Sport Fanatics Fantasy Baseball - 2008 Cheat Sheet - 2009 First Base Player Rankings

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2009 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. Final Spring Training update April 4, 2009

1B Rank	PLAYER	TEAM	AGE	POS	FP	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Albert Pujols	STL	29.2	1B	382.2	538	104	181	100	41	1	39	117	100	53	6	.336	.440	.634	1.074
2	Miguel Cabrera	DET	25.9	1B	352.8	594	95	185	106	39	2	38	121	68	121	1	.311	.382	.576	.958
3	Ryan Howard	PHI	29.3	1B	342.3	580	101	152	75	28	2	47	139	86	194	1	.262	.357	.560	.918
4	Mark Teixeira	NYY	28.9	1B	336.2	565	99	172	99	37	1	35	116	89	107	2	.304	.399	.559	.958
5	Lance Berkman	HOU	33.1	1B	323.5	545	100	164	93	38	2	31	104	98	110	8	.301	.407	.549	.956
6	Justin Morneau	MIN	27.8	1B	316.7	596	95	178	108	40	3	27	122	70	88	1	.299	.372	.512	.884
7	Prince Fielder	MIL	24.9	1B	312.9	575	92	162	90	33	1	38	109	81	127	3	.282	.370	.541	.911
8	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	30.0	1B/3B	304.0	543	95	166	96	41	3	26	105	75	112	3	.306	.390	.536	.926
9	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	26.9	1B	295.3	605	97	171	102	37	1	31	103	68	130	0	.283	.355	.501	.856
10	Derrek Lee	CHC	33.5	1B	273.5	583	91	168	104	40	3	21	90	66	114	7	.288	.361	.475	.836
11	Joey Votto	CIN	25.5	1B	272.0	545	74	161	101	33	2	25	92	62	99	7	.295	.367	.501	.868
12	Carlos Delgado	NYM	36.7	1B	270.8	545	88	147	86	30	0	31	102	69	118	1	.270	.352	.495	.847
13	Chris Davis	TEX	23.1	3B/1B	270.3	532	88	146	77	38	1	30	98	44	143	2	.274	.330	.519	.849
14	Garrett Atkins	COL	29.3	3B/1B	266.8	595	85	171	114	33	2	22	98	51	103	1	.287	.344	.461	.804
15	Aubrey Huff	BAL	32.2	1B/3B	264.7	545	81	159	95	37	2	25	91	49	81	2	.292	.350	.505	.855
16	Carlos Pena	TB	30.9	1B	263.3	513	84	132	70	27	1	34	105	96	155	1	.257	.374	.513	.887
17	Conor Jackson	ARI	26.9	1B/OF	246.5	530	84	155	100	35	4	16	78	60	65	8	.292	.364	.464	.829
18	James Loney	LAD	24.9	1B	238.2	575	66	168	109	36	7	16	89	46	80	4	.292	.345	.463	.807
19	Jorge Cantu	FLA	27.1	3B/1B	235.8	550	74	151	91	35	1	24	84	36	105	2	.275	.319	.473	.792
20	Adam LaRoche	PIT	29.4	1B	229.0	490	71	134	72	35	2	25	86	55	120	1	.273	.347	.506	.853
21	Mike Jacobs	KC	28.4	1B	226.0	498	72	128	69	30	1	28	89	39	111	1	.257	.311	.490	.801
22	Pablo Sandoval	SF	22.7	1B	221.1	492	78	143	93	34	1	15	81	26	55	0	.291	.326	.455	.782
23	Casey Blake	LAD	35.6	3B/1B	217.9	525	73	141	87	32	1	21	78	51	115	3	.269	.333	.453	.787
24	Paul Konerko	CHW	33.0	1B	217.0	480	70	128	79	24	0	25	80	67	89	1	.267	.356	.473	.829
25	Carlos Guillen	DET	33.5	3B/1B	216.1	485	76	138	90	32	4	12	72	59	80	9	.285	.362	.441	.803
26	Casey Kotchman	ATL	26.1	1B	213.2	533	71	151	102	33	1	15	76	48	48	2	.283	.343	.433	.776
27	Billy Butler	KC	23.0	1B	208.6	525	65	149	102	29	1	17	76	44	71	0	.284	.339	.440	.779
28	Jason Giambi	OAK	38.2	1B	207.4	435	65	107	61	18	0	28	88	75	105	1	.246	.357	.480	.837
29	Todd Helton	COL	35.6	1B	205.9	475	70	141	94	33	1	13	70	84	68	1	.297	.403	.453	.855
30	Lyle Overbay	TOR	32.1	1B	193.9	520	69	143	91	35	2	15	67	63	101	1	.275	.353	.437	.790
31	Hank Blalock	TEX	28.3	1B/3B	192.2	425	61	120	72	28	2	18	67	41	72	2	.282	.345	.485	.830
32	Travis Ishikawa	SF	25.5	1B	192.0	465	64	126	82	27	1	16	75	40	103	2	.271	.329	.437	.765
33	Ryan Garko	CLE	28.3	1B	181.8	445	56	123	84	23	1	15	75	37	81	0	.276	.332	.434	.766
34	Nick Swisher	NYY	28.3	OF/1B	176.1	420	68	105	63	21	1	20	63	71	109	2	.250	.358	.448	.806
35	Chad Tracy	ARI	28.8	1B	150.3	405	49	109	68	27	1	13	57	34	77	1	.269	.326	.437	.763
36	Nick Johnson	WAS	30.5	1B	136.9	322	50	87	50	24	0	13	47	62	59	1	.270	.388	.466	.854
37	Chris Duncan	STL	27.9	OF/1B	135.1	315	47	83	55	15	0	13	53	47	90	1	.263	.359	.435	.794
38	Kevin Millar	TOR	37.5	1B	109.0	305	43	76	49	16	0	11	41	43	56	0	.249	.343	.414	.757
39	Ronnie Belliard	WAS	34.0	2B/3B/1B	108.6	305	36	84	57	19	1	7	39	26	49	2	.275	.332	.413	.745
40	Rich Aurilia	SF	37.6	1B/3B	101.7	295	32	81	56	16	1	8	38	22	39	0	.275	.325	.417	.742
41	Gaby Sanchez	FLA	25.6	1B	91.7	220	34	61	39	17	1	4	35	33	41	3	.277	.372	.418	.790
42	Wilson Betemit	CHW	28.6	3B/1B	90.2	255	36	62	38	15	0	9	38	18	72	0	.243	.293	.408	.701
43	Jeff Baker	COL	27.8	2B/1B	88.2	228	36	60	37	16	1	6	31	20	68	2	.263	.323	.421	.744
44	Ross Gload	FLA	33.0	1B	86.1	241	31	68	50	13	2	3	29	13	26	3	.282	.319	.390	.709
45	Frank Catalanotto	ZFA	34.9	OF/1B	82.7	242	32	67	42	19	2	4	28	22	26	1	.277	.337	.421	.759
46	Daric Barton	OAK	23.6	1B	82.4	255	35	65	44	13	2	6	29	35	55	1	.255	.345	.392	.737
47	Wes Helms	FLA	32.9	3B/1B	75.4	258	26	66	45	15	1	5	34	17	59	0	.256	.302	.380	.682
48	Mike Sweeney	SEA	35.7	1B	62.8	175	20	48	33	10	0	5	24	20	29	0	.274	.349	.417	.766
49	Richie Sexson	ZFA	34.3	1B	61.9	185	23	42	24	10	1	7	29	25	47	1	.227	.319	.405	.724
50	Doug Mientkiewicz	LAD	34.8	1B/3B	60.1	175	25	47	30	14	0	3	23	23	22	0	.269	.354	.400	.754
51	Oscar Salazar	BAL	30.8	1B	57.8	137	19	37	23	8	1	5	22	12	20	1	.270	.329	.453	.781
52	John Bowker	SF	25.8	1B	56.2	155	16	42	27	8	2	5	21	10	34	1	.271	.315	.445	.760
53	Robb Quinlan	LAA	32.0	1B/3B	46.7	160	15	41	31	5	1	4	15	12	24	2	.256	.308	.375	.683
54	Tony Clark	ARI	36.8	1B	42.4	133	14	30	21	4	0	5	23	19	41	0	.226	.322	.368	.691
55	Lars Anderson	BOS	21.5	1B	40.5	88	18	22	14	5	0	3	18	4	17	0	.250	.283	.409	.692
56	Daryle Ward	ZFA	33.7	1B	39.8	105	13	27	15	8	0	4	17	15	20	0	.257	.350	.448	.798
57	Bryan LaHair	SEA	26.4	1B	38.0	120	15	31	21	7	0	3	14	12	32	0	.258	.326	.392	.717
58	Andy Phillips	PIT	32.0	1B	36.1	113	15	29	21	6	0	2	13	11	15	1	.257	.323	.363	.685
59	Dmitri Young	WAS	35.4	1B	34.6	100	11	27	19	5	0	3	13	12	19	0	.270	.348	.410	.758
60	Cody Ransom	NYY	33.1	1B	29.8	100	11	24	15	6	0	3	11	9	23	1	.240	.303	.390	.693
61	Chris Shelton	SEA	28.8	1B	22.4	75	9	18	11	4	1	2	10	9	22	0	.240	.321	.400	.721

POS - Position(s) players are eligible for if they played in 20 or more games at the position in 2008. If a player played in less than 20 games at a position, than the most frequent position played was used to determine position eligibility.

(FP) Fantasy Points - Formula derived by Sport Fanatics using the 5 scoring categories to determine player rankings. Also a good tool to use to compare value to other positions and determine tiers when there is a drop off in fantasy production for each position.

At Bats, Runs, Hits, Doubles, Triples, HRs, RBIs, SB and BA (Batting Average) - 2009 projected statistics.

2009 Fantasy Baseball First Base Player Rankings & Projections