Yankee batters Judge and Caballero: top v. bottom of the order.

Yankee batters with at least 100 Plate Appearances (PA) through 31 games in 2026:

Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA ▼	AB	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Aaron Judge	34	RF	1.7	31	135	111	12	20	5	2	21	37	.252	.381	.622	1.002	175
2	Cody Bellinger*	30	LF	1.2	30	128	108	3	15	3	1	18	18	.241	.344	.380	.723	102
3	Ben Rice*	27	1B	1.5	30	122	98	10	23	1	0	21	31	.327	.443	.714	1.157	217
4	Jazz Chisholm Jr.*	28	2B	-0.1	30	121	109	3	10	9	1	11	35	.202	.281	.330	.611	70
5	Trent Grisham*	29	CF	-0.1	30	114	93	4	16	1	1	20	21	.151	.298	.312	.610	71
6	José Caballero	29	SS	1.2	30	112	105	3	11	12	4	4	25	.267	.313	.400	.713	98

Jose Caballero leads the league in Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing. He replaced injured shortstop Anthony Volpe at shortstop. When Volpe is ready to play, Caballero may be benched.

Here are the batting order positions in 2026 for Caballero:

Split	G	GS	PA	AB
Batting 7th	3	3	12	12
Batting 8th	17	17	64	60
Batting 9th	10	10	36	33

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/1/2026.

Bottom of the order.

Eliminate the bottom of the order: 3 Designated Fielders. All batters also field but 3 fielders do not bat.  Saturday, April 18, 2026

Batting order positions in 2026 for Aaron Judge:

Split	G	GS	PA	AB
Batting 2nd	24	24	106	86
Batting 3rd	7	7	29	25

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/1/2026.

Top of the order.

Percent difference in PA Caballero v. Judge:

(135-112)/135=17%

(135-112)/112=20%

Whichever number is used as the base, the percentages are in the same ballpark.

Caballero had fewer than 4 PA in 10 games and 5 PA in three games.

Judge had 5 PA in eleven games and 4 PA in the rest.

If both play a complete game, Judge can have only one more PA than Caballero. Or they may have the same.

What the heck kind of common sense does that make? I'll refrain from comparisons with football and basketball.

BB: Judge 21 , Caballero 4.

At Bats: Caballero 105, Judge 111, only 6 more.

Double what the heck?!

Fixing the walk rule would be a big help too.

Fix walk rule: option to pinch run and batter gets new Plate Appearance.  Monday, August 12, 2024

Eliminate the bottom of the order: 3 Designated Fielders. All batters also field but 3 fielders do not bat.

No Designated Hitter.

Worst regular career hitters, mostly SS & 2B. And catchers.

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/hAG4m

For combined seasons, since 1920, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, requiring Plate Appearances >= 5000 and Offensive WAR (oWAR) >= -99 and Adjusted OPS+ <= 75 and Wins Above Replacement (WAR) >= -999 and Defensive WAR (dWAR) >= -99, sorted by ascending Adjusted OPS+.

OPS+ 100 is league average. Babe Ruth has the career record: 206; 106% above league average.

Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	oWAR	dWAR	WAR	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	Rfield	Pos
1	Oscar Melillo	64	5541	-4.6	8.0	-0.9	1926	1937	26-37	1377	5063	590	1316	1020	210	64	22	547	.260	.306	.340	.646	1720		40	*4H5/6
2	Neifi Pérez	64	5510	-3.5	13.0	2.6	1996	2007	23-34	1403	5127	640	1370	1007	238	61	64	489	.267	.297	.375	.672	1922	93	66	64H5/2D
3	Tim Foli	64	6573	-0.2	16.5	5.7	1970	1985	19-34	1696	6047	576	1515	1229	241	20	25	501	.251	.283	.309	.593	1871	119	49	645H/387D
4	Ed Brinkman	65	6642	5.5	20.4	13.2	1961	1975	19-33	1846	6045	550	1355	1056	201	38	60	461	.224	.280	.300	.580	1812	162	79	*6H5/47
5	Leo Durocher	66	5829	2.4	11.4	4.1	1925	1945	19-39	1637	5350	575	1320	1030	210	56	24	567	.247	.299	.320	.619	1714	109	20	64H/5
6	Alfredo Griffin	67	7331	6.1	9.8	3.0	1976	1993	18-35	1962	6780	759	1688	1341	245	78	24	527	.249	.285	.319	.604	2161	85	-28	6H4D5
7	Mark Belanger	68	6602	14.7	39.5	40.9	1965	1982	21-38	2016	5784	676	1316	1088	175	33	20	389	.228	.300	.280	.580	1617	83	241	*6H4/5
8	Sandy Alomar	69	5160	7.9	7.9	10.5	1964	1978	20-34	1481	4760	558	1168	1010	126	19	13	282	.245	.290	.288	.578	1371	58	31	46H5D3/79
9	Ozzie Guillén	69	7133	10.4	23.0	21.0	1985	2000	21-36	1993	6686	773	1764	1392	275	69	28	619	.264	.287	.338	.626	2261	114	105	*6H5/347D
10	Rey Sánchez	69	5246	6.6	20.8	20.6	1991	2005	23-37	1490	4850	549	1317	1077	193	32	15	389	.272	.308	.334	.642	1619	136	141	64H5/D
11	Luke Sewell	70	6047	2.7	6.9	4.7	1921	1942	20-41	1630	5383	653	1393	1045	272	56	20	698	.259	.323	.341	.665	1837	1	22	2H/39745
12	Pete Suder	71	5475	-1.5	5.0	-1.8	1941	1955	25-39	1421	5085	469	1268	965	210	44	49	541	.249	.290	.337	.627	1713	158	-3	456H/39
13	Larry Bowa	71	9109	18.1	19.1	22.8	1970	1985	24-39	2247	8418	987	2191	1815	262	99	15	525	.260	.300	.320	.620	2696	121	30	*6H/4
14	Tony Womack	72	5389	6.6	-0.6	2.4	1993	2006	23-36	1303	4963	739	1353	1068	190	59	36	368	.273	.317	.356	.673	1769	53	-36	469H78D
15	Roy McMillan	72	7656	17.2	21.7	25.8	1951	1966	21-36	2093	6752	739	1639	1283	253	35	68	594	.243	.314	.321	.635	2166	163	93	*6H54
16	Horace Ford	73	5356	5.8	11.9	10.4	1920	1933	22-35	1436	4805	480	1263	993	200	54	16	491	.263	.316	.337	.653	1619	4	50	64H/35
17	Don Kessinger	73	8530	12.2	10.0	8.9	1964	1979	21-36	2078	7651	899	1931	1583	254	80	14	527	.252	.314	.312	.626	2387	132	-43	*64H5/3
18	Hughie Critz	74	6415	4.1	18.0	17.0	1924	1935	23-34	1478	5930	832	1591	1263	195	95	38	531	.268	.303	.352	.656	2090	27	130	*4H/6
19	Jim Hegan	74	5322	1.2	8.7	4.5	1941	1960	20-39	1666	4772	550	1087	762	187	46	92	525	.228	.295	.344	.639	1642	113	30	2H
20	Rollie Hemsley	74	5513	2.7	6.0	3.9	1928	1947	21-40	1593	5047	562	1321	961	257	72	31	555	.262	.311	.360	.671	1815	54	15	2H/7389
21	Bucky Dent	74	5026	11.1	16.5	17.5	1973	1984	21-32	1392	4512	451	1114	882	169	23	40	423	.247	.297	.321	.618	1449	79	65	*6H/45D
22	Alcides Escobar	74	6182	13.0	6.1	10.2	2008	2022	21-35	1552	5750	670	1486	1134	249	58	45	478	.258	.295	.345	.640	1986	113	-28	*654H/8179
23	Brad Ausmus	75	7102	8.9	18.7	16.5	1993	2010	24-41	1971	6279	718	1579	1195	270	34	80	607	.251	.325	.344	.669	2157	201	80	*2H3/456

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Generated 4/18/2026.

If you bat, you also play the field. Six is the minimum number so that a batter does not come up with himself on base.

If you have Shohei Ohtani or Babe Ruth, he can be one of the six in the batting order on days when he pitches. On other days, he must play the field. 

Ohtani has played 8 innings in the field other than as pitcher. Ridiculous.

This would increase the number of Plate Appearances dramatically.

But what about the records? Who cares? In the National League in 2025 and in the American League in 1968, there was only one hitter with a .300 Batting Average. BA .400 was done most recently in 1941. What the heck? Wake the heck up! The traditional rules have put you to sleep.