Ordonez among baseball's most complete hitters in 2007

This is the third in a series of articles on run production. The others are linked below.

Run Production - Part 1

Run Production - Part 2

In part 2, I mentioned that Magglio Ordonez was the only Tiger hitter to finish in the top 40 in the league in BA, EOBP and ISO among 135 players with 300 or more PA (including recently acquired Edgar Renteria and Jacque Jones). How many other hitters in baseball were as well rounded in 2007? Remember that I’m only talking about hitting skills here. Base running is being left out of this for now.

Table 1 shows that there were 7 other American hitters to achieve the trifecta. All players on the list except Manny Ramirez finished in the top 15 in RC/G. Ramirez, who had an off year for him, finished 34th. Interestingly, Ramirez was the only American League player to make this list in both 2006 and 2007.

Table 2 displays 5 National League hitters among 140 players with 300 or more PA who ranked in the top 40 in all 3 categories. All 5 National Leaguers finished in the top 8 in RC/G. There are no surprises on the list and there are three repeaters from the 2006 list: Chipper Jones, Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols.

Table 1: Well Rounded American League Hitters in 2007

Player	Team	PA	BA	EOBP	ISO	RC/G	RC/G Rank
Rodriguez	NYA	708	.314	.164	.331	9.69	1
Ortiz	BOS	667	.332	.172	.290	9.48	2
Ordonez	DET	679	.363	.115	.232	9.47	3
Posada	NYA	589	.338	.136	.206	8.39	5
Guerrero	LAA	660	.324	.121	.223	7.72	8
Teixeira	TEX	335	.297	.143	.227	7.19	11
Upton	TB	548	.300	.126	.209	6.90	15
Ramirez	BOS	569	.296	.137	.197	6.17	34

Table 2: Well Rounded National League Hitters in 2007

Player	Team	PA	BA	EOBP	ISO	RC/G	RC/G Rank
Jones	ATL	600	.337	.137	.267	8.92	2
Wright	NYN	711	.325	.141	.222	8.79	3
Utley	PHI	613	.332	.122	.234	8.54	4
Cabrera	FLA	680	.320	.124	.245	8.18	7
Pujols	STL	679	.327	.156	.241	8.07	8