.Aaron Heilman 2 1 59 0 0
117.Chin-hui Tsao 2 1 59 0 0
117.Denny Neagle 2 1 59 0 0 83
117.Jimmy Osting 2 1 59 0 0
117.Scott Chiassen 2 1 59 0 0
122.Jimmy Anderson 1 1 60 0 0 84
Also in the NL P 2000 Top 60:
10) Park (AL-SP)
20) Hermason (AL-SP)
23) Reed (AL-SP)
24) Smoltz (NL-RP)
42) Ritchie (AL-SP)
46) Bell (AL-SP)
53) Stephenson (No votes)
57) Cordova (No votes)
59) Lima (AL-SP)
AL Relievers - 25 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Rivera 236 25 1 17 1
2. Foulke 216 25 1 5 3
3. Sasaki 162 23 1 1 5
4. Rhodes 126 19 1 1 18
5. Percival 114 22 2 18
6. Lowe 83 15 1 1 2
7. Urbina 71 18 4 6 (NL-RP)
8. Wickman 52 14 3 20
9. Nelson 51 13 3 7
10. Karsay 51 11 4 12
11. Zimmerman 46 13 4
12. Anderson,Ma 39 10 3 23
13. Shuey 34 9 4 7
14. Baez 30 10 6 63 (AL-SP)
15. Koch 17 6 7 4
16. Rocker 11 2 4 4 (NL-RP)
17. Stanton 8 4 6 17
18. Garces 7 3 6 7
19. Yan 6 3 8
20. Mendoza 6 1 5 16
21. Guradado 4 1 7 21
22. Bradford 3 1 8
23. Mecir 2 2 10 7
Also in the AL RP 2001 Top 10:
6) Jones,To (No votes)
NL Relievers - 18 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Billy Wagner 172 17 1 6 5
2. Trevor Hoffman 169 18 1 3 1
3. Robb Nen 166 17 1 2 2
4. Felix Rodriguez 151 17 1 3 9
5. John Smoltz 138 15 1 2 24 (NL-SP)
6. Armando Benitez 132 18 4 3
7. Jason Isringhausen 69 14 1 1 13 (AL-RP_
8. Byung Hyun Kim 58 11 2 11
9. Scott Strickland 54 11 5 19
10. Chad Fox 52 10 4
11. Steve Kline 43 11 1 1 23
12. Kyle Farnsworth 43 9 5
13. Mike Remlinger 29 7 3 24
14. Danny Graves 25 7 8 8
15. Jose Mesa 16 5 9
16. David Weathers 14 3 5
17. Jeff Shaw 12 5 8 14
18. Tom Gordon 11 3 8 21
19. Matt Mantei 10 3 7 7
19. Antonio Alfonseca 10 2 6 18
21. Gabe White 7 2 8 15
21. Octavio Dotel 7 2 8 49 (NL-SP)
23. Paul Quantrill 6 2 10
24. Matt Herges 2 2 12 33
24. Curt Leskanic 2 1 11 13
24. Mike Williams 2 1 11
24. Kerry Ligtenberg 2 1 11 25
25. Doug Brocail 1 1 12 17
24. Dave Veres 1 1 12 10
Also in the NL RP 2001 Top 12:
4) Rocker (AL-RP)
6) Urbina (AL-RP)
12) Morris (NL-SP)
AL Prospects - 21 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st
1. Blalock 201 21 1 17
2. Johnson,Ni 120 17 1 2
3. Pena,Ca 115 15 1 1
4. Teixeira 104 15 2
5. Anderson,Ry 102 17 1 1
6. Borchard 84 15 2
7. Rauch 57 11 2
8. Mauer 54 12 4
9. Cuddyer 46 11 5
10. Hamilton 42 9 3
11. Crede 34 7 2
12. Henson 31 7 3
13. Hudson,Or 20 4 3
14. Phelps,Jo 17 6 3
15. Cornejo 16 4 3
16. Morneau 14 5 6
17. Snelling 10 3 6
17, Benoit 10 2 3
19. Perez,An 8 4 9
19. Song,Se 8 2 4
19. Hinske 8 2 4
19. Escobar 8 2 6
23. Malone 7 3 8
23. Fossum 7 3 8
25. Kotchman 6 2 7
25. Drese 6 1 5
27. German 4 2 8
27. Gross 4 1 7
29. Harvey,Ke 3 1 8
30. Brazelton 2 1 9
30. Lackey 2 1 9
30. Ramos 2 1 9
33. Thames 1 1 10
33. Infante 1 1 10
33. Baugh 1 1 10
NL Prospects - 16 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st
1. Beckett 175 15 1 10
2. Burroughs 170 16 1 3
3. Prior 135 15 1 2
4. Betemit 104 14 2
5. Kearns 86 12 4
6. Cruz 73 9 2
7. Neugebauer 63 9 4
8. Tankersley 57 11 3
9. Byrd 41 7 3
10. Choi 33 6 4
11. Hill 24 6 2
12. Br.Phillips 23 7 8
13. Bonser 22 4 4
14. Cust 21 4 6
14. Ainsworth 21 3 1 1
16. Peavy 20 3 5
17. Wilkerson 19 4 7
18. House 18 6 9
18. Ca.Hernandez 18 5 8
20. Chen 14 3 5
21. Broussard 12 2 5
22. Nady 11 3 6
23. Wainwright 10 2 5
23. Gentry 10 1 3
25. Je.Williams 8 2 6
26. Myers 7 2 8
26. Ensberg 7 2 9
28. Heilman 6 1 7
29. Ad.Gonzalez 5 1 8
29. Buck 5 1 8
31. Lane 4 1 9
31. Vazquez 4 1 9
31. Jackson 4 1 9
34. Gautreau 3 2 11
34. Zambrano 3 1 10
36. Ke.Johnson 2 1 11
37. Burke 1 1 12
37. Sardinha 1 1 12
37. Patterson 1 1 12
37. Tsao 1 1 12
37. Moss 1 1 12
AL Crossovers - 23 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st
1. Park Tex 197 21 1 18
2. Cirillo Sea 162 21 1 2
3. Young Det 125 18 2
4. Reed Min 98 17 2
5. Ritchie ChA 93 17 1 1
6. White NYA 88 17 2
7. Urbina Bos 78 15 2
8. Ventura NYA 70 13 2
9. Burkett Bos 65 14 1 1
10. Prokopec Tor 52 13 3
11. Henson NYA 46 8 1 1
12. Davis Sea 41 11 3
13. *Hermanson 28 4 2
14. Hitchcock NYA 28 7 5
15. *Appier 17 2 2
16. Bradley Cle 13 5 8
17. VanderWal NYA 13 6 7
18. Escobar Cle 11 6 8
18. Gutierrez Cle 11 4 7
20. Rocker Tex 8 2 4
21. Bierbrodt Tam 7 3 6
22. Hinske Tor 7 2 6
23. Tucker KC 5 2 8
24. Perez KC 2 2 10
NL Crossovers - 19 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st
1. Alomar NYN 228 19 1 19
2. Ortiz Col 160 16 2
3. Nomo LA 152 18 2
4. Jimenez SD 148 18 2
5. Cedeno NYN 104 16 3
6. McGriff ChN 100 18 4
7. Isringhausen 94 17 2
8. Wells,K Pit 67 11 2
9. Vazquez SD 44 8 3
10. *Vaughn NYM 40 4 2
11. Wells,D Ari 37 6 3
12. Castilla AtL 35 9 5
13. Ohka Mon 34 9 5
14. Tomko SD 31 6 3
15. Baldwin LA 28 8 6
16. Martinez StL 27 7 5
17. Lopez Atl 23 5 7
18. Gonzalez ChN 22 5 6
19. Quantrill LA 21 5 7
20. Zaun Hou 17 3 4
21. DeShields ChN 15 3 7
21. Galaragga SF 15 4 3
23. Encarnacion Col 9 1 4
24. Izturis 8 1 5
25. Mlicki Hou 6 2 10
26. Mateo Cin 4 1 9
27. Encarnaction Cin 3 1 10
28. Lowe Pit 2 2 12
28. Reed AtL 2 1 11
AL Overall - 13 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Rodriguez,A Tex 260 13 1 13 1
2. Ramirez Bos 219 13 2 4
3. Martinez,P Bos 216 13 2 2
4. Garciaparra Bos 206 13 2 3
5. Giambi NYA 191 12 2 10
6. Jeter NYA 167 13 4 6
7. Mussina NYA 167 13 5 9
8. Glaus Ana 166 13 2 5
9. Rodriguez,I Tex 161 12 2 7
10. Hudson Oak 132 13 2 14
11. Delgado Tor 129 12 4 8
12. Williams,Be NYA 99 11 5 11
13. Garcia Sea 90 9 5 40
14. Chavez Oak 79 10 10 17
15. Zito Oak 75 12 11 29
16. Thome Cle 71 10 7 20
17. Ordanez ChA 55 6 4 22
18. Colon Cle 41 7 10 13
19. Gonzalez Cle 38 7 13
20. Posada NYA 23 8 14 24
21. Thomas ChA 16 3 13 15
21. Park Tex 16 3 12 24 (NL)
23. Tejada Oak 15 5 16 16
23. Mulder Oak 15 4 15
23. Radke Min 15 3 14
26. Milton Min 12 2 13 25
27. Boone Sea 9 2 14
28. Sweeney KC 8 2 15
29. Clemens NYA 8 2 14 36
30. Suzuki Sea 7 3 18
31. Palmiero Tex 6 1 15 36
32. Damon Bos 5 2 17 19
33. Everett Tex 3 1 18 18
33. Pettitte NYA 3 1 18 49
35. Durham ChA 2 1 19 43
36. Bialock Tex 1 1 20
36. Higginson Det 1 1 20 49
36. Dye Oak 1 1 20 40
36. Rivera NYA 1 1 20 36
Highest player in 2000 not receiving votes in 2001:
12) Alomar (NL)
21) Erstad
NL Overall - 10 total votes
Total Votes Max 1st 2001
1. Guerrero Mon 224 10 1 6 1
2. Helton Col 219 10 1 2 2
3. Piazza NYN 199 10 1 1 5
4. Johnson Ari 194 10 1 1 9
5. Jones C Atl 173 10 2 6
6. Sosa ChN 173 10 4 17
7. Pujols StL 147 9 2
8. Bonds SF 145 8 3 15
9. Berkman Hou 119 9 7
10. Schilling Ari 107 8 6 28
11. Morris StL 99 8 4
12. Drew StL 98 6 2 36
13. Maddux Atl 96 9 4 11
14. Vazquez Mon 83 8 6 39
15. Bagwell Hou 77 9 9 12
16. Alomar NYN 77 9 12 12 (AL)
17. Wood ChN 72 8 7
18. Giles Pit 58 7 7 14
19. Jones A Atl 52 5 8 4
20. Beltre LA 45 4 4 13
21. Oswalt Hou 43 6 10
22. Ramirez Pit 42 6 8
23. Griffey Cin 40 4 9 7
24. Dunn Cin 38 5 4
24. Rolen Phi 38 4 10 18
26. Beckett Flo 37 5 15
27. Gonzalez Ari 34 2 7
28. Sheffield LA 33 3 11 20
29. Aurilla SF 29 4 16
29. Abreu Phi 29 4 10 22
31. Kendall Pit 21 3 10 10
32. Walker Col 19 3 9
33. Green LA 18 2 8
34. Brown Kevin LA 17 4 19 8
35. Sexson Mil 15 1 10
36. Penny Flo 14 2 15
37. Kent SF 12 2 18 19
38. Alfonzo NYN 9 3 18 3
38. Vidro Mon 9 1 16 26
38. Smith StL 9 1 16
41. Glavine Atl 8 1 17 30
42. Klesko SD 7 1 18
43. LoDuca LA 6 2 22
44. Ankiel StL 5 1 20 16
45. Nevin SD 4 1 21
45. Furcal Atl 4 1 21 21
45. Edmonds StL 4 1 21 31
Highest player in 2000 not receiving votes in 2001:
23) Hidalgo