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2009 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 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

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-90)   OF (91-180)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-100)    Starting Pitcher (101-200)   Relief Pitchers (1-100)   Relief Pitchers (101-200)

 

3B Rank PLAYER TEAM AGE POS FP AB  R  H  1B  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  K  SB  BA  OBP  SLG  OPS 
1 David Wright NYM 26.2 3B 381.3 599 111 185 110 41 2 32 118 89 114 19 .309 .398 .544 .942
2 Alex Rodriguez NYY 33.7 3B 308.9 445 92 133 76 26 0 31 97 65 101 15 .299 .388 .566 .955
3 Evan Longoria TB 23.5 3B 306.9 557 90 157 86 36 2 33 106 58 140 9 .282 .350 .531 .881
4 Kevin Youkilis BOS 30.0 1B/3B 304.0 543 95 166 96 41 3 26 105 75 112 3 .306 .390 .536 .926
5 Aramis Ramirez CHC 30.8 3B 296.4 548 89 160 90 38 2 30 110 63 80 1 .292 .365 .533 .898
6 Chris Davis TEX 23.1 3B/1B 270.3 532 88 146 77 38 1 30 98 44 143 2 .274 .330 .519 .849
7 Chipper Jones ATL 36.9 3B 267.1 435 85 142 88 30 2 22 81 77 67 3 .326 .428 .556 .984
8 Garrett Atkins COL 29.3 3B/1B 266.8 595 85 171 114 33 2 22 98 51 103 1 .287 .344 .461 .804
9 Aubrey Huff BAL 32.2 1B/3B 264.7 545 81 159 95 37 2 25 91 49 81 2 .292 .350 .505 .855
10 Adrian Beltre SEA 30.0 3B 251.7 575 80 155 95 34 1 25 82 47 95 9 .270 .325 .463 .787
11 Ryan Zimmerman WAS 24.5 3B 245.8 578 80 165 104 38 3 20 85 50 103 2 .285 .342 .465 .808
12 Mark Reynolds ARI 25.7 3B 239.2 525 83 132 75 28 3 26 90 59 190 7 .251 .327 .465 .792
13 Mark DeRosa CLE 34.1 3B/2B/OF 238.7 515 88 147 100 29 2 16 83 61 100 4 .285 .361 .443 .804
14 Jorge Cantu FLA 27.1 3B/1B 235.8 550 74 151 91 35 1 24 84 36 105 2 .275 .319 .473 .792
15 Alex Gordon KC 25.2 3B 229.5 525 75 139 80 38 1 20 77 67 127 12 .265 .348 .455 .803
16 Edwin Encarnacion CIN 26.2 3B 223.4 510 74 137 84 28 1 24 77 59 96 3 .269 .344 .469 .813
17 Kevin Kouzmanoff SD 27.7 3B 223.1 555 70 150 92 32 3 23 84 35 120 0 .270 .314 .463 .777
18 Casey Blake LAD 35.6 3B/1B 217.9 525 73 141 87 32 1 21 78 51 115 3 .269 .333 .453 .787
19 Carlos Guillen DET 33.5 3B/1B 216.1 485 76 138 90 32 4 12 72 59 80 9 .285 .362 .441 .803
20 Melvin Mora BAL 37.1 3B 214.9 492 72 135 90 26 1 18 81 43 77 3 .274 .333 .441 .774
21 Chone Figgins LAA 31.2 3B 211.4 470 75 131 101 23 5 2 39 56 82 37 .279 .356 .362 .717
22 Mike Lowell BOS 35.1 3B 203.3 451 64 128 81 29 1 17 78 42 60 1 .284 .345 .466 .810
23 Hank Blalock TEX 28.3 1B/3B 192.2 425 61 120 72 28 2 18 67 41 72 2 .282 .345 .485 .830
24 Ty Wigginton BAL 31.4 3B/OF 172.5 393 51 107 66 20 1 20 55 32 77 4 .272 .327 .481 .808
25 Bill Hall MIL 29.3 3B 164.7 435 60 108 60 30 2 16 62 41 127 5 .248 .313 .437 .750
26 Russell Branyan SEA 33.3 3B 164.7 378 57 91 48 20 0 23 64 57 142 1 .241 .340 .476 .816
27 Josh Fields CHW 26.3 3B 164.4 425 55 102 60 23 1 18 60 48 137 9 .240 .317 .426 .743
28 Scott Rolen TOR 34.0 3B 161.3 409 61 109 65 30 2 12 56 43 65 4 .267 .336 .438 .774
29 Joe Crede MIN 30.9 3B 157.6 418 48 106 66 20 1 19 65 29 52 0 .254 .302 .443 .745
30 Jed Lowrie BOS 24.9 SS/3B 154.3 435 59 115 64 40 4 7 68 58 96 2 .265 .351 .422 .773
31 Ian Stewart COL 24.0 3B 149.9 368 50 96 57 22 3 14 56 40 108 4 .261 .333 .451 .784
32 Brandon Inge DET 31.9 C/3B 146.2 460 56 105 66 22 3 14 64 51 115 6 .228 .305 .380 .686
33 Pedro Feliz PHI 33.9 3B 145.3 430 48 109 71 21 2 15 60 28 61 0 .253 .299 .416 .715
34 Marco Scutaro TOR 33.4 SS/2B/3B 139.3 402 59 106 80 19 1 6 48 46 55 5 .264 .339 .361 .700
35 Troy Glaus STL 32.7 3B 127.0 265 38 72 41 15 1 15 49 43 60 0 .272 .373 .506 .879
36 Andy LaRoche PIT 25.6 3B 125.7 350 52 84 58 14 0 12 46 53 58 4 .240 .340 .383 .723
37 Eric Chavez OAK 31.3 3B 121.7 327 45 81 48 19 1 13 48 37 73 1 .248 .324 .431 .755
38 Geoff Blum HOU 35.9 3B 116.8 380 41 95 62 21 1 11 49 28 63 0 .250 .301 .397 .699
39 Greg Dobbs PHI 30.7 3B 114.8 260 35 74 48 16 2 8 43 18 48 3 .285 .331 .454 .785
40 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
41 Brandon Wood LAA 24.1 3B/SS 106.8 288 38 69 42 15 1 11 38 19 79 6 .240 .287 .413 .700
42 Rich Aurilia SF 37.6 1B/3B 101.7 295 32 81 56 16 1 8 38 22 39 0 .275 .325 .417 .742
43 Jose Bautista TOR 28.4 3B 101.2 296 39 71 44 16 1 10 39 34 69 3 .240 .318 .402 .720
44 Dallas McPherson ZFA 28.7 3B 100.8 225 32 58 32 12 1 13 32 26 83 3 .258 .335 .493 .828
45 Omar Infante ATL 27.2 3B/SS/OF 93.1 269 38 75 53 16 3 3 31 17 43 2 .279 .322 .394 .716
46 David Freese STL 25.9 3B 92.1 225 31 59 37 11 3 8 34 15 44 3 .262 .308 .444 .753
47 Wilson Betemit CHW 28.6 3B/1B 90.2 255 36 62 38 15 0 9 38 18 72 0 .243 .293 .408 .701
48 Brendan Harris MIN 28.6 SS/2B/3B 86.0 255 34 69 45 18 1 5 29 25 60 1 .271 .336 .408 .744
49 Brian Buscher MIN 28.0 3B 81.2 220 26 61 47 10 0 4 37 21 38 0 .277 .340 .377 .718
50 Martin Prado ATL 25.4 3B 79.1 213 28 63 46 13 2 2 26 18 27 2 .296 .351 .404 .754
51 Wes Helms FLA 32.9 3B/1B 75.4 258 26 66 45 15 1 5 34 17 59 0 .256 .302 .380 .682
52 Willy Aybar TB 26.1 3B 74.1 237 26 62 41 14 1 6 26 24 32 1 .262 .330 .405 .735
53 Ramon Vazquez PIT 32.6 3B/SS 70.9 229 32 58 42 11 1 4 26 26 53 1 .253 .329 .362 .692
54 Juan Uribe SF 29.7 2B/3B 69.1 220 25 53 33 12 1 7 29 14 45 1 .241 .286 .400 .686
55 Jeff Larish DET 26.5 3B 66.0 148 19 40 25 8 1 6 26 15 49 2 .270 .337 .459 .797
56 Jamey Carroll CLE 35.1 2B/3B 65.4 205 31 54 43 8 2 1 19 22 37 4 .263 .335 .337 .671
57 Doug Mientkiewicz LAD 34.8 1B/3B 60.1 175 25 47 30 14 0 3 23 23 22 0 .269 .354 .400 .754
58 Jose Castillo WAS 28.0 3B 59.8 210 21 53 35 13 1 4 23 12 41 2 .252 .293 .381 .674
59 Mike Lamb ZFA 33.7 3B 59.5 185 23 49 33 10 2 4 22 17 26 0 .265 .327 .405 .732
60 German Duran TEX 24.7 3B 57.6 157 24 40 26 8 2 4 20 8 30 2 .255 .291 .408 .699
61 Craig Counsell MIL 38.6 3B/SS 56.9 225 30 52 38 11 1 2 20 34 38 4 .231 .332 .316 .648
62 Eric Bruntlett PHI 31.0 SS/3B/OF 55.1 175 25 40 29 9 0 2 16 19 31 8 .229 .304 .314 .618
63 Matt Tolbert MIN 26.9 3B 54.4 150 21 41 29 9 2 1 13 11 25 6 .273 .323 .380 .703
64 Travis Metcalf TEX 26.6 3B 51.9 134 20 33 19 8 0 6 20 10 31 0 .246 .299