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   Player               Team               B 162 HR AVG OPS# OBP+ SLG+ $/PA  AVG# SPD SALARY    C 1B 2B 3B SS OF

2  Braun, Ryan 2009     Milwaukee Brewers  R 708 32 .320 .922 116 135  9,376 .322 81 $6,638,846 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
3  Winfield, Dave 1984  New York Yankees   R 626 19 .340 .901 120 129  9,262 .340 66 $5,798,316 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
4  Raines, Tim 1985     Montreal Expos     S 670 11 .320 .890 127 127  9,353 .326 94 $6,267,136 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
5  Wheat, Zack 1922     Brooklyn Robins    L 695 16 .335 .869 111 125  8,516 .318 74 $5,918,728 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
6  Hart, Corey 2010     Milwaukee Brewers  R 614 31 .283 .859 105 132  7,834 .287 71 $4,810,540 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
7  Greenwell, Mike 1993 Boston Red Sox     L 603 13 .315 .841 112 118  7,933 .313 68 $4,783,671 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
8  Markakis, Nick 2007  Baltimore Orioles  L 710 23 .300 .822 107 115  7,573 .296 74 $5,377,235 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
9  Baines, Harold 1985  Chicago White Sox  L 693 22 .309 .804 106 115  7,375 .310 61 $5,110,943 -- -- -- -- -- A/C-
10 Phillips, Tony 1991 Detroit Tigers     S 655 17 .284 .803 113 111  10,537 .285 66 $6,902,234 -- -- A+/A+ B/D D/D- A/C-

It wasn't too long ago, when secondary position defense was ignored in salary... but Phillips (among others) were such great bargains, that WIS changed the formula.  Now, I believe that a player's best defensive rating gets used in the salary formula.

Posted by bryanarnett on 8/18/2011 4:46:00 PM (view original):
Thanks schwarze...My guess would be that all the defensive positions played (or at least all that have 20 games) are used in the salary formula.  Isn't that why Gary Carter and Howard Johnson are such cookies? Hojo has most of his innings at 3B where he played bad defense but SS is ok (A+/D-).  So you play him at SS and you don't pay as much for the defense as someone who just played SS every game and had an A+/D- rating.  Am I on the right track now?