Of all of the positions on the All Decade Team, this one should be the clearest no-brainer. One person started 53% of the games in LF during the decade and had the best offensive numbers. The Reds did have some decent other hitters in LF, but none of them had the playing time to match up in my opinion.
Ballot is after the jump.
Other ballots: Starting Rotation | Bullpen | Catcher | First base | Second base | Third base | Shortstop
| Years | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | wOBA | WAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wladimir Balentien | 2009 | 40 | 125 | 110 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | .264 | .352 | .427 | .779 | 104 | .345 |
0.5 |
| Russell Branyan | 2002-2003 | 158 | 460 | 393 | 56 | 91 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 65 | 61 | 155 | .232 | .337 | .481 | .818 | 112 | .348 |
2.2 |
| Jolbert Cabrera | 2008 | 48 | 126 | 115 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 29 | .252 | .310 | .400 | .710 | 84 | .305 |
-0.3 |
| Brady Clark | 2000-2002 | 151 | 242 | 206 | 29 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 27 | .228 | .325 | .350 | .674 | 73 | .291 |
-0.6 |
| Chris Dickerson | 2008-2009 | 128 | 421 | 357 | 51 | 101 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 56 | 101 | .283 | .383 | .440 | .823 | 116 | .361 |
2.7 |
| Adam Dunn | 2001-2008 | 1087 | 4562 | 3727 | 678 | 920 | 192 | 8 | 270 | 646 | 755 | 1212 | .247 | .380 | .520 | .900 | 130 | .376 |
22.2 |
| Jason Ellison | 2007 | 37 | 56 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .188 | .278 | .271 | .549 | 41 | .247 |
0.3 |
| Jonny Gomes | 2009 | 98 | 314 | 281 | 39 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 51 | 26 | 85 | .267 | .338 | .541 | .879 | 127 | .367 |
0.6 |
| Quinton McCracken | 2006 | 45 | 60 |
53 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
1 | 1 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
.208 | .263 | .321 | .584 | 47 | .247 |
0.2 |
| Darnell McDonald | 2009 | 47 | 111 | 105 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 31 | .267 | .306 | .400 | .706 | 84 | .309 |
-0.3 |
| Laynce Nix | 2009 | 116 | 337 | 309 | 42 | 74 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 46 | 22 | 81 | .239 | .291 | .476 | .767 | 98 | .318 |
2.0 |
| Deion Sanders | 2001 | 32 | 83 | 75 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | .173 | .235 | .240 | .475 | 21 | .215 |
-1.0 |
| Dernell Stenson | 2003 | 37 | 93 | 81 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 24 | .247 | .333 | .420 | .753 | 100 | .331 |
0.8 |
| Dmitri Young | 2000-2001 | 294 | 1179 | 1088 | 136 | 329 | 65 | 9 | 39 | 157 | 73 | 157 | .302 | .348 | .486 | .835 | 108 | .350 |
1.4 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 12/22/2009.
WAR data made available from BaseballProjection.com
wOBA calculated via the formula included in The Book and does not include SB data.
WAR data made available from BaseballProjection.com
wOBA calculated via the formula included in The Book and does not include SB data.