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Heroes of the Zeros: Utility Players

As we move toward wrapping up the decade and the All Decade team, we take a look at the bench over the next two days.  Today, we'll look for the guys that can do it all.  We have two separate votes for you today.  The first is the vote for a utility infielder.  My requirement for utility infielder was that the player must have played at least 10 games at 2 different positions on the infield, not including 1B or catcher.  We won't have a true backup at 1B, but don't worry, Adam Dunn can play there.

The second vote will be for the utility outfielder.  The requirement for that poll is that you must have played at least 10 games at every outfield position.  We need somebody who can handle all the spots because that outfield can be a bit fragile.  The player table for the outfield along with both ballots are after the jump.

Other ballots: Starting Rotation | Bullpen | Catcher | First base | Second base | Third base | Shortstop | Left Field | Center Field | Right Field

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Util IF Years G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wOBA WAR
Rich Aurilia 2005-2006 236 949 866 122 252 48 3 37 138 71 118 .291 .344 .482 .825 110 .352 3.2
Juan Castro 2000-2008 571 1469 1361 130 323 70 6 25 125 76 244 .237 .276 .353 .628 61 .269 -4.6
Wilton Guerrero 2001-2002 119 236 220 25 67 6 2 1 12 9 30 .305 .332 .364 .696 78 .302 -0.7
Jerry Hairston 2008-2009 166 637 568 94 163 38 3 14 63 44 82 .287 .342 .438 .780 103 .334 1.9
Jeff Keppinger 2007-2008 188 778 700 84 202 40 4 8 75 54 36 .289 .342 .391 .733 90 .318 1.1
Felipe Lopez 2003-2006 371 1566 1384 215 367 73 10 41 159 157 317 .265 .340 .421 .761 97 .331 2.7
Ray Olmedo 2003-2006 171 388 352 39 81 12 2 2 25 24 72 .230 .280 .293 .573 52 .254 -2.3
Pokey Reese 2000-2001 268 1051 946 126 228 40 8 21 86 79 168 .241 .303 .367 .670 68 .289 1.5
Donnie Sadler 2001 39 95 84 9 17 3 0 1 3 9 20 .202 .280 .274 .553 42 .251 -0.6
Chris Sexton 2000 35 118 100 9 21 4 0 0 10 13 12 .210 .310 .250 .560 43 .258 -0.3
Chris Stynes 2000 119 420 380 71 127 24 1 12 40 32 54 .334 .386 .497 .883 120 .378 2.5
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 12/28/2009.
WAR data made available from BaseballProjection.com
wOBA calculated via the formula included in The Book and does not include SB data.
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Util OF Years G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wOBA WAR
Brady Clark 2000-2002 151 242 206 29 47 7 0 6 29 28 27 .228 .325 .350 .674 73 .291
-0.6
Chris Denorfia 2005-2006 67 164 144 22 40 9 0 2 9 17 30 .278 .358 .382 .740 90 .326
1.1
Chris Dickerson 2008-2009 128 421 357 51 101 22 5 8 30 56 101 .283 .383 .440 .823 116 .361
2.7
Ryan Freel 2003-2008 544 2146 1873 294 509 97 17 22 114 210 323 .272 .357 .377 .734 91 .329
6.4
Norris Hopper 2006-2008 168 440 396 60 125 15 2 1 20 31 43 .316 .367 .371 .738 90 .325
2.9
Wily Mo Pena 2002-2005 302 898 830 108 206 33 2 51 134 54 288 .248 .303 .477 .780 101 .331
0.5
Ruben Rivera 2001 117 290 263 37 67 13 1 10 34 21 83 .255 .321 .426 .747 87 .324
0.9
Michael Tucker 2000-2001 234 588 501 86 128 23 5 22 66 67 119 .255 .348 .453 .801 100 .344
2.1
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 12/28/2009.
WAR data made available from BaseballProjection.com
wOBA calculated via the formula included in The Book and does not include SB data.