Colorado first baseman Todd Helton is No. 1 and Giants slugger Barry Bonds No. 2 in the 2001-02 National League player rankings. The Reds have three starting pitchers in the top 27. Reds rankings include:

• OF-1B; Ken Griffey Jr., 29th, Adam Dunn 32nd, Sean Casey 42nd, Austin Kearns 46th, Russell Branyan 61st, Reggie Taylor 106th;

• C: Jason LaRue eighth, Kelly Stinnett 21st;

• 2B,3B, SS: Aaron Boone 17th, Barry Larkin 42nd, Brandon Larson 78th and Juan Castro 79th;

• Starting pitchers: Jimmy Haynes 22nd, Ryan Dempster 24th, Elmer Dessens 27th, Shawn Estes 49th, Chris Reitsma 68th, Joey Hamilton 75th, Brian Moehler 87th, Pete Harnisch 97th, Seth Etherton 102nd;

• Relievers: Danny Graves 27th, Scott Williamson 30th, Scott Sullivan 38th, Gabe White 47th, Bruce Chen 69, Jose Rijo 110th.

The rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, combine statistics such as batting average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position to position.

Baseball uses the rankings are used to determine what draft choices are used as compensation for free agents under the 1981, 1985 and 1996 strike settlements between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the major league clubs.

First Basemen And Outfielders

A Players

1 Todd Helton	99.200
2 Barry Bonds	96.774
3t Lance Berkman	95.806
3t Sammy Sosa	95.806
5 Luis Gonzalez	93.871
6t Chipper Jones	93.333
6t Albert Pujols	93.333
8 Vladimir Guerrero	93.226
9 Jeff Bagwell	92.800
10 Larry Walker	91.613
11 Brian Giles	90.430
12 Shawn Green	90.108
13 Gary Sheffield	87.957
14t Bobby Abreu	87.527
14t Jim Edmonds	87.527
16 Ryan Klesko	86.400
17 Moises Alou	81.505
18 Pat Burrell	79.355
19 Kevin Millar	78.495
20 Fred McGriff	78.400
21 J.D. Drew	78.280
22 Richie Sexson	76.800
23 Brian Jordan	73.978
24 Derrek Lee	73.600
25 Andruw Jones	73.226
26 Steve Finley	73.118
27 Mark Kotsay	72.903
28 Jeremy Giambi	66.989
29 Ken Griffey Jr.	66.237
30 Preston Wilson	64.731
31 Tino Martinez	64.000
32 Adam Dunn	63.871
33 Juan Pierre	63.333
34 Kenny Lofton	63.226
35 Reggie Sanders	62.581
36 Richard Hidalgo	61.720

B Players

37 Gabe Kapler	60.323
38 Todd Zeile	60.000
39 Jeromy Burnitz	59.570
40t Jay Payton	59.355
40t Craig Wilson	59.355
42 Sean Casey	59.200
43 Bubba Trammell	58.495
44t Mark Grace	58.400
44t Travis Lee	58.400
46 Austin Kearns	58.280
47 Erubiel Durazo	56.000
48 Juan Encarnacion	55.914
49 Geoff Jenkins	55.699
50 Ron Gant	54.409
51 Danny Bautista	53.763
52 Roger Cedeno	53.656
53 Matt Stairs	52.688
54 Greg Colbrunn	52.000
55 Ray Lankford	50.968
56 Daryle Ward	50.860
57 Brad Wilkerson	48.495
58 B.J. Surhoff	47.957
59 Armando Rios	47.527
60 Eli Marrero	46.882

C Players

61t Russell Branyan	46.452
61t Brian Buchanan	46.452
63 Troy O'Leary	46.129
64 Timo Perez	46.022
65 Orlando Merced	45.806
66t Matt Franco	45.600
66t Eric Karros	45.600
68 Tsuyoshi Shinjo	45.591
69 David Dellucci	44.946
70 Mo Vaughn	44.800
71 Dave Roberts	44.301
72 Jeffrey Hammonds	44.086

No Compensation

73 Doug Glanville	43.978
74 Mike Kinkade	43.871
75 Marquis Grissom	43.441
76t Marvin Benard	42.796
76t Quinton McCracken	42.796
78 Andres Galarraga	41.600
79 Rob Mackowiak	41.505
80t Julio Franco	40.800
80t Kevin Young	40.800
82 Eric Owens	40.215
83 J.T. Snow	39.200
84 Jason Lane	35.914
85 Brian L. Hunter	35.484
86 Gene Kingsale	35.161
87 Alex Sanchez	34.946
88 Dave Martinez	34.301
89 Wil Cordero	32.903
90 Dave Hansen	32.800
91 Angel Echevarria	32.366
92 Corey Patterson	31.828
93 Ricky Ledee	31.398
94 Darren Bragg	30.645
95 Joe McEwing	27.742
96 Jose Guillen	27.312
97 Tim Raines Sr.	27.097
98 Kerry Robinson	26.559
99 Wes Helms	25.600
100 Jason Michaels	24.731
101 Shawon Dunston	24.516
102 Adam Hyzdu	21.183
103 Tom Goodwin	20.645
104 Roosevelt Brown	20.000
105 Ryan Thompson	19.140
106 Reggie Taylor	18.710
107 Ruben Mateo	17.527
108 Damon Minor	16.000
109 Jolbert Cabrera	15.914
110 Tony Tarasco	14.516
111 Chad Hermansen	13.978
112 Eduardo Perez	13.226
113 Raul Gonzalez	13.118
114 Jack Cust	5.914
115 Matthew Cepicky	5.591
116 Alan Zinter	5.200
117 Trenidad Hubbard	4.194
118 Jorge Toca	3.600
119 Dave Hollins	3.200
120 Cory Aldridge	0.000

Catchers

A Players

1 Paul Lo Duca	87.755
2 Mike Piazza	82.449
3 Damian Miller	80.408
4 Benito Santiago	76.939
5 Charles Johnson	75.102
6 Mike Lieberthal	72.653
7 Jason Kendall	72.449
8 Jason LaRue	68.571
9 Brad Ausmus	67.347
10 Javy Lopez	66.531
11 Michael Barrett	62.449

B Players

12 Mike Redmond	60.204
13 Mike Matheny	55.918
14 Sandy Alomar Jr.	55.714
15 Tom Lampkin	50.612
16 Brian Schneider	48.367
17 Wiki Gonzalez	47.755
18 Todd Hundley	47.347

C Players

19 Chad Kreuter	46.531
20 Henry Blanco	45.714
21 Kelly Stinnett	44.490
22 Joe Girardi	43.469

No Compensation

23 Gregg Zaun	43.265
24 Todd Pratt	41.633
25t Gary Bennett	41.224
25t Chad Moeller	41.224
27 Bobby Estalella	38.367
28 Yorvit Torrealba	37.755
29 Paul Bako	35.510
30 Ramon Castro	34.694
31 Robert Machado	34.286
32 Vance Wilson	28.776
33 Jorge Fabregas	23.265
34 Mike DiFelice	23.061
35 Keith Osik	18.163
36 Ryan Kellner	0.000

Second Basemen, Third Basemen And Shortstops

A Players

1 Rich Aurilia	92.547
2 Scott Rolen	92.063
3 Jeff Kent	88.776
4 Jose Vidro	87.245
5 Roberto Alomar	86.735
6 Mike Lowell	86.243
7 Todd Walker	84.949
8 Orlando Cabrera	82.298
9 Craig Biggio	81.122
10 Phil Nevin	80.423
11 Jose Hernandez	80.124
12 Jimmy Rollins	78.882
13 Alex Gonzalez	75.155
14 Edgar Renteria	74.845
15 Edgardo Alfonzo	73.016
16 Fernando Vina	72.959
17 Aaron Boone	71.958
18 Placido Polanco	71.429
19 Junior Spivey	68.878
20 Rafael Furcal	67.702
21 Craig Counsell	66.138
22 Aramis Ramirez	65.608
23 Mark Grudzielanek	64.286
24 Adrian Beltre	64.021

B Players

25 Luis Castillo	62.500
26 David Bell	60.847
27 Marlon Anderson	60.204
28 Bill Mueller	58.730
29 Julio Lugo	58.385
30 Geoff Blum	57.672
31 Matt Williams	57.143
32 Eric Young	56.633
33 Vinny Castilla	56.614
34 Deivi Cruz	55.901
35 Mark Loretta	53.968
36 Jay Bell	53.571
37 Tyler Houston	52.381
38 Juan Uribe	52.174
39 Tony Womack	51.553
40 Pokey Reese	51.020
41 Rey Ordonez	48.447

C Players

42 Barry Larkin	47.826
43 Mark DeRosa	46.584
44 Ron Belliard	46.429
45 Homer Bush	45.918
46 Marcus Giles	45.408
47 Mark Bellhorn	44.643
48 Tomas Perez	42.857
49 Jose Macias	42.328

No Compensation

50 Ramon E. Martinez	41.799
51 Jose Vizcaino	41.615
52 Jack Wilson	40.994
53 Alex Gonzalez	39.752
54 Abraham Nunez	39.541
55 Alex Cora	37.888
56 Jose Ortiz	37.755
57 Andy Fox	36.646
58t Chris Stynes	35.450
58t Fernando Tatis	35.450
60 Ramon Vazquez	34.694
61 Terry Shumpert	34.184
62 Mike Mordecai	33.069
63 Bobby Hill	31.888
64 Wilton Guerrero	29.847
65 Greg Norton	29.101
66 Keith Lockhart	28.571
67 Brent Butler	28.061
68 Lenny Harris	27.778
69 John Valentin	26.708
70 Miguel Cairo	26.455
71t Cesar Izturis	26.087
71t Jeff Reboulet	26.087
73 Alex Cintron	20.153
74 Pedro Feliz	17.989
75 Mike Benjamin	15.873
76 Pat Meares	15.306
77 Chris Donnels	14.815
78 Brandon Larson	11.640
79 Juan Castro	9.938
80 Julius Matos	5.867
81 Adam Everett	1.863

Starting Pitchers

A Players

1 Randy Johnson	99.119
2 Curt Schilling	98.638
3 Matt Morris	95.192
4 Greg Maddux	92.949
5 Wade Miller	91.667
6 Tom Glavine	89.824
7 Bartolo Colon	89.744
8 Kerry Wood	86.699
9 A.J. Burnett	85.737
10 Russ Ortiz	85.337
11 Hideo Nomo	84.856
12 Roy Oswalt	83.974
13 Jason Schmidt	83.654
14t Jon Lieber	82.853
14t Kevin Millwood	82.853
16 Javier Vazquez	82.452
17 Al Leiter	82.212
18 Randy Wolf	80.128
19 Woody Williams	79.006
20 Kirk Rueter	72.356
21 Ben Sheets	71.875
22 Jimmy Haynes	70.673
23 Odalis Perez	69.631
24t Tony J. Armas	69.071
24t Ryan Dempster	69.071
26 Rick Helling	68.429
27t Omar Daal	67.468
27t Elmer Dessens	67.468
29 Matt Clement	67.388
30 Brad Penny	67.147
31 Robert Person	66.667
32 Livan Hernandez	66.346

B Players

33 Steve Trachsel	65.224
34 Miguel Batista	64.263
35 Chuck Finley	63.141
36 Pedro Astacio	61.699
37 Kevin Brown	61.058
38 Kip Wells	60.497
39 Glendon Rusch	60.337
40 Vicente Padilla	59.776
41 Brian Lawrence	59.455
42 Jamey Wright	57.692
43 Shane Reynolds	54.647
44 Damian Moss	54.167
45t Denny Neagle	53.846
45t Julian Tavarez	53.846
47 Jason Jennings	52.724
48 Tomo Ohka	52.083
49 Shawn Estes	51.442
50 John Thomson	50.321
51 Mike Hampton	49.119
52 Jason Marquis	48.718
53 Kevin Jarvis	48.237

C Players

54 Jason Bere	48.077
55 Adam Eaton	47.356
56 Bobby J. Jones	47.115
57 Andy Ashby	45.272
58 Ryan Jensen	45.112
59 Kazuhisa Ishii	45.032
60 Andy Benes	44.551
61 Brian Tollberg	43.670
62 Brett Tomko	43.590
63 Carlos E. Hernandez	42.949

No Compensation

64 Brandon Duckworth	42.788
65 Mark Prior	42.628
66 Denny Stark	42.228
67 Josh Beckett	42.147
68 Chris Reitsma	42.067
69 Dave Mlicki	41.987
70 Josh Fogg	41.587
71 Brian Anderson	41.266
72 Jimmy Anderson	40.545
73 Kris Benson	40.304
74 Albie Lopez	39.583
75 Joey Hamilton	38.862
76 Jeff C. D'Amico	33.494
77 Peter Munro	32.853
78t Oliver Perez	31.891
78t David Williams	31.891
80 Carl Pavano	30.128
81 Jake Peavy	28.446
82t Bronson Arroyo	27.885
82t Joe Roa	27.885
84 Aaron Cook	27.163
85 Darren Dreifort	26.442
86 Alan Benes	26.202
87 Brian Moehler	24.279
88 Mike Bacsik Jr.	23.077
89 Brett Myers	22.115
90 Paul Rigdon	21.394
91 Scott Elarton	21.234
92 Kirk Saarloos	19.631
93 Troy Mattes	17.147
94 Garrett Stephenson	15.946
95 Nick Neugebauer	15.785
96 Brian Meadows	14.904
97 Pete Harnisch	12.660
98 Armando Reynoso	10.337
99 Todd Stottlemyre	8.413
100 Dennis Tankersley	7.452
101 Josh Pearce	3.766
102t Doug Brocail	1.522
102t Seth Etherton	1.522
102t Jeremy Lambert	1.522
102t Rob Ramsay	1.522

Relief Pitchers

A Players

1 Octavio Dotel	92.343
2 Byung-Hyun Kim	92.278
3 Robb Nen	89.293
4 Billy Wagner	88.903
5 John Smoltz	86.632
6 Jason Isringhausen	85.204
7 Mike Remlinger	84.977
8 Felix Rodriguez	84.945
9 Armando Benitez	82.576
10 Steve Kline	80.240
11 Eric Gagne	79.234
12 Trevor Hoffman	78.650
13 Vladimir Nunez	76.639
14 Jose Mesa	76.411
15 Paul Quantrill	76.379
16 Scott Stewart	75.827
17t Mike Timlin	75.243
17t David Weathers	75.243
19 Paul Shuey	73.037
20 Tim Worrell	72.713
21 Scott Strickland	72.421
22 Tom Gordon	71.707
23 Braden Looper	70.928
24t Giovanni Carrara	70.701
24t Mike DeJean	70.701
26 Jay Witasick	70.247
27 Danny Graves	70.084
28 Dave Veres	69.371
29 Steve Reed	69.306
30 Scott Williamson	68.916
31 Jose Jimenez	68.592
32 Luis Vizcaino	67.878
33 Kyle Farnsworth	67.067
34 Jeff Fassero	66.807
35 Chad Fox	66.742
36 Justin Speier	66.645
37 Mark Guthrie	65.639
38 Scott Sullivan	65.461
39 Dan Plesac	64.374
40 Rick White	64.309
41 Terry Adams	63.595

B Players

42 Scott Sauerbeck	63.400
43 Mike Williams	63.335
44 Darren Holmes	61.681
45 Ray King	61.064
46 Chris Hammond	60.870
47 Gabe White	59.117
48 Antonio Alfonseca	58.955
49 Todd Jones	58.825
50 Kerry Ligtenberg	58.241
51 Joey Eischen	58.177
52 Brian Boehringer	58.079
53 Nelson Cruz	57.787
54 Mike Crudale	57.365
55 Curtis Leskanic	57.236
56 Matt Herges	56.522
57 Joe Borowski	56.100
58 Pedro Borbon Jr.	55.808
59 Armando Almanza	55.613
60 Graeme Lloyd	54.445
61 Jim Brower	53.569
62 Mike Matthews	53.277
63 Ricky Bottalico	53.115
64 Jayson Durocher	53.050
65 Masato Yoshii	52.920
66 John Riedling	52.661
67 Grant Roberts	51.979
68 Mike Myers	50.227

C Players

69 Bruce Chen	50.000
70 Mike Koplove	49.351
71 Mike Lincoln	48.832
72 John Franco	48.799
73 Jason Christiansen	48.735
74 Ron Villone	48.280
75 Greg Swindell	47.729
76 Juan Cruz	47.664
77 Jeremy Fikac	47.258
78 Rheal Cormier	46.853
79 Jesse Orosco	46.398
80 Mike Fetters	46.204
81 Clay Condrey	45.587

No Compensation

82 Valerio De Los Santos	45.133
83 David Coggin	44.484
84 Jose Cabrera	44.225
85 Al Reyes	43.056
86 Carlos Silva	42.862
87 Guillermo Mota	42.602
88 Tim Spooneybarger	42.278
89 Luther Hackman	41.272
90 Ricky Stone	40.850
91 Matt Mantei	40.688
92 Joe Beimel	40.655
93 Britt Reames	40.363
94 Jose Nunez	40.201
95 Chad Zerbe	40.055
96 Dan Smith	39.909
97 Turk Wendell	39.779
98 Brian Fuentes	39.601
99 Zach Day	38.936
100 Michael Tejera	38.449
101 Kevin Walker	37.962
102 Nelson Figueroa	37.427
103 Kane Davis	35.788
104t Carlos Almanzar	35.594
104t Scott Eyre	35.594
106 Jaime Cerda	35.513
107 Blaine Neal	35.188
108 T.J. Tucker	31.765
109 Luis Pineda	30.500
110 Jose Rijo	30.013
111 Brandon Villafuerte	29.494
112 Mike Holtz	26.703
113 Shane Nance	26.314
114 Jose Silva	25.308
115 Victor Santos	25.178
116 Jonathan Johnson	24.027
117 Matt DeWitt	24.010
118 Mike Morgan	23.751
119 Will Cunnane	21.285
120 Kent Mercker	20.539
121 Dave Pember	17.975
122 Oswaldo Mairena	17.813
123 Manny Aybar	16.645
124 Eddie Oropesa	14.958
125 Benito Baez	14.049
126 Will Ohman	12.914
127 Toby Borland	12.297
128 Bobby M. Jones	9.409
129 Mike Bynum	9.085
130 Donovan Osborne	7.236
131 Andrew Lorraine	6.376
132 Mark Corey	6.035
133 Doug Nickle	5.451
134 John Foster	4.672
135 Francis Beltran	4.364