AL All Star Candidates

Onto the AL...

Catcher
Deacon is the best all around hitter of the bunch but Lopez is having a monster power season.

0.360 / 0.411 / 0.419 // 0 HR, 18 R,, 9 RBI, 0.363 ATB V, 0.830 OPS White,Deacon DCC
0.278 / 0.310 / 0.468 / 11 HR, 19 R, 31 RBI, 0.308 ATB V, 0.778 OPS Lopez,Javy PRL
0.305 / 0.399 / 0.379 // 0 HR, 34 R, 24 RBI, 0.335 ATB V, 0.778 OPS Carroll,Fred BIC
0.261 / 0.326 / 0.449 // 7 HR, 25 R, 26 RBI, 0.242 ATB V, 0.775 OPS Hartnett,Gabby IBS
0.324 / 0.357 / 0.392 // 3 HR, 22 R, 23 RBI, 0.310 ATB V, 0.749 OPS Mauer,Joe TWP
0.287 / 0.364 / 0.374 // 2 HR, 18 R, 21 RBI, 0.336 ATB V, 0.738 OPS Posada,Jorge D29


First Base
McGwire and his 22 HR and 50+ RBI is the obvious choice, but may owners in this league might prefer Cash.

0.229 / 0.357 / 0.502 / 22 HR, 38 R, 53 RBI, 0.318 ATB V, 0.859 OPS McGwire,Mark SPB
0.307 / 0.380 / 0.436 // 8 HR, 40 R, 35 RBI, 0.312 ATB V, 0.816 OPS Cash,Norm TWP
0.254 / 0.312 / 0.480 / 15 HR, 34 R, 43 RBI, 0.317 ATB V, 0.792 OPS Bagwell,Jeff PRL
0.353 / 0.405 / 0.382 // 0 HR, 33 R, 36 RBI, 0.353 ATB V, 0.787 OPS Connor,Roger GCG


Second Base
Dunlap with the slight edge, even though Lajoie is better with the glove.

0.324 / 0.380 / 0.424 / 5 HR, 36 R, 43 RBI, 0.308 ATB V, 0.804 OPS Dunlap,Fred SPB
0.316 / 0.358 / 0.408 / 3 HR, 36 R, 15 RBI, 0.317 ATB V, 0.766 OPS Lajoie,Nap URB
0.322 / 0.361 / 0.398 / 1 HR, 31 R, 29 RBI, 0.348 ATB V, 0.759 OPS Robinson,Jackie D29
0.263 / 0.356 / 0.371 / 2 HR, 36 R, 25 RBI, 0.318 ATB V, 0.727 OPS Zobrist,Ben BIC


Third Base
Does McGraw's .425 OBP outweigh Baker's .832 OPS?  Not quite, at least for now.

0.333 / 0.370 / 0.462 // 3 HR, 33 R, 31 RBI, 0.350 ATB V, 0.832 OPS Baker,Frank BIC
0.266 / 0.300 / 0.450 / 15 HR, 33 R, 46 RBI, 0.314 ATB V, 0.750 OPS Beltre,Adrian D29
0.270 / 0.425 / 0.283 // 1 HR, 36 R, 25 RBI, 0.366 ATB V, 0.708 OPS McGraw,John GCG


Shortstop
Close race, but Vaughn has the edge due to his defense and playing in less of a batters park.

0.318 / 0.349 / 0.428 / 5 HR, 41 R, 27 RBI, 0.309 ATB V, 0.777 OPS Trammell,Alan TWP
0.279 / 0.360 / 0.411 / 9 HR, 40 R, 28 RBI, 0.336 ATB V, 0.770 OPS Vaughan,Arky SH


Left Field
Virtually no chance Bonds isn't name the starting left fielder.

0.307 / 0.431 / 0.568 / 19 HR, 55 R, 61 RBI, 0.414 ATB V, 0.999 OPS Bonds,Barry BS
0.305 / 0.365 / 0.453 // 6 HR, 22 R, 31 RBI, 0.367 ATB V, 0.817 OPS Williams,Ken BS
0.292 / 0.347 / 0.427 // 5 HR, 31 R, 18 RBI, 0.346 ATB V, 0.774 OPS O'Neill,Tip WPM


Center Field
Mays having a great year ... in a batters park

0.296 / 0.345 / 0.589 / 23 HR, 45 R, 56 RBI, 0.278 ATB V, 0.934 OPS Mays,Willie IBS
0.335 / 0.396 / 0.402 // 2 HR, 38 R, 32 RBI, 0.382 ATB V, 0.798 OPS Speaker,Tris GCG
0.309 / 0.377 / 0.410 // 4 HR, 44 R, 35 RBI, 0.314 ATB V, 0.786 OPS Kauff,Benny TWP


Right Field
Ruth will easily win, but that doesn't mean we can't admire a great year out of the Canadian

0.296 / 0.434 / 0.704 / 29 HR, 45 R, 63 RBI, 0.431 ATB V, 1.138 OPS Ruth,Babe DCC
0.278 / 0.371 / 0.498 / 13 HR, 32 R, 34 RBI, 0.385 ATB V, 0.869 OPS Walker,Larry WPM


Designated Hitter
I listed two but Giambi is top of DH class by a wide margin.

0.325 / 0.401 / 0.590 / 19 HR, 43 R, 68 RBI, 0.364 ATB V, 0.991 OPS Giambi,Jason BS
0.301 / 0.348 / 0.401 // 3 HR, 31 R, 33 RBI, 0.280 ATB V, 0.750 OPS Herman,Babe SH