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August 13, 2005

RBI Opportunity

Yesterday afternoon, I wrote about Manny Ramirez:
I'd like to see Manny's RBI numbers re: actual RBI opportunities.
Today, I discover that Baseball Prospectus has a new stat called RBI Opportunity. Sweet.

Here are MLB's Top 15 with 300 plate appearances (with plate appearances, total number of runners on first, second, and third when batting, RBI (minus HR) and RBI generated per baserunner):
                 PA  R1  R2 R3 Total RBI RBI/Runner
 1. VGuerrero   408 130  85 45  260  58  .2231
 2. CEverett    355 118  71 42  231  50  .2165
 3. MRamirez    451 171 110 69  350  75  .2143
 4. GAnderson   457 147 102 50  299  61  .2040
 5. JUribe      361 109  68 35  212  43  .2028
 6. GSheffield  492 155 105 56  316  64  .2025
 7. DLee        498 118  98 52  268  54  .2015
 8. THafner     379 110  87 46  243  48  .1975
 9. JCantu      441 150  90 55  295  58  .1966
10. MSweeney    365 118  68 39  225  44  .1956
11. CDelgado    424 147  87 55  289  56  .1938
12. AKennedy    307  82  49 24  155  30  .1935
13. EAlfonzo    302  86  63 32  181  35  .1934
14. CCrawford   516 135  86 48  269  52  .1933
15. DOrtiz      503 194 123 52  369  71  .1924
This season, Derek "Clutch" Jeter is currently #161.

2004 leader: Carlos Guillen (.2194); Top Sock: Ortiz at #4 (.2055)
2003 leader: Miguel Cabrera (.2183); Top Sock: Ortiz at #24 (.1828)
2002 leader: Larry Walker (.2335); Top Sock: Manny at #3 (.2120) and Nomar at #4 (.2043)
2001 leader: Juan Gonzlaez (.2323); Top Sox: Manny at #33 (.1834)
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3 comments:

  1. laura kAugust 14, 2005 at 9:12 AM

    Cool stat!

    I always though RBIs should be expressed as a percentage. RBIs alone is such an over-rated statistic, since batters have no control over how many men are actually on base when they bat. You can't knock 'em in if they ain't there.

    It's almost as stupid as ranking pitchers according to their W/L record. But not quite.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 17, 2005 at 7:21 AM

    what's the rationale of batting ortiz and manny 3 and 4 (respectively)? wouldn't manny's (comparitive) speed make him a better 3-hitter, not to mention putting the top rbi producer in the spot that sees more runners on base?

    the only thing i can think of is the don't-walk-ortiz-because-manny's-right-behind idea, but i think that works equally well in reverse.

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  3. allanAugust 17, 2005 at 7:40 AM

    I think it is comfort, for one thing -- Ortiz likes hitting 3rd.

    Actually, so does Manny, so I think Tito is going with the L-R-L-R at the top of the order. If Ortiz was hitting 4th, you might have Nixon as a second LH hitter after him, or Varitek (who does both).

    And while I get more hung up on batting order than several stat studies say I should, I would think that over a season, the difference in runs produced (between Tiz-Manny and Manny-Tiz) would be minimal.

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