OK, I’ll start:

Best Hitter: 1. Pujols; 2. Lance Berkman, HOU; 3. Chase Utley, PHI (on the cusp: Chipper Jones)

Best Power: 1. Ryan Howard, PHI; 2. Ryan Braun, MIL; 3. Adam Dunn, CIN (on the cusp: Prince Fielder)

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Hitters
1. Pujols
2. Berkman
3. Holliday

Power
1. Howard
2. Braun
3. Dunn

Hitter:
1. Pujols
2. Utley
3. Berkman (even though I hate putting Fat Elvis on the list)

Power:
1. Howard
2. Dunn
3. Braun

Hitter
1. Pujols
2. Berkmann
3. Holliday
Cusp-Braun

Power
1. Howard
2. Utley
3. Dunn
Cusp- Ankiel

Hitters-
1. Pujols
2. Berkman
3. Chipper Jones

Power-
1. Howard
2. Dunn
3. Fielder

Hitter: 1) Pujols, 2) Berkman, 3) Matt Holiday (I know his splits home/away are a little rough, but it’s not his fault he plays in Colorado either)…

Power: 1) Ryan Howard, 2) Adam Dunn, 3) Prince Fielder

Hitter:
1) Pujols
2) Holliday
3) Chipper Jones

Power:
1) Howard
2) Dunn
3) Fielder

Hitter:
1. Pujols
2. C. Jones
3. Berkman

Power:
1. Howard
2. Dunn
3. Pujols

Best hitter:

1) Albert Pujols
2) Chipper Jones
3) Chase Utley

Best power:

1) Ryan Howard
2) Adam Dunn
3) Albert Pujols

Best Hitter
A Puhols
C Utly
H Ramirez

Best power
A Dunn
R Howard
R Braun

edit: PUJOLS
Id prolly get lined up an shot for misspelling.

hitters:
1) pujols
2) berkman
3) c. jones
on the cusp–braden looper

power:
1) dunn (no doubter)
2) r. howard
3) uggla (i know, i know…see below)
on the cusp–ankiel/ludwick

explanations:
hitter–not sure what this means…traditional definition of the “hitting” tool is focused on batting average and excludes power component. i’ve gone with this approach.

power–many ways to define this as well…i’m assuming this is really about home run power, so i’ve not focused purely on slugging % or isolated power. i looked at homer rates and distances–who’s hitting them the most frequently and who’s hitting them the farthest. i used at bats per home run (i know this does not adjust for park variations) and average standard distance of home runs hit(per hittracker.com; i know this does not account for long outs at bigger parks but it does adjust for park and weather factors). interesting data:

dunn (10.9/413)
howard (13.0/391)
uggla (13.1/393)
burrell (13.6/379)
ludwick (14.2/398)
utley (14.6/388)
ankiel (14.8/400)
berkman (15.2/401)
pujols (16.1/399)
h. ramirez (16.2/403)
braun (16.4/393)
a. gonzalez (16.6/391)
c. jones (16.6/401)
c. lee (17.0/389)
fielder (19.1/389)

some observations from this data:
1) dunn is a monster…the clear leader
2) fielder, at least this yr, is overrated for power
3) ankiel and ludwick are underrated for power
4) would love to have time to figure out how many home runs h. ramirez loses due to his park (toughest home run park in baseball)–he hits lots of no-doubters
5) uggla doesn’t hit them as far as h. ram (although farther than howard and fielder) but has great rate stats and surely loses some in that cavernous park

NL Hitter: Utley; Pujols; Chipper
NL Power: Berkman, Pujols; R. Howard - nobody hits the ball harder than AP — ever!

Hitters: Pujols, Berkman, Mauer/Morneau
Power: Howard, Dunn, Braun

Hitter
1. Albert Pujols
2. Matt Holliday
3. Lance Berkman

Power
1. Ryan Howard
2. Ryan Braun
3. Albert Pujols

Hitting

1. Albert Pujols
2. Chipper Jones
3. Not long ago, it would have been Todd Helton. Now it’s a toss up between Holliday and Berkman, I suppose.

Power

1. Adam Dunn
2. Ryan Braun
3. Albert Pujols

Pujols not hit as many HR’s as Howard or Dunn, but when he hits them, they are no doubters so I give him the nod for 3rd place.

Hitter: 1. Pujols 2. Utley 3. Chipper Jones
Power: 1. Dunn 2. Howard 3. Pujols

Yo, Solomon,

NL only man, No Mauer/Morneau talk in these parts.

But in AL:
hitting: 1. Ichiro 2. Hamilton 3. Jeter
power: 1. Thome 2. A-Rod 3. Manny

On the NL side, under Hitters, I’m a little surprised that Jose Reyes or D-Lee hasn’t been picked.

Hitters
1. Pujols
2. Chipper
3. Berkman

Power
1. Howard
2. Dunn
3. El Caballo

hitter:
1) Chipper
2) Pujols
3) Berkman

Power:
1) Dunn
2) Howard
3) Burrell

Hitters:

1. Albert Pujols

2. Chipper Jones

3. Lance Berkman

Power:

1. Ryan Howard*

2. Adam Dunn

3. Ryan Braun ( on the cusp: Dan Uggla)

I think it is fair to question the fact that Howard can barely connect with a ball and it looks like a bomb into the LF seats when he plays in Phili. But, at the same time, Howards home/roads splits, for this season, show that he has been equally as good on the road as at home. He has two fewer HRs on the road, more doubles, and an equal number of RBI’s. But even though he is going to hit 40 HRs a year I’ll still take any of the three “Hitters” I mentioned just because those guys have better OBPs, higher BA. AVGs , and a lower strike out rate. The same can be said for, Adam Dunn.

Albert is clearly the best pure hitter in the game. I think that Busch the third is a nice stadium, but compared to most stadiums around the league it is fairly big. Albert is one strong guy, and I beleive he is only seeing like 42% of his pitches he sees thrown in the strike zone… it is pretty remarkable that he is among the leaders in BA.

Hitters:
1. Pujols
2. Berkman
3. C. Jones

Power:
1. Howard
2. Dunn
3. Utley

Hitter based on batting average:
1. Chipper Jones
2. Albert Pujols
3. Lance Berkman

Power based on slugging percentage:
1. Lance Berkman
2. Chipper Jones
3. Milton Bradley

EDIT, didn’t notice this was NL only

No Bradley, Uggla instead.

Another EDIT,

No Uggla, Pujols is right behind him in SLG he’s my 3rd for 2008 power.

emc2013–can’t agree with you that howard “has been equally as good on the road as at home this year.” in roughly an equal number of at bats, his home OPS is .891 while his road OPS is only .770. that’s a big difference. at home he’s rick ankiel (also sporting a .891); on the road he’s yadier molina (.763).

Power

1. Howard
2. Uggla
3. Bonds - yeah that just happened

Hitter

1. El Hombre
2. Chipper Shredder
3. Holliday

Best NL Hitter:

1) Pujols (STL)
2) Holliday (COL)
3) C. Jones (ATL)
(On the cusp - Berkman - HOU)

Best NL Power:

1) Howard (PHI)
2) Berkman (HOU)
3) Pujols (STL)
(On the cusp: Dunn - CIN)

Hitter
1. A Pujols
2. C Jones
3. L Berkman

Power
1. R Howard
2. C Utley
3. A Dunn

best hitters: albert, aaron miles, yadi
best power: albert, ankeil, adam dunn

before you think i’m just a nut, think about how hard it is to strike out these three hitters. then think about the way the ball jumps off the bat of the power guys. it just so happens most are cards.

Best Hitters: 1-A Pujols, 2-H Ramerez, 3-L Berkman

Best Power: 1-R Howard, 2 A Dunn, 3-P Fielder

Hitters
1. Albert Pujols
2. Chipper Jones
3. Matt Holiday

Power
1. Howard
2. Dunn
3. Utley

Best Hitter:
1) Pujols
2) Berkman
3) H Ramirez

Best Power:
1) Howard
2) Fielder
3) Braun

Best Hitter

1. El Hombre
2. Lance Berkman
3. H. Ramirez

Best Power

1. Adam Dunn
2. Ryan Howard
3. El Hombre

I also propose that anyone who puts Aaron Miles in either of these categories, should have their votes thrown out.

Best Hitter
1. Pujols
2. Utley
3. Berkman

Best Power
1. Dunn
2. Howard
3. Ankiel

Best Hitter

1. Albert Pujols
2. Chipper Jones
3. Lance Berkman

Honorable Mention…David Wright

Best Power

1. Ryan Howard
2. Prince Fielder
3. Chase Utley

Honorable Mention…Ryan Braun

Best Hitter:

1. Albert Pujols
2. Lance Berkman
3. Chase Utley
On the Cusp: Chipper Jones

Best Power:

1. Adam Dunn
2. Ryan Braun
3. Ryan Howard
On the Cusp: Prince Feilder

Hitter:

Pujols
Arod
Manny Ramirez

Power:
Howard
Dunn
Carlos Pena

Didn’t realize this was NL only so here goes:

Hitter:
Pujols
Berkman
Utley

Power:
Howard
Dunn
Braun

Hitters:

Pujols
Chipper Jones
Hanley Ramirez

Power:

Howard
Dunn
Fielder