Sometimes it's useful or, dare I say, fun to just have some numbers and look at them.
In that vein, I'm posting a list of all team lineup positions (not fielding positions) ranked by OPS. Ties are sorted by OBP, reflecting the greater importance that on-base-percentage has on scoring runs.
Basically, what this shows is how each team's lineup slot did in 2005 in relation to all the other slots in baseball. The Phillies, who have 5 of the top 85 slots, are highlighted in bold. It's quite easy to see where this team's batting weaknesses lay.
Enjoy!
100-199 and 200-270 are listed in separate stories.
Rank | Team | Position | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1 | St. Louis | 3 | 0.326 | 0.424 | 0.602 | 1.026 |
2 | Florida | 4 | 0.335 | 0.413 | 0.598 | 1.011 |
3 | Colorado | 3 | 0.328 | 0.442 | 0.545 | 0.987 |
4 | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 0.308 | 0.381 | 0.597 | 0.978 |
5 | Boston | 3 | 0.290 | 0.395 | 0.581 | 0.976 |
6 | NY Yankees | 5 | 0.316 | 0.399 | 0.575 | 0.974 |
7 | Boston | 4 | 0.294 | 0.377 | 0.580 | 0.956 |
8 | Texas | 3 | 0.302 | 0.380 | 0.561 | 0.940 |
9 | Milwaukee | 5 | 0.305 | 0.377 | 0.560 | 0.937 |
10 | Houston | 4 | 0.284 | 0.391 | 0.531 | 0.922 |
11 | Chicago Sox | 4 | 0.289 | 0.376 | 0.536 | 0.912 |
12 | Texas | 2 | 0.326 | 0.385 | 0.520 | 0.906 |
13 | Cleveland | 4 | 0.280 | 0.363 | 0.543 | 0.906 |
14 | Philadelphia | 3 | 0.287 | 0.394 | 0.506 | 0.900 |
15 | Arizona | 4 | 0.261 | 0.354 | 0.539 | 0.894 |
16 | Philadelphia | 5 | 0.276 | 0.381 | 0.511 | 0.892 |
17 | Seattle | 4 | 0.256 | 0.361 | 0.528 | 0.889 |
18 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 0.284 | 0.375 | 0.511 | 0.886 |
19 | Atlanta | 3 | 0.285 | 0.383 | 0.501 | 0.884 |
20 | Philadelphia | 6 | 0.303 | 0.376 | 0.508 | 0.884 |
21 | NY Yankees | 3 | 0.279 | 0.381 | 0.501 | 0.882 |
22 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0.272 | 0.365 | 0.512 | 0.877 |
23 | Chicago Cubs | 4 | 0.286 | 0.357 | 0.519 | 0.876 |
24 | St. Louis | 4 | 0.274 | 0.376 | 0.494 | 0.870 |
25 | NY Yankees | 4 | 0.290 | 0.370 | 0.491 | 0.861 |
26 | NY Yankees | 6 | 0.249 | 0.370 | 0.491 | 0.861 |
27 | Cincinnati | 6 | 0.272 | 0.350 | 0.510 | 0.860 |
28 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0.310 | 0.375 | 0.484 | 0.859 |
29 | Chicago Cubs | 5 | 0.302 | 0.353 | 0.506 | 0.859 |
30 | Atlanta | 4 | 0.258 | 0.338 | 0.519 | 0.858 |
31 | Florida | 3 | 0.287 | 0.361 | 0.496 | 0.857 |
32 | Baltimore | 3 | 0.295 | 0.343 | 0.513 | 0.855 |
33 | Washington | 4 | 0.291 | 0.363 | 0.491 | 0.854 |
34 | San Francisco | 4 | 0.295 | 0.373 | 0.479 | 0.852 |
35 | Houston | 3 | 0.277 | 0.369 | 0.477 | 0.847 |
36 | Baltimore | 1 | 0.301 | 0.371 | 0.473 | 0.844 |
37 | LA Dodgers | 3 | 0.266 | 0.368 | 0.476 | 0.844 |
38 | NY Mets | 7 | 0.267 | 0.346 | 0.496 | 0.843 |
39 | LA Angels | 4 | 0.300 | 0.352 | 0.488 | 0.840 |
40 | Arizona | 6 | 0.278 | 0.347 | 0.492 | 0.839 |
41 | Arizona | 3 | 0.280 | 0.368 | 0.467 | 0.835 |
42 | Colorado | 6 | 0.289 | 0.355 | 0.480 | 0.835 |
43 | NY Mets | 5 | 0.283 | 0.347 | 0.488 | 0.835 |
44 | Oakland | 4 | 0.284 | 0.343 | 0.492 | 0.835 |
45 | NY Mets | 4 | 0.268 | 0.357 | 0.477 | 0.834 |
46 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 0.289 | 0.345 | 0.488 | 0.834 |
47 | Detroit | 5 | 0.287 | 0.334 | 0.500 | 0.834 |
48 | Cleveland | 3 | 0.280 | 0.360 | 0.472 | 0.833 |
49 | Chicago Sox | 6 | 0.271 | 0.335 | 0.498 | 0.832 |
50 | Cincinnati | 4 | 0.258 | 0.351 | 0.480 | 0.831 |
51 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0.284 | 0.360 | 0.471 | 0.830 |
52 | Texas | 5 | 0.265 | 0.321 | 0.508 | 0.829 |
53 | Cleveland | 9 | 0.282 | 0.338 | 0.483 | 0.821 |
54 | Kansas City | 3 | 0.291 | 0.344 | 0.476 | 0.820 |
55 | San Francisco | 1 | 0.297 | 0.351 | 0.467 | 0.818 |
56 | Tampa Bay | 3 | 0.285 | 0.321 | 0.497 | 0.818 |
57 | NY Yankees | 1 | 0.302 | 0.379 | 0.438 | 0.817 |
58 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0.295 | 0.368 | 0.449 | 0.817 |
59 | LA Angels | 3 | 0.292 | 0.349 | 0.469 | 0.817 |
60 | Cleveland | 6 | 0.281 | 0.349 | 0.468 | 0.817 |
61 | Arizona | 5 | 0.279 | 0.343 | 0.474 | 0.817 |
62 | Detroit | 3 | 0.294 | 0.337 | 0.480 | 0.817 |
63 | San Francisco | 5 | 0.304 | 0.361 | 0.452 | 0.813 |
64 | San Diego | 4 | 0.279 | 0.366 | 0.445 | 0.811 |
65 | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 0.292 | 0.341 | 0.470 | 0.811 |
66 | St. Louis | 5 | 0.266 | 0.336 | 0.474 | 0.810 |
67 | Milwaukee | 7 | 0.259 | 0.364 | 0.445 | 0.809 |
68 | Philadelphia | 4 | 0.258 | 0.378 | 0.428 | 0.806 |
69 | Boston | 1 | 0.312 | 0.363 | 0.441 | 0.804 |
70 | Boston | 5 | 0.276 | 0.363 | 0.440 | 0.803 |
71 | Atlanta | 2 | 0.286 | 0.354 | 0.450 | 0.803 |
72 | Milwaukee | 4 | 0.262 | 0.321 | 0.481 | 0.802 |
73 | Texas | 8 | 0.268 | 0.328 | 0.474 | 0.801 |
74 | Cincinnati | 7 | 0.270 | 0.335 | 0.465 | 0.800 |
75 | LA Dodgers | 4 | 0.268 | 0.338 | 0.461 | 0.799 |
76 | St. Louis | 7 | 0.308 | 0.362 | 0.436 | 0.798 |
77 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 0.280 | 0.361 | 0.437 | 0.798 |
78 | Milwaukee | 6 | 0.286 | 0.352 | 0.445 | 0.797 |
79 | Detroit | 4 | 0.292 | 0.348 | 0.449 | 0.797 |
80 | Colorado | 4 | 0.264 | 0.337 | 0.460 | 0.797 |
81 | Atlanta | 1 | 0.295 | 0.356 | 0.439 | 0.795 |
82 | Washington | 3 | 0.269 | 0.355 | 0.439 | 0.794 |
83 | Baltimore | 4 | 0.278 | 0.333 | 0.458 | 0.791 |
84 | Atlanta | 5 | 0.258 | 0.330 | 0.458 | 0.789 |
85 | Philadelphia | 2 | 0.315 | 0.379 | 0.408 | 0.787 |
86 | Milwaukee | 1 | 0.298 | 0.364 | 0.423 | 0.787 |
87 | Minnesota | 5 | 0.262 | 0.336 | 0.450 | 0.787 |
88 | Seattle | 1 | 0.303 | 0.349 | 0.436 | 0.785 |
89 | Texas | 1 | 0.243 | 0.321 | 0.464 | 0.785 |
90 | Baltimore | 5 | 0.264 | 0.337 | 0.447 | 0.784 |
91 | Atlanta | 8 | 0.287 | 0.348 | 0.435 | 0.783 |
92 | Boston | 8 | 0.286 | 0.359 | 0.422 | 0.782 |
93 | Boston | 6 | 0.268 | 0.342 | 0.440 | 0.782 |
94 | Houston | 6 | 0.273 | 0.333 | 0.448 | 0.781 |
95 | Chicago Sox | 5 | 0.274 | 0.329 | 0.451 | 0.781 |
96 | Washington | 6 | 0.283 | 0.340 | 0.439 | 0.780 |
97 | NY Mets | 6 | 0.258 | 0.330 | 0.450 | 0.779 |
98 | Houston | 2 | 0.267 | 0.324 | 0.454 | 0.778 |
99 | Kansas City | 4 | 0.276 | 0.353 | 0.424 | 0.777 |