Left field
Only seven left fielders qualified with 500 plate appearances in both 2021 and 2022, the seven being Randy Arozarena of Tampa Bay, Andrew Benintendi of Kansas City and the Yankees, Mark Canha of Oakland and the Mets, Ian Happ of the Cubs, Austin Hays of Baltimore, Tommy Pham of San Diego, Cincinnati and Boston and Alex Verdugo of Boston.
The category turned out to be one of the most lopsided, Arozarena winning all three categories.
The Tampa Bay star led in WAR with a two-season cumulative of 9.69. That was nearly a full point ahead of Happ, the runner-up. Benintendi was third, then Hays.
Posting a 2022 OPS+ of 124 atop his 141 of 2021, Arozarena averaged 126.5, comfortably ahead of Happ’s 119 average. Benintendi and Canha tied for third at 116.5.
Arozarena also led in availability, seeing 1,249 plate appearances. That represented 86.3 percent of Semien’s theoretical maximum, and barely ahead of runner-up Verdugo, who had 1,248. Pham was third this time, with Happ fourth and Canha fifth.
Arozarena became one of only two players to lead all three of the ordinal categories, his 1.00 average being impossible to beat. For the record, Happ earned second-team all-availability with finishes of second, second and fourth for a 2.67 ordinal average. Benintendi and Canha, both at 4.33 tied for third.