Yesterday, the Baseball Professor released an analysis on category scarcity over at FanGraphs.com. He broke down each of the five primary offensive categories in fantasy baseball (average, homers, runs batted in, stolen bases and runs scored) by position and on the basis of the players who achieved MLB-average (or better) in each category.
The analysis was limited to those players who had at least 400 AB in 2010, and identified the MLB-average for the categories as follows:
Average: .271
Home Runs: 16
RBI: 68
SB: 10
Runs: 70
The article got me wondering: How many players across Major League Baseball reached at least the average in ALL FIVE statistical categories last year. There were 17 such players, to be precise. 5 in the American League and 12 in the National League.
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