Python Dictionary/Loop Output

Question

• Make a dictionary for nine Tampa Bay Rays that are given. Use the player names as keys and a list for each value.
• Each value list should hold the position played by the player, the batting order, and current batting average. See above.
• When the dictionary is complete, use a for loop to display the dictionary keys and values. This is what I got for this

• Next, use loop(s) to print the "lineup" (the dictionary in batting order). This is the step I need some help with, not sure how I go about doing an order for a dictionary like so. A list made more sense to me but that is not the question.

    main(): rays_players = { 'DeJesus': ['DH', 6, 299], 'Loney': ['1B', 4, 222], 'Rivera': ['C', 9, 194], 'Forsythe': ['2B', 5, 304], 'Souza Jr': ['RF', 2, 229], 'Longoria': ['3B', 3, 282], 'Cabrera': ['SS', 7, 214], 'Kiermaier': ['CF', 1, 240], 'Guyer': ['LF', 8, 274] } for key in rays_players: print(key, rays_players[key]) main() 

This is what I have been trying, but it is not working, I am very new at this:

for key in sorted(rays_players.items(), key=lambda v: (v)):
    print ("%s: %s" % (key))

Step 4 is supposed to look like this:

Batting 1: CF Kiermaier, current avg: 240

Batting 2: RF Souza Jr, current avg: 229

Batting 3: 3B Longoria, current avg: 282

Batting 4: 1B Loney, current avg: 222

Batting 5: 2B Forsythe, current avg: 304

Batting 6: DH DeJesus, current avg: 299

Batting 7: SS Cabrera, current avg: 214

Batting 8: LF Guyer, current avg: 274

Batting 9: C Rivera, current avg: 194

Answer 1

Hope this helps:

rays_players = {'DeJesus': ['DH', 6, 299],
                'Loney': ['1B', 4, 222],
                'Rivera': ['C', 9, 194],
                'Forsythe': ['2B', 5, 304],
                'Souza Jr': ['RF', 2, 229],
                'Longoria': ['3B', 3, 282],
                'Cabrera': ['SS', 7, 214],
                'Kiermaier': ['CF', 1, 240],
                'Guyer': ['LF', 8, 274]}

for key, value in sorted(rays_players.items(), key=lambda v: v[1][1]):
    print("Batting {}: {} {}, current avg: {}".format(value[1], value[0], key, value[2]))