$255M, Think Inside the Box
You will pick one player from each of the 25 boxes (see below) to build your roster. You may select any season for your 25 selected players. You may pick any ballpark to play in.

Here is the breakdown by league and by group...
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Group	Player_____________	6A___	6B___	6C___	6D___	Count
A	Babe Ruth	11	11	9	8	39
A	Walter Johnson	4	6	3	4	17
A	Nap Lajoie	4	3	4	2	13
A	Rogers Hornsby	1	2	1	3	7
A	Silver King	1	1	4	1	7
A	Pedro Martinez	1	1	0	5	7
A	Greg Maddux	2	0	3	1	6
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B	Pete Alexander	5	10	5	9	29
B	Ed Walsh	11	3	8	4	26
B	Barry Bonds	3	3	2	4	12
B	King Kelly	2	4	4	2	12
B	Addie Joss	3	1	3	4	11
B	Christy Mathewson	0	2	1	0	3
B	Ted Williams	0	1	1	1	3
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C	Mordecai Brown	8	6	3	7	24
C	Mickey Mantle	3	4	5	5	17
C	Jimmie Foxx	6	3	3	4	16
C	Tip O'Neill	1	5	4	3	13
C	Jake Arrieta	3	3	3	3	12
C	Hugh Duffy	1	3	6	1	11
C	Zack Greinke	2	0	0	1	3
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D	Ty Cobb	8	9	11	8	36
D	Lou Gehrig	4	6	6	7	23
D	Bob Gibson	3	4	3	2	12
D	Sandy Koufax	2	1	2	4	9
D	Clayton Kershaw	4	3	0	1	8
D	Tris Speaker	2	1	2	1	6
D	Cy Young	1	0	0	1	2
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E	Elton Chamberlain	7	8	8	6	29
E	George Brett	7	5	4	8	24
E	Hughie Jennings	3	2	9	2	16
E	Stan Musial	5	4	3	3	15
E	Honus Wagner	2	2	0	2	6
E	Ron Guidry	0	3	0	2	5
E	Mike Scott	0	0	0	1	1
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F	Dutch Leonard	7	3	6	8	24
F	Claude Hendrix	4	6	7	4	21
F	Fred Toney	6	3	4	3	16
F	Lou Boudreau	5	4	2	3	14
F	Joe DiMaggio	2	2	1	3	8
F	Ed Delahanty	0	4	2	1	7
F	John McGraw	0	2	2	2	6
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G	Ferdie Schupp	6	9	8	4	27
G	Billy Hamilton	8	6	6	4	24
G	Joe Morgan	3	3	7	8	21
G	Wade Boggs	4	3	0	4	11
G	Don Sutton	1	3	3	2	9
G	Sam Thompson	2	0	0	0	2
G	Luis Tiant	0	0	0	2	2
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H	Eric Gagne	6	8	7	9	30
H	Dennis Eckersley	5	6	2	5	18
H	Russ Ford	4	3	6	5	18
H	Arky Vaughan	8	1	5	4	18
H	Eddie Collins	0	4	2	0	6
H	Koji Uehara	1	2	1	1	5
H	Bill Bernhard	0	0	1	0	1
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I	Joe Jackson	3	6	5	8	22
I	Babe Adams	7	6	3	3	19
I	Eddie Cicotte	5	3	4	6	18
I	Jake Northrop	5	4	4	3	16
I	Mike Schmidt	3	3	6	2	14
I	Toad Ramsey	1	1	1	2	5
I	Bryce Harper	0	1	1	0	2
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J	Charlie Gehringer	8	7	5	6	26
J	Lady Baldwin	5	3	8	2	18
J	Art Nehf	3	6	2	5	16
J	Willie Mays	4	2	2	6	14
J	Johnny Niggeling	3	4	4	2	13
J	Joe Horlen	1	2	3	0	6
J	Mel Ott	0	0	0	3	3
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K	Cisco Carlos	5	7	9	6	27
K	Randy Johnson	10	4	4	9	27
K	Mike Piazza	4	4	3	5	16
K	Al Simmons	5	2	2	0	9
K	Luke Appling	0	2	3	3	8
K	Elmer Steele	0	2	2	1	5
K	Roger Clemens	0	3	1	0	4
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L	Vida Blue	7	6	7	7	27
L	George Sisler	4	6	7	5	22
L	Chipper Jones	7	3	3	4	17
L	Harry Heilmann	3	3	3	2	11
L	Dwight Gooden	1	1	3	4	9
L	Rod Carew	2	2	0	2	6
L	John Tudor	0	3	1	0	4
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M	Mariano Rivera	6	11	4	8	29
M	Mike Adams	7	7	9	2	25
M	Craig Kimbrel	5	4	6	6	21
M	Johnny Bench	1	2	1	4	8
M	Jeff Bagwell	3	0	2	2	7
M	Mike Trout	1	0	2	1	4
M	Matt Harvey	1	0	0	1	2
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N	Hong-Chih Kuo	9	13	12	11	45
N	Billy Wagner	6	5	6	4	21
N	Bill Dickey	4	4	2	2	12
N	Joe Nathan	1	1	2	5	9
N	Jose Fernandez	2	1	0	1	4
N	Frank Thomas	1	0	1	1	3
N	Fred Lynn	1	0	1	0	2
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O	J.R. Richard	10	5	9	8	32
O	George McQuillan	3	10	5	4	22
O	Mickey Cochrane	4	1	6	2	13
O	Nick Maddox	1	3	2	4	10
O	Joe Kelley	1	2	2	3	8
O	Norm Cash	3	1	0	2	6
O	Drew Smyly	2	2	0	1	5
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P	Joe Mauer	6	6	4	14	30
P	Aroldis Chapman	5	7	8	4	24
P	Cla Meredith	8	5	4	5	22
P	Frank Baker	3	3	5	1	12
P	Dave Righetti	1	2	2	0	5
P	Robinson Cano	0	1	1	0	2
P	Bill George	1	0	0	0	1
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Q	Rich Gossage	15	12	12	13	52
Q	Bruce Sutter	4	5	3	4	16
Q	Jim Hearn	4	3	2	3	12
Q	Joe Berry	1	2	2	1	6
Q	Hoyt Wilhelm	0	0	3	1	4
Q	Rollie Fingers	0	1	2	0	3
Q	Willie Hernandez	0	1	0	2	3
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R	Joey Devine	8	6	8	6	28
R	Nomar Garciaparra	4	5	5	7	21
R	Bob Milacki	6	6	4	2	18
R	Albert Pujols	4	3	2	3	12
R	Todd Helton	0	2	3	3	8
R	Carl Yastrzemski	2	0	1	2	5
R	Huston Street	0	2	1	1	4
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S	Wade Davis	9	6	7	7	29
S	Alex Rodriguez	5	5	5	3	18
S	Jonathan Papelbon	2	3	5	5	15
S	Rafael Betancourt	3	5	2	3	13
S	Bill Terry	3	2	5	1	11
S	Ken Williams	2	3	0	3	8
S	John Olerud	0	0	0	2	2
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T	Troy Tulowitzki	11	7	5	11	34
T	Jackie Robinson	3	5	6	4	18
T	Tim Burke	3	2	5	3	13
T	Miguel Cabrera	4	3	3	1	11
T	Roger Connor	1	5	1	2	9
T	Barry Latman	0	1	3	3	7
T	Cy Seymour	2	1	1	0	4
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U	Rickey Henderson	7	4	7	3	21
U	Joe Torre	4	4	9	4	21
U	Tim Raines	4	6	2	6	18
U	Jose Bautista	2	4	2	5	13
U	Mark McGwire	5	2	3	2	12
U	Ryne Sandberg	1	4	1	2	8
U	Rico Petrocelli	1	0	0	2	3
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V	Pete Browning	6	6	9	5	26
V	Willie Keeler	4	6	5	6	21
V	Fred Carroll	5	3	1	5	14
V	Dan Brouthers	2	3	4	3	12
V	Bill Joyce	3	1	3	2	9
V	Cupid Childs	3	3	0	1	7
V	Bill Dahlen	1	2	2	2	7
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W	Frankie Frisch	11	5	9	7	32
W	Richie Ashburn	7	5	4	3	19
W	Ozzie Smith	4	6	5	1	16
W	Hank Aaron	0	3	2	5	10
W	Roy Campanella	1	2	3	4	10
W	Willie McCovey	0	2	1	2	5
W	Dick Allen	1	1	0	2	4
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X	Tony Gwynn	5	7	3	9	24
X	Roberto Alomar	7	3	4	6	20
X	Adrian Beltre	4	5	7	3	19
X	Buster Posey	6	4	6	2	18
X	Ken Griffey Jr.	0	2	2	4	8
X	Derek Jeter	1	2	1	0	4
X	Paul Goldschmidt	1	1	1	0	3
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Y	Manny Ramirez	5	8	5	8	26
Y	Larry Walker	10	3	5	6	24
Y	Yadier Molina	3	8	5	3	19
Y	Cap Anson	3	1	5	2	11
Y	Ken Caminiti	2	2	1	2	7
Y	Hanley Ramirez	1	0	3	3	7
Y	Bobby Avila	0	2	0	0	2

Here is the cookie factor...
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Owner_______	Factor
rbow923	24.88
barracuda3	24.84
schwarze	24.56
mpitt76	24.56
The Taint	23.68
Chisock	23.60
jschirn	23.52
ballantine	23.24
ejstockman	23.04
kstober	22.92
doctorcc	22.92
firesalt	22.92
brucel	22.80
Relkcirts	22.72
ozomatli	22.52
XJchessman	22.52
nocomm999	22.52
jbohrman	22.40
slainte	22.36
batandball	22.32
midknight	22.20
calhoop	22.08
kelly1	21.84
bardin	21.76
WaitNSee	21.76
buddhagamer	21.64
duece_duece	21.56
crystalao	21.52
oskies	21.52
thejuice6	21.48
bottomlee	21.44
sprintracer	21.40
hacker7	21.36
frank_drebin	21.28
mildnhazy	21.20
frozen_rope	20.92
tridentric	20.88
justinlee_24	20.84
Fusion27s	20.84
skilly006	20.80
cstrohmier	20.80
PennQuaker	20.72
charliembg	20.48
bigmc	20.44
magicdreamer	20.44
KMJK4	20.20
bigsteve12	20.04
jfranco77	19.96
tigerrott	19.92
sjh0825	19.88
dougpalm	19.80
asufan04	19.76
thebubbaq	19.68
npg32433	19.68
jjgreen14	19.60
trd3	19.60
mllama54	19.60
mars2010	19.48
BullMoose	19.40
markeking	19.36
zephyr1949	19.36
rickysdad44	19.32
spoonfed	19.32
cubbies84	19.32
Jtpsops	19.32
bighooze	19.24
discodemo	19.12
mick33	18.92
Lazerhawks	18.80
beauchamp	18.80
DarthDurron	18.76
thehuseman	18.72
Jesters	18.64
EasyE7273	18.56
newarkwilder	18.24
robbman21	18.24
Jdh34	18.12
eschwartz67	18.04
glowguy	17.92
Humdogs	17.92
nordawg	17.88
daronb	17.80
odalisgagne	17.52
garmansouth	17.36
tjefferson	17.28
rmdriskill	17.24
dodgebob	17.12
deathdealer	16.92
DoctorKz	16.88
happyhours	16.64
fooolishfool	16.60
toddcommish	16.36
hersheybear	16.36
zlionsfan	16.20
Pebo	15.52
scottharra	15.32
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Average	20.16

I'm very surprised that I had the second-most cookieful roster. I've played very little outside of progressives for the past couple of years, so my thought entering this tournament was "I may not do well, but at least I'll have different strategies than everyone else..." Also I went super-heavy on hitting, which I didn't expect many people to do. Interesting.

Surprises:
- Only 9 people took Roger Connor
- Only 7 took Silver King
- More people took Walter Johnson (a traditional under performer at high caps) than Nap Lajoie
- 4x as many people took Sandy Koufax (another underperformer) than Cy Young
- More Gagne than Eck
- Only 5 Elmer Steele

What's going to fun is at the mid-season point, calculating how many wins each player averages.

Posted by ozomatli on 8/2/2016 7:50:00 AM (view original):
Surprises:
- Only 9 people took Roger Connor
- Only 7 took Silver King
- More people took Walter Johnson (a traditional under performer at high caps) than Nap Lajoie
- 4x as many people took Sandy Koufax (another underperformer) than Cy Young
- More Gagne than Eck
- Only 5 Elmer Steele

Why didn't you tell me this about Johnson before, Mike? .385 OAV in two starts thus far....

I am the anti-cookie...

And it would have been good to know ozomatli's fun facts prior to the draft. Oh well.

Sorry guys! The side of me that loves talking strategy goes into hibernation around WISC roster building time

Thru 81 games....
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Group	Player_____________	6A___	6B___	6C___	6D___	Count	Wins
A	Babe Ruth	11	11	9	8	39	41.1
A	Walter Johnson	4	6	3	4	17	39.5
A	Nap Lajoie	4	3	4	2	13	41.5
A	Rogers Hornsby	1	2	1	3	7	38.4
A	Silver King	1	1	4	1	7	45.3
A	Pedro Martinez	1	1	0	5	7	37.6
A	Greg Maddux	2	0	3	1	6	37.5
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B	Pete Alexander	5	10	5	9	29	42.0
B	Ed Walsh	11	3	8	4	26	39.6
B	Barry Bonds	3	3	2	4	12	38.6
B	King Kelly	2	4	4	2	12	43.7
B	Addie Joss	3	1	3	4	11	39.4
B	Christy Mathewson	0	2	1	0	3	33.7
B	Ted Williams	0	1	1	1	3	39.3
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C	Mordecai Brown	8	6	3	7	24	40.9
C	Mickey Mantle	3	4	5	5	17	41.1
C	Jimmie Foxx	6	3	3	4	16	39.1
C	Tip O'Neill	1	5	4	3	13	42.5
C	Jake Arrieta	3	3	3	3	12	38.2
C	Hugh Duffy	1	3	6	1	11	40.7
C	Zack Greinke	2	0	0	1	3	41.3
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D	Ty Cobb	8	9	11	8	36	41.7
D	Lou Gehrig	4	6	6	7	23	39.7
D	Bob Gibson	3	4	3	2	12	40.9
D	Sandy Koufax	2	1	2	4	9	39.3
D	Clayton Kershaw	4	3	0	1	8	40.8
D	Tris Speaker	2	1	2	1	6	37.0
D	Cy Young	1	0	0	1	2	40.0
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E	Elton Chamberlain	7	8	8	6	29	41.4
E	George Brett	7	5	4	8	24	40.3
E	Hughie Jennings	3	2	9	2	16	41.3
E	Stan Musial	5	4	3	3	15	38.5
E	Honus Wagner	2	2	0	2	6	41.0
E	Ron Guidry	0	3	0	2	5	41.0
E	Mike Scott	0	0	0	1	1	31.0
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F	Dutch Leonard	7	3	6	8	24	41.3
F	Claude Hendrix	4	6	7	4	21	41.8
F	Fred Toney	6	3	4	3	16	40.3
F	Lou Boudreau	5	4	2	3	14	42.1
F	Joe DiMaggio	2	2	1	3	8	37.0
F	Ed Delahanty	0	4	2	1	7	36.4
F	John McGraw	0	2	2	2	6	39.2
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G	Ferdie Schupp	6	9	8	4	27	40.7
G	Billy Hamilton	8	6	6	4	24	42.6
G	Joe Morgan	3	3	7	8	21	40.0
G	Wade Boggs	4	3	0	4	11	40.0
G	Don Sutton	1	3	3	2	9	38.3
G	Sam Thompson	2	0	0	0	2	31.0
G	Luis Tiant	0	0	0	2	2	39.5
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H	Eric Gagne	6	8	7	9	30	41.1
H	Dennis Eckersley	5	6	2	5	18	39.6
H	Russ Ford	4	3	6	5	18	39.6
H	Arky Vaughan	8	1	5	4	18	41.2
H	Eddie Collins	0	4	2	0	6	38.5
H	Koji Uehara	1	2	1	1	5	43.6
H	Bill Bernhard	0	0	1	0	1	39.0
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I	Joe Jackson	3	6	5	8	22	41.7
I	Babe Adams	7	6	3	3	19	39.1
I	Eddie Cicotte	5	3	4	6	18	40.4
I	Jake Northrop	5	4	4	3	16	42.4
I	Mike Schmidt	3	3	6	2	14	40.4
I	Toad Ramsey	1	1	1	2	5	36.4
I	Bryce Harper	0	1	1	0	2	38.0
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J	Charlie Gehringer	8	7	5	6	26	38.6
J	Lady Baldwin	5	3	8	2	18	43.5
J	Art Nehf	3	6	2	5	16	41.1
J	Willie Mays	4	2	2	6	14	40.3
J	Johnny Niggeling	3	4	4	2	13	38.5
J	Joe Horlen	1	2	3	0	6	44.2
J	Mel Ott	0	0	0	3	3	38.3
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K	Cisco Carlos	5	7	9	6	27	42.0
K	Randy Johnson	10	4	4	9	27	40.3
K	Mike Piazza	4	4	3	5	16	41.1
K	Al Simmons	5	2	2	0	9	41.2
K	Luke Appling	0	2	3	3	8	40.6
K	Elmer Steele	0	2	2	1	5	35.2
K	Roger Clemens	0	3	1	0	4	34.3
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L	Vida Blue	7	6	7	7	27	41.1
L	George Sisler	4	6	7	5	22	41.5
L	Chipper Jones	7	3	3	4	17	39.7
L	Harry Heilmann	3	3	3	2	11	42.1
L	Dwight Gooden	1	1	3	4	9	36.8
L	Rod Carew	2	2	0	2	6	41.0
L	John Tudor	0	3	1	0	4	37.8
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M	Mariano Rivera	6	11	4	8	29	38.9
M	Mike Adams	7	7	9	2	25	42.2
M	Craig Kimbrel	5	4	6	6	21	41.6
M	Johnny Bench	1	2	1	4	8	41.8
M	Jeff Bagwell	3	0	2	2	7	37.7
M	Mike Trout	1	0	2	1	4	39.0
M	Matt Harvey	1	0	0	1	2	38.0
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N	Hong-Chih Kuo	9	13	12	11	45	42.0
N	Billy Wagner	6	5	6	4	21	38.2
N	Bill Dickey	4	4	2	2	12	37.5
N	Joe Nathan	1	1	2	5	9	43.6
N	Jose Fernandez	2	1	0	1	4	42.0
N	Frank Thomas	1	0	1	1	3	38.0
N	Fred Lynn	1	0	1	0	2	36.0
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O	J.R. Richard	10	5	9	8	32	41.1
O	George McQuillan	3	10	5	4	22	41.0
O	Mickey Cochrane	4	1	6	2	13	40.0
O	Nick Maddox	1	3	2	4	10	40.0
O	Joe Kelley	1	2	2	3	8	40.9
O	Norm Cash	3	1	0	2	6	38.3
O	Drew Smyly	2	2	0	1	5	39.2
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P	Joe Mauer	6	6	4	14	30	40.3
P	Aroldis Chapman	5	7	8	4	24	38.7
P	Cla Meredith	8	5	4	5	22	41.1
P	Frank Baker	3	3	5	1	12	42.5
P	Dave Righetti	1	2	2	0	5	40.2
P	Robinson Cano	0	1	1	0	2	47.5
P	Bill George	1	0	0	0	1	39.0
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Q	Rich Gossage	15	12	12	13	52	41.4
Q	Bruce Sutter	4	5	3	4	16	37.7
Q	Jim Hearn	4	3	2	3	12	41.0
Q	Joe Berry	1	2	2	1	6	40.3
Q	Hoyt Wilhelm	0	0	3	1	4	34.0
Q	Rollie Fingers	0	1	2	0	3	46.0
Q	Willie Hernandez	0	1	0	2	3	40.7
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R	Joey Devine	8	6	8	6	28	40.8
R	Nomar Garciaparra	4	5	5	7	21	37.8
R	Bob Milacki	6	6	4	2	18	41.3
R	Albert Pujols	4	3	2	3	12	43.4
R	Todd Helton	0	2	3	3	8	40.9
R	Carl Yastrzemski	2	0	1	2	5	39.0
R	Huston Street	0	2	1	1	4	41.3
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S	Wade Davis	9	6	7	7	29	42.1
S	Alex Rodriguez	5	5	5	3	18	37.5
S	Jonathan Papelbon	2	3	5	5	15	40.4
S	Rafael Betancourt	3	5	2	3	13	40.2
S	Bill Terry	3	2	5	1	11	40.8
S	Ken Williams	2	3	0	3	8	40.3
S	John Olerud	0	0	0	2	2	46.0
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T	Troy Tulowitzki	11	7	5	11	34	41.9
T	Jackie Robinson	3	5	6	4	18	39.3
T	Tim Burke	3	2	5	3	13	39.2
T	Miguel Cabrera	4	3	3	1	11	37.5
T	Roger Connor	1	5	1	2	9	46.0
T	Barry Latman	0	1	3	3	7	37.7
T	Cy Seymour	2	1	1	0	4	39.8
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U	Rickey Henderson	7	4	7	3	21	39.8
U	Joe Torre	4	4	9	4	21	41.7
U	Tim Raines	4	6	2	6	18	41.7
U	Jose Bautista	2	4	2	5	13	41.9
U	Mark McGwire	5	2	3	2	12	37.3
U	Ryne Sandberg	1	4	1	2	8	37.9
U	Rico Petrocelli	1	0	0	2	3	43.0
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V	Pete Browning	6	6	9	5	26	40.8
V	Willie Keeler	4	6	5	6	21	38.7
V	Fred Carroll	5	3	1	5	14	40.6
V	Dan Brouthers	2	3	4	3	12	40.3
V	Bill Joyce	3	1	3	2	9	40.7
V	Cupid Childs	3	3	0	1	7	44.9
V	Bill Dahlen	1	2	2	2	7	40.1
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W	Frankie Frisch	11	5	9	7	32	41.8
W	Richie Ashburn	7	5	4	3	19	41.5
W	Ozzie Smith	4	6	5	1	16	37.9
W	Hank Aaron	0	3	2	5	10	41.0
W	Roy Campanella	1	2	3	4	10	39.7
W	Willie McCovey	0	2	1	2	5	36.0
W	Dick Allen	1	1	0	2	4	41.8
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X	Tony Gwynn	5	7	3	9	24	40.2
X	Roberto Alomar	7	3	4	6	20	41.9
X	Adrian Beltre	4	5	7	3	19	40.9
X	Buster Posey	6	4	6	2	18	40.8
X	Ken Griffey Jr.	0	2	2	4	8	38.4
X	Derek Jeter	1	2	1	0	4	39.3
X	Paul Goldschmidt	1	1	1	0	3	37.0
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Y	Manny Ramirez	5	8	5	8	26	42.8
Y	Larry Walker	10	3	5	6	24	39.7
Y	Yadier Molina	3	8	5	3	19	38.6
Y	Cap Anson	3	1	5	2	11	40.0
Y	Ken Caminiti	2	2	1	2	7	40.9
Y	Hanley Ramirez	1	0	3	3	7	41.6
Y	Bobby Avila	0	2	0	0	2	36.0