Top defensive players, 2002-2014

Working on consolidating the defensive metrics from the APBA era.  At some point I would like to have these available on the team pages alongside the metrics from OOTP.  It will take a lot of work.

In any case, no defensive stats remain from the Microleague era, so the finest days of Lou Zamuda, Kermit Holmes, and Jose Ramirez will go unrecognized.  But at some point I think we can have defensive metrics from 1997 to the present easily available.

Top defenders, 2002-2014, by position

Chad White CF +189
Elvis Dixon 3B +129
Luciano Cedeno SS +122
Hank Crowell 3B +106
Kobe Jones SS +89
Mike Connor 3B +86
Hal Glover 1B +84
Brian Kaat CF +80
Jacen Solo 2B +78
Keith Lee RF +78

Nobody was as bad as these guys were good.  Part of that is a bad defender doesn't get to stay at a position, they get moved to an easier spot or benched.  The worst by run below average:

Jose Isales SS -70
Jason Gonzalez SS -53
Lou Jones CF -50