The document analyzes Jose Bautista's batting statistics for the 2011 season and ranks him as the best hitter in the major leagues based on various metrics. It provides batting statistics for the top 100 players by Plate Performance (PPF) and other key metrics like OPS and GPA. Bautista ranks first in PPF (plate performance factor) with a score of .370, first in OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) at .352, and first in GPA (grade point average) at .353. The document demonstrates Bautista's dominance through statistical analysis.

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Jose Buatista is the best!
• Johnny Damon is the
only player in MLB When I do the AL MVP analysis, it
history to hit home may be that Jose Bautista doesn’t
runs for three rank as #1 because I do that analysis
different teams in the a little differently. Essentially, I’m
post season (NYY, BOS anticipating what the voters will do
and TB). based upon what they have done in
the past. However, simply looking
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statement and Bautista is the best hitter (not
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Name Team PPF Rk OPS Rk GPA Rk PP Rk
Chart
Bautista TOR .370 1 .352 1 .353 1 296 1
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Cabrera DET .359 3 .344 3 .348 2 264 3
Braun MIL .352 4 .331 4 .328 5 261 4
Kemp LAD .349 5 .329 5 .326 6 280 2
Fielder MIL .345 6 .327 6 .328 4 238 6
Berkman STL .339 7 .320 7 .322 7 194 10
Ortiz BOS .336 8 .318 9 .318 10 163 13
Gonzalez BOS .336 9 .319 8 .322 8 206 8
Votto CIN .332 10 .316 10 .320 9 204 9
Ellsbury BOS .327 11 .309 11 .307 11 217 7
Granderson NYY .325 12 .305 13 .302 16 247 5
Tulowitzki COL .324 13 .305 14 .303 15 156 16
Morse WSN .324 14 .303 16 .300 20 130 24
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Craig STL .324 15 .306 12 .302 17 61 63
Pujols STL .323 16 .302 19 .300 19 155 17
Sandoval SFG .322 17 .303 18 .299 21 86 47
Holliday STL .321 18 .304 15 .306 12 126 30
Beltran TOT .320 19 .303 17 .305 13 129 26
Konerko CHW .320 20 .302 20 .304 14 146 19
Beltre TEX .319 21 .297 24 .289 34 134 22
Upton ARI .319 22 .299 21 .298 22 167 12
Stanton FLA .318 23 .298 23 .294 26 130 25
Gonzalez COL .316 24 .296 25 .295 24 157 15
Hamilton TEX .312 25 .294 26 .290 32 133 23
Cano NYY .312 26 .294 27 .290 29 157 14
Avila DET .312 27 .298 22 .302 18 123 32
Gordon KCR .310 28 .293 28 .295 25 143 20
Hart MIL .309 29 .289 32 .288 36 86 46
Ramirez CHC .308 30 .290 30 .290 30 110 37
Pence TOT .308 31 .290 31 .292 28 117 34
Reyes NYM .306 32 .292 29 .296 23 124 31
Mayberry PHI .306 33 .285 34 .282 42 56 69
Longoria TBR .304 34 .283 37 .284 39 127 28
Pedroia BOS .302 35 .287 33 .293 27 147 18
Teixeira NYY .300 36 .278 45 .277 52 127 27
Thome TOT .299 37 .279 43 .282 43 48 80
Howard PHI .299 38 .278 44 .278 50 126 29
Victorino PHI .299 39 .282 40 .283 41 110 38
Quentin CHW .298 40 .279 42 .278 49 76 51
Helton COL .298 41 .283 38 .290 31 85 49
Duda NYM .298 42 .284 36 .287 37 56 68
Young TEX .298 43 .285 35 .290 33 111 36
Martinez DET .296 44 .283 39 .289 35 100 39
Kinsler TEX .296 45 .277 47 .279 45 138 21
Cruz TEX .296 46 .274 57 .268 86 74 55
Guzman SDP .296 47 .282 41 .286 38 49 78
Doumit PIT .294 48 .277 49 .278 47 10 142
Youkilis BOS .294 49 .278 46 .283 40 97 41
McCann ATL .293 50 .272 62 .274 64 49 77
Hundley SDP .293 51 .275 52 .275 58 20 116
Bruce CIN .293 52 .271 64 .272 71 92 44
Rodriguez NYY .293 53 .274 53 .278 46 73 56
Smith COL .292 54 .277 48 .277 53 64 61
Pena CHC .292 55 .273 60 .276 54 97 40
Peralta DET .292 56 .275 51 .275 61 60 65
Reynolds BAL .291 57 .269 74 .266 93 85 48
Joyce TBR .291 58 .275 50 .276 56 89 45
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Swisher NYY .291 59 .274 55 .281 44 95 43
Weeks MIL .291 60 .273 61 .275 63 66 60
McCutchen PIT .290 61 .273 58 .278 48 117 35
Willingham OAK .290 62 .270 68 .269 80 96 42
Hafner CLE .289 63 .270 67 .275 62 45 85
Montero ARI .289 64 .273 59 .275 59 69 58
Zobrist TBR .289 65 .274 54 .276 55 119 33
Butler KCR .289 66 .274 56 .278 51 75 54
Heisey CIN .288 67 .266 85 .261 111 50 76
Hardy BAL .287 68 .267 80 .262 103 53 72
Duncan CLE .287 69 .269 72 .267 91 33 94
Santana CLE .287 70 .269 73 .272 70 81 50
Jones ATL .287 71 .271 65 .272 69 51 75
Cuddyer MIN .286 72 .268 77 .270 75 48 79
Jennings TBR .286 73 .268 75 .272 68 47 82
Morrison FLA .286 74 .266 86 .266 95 45 84
Kendrick LAA .284 75 .267 79 .268 81 47 81
Molina STL .284 76 .271 66 .273 66 23 112
Hosmer KCR .284 77 .266 83 .267 92 45 83
Boesch DET .283 78 .266 82 .268 83 53 73
Phillips CIN .283 79 .270 69 .273 67 71 57
Presley PIT .283 80 .268 78 .269 79 15 133
Francoeur KCR .283 81 .268 76 .267 89 60 64
Carp SEA .283 82 .264 92 .263 101 8 148
Zimmerman WSN .283 83 .266 84 .271 74 25 108
Johnson CHC .282 84 .272 63 .273 65 19 119
Cabrera KCR .282 85 .270 70 .270 76 75 52
Kotchman TBR .282 86 .267 81 .276 57 3 162
Freeman ATL .282 87 .265 89 .268 85 33 93
Hernandez CIN .281 88 .263 95 .265 98 0 168
Cabrera CLE .281 89 .264 90 .264 99 75 53
Murphy NYM .281 90 .270 71 .275 60 20 114
Freese STL .281 91 .264 91 .268 84 20 115
Reimold BAL .280 92 .260 102 .261 109 40 88
Iannetta COL .279 93 .262 97 .270 77 54 71
Wieters BAL .279 94 .259 107 .260 115 31 99
Betemit TOT .279 95 .265 88 .267 88 28 103
Jones BAL .279 96 .262 98 .260 116 37 90
Encarnacion TOR .278 97 .262 96 .264 100 28 101
Lee HOU .278 98 .263 94 .265 96 51 74
Ethier LAD .278 99 .263 93 .271 73 41 86
Uggla ATL .278 100 .255 121 .253 134 40 87
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Name....... Team PPF Rk OPS Rk GPA Rk PP Rk
Moustakas -
KCR .237 246 .225 246 .231 246 49 283
Pena -
KCR .220 295 .208 295 .214 297 43 271
Escobar -
KCR .217 306 .211 289 .216 290 70 313
Getz -
KCR .207 315 .200 310 .213 302 56 293
DID NOT QUALIFY (less than 200 AB)
Giovatella -
.229 .216 .217 20
Perez .292 .278 .281 15
Maier .243 .227 .240 2
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As you can see, Gordon, Butler, Cabrera and Francoeur all had
better PP rankings than the three ratio rankings. The reason is
simply that they had a disproportionately large number of ABs
compared to the average player in the top-100.
Also, there aren’t many large disparities with respect to the
three ratio ratings. In fact, Moustakas is #246 in all three.
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