So you're just going to ignore the win share data? Win Shares is a cumulative stat, its easy to rack up a high number when you get sent out there every day and (likely, i havent checked) bat leadoff alot. 25th among AL outfielders? there are 42 starting outfield spots in the AL, but how many of those didnt see a guy play full time in 2008? i went to baseball reference (where they list the guy who played the most at each position for each team in a given year) and pulled anyone who didn't play 140 games. thats a pretty relaxed standard for "every day" i think, but it takes out a full 21 of them. so only 21 guys played 140+ games in the outfield in the AL in 2008, and yet he managed to rank 25 among outfielders in the AL in WS, despite ranking 10th in ABs among that same group in '08.