Powerful National Leaguers

There is not much news to report on the Tigers unless I talk about the caravan and Tigerfest. While I'm sure those are fun events for Michiganders, they are not really geeky enough for Tiger Tales. I also don’t have a lot of time this week to do anything creative so I thought I’d go back to an earlier analysis of isolated power (on November 28, 2005) and do the same run for the National League. The charts below rank National League hitters with 295 or more plate appearances by position.

Catchers

rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Barrett	CHN	.276	.479	.203
2	Piazza	NYN	.251	.452	.201
3	LaRue	CIN	.260	.452	.192
4	Matheny	SF	.242	.406	.164
5	Hernandez	SD	.290	.450	.160
6	Lieberthal	PHI	.263	.418	.155
7	Cota	PIT	.242	.387	.145
8	Schneider	WAS	.268	.409	.141
9	Miller	MIL	.273	.413	.140
10	Phillips	LAN	.238	.363	.125
11	Molina	STL	.252	.358	.106
12	Estrada	ATL	.261	.367	.106
13	Snyder	ARI	.202	.301	.099
14	Lo Duca	FLA	.283	.380	.097
15	Ausmus	HOU	.258	.331	.073

First Basemen

rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Clark	ARI	.304	.636	.332
2	Lee	CHN	.335	.662	.327
3	Delgado	FLA	.301	.582	.281
4	Pujols	STL	.330	.609	.279
5	Howard	PHI	.288	.567	.279
6	Tracy	ARI	.308	.553	.245
7	Berkman	HOU	.293	.524	.231
8	Saenz	LAN	.263	.480	.217
9	Helton	COL	.320	.534	.214
10	Niekro	SF	.252	.460	.208
11	Choi	LAN	.253	.453	.200
12	Johnson	WAS	.289	.479	.190
13	Lamb	HOU	.236	.419	.183
14	Nady	SD	.261	.439	.178
15	Overbay	MIL	.276	.449	.173
16	Mientkiewicz	NYN	.240	.407	.167
17	Ward	PIT	.260	.405	.145
18	Nevin	SD	.256	.399	.143
19	Casey	CIN	.312	.423	.111
20	Conine	FLA	.304	.403	.099
21	Snow	SF	.275	.365	.090

Second Basemen

rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Utley	PHI	.291	.540	.249
2	Kent	LAN	.289	.512	.223
3	Biggio	HOU	.264	.468	.204
4	Easley	FLA	.240	.419	.179
5	Giles	ATL	.291	.461	.170
6	Walker	CHN	.305	.474	.169
7	Aurilia	CIN	.282	.444	.162
8	Weeks	MIL	.239	.394	.155
9	Vidro	WAS	.275	.424	.149
10	Castillo	PIT	.268	.416	.148
11	Durham	SF	.290	.429	.139
12	Gonzalez	COL	.292	.421	.129
13	Counsell	ARI	.256	.375	.119
14	Grudzielanek	STL	.294	.407	.113
15	Freel	CIN	.271	.371	.100
16	Matsui	NYN	.255	.352	.097
17	Miles	COL	.281	.355	.074
18	Castillo	FLA	.301	.374	.073
19	Cairo	NYN	.251	.324	.073
20	Loretta	SD	.280	.347	.067
21	Carroll	WAS	.251	.284	.033

Shortstops

rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Hall	MIL	.291	.495	.204
2	Lopez	CIN	.291	.486	.195
3	Greene	SD	.250	.431	.181
4	Furcal	ATL	.284	.429	.145
5	Barmes	COL	.289	.434	.145
6	Cintron	ARI	.273	.415	.142
7	Rollins	PHI	.290	.431	.141
8	Hardy	MIL	.247	.384	.137
9	Everett	HOU	.248	.364	.116
10	Reyes	NYN	.273	.386	.113
11	Perez	CHN	.274	.383	.109
12	Wilson	PIT	.257	.363	.106
13	Gonzalez	FLA	.264	.368	.104
14	Eckstein	STL	.294	.395	.101
15	Robles	LAN	.272	.368	.096
16	Guzman	WAS	.219	.314	.095
17	Clayton	ARI	.270	.351	.081
18	Vizquel	SF	.271	.350	.079
19	Izturis	LAN	.257	.322	.065

Third Basemen

rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Ensberg	HOU	.283	.557	.274
2	Ramirez	CHN	.302	.568	.266
3	Glaus	ARI	.258	.522	.264
4	Jones	ATL	.296	.556	.260
5	Wright	NYN	.306	.523	.217
6	Randa	CIN	.289	.491	.202
7	Feliz	SF	.250	.422	.172
8	Castilla	WAS	.253	.403	.150
9	Atkins	COL	.287	.426	.139
10	Lowell	FLA	.236	.360	.124
11	Mackowiak	PIT	.272	.389	.117
12	Bell	PHI	.248	.361	.113
13	Sanchez	PIT	.291	.400	.109
14	Nunez	STL	.285	.361	.076
15	Alfonzo	SF	.277	.345	.068
16	Burroughs	SD	.250	.299	.049

Left Fielders

Rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Dunn	CIN	.247	.540	.293
2	Sanders	STL	.271	.546	.275
3	Bay	PIT	.306	.559	.253
4	Cabrera	FLA	.323	.561	.238
5	Floyd	NYN	.273	.505	.232
6	Burrell	PHI	.281	.504	.223
7	Lee	MIL	.265	.487	.222
8	Holliday	COL	.307	.505	.198
9	Alou	SF	.321	.518	.197
10	Gonzalez	ARI	.271	.459	.188
11	Church	WAS	.287	.466	.179
12	Klesko	SD	.248	.418	.170
13	Langerhans	ATL	.267	.426	.159
14	Johnson	ATL	.241	.397	.156
15	Werth	LAN	.234	.374	.140
16	Burke	HOU	.248	.368	.120
17	Jackson	SD	.255	.342	.087

Center Fielders

rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Jones	ATL	.263	.575	.312
2	Griffey	CIN	.301	.576	.275
3	Edmonds	STL	.263	.533	.270
4	Wilson	COL	.258	.491	.233
5	Bradley	LAN	.290	.484	.194
6	Repko	LAN	.221	.384	.163
7	Wilkerson	WAS	.248	.405	.157
8	Roberts	SD	.275	.428	.153
9	Beltran	NYN	.266	.414	.148
10	Patterson	CHN	.215	.348	.133
11	Clark	MIL	.306	.426	.120
12	Michaels	PHI	.304	.415	.111
13	Hairston	CHN	.261	.368	.107
14	Ellison	SF	.264	.361	.097
15	Sullivan	COL	.294	.386	.092
16	Lofton	PHI	.335	.420	.085
17	Redman	PIT	.251	.332	.081
18	Pierre	FLA	.276	.354	.078
19	Taveras	HOU	.291	.341	.050

Right Fielders

rank	Player	Team	BA	SLG	ISO
1	Pena	CIN	.254	.492	.238
2	Drew	LAN	.286	.520	.234
3	Lane	HOU	.267	.499	.232
4	Jenkins	MIL	.292	.513	.221
5	Walker	STL	.289	.502	.213
6	Kearns	CIN	.240	.452	.212
7	Diaz	NYN	.257	.468	.211
8	Cameron	NYN	.273	.477	.204
9	Guillen	WAS	.283	.479	.196
10	Green	ARI	.286	.477	.191
11	Abreu	PHI	.286	.474	.188
12	Giles	SD	.301	.483	.182
13	Burnitz	CHN	.258	.435	.177
14	Encarnacion	FLA	.287	.447	.160
15	Lawton	PIT	.273	.433	.160
16	Hawpe	COL	.262	.403	.141
17	Taguchi	STL	.288	.412	.124