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Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters:

1B = 1pt
2B = 2pts
3B = 3pts
HR = 4pts
RBI = 1pt
R = 1pt
BB = 1pt
SB = 2pts
HBP = 1pt
Out (calculated as at bats - hits) = -.25pt

Since each contest on FanDuel is just 1 game, all we really care about is what each player on your chosen team does on game day. You’ll be required to draft 1 player at each position, so let’s break down 2011 by position to see how each player would rate on a per-game basis.

FIRST BASE

Rk	Player	G	1B	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	Prince Fielder	162	95	569	95	170	36	1	38	120	107	10	1	3.43
2	Joey Votto	161	113	599	101	185	40	3	29	103	110	4	8	3.41
3	Miguel Cabrera	161	119	572	111	197	48	0	30	105	108	3	2	3.55
4	Gaby Sanchez	159	98	572	72	152	35	0	19	78	74	6	3	2.36
5	Adrian Gonzalez	159	138	630	108	213	45	3	27	117	74	6	1	3.44
6	James Loney	158	110	531	56	153	30	1	12	65	42	1	4	1.89
7	Freddie Freeman	157	108	571	67	161	32	0	21	76	53	6	4	2.32
8	Mark Teixeira	156	80	589	90	146	26	1	39	111	76	11	4	3.05
9	Carlos Pena	153	53	493	72	111	27	3	28	80	101	4	2	2.57
10	Ryan Howard	152	77	557	81	141	30	1	33	116	75	7	1	2.95
11	Aubrey Huff	150	88	521	45	128	27	1	12	59	47	2	5	1.72
12	Paul Konerko	149	107	543	69	163	25	0	31	105	77	8	1	3.00
13	Mark Trumbo	149	76	539	65	137	31	1	29	87	25	5	9	2.39
14	Albert Pujols	147	107	579	105	173	29	0	37	99	61	4	9	3.39
15	Mike Morse	146	91	522	73	158	36	0	31	95	36	13	2	2.86
16	Casey Kotchman	146	117	500	44	153	24	2	10	48	48	12	2	1.92
17	Mitch Moreland	134	81	464	60	120	22	1	16	51	39	4	2	1.97
18	Eric Hosmer	128	104	523	66	153	27	3	19	78	34	1	11	2.75
19	Adam Lind	125	83	499	56	125	16	0	26	87	32	3	1	2.44
20	Todd Helton	124	86	421	59	127	27	0	14	69	59	3	0	2.52
21	Justin Smoak	123	61	427	38	100	24	0	15	55	55	3	0	1.94
22	Lyle Overbay	121	61	394	43	92	21	1	9	47	42	2	2	1.69
23	Brett Wallace	115	60	336	37	87	22	0	5	29	36	3	1	1.47
24	Derrek Lee	113	78	435	55	116	17	2	19	59	33	6	2	2.40
25	Matt LaPorta	107	52	352	34	87	23	1	11	53	23	5	1	1.83

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Generated 3/22/2012.

I added the last column, which is a calculation of each player’s fantasy points going by the FanDuel.com scoring system. I got this by dividing their seasonal point total by their games played. The played are ranked overall by games played. In the upcoming tables, I’ll rank them differently to see with what PPG correlates better.

SECOND BASE

Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	Ben Zobrist	132	86	156	588	99	158	46	6	20	91	77	2	19	3.05
2	Dustin Pedroia	131	134	159	635	102	195	37	3	21	91	86	1	26	3.29
3	Robinson Cano	129	107	159	623	104	188	46	7	28	118	38	12	8	3.22
4	Howie Kendrick	125	99	140	537	86	153	30	6	18	63	33	10	14	2.66
5	Rickie Weeks	121	74	118	453	77	122	26	2	20	49	50	8	9	2.81
6	Brandon Phillips	119	125	150	610	94	183	38	2	18	82	44	9	14	2.86
7	Ian Kinsler	117	88	155	620	121	158	34	4	32	77	89	8	30	3.45
8	Dustin Ackley	117	62	90	333	39	91	16	7	6	36	40	0	6	2.28
9	Chase Utley	109	65	103	398	54	103	21	6	11	44	39	14	14	2.66
10	Dan Uggla	109	81	161	600	88	140	22	1	36	82	62	7	1	2.47
11	Jemile Weeks	109	87	97	406	50	123	26	8	2	36	21	4	22	2.63
12	Neil Walker	105	111	159	596	76	163	36	4	12	83	54	4	9	2.33
13	Danny Espinosa	102	80	158	573	72	135	29	5	21	66	57	19	17	2.38
14	Jamey Carroll	98	111	146	452	52	131	14	6	0	17	47	2	10	1.47
15	Orlando Hudson	94	73	119	398	54	98	15	3	7	43	49	2	19	2.11
16	Skip Schumaker	93	83	117	367	34	104	19	0	2	38	27	2	0	1.40
17	Kelly Johnson	93	66	147	545	75	121	27	7	21	58	60	4	16	2.37
18	Omar Infante	90	121	148	579	55	160	24	8	7	49	34	2	4	1.79
19	Jeff Keppinger	89	79	99	379	39	105	20	0	6	35	12	2	0	1.64
20	Robert Andino	86	93	139	457	63	120	22	0	5	36	41	3	13	1.74
21	Darwin Barney	83	115	143	529	66	146	23	6	2	43	22	8	9	1.74
22	Aaron Hill	76	90	137	520	61	128	27	3	8	61	35	7	21	2.14
23	Gordon Beckham	72	82	150	499	60	115	23	0	10	44	35	13	5	1.56
24	Mark Ellis	68	87	132	480	55	119	24	1	7	41	22	6	14	1.73
25	Chris Getz	68	88	118	380	50	97	6	3	0	26	30	3	21	1.60
Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
26	Orlando Cabrera	61	86	130	450	39	107	16	0	5	51	17	3	8	1.37

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Generated 3/22/2012.

So points correlates reasonably well with OPS+.

THIRD BASE

Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	Pablo Sandoval	153	82	117	426	55	134	26	3	23	70	32	0	2	2.76
2	Evan Longoria	139	60	133	483	78	118	26	1	31	99	80	6	3	3.13
3	Aramis Ramirez	136	111	149	565	80	173	35	1	26	93	43	10	1	2.81
4	Adrian Beltre	129	79	124	487	82	144	33	0	32	105	25	5	1	3.28
5	Chipper Jones	123	73	126	455	56	125	33	1	18	70	51	0	2	2.48
6	Kevin Youkilis	123	60	120	431	68	111	32	2	17	80	68	14	3	2.95
7	David Freese	120	72	97	333	41	99	16	1	10	55	24	4	1	2.21
8	Chase Headley	120	77	113	381	43	110	28	1	4	44	52	2	13	2.22
9	Mark Reynolds	119	53	155	534	84	118	27	1	37	86	75	7	6	2.70
10	Ryan Zimmerman	118	79	101	395	52	114	21	2	12	49	41	1	3	2.51
11	Wilson Betemit	117	58	97	323	40	92	22	4	8	46	31	0	4	2.20
12	Alex Rodriguez	116	66	99	373	67	103	21	0	16	62	47	5	4	2.96
13	David Wright	114	61	102	389	60	99	23	1	14	61	52	3	13	2.90
14	Alberto Callaspo	111	108	141	475	54	137	23	0	6	46	58	1	8	1.90
15	Ryan Roberts	108	74	143	482	86	120	25	2	19	65	66	2	18	2.59
16	Scott Sizemore	104	56	110	368	50	90	22	1	11	56	53	2	5	2.26
17	Jack Hannahan	101	54	110	320	38	80	16	2	8	40	38	2	2	1.69
18	Daniel Descalso	93	62	148	326	35	86	20	3	1	28	33	3	2	1.07
19	Greg Dobbs	91	82	134	411	38	113	23	0	8	49	22	1	0	1.46
20	Mike Moustakas	86	65	89	338	26	89	18	1	5	30	22	1	2	1.63
21	Danny Valencia	86	94	154	564	63	139	28	2	15	72	40	0	2	1.88
22	Chris Johnson	85	64	107	378	32	95	21	3	7	42	16	7	2	1.62
23	Placido Polanco	85	111	122	469	46	130	14	0	5	50	42	3	3	1.81
24	Brent Morel	76	72	126	413	44	101	18	1	10	41	22	3	5	1.53
25	Casey McGehee	69	83	155	546	46	122	24	2	13	67	45	1	0	1.56
26	Brandon Inge	51	38	102	269	29	53	10	2	3	23	24	2	1	1.00

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Generated 3/22/2012.

Ryan Roberts looks like a steal.

SHORTSTOP

Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	Jose Reyes	143	127	126	537	101	181	31	16	7	44	43	0	39	3.51
2	Troy Tulowitzki	133	94	143	537	81	162	36	2	30	105	59	4	9	3.25
3	Jhonny Peralta	123	108	146	525	68	157	25	3	21	86	40	2	0	2.43
4	Asdrubal Cabrera	119	105	151	604	87	165	32	3	25	92	44	11	17	2.89
5	J.J. Hardy	117	85	129	527	76	142	27	0	30	80	31	2	0	2.73
6	Starlin Castro	111	152	158	674	91	207	36	9	10	66	35	2	22	2.61
7	Yunel Escobar	111	111	133	513	77	149	24	3	11	48	61	6	3	2.40
8	Marco Scutaro	110	84	113	395	59	118	26	1	7	54	38	1	4	2.28
9	Erick Aybar	109	104	143	556	71	155	33	8	10	59	31	6	30	2.52
10	Jimmy Rollins	101	112	142	567	87	152	22	2	16	63	58	3	30	2.77
11	Alexei Ramirez	97	117	158	614	81	165	31	2	15	70	51	6	7	2.25
12	Derek Jeter	97	128	131	546	84	162	24	4	6	61	46	6	16	2.63
13	Hanley Ramirez	95	56	92	338	55	82	16	0	10	45	44	2	20	2.72
14	Clint Barmes	93	70	123	446	47	109	27	0	12	39	38	7	3	1.83
15	Stephen Drew	93	50	86	321	44	81	21	5	5	45	30	1	4	2.27
16	Cliff Pennington	90	100	148	515	57	136	26	2	8	58	42	1	14	1.90
17	Elvis Andrus	87	129	150	587	96	164	27	3	5	60	56	5	37	2.65
18	Ryan Theriot	86	92	132	442	46	120	26	1	1	47	29	4	4	1.55
19	Brendan Ryan	83	83	123	436	51	108	19	3	3	39	34	10	13	1.79
20	Ian Desmond	80	108	154	584	65	148	27	5	8	49	35	4	25	1.97
21	Rafael Furcal	80	54	87	333	44	77	15	0	8	28	28	4	9	2.00
22	Edgar Renteria	78	56	96	299	34	75	14	0	5	36	24	1	4	1.57
23	Alex Gonzalez	76	93	149	564	59	136	27	1	15	56	22	1	2	1.64
24	Ronny Cedeno	76	73	128	413	43	103	25	3	2	32	30	0	2	1.34
25	Jason Bartlett	76	109	139	554	61	136	22	3	2	40	48	5	23	1.91
26	Yuniesky Betancourt	75	97	152	556	51	140	27	3	13	68	16	2	4	1.66
27	Alcides Escobar	74	106	158	548	69	139	21	8	4	46	25	4	26	1.78
28	Paul Janish	42	57	114	336	27	72	14	1	0	23	18	4	3	0.88
29	Reid Brignac	29	43	92	249	18	48	4	0	1	15	10	1	3	0.60

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Generated 3/22/2012.

Hello, Elvis Andrus.

LEFT FIELD

Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	Ryan Braun	166	110	150	563	109	187	38	6	33	111	58	5	33	3.94
2	Matt Holliday	153	74	124	446	83	132	36	0	22	75	60	8	2	3.11
3	Alex Gordon	140	113	151	611	101	185	45	4	23	87	67	7	17	3.29
4	Josh Hamilton	128	84	121	487	80	145	31	5	25	94	39	2	8	3.36
5	Josh Willingham	121	65	136	488	69	120	26	0	29	98	56	11	4	2.82
6	Logan Morrison	116	62	123	462	54	114	25	4	23	72	54	5	2	2.59
7	Chris Heisey	113	43	120	279	44	71	9	1	18	50	19	5	6	1.78
8	Gerardo Parra	113	94	141	445	55	130	20	8	8	46	43	3	15	2.04
9	Cody Ross	105	58	121	405	54	97	25	0	14	52	49	4	5	2.12
10	Alfonso Soriano	104	62	137	475	50	116	27	1	26	88	27	4	2	2.24
11	Jason Bay	96	77	123	444	59	109	19	1	12	57	56	2	11	2.26
12	Raul Ibanez	91	79	144	535	65	131	31	1	20	84	33	2	2	2.16
13	Ryan Ludwick	90	80	139	490	56	116	23	0	13	75	51	4	1	1.96
14	Delmon Young	90	93	124	473	54	127	21	1	12	64	23	2	1	1.97
15	Brett Gardner	89	98	159	510	87	132	19	8	7	36	60	8	49	2.41
16	Martin Prado	89	102	129	551	66	143	26	2	13	57	34	1	4	2.14
17	Carl Crawford	85	82	130	506	65	129	29	7	11	56	23	3	18	2.26
18	Tony Gwynn	84	60	136	312	37	80	12	6	2	22	23	1	22	1.32
19	Vernon Wells	83	66	131	505	60	110	15	4	25	66	20	1	9	2.09
20	Juan Pierre	80	155	158	639	80	178	17	4	2	50	43	7	27	2.07

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Generated 3/22/2012.

Brett Gardner gets a nice bump from all those stolen bases.

CENTER FIELD

Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	Matt Kemp	171	119	161	602	115	195	33	4	39	126	74	6	40	4.05
2	Jacoby Ellsbury	146	129	158	660	119	212	46	5	32	105	52	9	39	3.89
3	Curtis Granderson	138	76	156	583	136	153	26	10	41	119	85	12	25	3.95
4	Shane Victorino	129	85	132	519	95	145	27	16	17	61	55	6	19	3.16
5	Andrew McCutchen	127	86	158	572	87	148	34	5	23	89	89	9	23	3.01
6	Melky Cabrera	121	134	155	658	102	201	44	5	18	87	35	1	20	2.97
7	Peter Bourjos	115	87	147	502	72	136	26	11	12	43	32	10	22	2.24
8	B.J. Upton	115	82	153	560	82	136	27	4	23	81	71	4	36	2.90
9	Adam Jones	114	106	151	567	68	159	26	2	25	83	29	9	12	2.48
10	Nyjer Morgan	111	85	119	378	61	115	20	6	4	37	19	14	13	2.10
11	Dexter Fowler	105	73	125	481	84	128	35	15	5	45	68	6	12	2.77
12	Michael Bourn	104	147	158	656	94	193	34	10	2	50	53	4	61	2.91
13	Cameron Maybin	103	95	137	516	82	136	24	8	9	40	44	2	40	2.60
14	Chris Young	103	73	156	567	89	134	38	3	20	71	80	4	22	2.68
15	Marlon Byrd	96	90	119	446	51	123	22	2	9	35	25	8	3	1.85
16	Angel Pagan	93	90	123	478	68	125	24	4	7	56	44	1	32	2.62
17	Coco Crisp	91	100	136	531	69	140	27	5	8	54	41	1	49	2.69
18	Colby Rasmus	89	62	129	471	75	106	24	6	14	53	50	0	5	2.18
19	Austin Jackson	89	104	153	591	90	147	22	11	10	45	56	4	22	2.28
20	Drew Stubbs	86	107	158	604	92	147	22	3	15	44	63	7	40	2.48
21	Carlos Gomez	82	30	94	231	37	52	11	3	8	24	15	2	16	1.68
22	Andres Torres	82	48	112	348	50	77	24	1	4	19	42	4	19	1.79
23	Rick Ankiel	81	62	122	380	46	91	20	0	9	37	29	2	10	1.64
24	Ben Revere	73	106	117	450	56	120	9	5	0	30	26	2	34	2.04
25	Alex Rios	65	85	145	537	64	122	22	2	13	44	27	2	11	1.67
26	Franklin Gutierrez	53	58	92	322	26	72	13	0	1	19	16	1	13	1.23

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Generated 3/22/2012.

Angel Pagan and Coco Crisp look nice.

RIGHT FIELD

Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	Jose Bautista	181	86	149	513	105	155	24	2	43	103	132	6	9	3.94
2	Lance Berkman	166	91	145	488	90	147	23	2	31	94	92	3	2	3.21
3	Carlos Beltran	152	89	142	520	78	156	39	6	22	84	71	3	4	3.00
4	Giancarlo Stanton	141	66	150	516	79	135	30	5	34	87	70	9	5	2.91
5	Justin Upton	141	96	159	592	105	171	39	5	31	88	59	19	21	3.28
6	Hunter Pence	138	125	154	606	84	190	38	5	22	97	56	1	8	2.95
7	Corey Hart	133	85	130	492	80	140	25	4	26	63	51	4	7	2.88
8	Matthew Joyce	132	75	141	462	69	128	32	2	19	75	49	4	13	2.56
9	Carlos Quentin	124	52	118	421	53	107	31	0	24	77	34	23	1	2.72
10	Andre Ethier	120	101	135	487	67	142	30	0	11	62	58	3	0	2.29
11	Jay Bruce	119	89	157	585	84	150	27	2	32	97	71	5	8	2.81
12	Jeff Francoeur	119	100	153	601	77	171	47	4	20	87	37	8	22	2.82
13	Nick Swisher	117	84	150	526	81	137	30	0	23	85	95	5	2	2.73
14	Torii Hunter	115	103	156	580	80	152	24	2	23	82	62	4	5	2.44
15	Nelson Cruz	112	67	124	475	64	125	28	1	29	87	33	2	9	2.89
16	Seth Smith	112	79	147	476	67	135	32	9	15	59	46	4	10	2.32
17	Nate Schierholtz	112	61	115	335	42	93	22	1	9	41	21	4	7	1.79
18	Nick Markakis	109	135	160	641	72	182	31	1	15	73	62	7	12	2.40
19	Garrett Jones	107	56	148	423	51	103	30	1	16	58	48	2	6	1.85
20	Shin-Soo Choo	105	59	85	313	37	81	11	3	8	36	36	6	12	2.39
21	Will Venable	99	61	121	370	49	91	14	7	9	44	31	5	26	2.13
22	Kosuke Fukudome	97	101	146	530	59	139	27	3	8	35	61	4	4	1.82
23	Jayson Werth	97	83	150	561	69	130	26	1	20	58	74	10	19	2.40
24	Jason Heyward	95	56	128	396	50	90	18	2	14	42	51	4	9	1.89
25	David DeJesus	93	71	131	442	60	106	20	5	10	46	45	11	4	1.92
26	Ichiro Suzuki	84	154	161	677	80	184	22	3	5	47	39	0	40	2.17

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Generated 3/22/2012.

Any system that makes Jayson Werth look like a steal is clearly messed up.

Rk	Player	OPS+	1B	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	PPG
1	David Ortiz	154	92	146	525	84	162	40	1	29	96	78	1	1	3.16
2	Victor Martinez	132	126	145	540	76	178	40	0	12	103	46	2	1	2.71
3	Travis Hafner	126	62	94	325	41	91	16	0	13	57	36	6	0	2.42
4	Billy Butler	125	111	159	597	74	174	44	0	19	95	66	3	2	2.59
5	Johnny Damon	110	100	150	582	79	152	29	7	16	73	51	7	19	2.56
6	Bobby Abreu	104	88	142	502	54	127	30	1	8	60	78	1	21	2.28
7	Vladimir Guerrero	101	119	145	562	60	163	30	1	13	63	17	7	2	1.97
8	Hideki Matsui	92	90	141	517	58	130	28	0	12	72	56	1	1	2.03
9	Jorge Posada	87	53	115	344	34	81	14	0	14	44	39	2	0	1.65
10	Adam Dunn	56	39	122	415	36	66	16	0	11	42	75	4	0	1.51

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Generated 3/22/2012.

I’m amazed that Adam Dunn isn’t even worse.

Anyway, this is a start to think about how to choose players for your team…what do you think?

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Voomo Zanzibar

12 years ago

I’m signed up and have $10 in the account.
I don’t usually bet on sports, Andy. Somehow the vested-interest takes the pleasure of it away for me. But I trust that the friendly competition of the similarly-inclined dorks at this blog will be fun.

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Andy

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Keep in mind that the stat challenge itself will not require any money. I may also organize some side challenges that involve a few bucks, but I’m not going to exclude anybody over money–the main challenge will be entirely free.

Reply to Andy

Oh, I know. Just that I saw a guy on the leaderboard who has already made $78,000 this month and I couldn’t resist throwing a tenspot at it.

I’ll spill the beans on my plan. I have a theory that some among our audience here can kick some serious ass over at FanDuel. By starting a free league and getting us all some practice, I hope that somebody here (a reader) can go over there and clean up with some real cash. I don’t care if I ever see a penny–I just think we’re a way above-average group here.

Dr. Remulak

You quant-types would clean up in a fan/gambler-driven contest. Start a hedge fund.