Found January 21, 2012 on Dugout Central: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Alex RodriguezTodd HeltonAlbert PujolsLance BerkmanJorge PosadaAdam DunnMiguel CabreraMatt HollidayChase UtleyPrince FielderHanley RamirezJoey VottoJosh HamiltonEvan LongoriaShin-Soo ChooMike NapoliCarlos GonzalezChris IannettaMike MorseMatthew JoyceAlex AvilaCarlos SantanaLogan MorrisonIke DavisBuster PoseyEric HosmerChris HeiseyLucas DudaCasper WellsJesus GuzmanAlex PresleyBrett LawrieJason KipnisChris ParmeleeJesus MonteroBrett PillChipper JonesMark TeixeiraJason BayBrad HawpeJayson WerthDustin PedroiaLuke ScottJustin UptonJim ThomeTravis HafnerAndre EthierMatt KempJacoby EllsburyPablo SandovalMiguel MonteroRyan SpilborghsDexter FowlerChris CoghlanBrennan BoeschNolan ReimoldJohn BakerKyle BlanksMike CarpMicah OwingsBrian BogusevicSalvador PerezYonder AlonsoMatt PagnozziBrian DinkelmanScott RolenAramis RamirezCarl CrawfordAdrian GonzalezJustin MorneauJoe MauerRyan ZimmermanJose BautistaJosh WillinghamMark ReynoldsBilly ButlerJay BruceFred LewisBrett GardnerColby RasmusDrew StubbsStarlin CastroJoe InglettJon JayJose TabataPeter BourjosDavid Freese
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Who are the best offensive players at this point in their career, among players who are currently active? Younger players on such a list might very well turn into the stars of tomorrow. More established players on the list are building their resume for possible admission to the Hall of Fame. For the last three years I have presented a list of the active players who had the most career Runs Created with the same or more plate appearances. Another way of thinking about it is that to make the list, nobody with more RC can have fewer PA. Here the list is updated for 2011 (the data comes from baseball-reference.com) with a minimum of 50 PA required: PA RC Player RC/PA 10634 2065 Alex Rodriguez 0.194 9774 2005 Manny Ramirez 0.205 8725 1759 Todd Helton 0.202 7433 1613 Albert Pujols 0.217 7422 1429 Lance Berkman 0.193 7266 1310 David Ortiz 0.180 7150 1100 Jorge Posada 0.154 6561 1089 Adam Dunn 0.166 5777 1087 Miguel Cabrera 0.188 4829 894 Matt Holliday 0.185 4778 84...
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