2005 Runs Created for the Tribe

[BoofBonser26]

I had some fun this morning calculating the 2005 Indians' Runs Created for each player.

Hafner 107
Sizemore 97
Crisp 93
Martinez 89
Peralta 86
Belliard 70
Blake 65
Broussard 62
Boone 53
Gerut 18
Hernandez 17
Cora 9
Bard 6
Ludwick 6
Dubois 5
Vazquez 5
Leifer 2

Everyone else contributed less than 1 run individually.

The results pretty much back up what most Tribe fans thought about the team. The only thing that surprised me was that Crisp edged out Martinez a little bit in value. However, when you consider that Martinez is a catcher, the advantage disappears.

Just some food for thought. :)

[pizzacutter]

What happens when those get normalized per 27 outs?

[BoofBonser26]

What happens when those get normalized per 27 outs?
That's a good question. I'm not 100% sure how to calculate that.

[pizzacutter]

Take AB - hits + GIDP + SH + SF to get outs. Runs created per 27 outs is 27 * RC / outs. You can actually find that stat on baseball-reference.com

In theory, it tells you how many runs per game would be scored if you cloned the player (say Travis Hafner) and had him hit in all nine spots in the order. Baseball reference uses (H + BB) * (TB)/ (PA) for their RC, (not sure of your formula), but for Hafner in 2005, he had 116 RC. He made 351 outs. 27 * 116 / 351 = 8.92.

Not bad.

[BoofBonser26]

Thanks pizzacutter. I'll get around to that.

My formula was Bill James' most recent, but without the corrections from '02, and I used slightly different co-efficients that I found in the book Paths to Glory (era-adjusted for modern day).