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2008 Fantasy Baseball Third Base Player Rankings & Projections

(By Mike Inglett of Sport Fanatics - Developer of the Sport Fanatics Projections)

 

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2008 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using batting average, runs, runs batted in, home runs and stolen bases for hitters.

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-75)   OF (76-150)   OF (151-200)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-75)    Starting Pitcher (76-150)   Starting Pitcher (151-225) 

Relief Pitcher (1-75)   Relief Pitcher (76-150)   Relief Pitcher (151-225)

Last Updated on March 29, 2008

 

3B Rank PLAYER TEAM POS AGE FP AB  R  H  1B  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  K  SB  BA  OBP  SLG 
1 Alex Rodriguez NYY 3B 32.7 389.4 578 121 178 104 28 1 45 130 89 125 18 .308 .400 .593
2 David Wright NYM 3B 25.2 355.4 592 108 187 111 42 2 32 108 90 110 25 .316 .406 .556
3 Miguel Cabrera DET 3B 24.9 351.2 591 110 196 116 42 1 37 128 81 116 3 .332 .412 .594
4 Ryan Braun MIL 3B 24.4 323.3 570 97 168 93 36 4 35 101 43 130 18 .295 .344 .556
5 Aramis Ramirez CHC 3B 29.8 294.7 545 87 165 94 35 2 34 110 45 67 1 .303 .356 .561
6 Chone Figgins ANA 3B 30.2 283.7 563 97 164 125 25 9 5 60 63 95 46 .291 .363 .394
7 Garrett Atkins COL 3B 28.3 283.2 580 88 180 118 36 1 25 106 65 82 3 .310 .380 .505
8 Chipper Jones ATL 3B 35.9 281.6 457 93 143 82 33 2 26 91 73 72 4 .313 .408 .565
9 Adrian Beltre SEA 3B 29.0 268.2 606 86 167 100 39 2 26 95 44 109 10 .276 .325 .475
10 Ryan Zimmerman WAS 3B 23.5 263.4 605 95 170 104 41 2 23 92 59 116 6 .281 .345 .469
11 Mike Lowell BOS 3B 34.1 246.6 556 76 161 103 37 1 20 98 50 65 3 .290 .348 .468
12 Edwin Encarnacion CIN 3B 25.2 241.4 525 73 150 96 32 1 21 82 47 94 8 .286 .344 .470
13 Alex Gordon KC 3B/1B 24.2 237.9 541 74 144 85 36 3 20 77 45 130 15 .266 .323 .455
14 Hank Blalock TEX 3B 27.3 232.2 521 74 145 90 30 3 22 86 49 94 2 .278 .340 .474
15 Kevin Kouzmanoff SD 3B 26.7 224.6 511 66 144 89 32 2 21 84 35 92 2 .282 .328 .476
16 Troy Glaus STL 3B 31.7 224.1 456 74 117 67 23 0 27 81 73 117 1 .257 .359 .485
17 Ty Wigginton HOU 3B/2B 30.4 220.7 509 68 138 86 29 0 23 77 43 105 3 .271 .328 .464
18 Yunel Escobar ATL SS/2B/3B 25.4 213.2 563 87 163 119 34 2 8 54 52 83 10 .290 .350 .400
19 Josh Fields CHW 3B/OF 25.3 211.1 450 63 115 67 24 1 23 74 47 135 6 .256 .326 .467
20 Akinori Iwamura TB 3B 29.2 210.2 520 84 147 103 25 8 11 48 64 122 11 .283 .361 .425
21 Scott Rolen TOR 3B 33.0 207.3 418 69 115 68 30 2 15 73 43 60 4 .275 .343 .464
22 Melvin Mora BAL 3B 36.1 202.0 500 71 135 97 24 1 13 63 51 91 8 .270 .338 .400
23 Mark Reynolds ARI 3B 24.7 199.9 435 67 115 69 24 3 19 70 42 143 1 .264 .329 .464
24 Pedro Feliz PHI 3B 32.9 198.9 507 63 130 79 28 2 21 74 29 86 1 .256 .297 .444
25 Casey Blake CLE 3B 34.6 198.3 478 68 126 81 27 2 16 68 45 105 4 .264 .327 .429
26 Jose Bautista PIT 3B/OF 27.4 198.0 512 71 131 80 31 2 18 65 61 110 4 .256 .335 .430
27 Evan Longoria TB 3B 22.5 194.0 398 56 111 74 19 1 17 65 36 81 2 .279 .339 .460
28 Joe Crede CHW 3B 29.9 191.9 457 57 119 75 23 0 21 70 27 61 0 .260 .302 .449
29 Eric Chavez OAK 3B 30.3 178.3 368 55 96 56 22 1 17 56 44 77 3 .261 .340 .465
30 Mark DeRosa CHC 2B/3B/OF 33.1 177.7 416 57 117 82 24 1 10 58 42 80 2 .281 .347 .416
31 Mike Lamb MIN 3B/1B 32.7 177.7 392 55 110 75 20 2 13 55 39 59 1 .281 .346 .441
32 Maicer Izturis ANA 3B/2B 27.5 174.0 363 53 102 74 19 3 6 46 37 39 11 .281 .348 .399
33 Chad Tracy ARI 3B 27.8 162.2 308 43 88 53 22 1 12 45 31 64 1 .286 .351 .481
34 Chase Headley SD 3B 23.9 157.2 326 49 89 55 23 1 10 47 44 82 1 .273 .359 .442
35 Andy LaRoche LAD 3B 24.6 156.2 300 47 81 52 17 1 11 45 40 69 2 .270 .356 .443
36 Nomar Garciaparra LAD 3B/1B 34.7 150.9 303 43 84 64 13 0 7 47 25 29 2 .277 .332 .389
37 Esteban German KC 2B/3B 30.1 147.9 273 42 77 56 14 4 3 31 35 47 10 .282 .364 .396
38 Wilson Betemit NYY 3B 27.6 145.9 272 38 70 42 14 0 14 45 29 78 1 .257 .329 .463
39 Rich Aurilia SF 1B/3B 36.6 145.2 355 45 95 63 22 1 9 44 26 49 0 .268 .318 .411
40 Greg Dobbs PHI 3B 29.7 140.7 273 35 75 50 16 2 7 41 22 49 3 .275 .329 .425
41 Willy Aybar TB 3B 25.1 140.1 289 43 80 55 20 0 5 40 33 44 1 .277 .351 .398
42 Scott Moore BAL 3B 24.3 138.4 278 35 71 45 14 1 11 45 20 80 2 .255 .305 .432
43 Brandon Inge DET 3B 30.9 134.5 288 38 72 46 15 2 9 41 25 74 4 .250 .310 .410
44 Brendan Ryan STL SS/3B 26.0 134.1 293 41 79 62 12 1 4 20 23 31 10 .270 .323 .358
45 Marco Scutaro TOR SS/3B 32.4 130.8 288 40 76 54 14 2 6 33 32 41 3 .264 .338 .389
46 Mark Loretta HOU SS/2B/1B/3B 36.6 125.7 299 35 85 66 15 1 3 28 27 29 1 .284 .344 .371
47 Jack Hannahan OAK 3B 28.0 124.4 255 33 67 46 15 0 6 35 32 62 2 .263 .345 .392
48 Jose Castillo FLA 3B/2B 27.0 122.9 300 33 76 53 16 1 6 38 15 58 3 .253 .289 .373
49 Brandon Wood ANA 3B 23.1 121.8 219 29 55 34 12 0 9 32 17 63 4 .251 .305 .429
50 Wes Helms PHI 3B 31.9 120.7 234 24 64 40 17 1 6 36 18 50 0 .274 .325 .432
51 Nick Punto MIN 3B/SS/2B 30.4 120.4 331 41 81 61 15 4 1 24 34 61 12 .245 .315 .323
52 Alberto Callaspo KC 3B 25.0 117.8 231 34 64 47 13 2 2 24 21 20 2 .277 .337 .377
53 Tony Abreu LAD 3B/2B 23.4 116.8 210 27 60 39 16 2 3 23 12 27 1 .286 .324 .424
54 Ian Stewart COL 3B 23.0 114.3 201 26 53 34 12 2 5 28 16 48 3 .264 .318 .418
55 Chris Gomez PIT 1B/3B 36.8 110.9 190 19 56 42 11 1 2 19 12 21 1 .295 .337 .395
56 Willie Bloomquist SEA OF/2B/3B/SS 30.3 110.7 208 28 54 45 7 1 1 15 14 35 11 .260 .306 .317
57 Pablo Ozuna CHW 3B 33.8 107.6 176 23 49 39 8 1 1 11 7 20 7 .278 .306 .352
58 Morgan Ensberg NYY 3B 32.6 107.1 168 28 42 25 8 1 8 26 27 40 0 .250 .354 .452
59 Jamey Carroll CLE 2B/3B 34.1 106.5 225 37 58 45 11 1 1 18 27 35 4 .258 .337 .329
60 Brian Buscher MIN 3B 27.0 102.0 158 16 43 31 7 1 4 20 18 26 2 .272 .347 .405
61 Craig Counsell MIL 3B/SS/2B 37.6 101.6 254 33 61 46 11 2 2 22 31 37 6 .240 .323 .323
62 Alex Cintron ZFA 3B 29.3 99.9 168 18 45 33 8 1 3 21 8 24 2 .268 .301 .381
63 Andy Marte CLE 3B 24.5 98.6 200 23