In the poll question Tom Tango posed in your article he said, what is the most PRODUCTIVE HITTER? Being productive to me means scoring runs AND driving them in (RBI), so in essence on offense, to me that means 2 things: 1. bases moved vs. bases caught, 2. sequencing dependent upon your teammates efforts as well, hence the modern game is skewed because it's not as much of a team game. Its more about the select few individuals, those that hit homers, as the game is now homer dependent. 2024 vs. 1984: homers make up a greater portion of RBI and runs in 2024 (1 homer to every 3.7 RBI to 3.9 runs) than 1984 (1 homer to every 5.1 RBI to 5.5 runs) I do not see how you can convey this accurately by rate stats as there is too much variation in production (and unique production at that), given the same or similar rates (BA/OBP/SLG/OPS). An out is not necessarily a negative. A sac fly drives in a run from third or can move runners from 2nd to 3rd or 1st to second when deep enough. That is moving players one base even though you get out. Furthermore, this is similar to the question of how you construct an ideal line up? Also, certain base states have equivalencies, for example, a walk and a single are worth the same when bases are both empty. But a single will outdo a walk in most other cases due to moving teammates around. For example, a batter is on first with a walk. Next guy hits a single. The guy that walked moves to 3rd, so that is two bases moved for the guy that went 1st to third, and one base for the single, so the guy that hit the single gets 3 bases moved. As opposed to a guy on first with a walk already, next guy up gets a walk, 2 total bases moved for the guy that got the second walk.
In the poll question Tom Tango posed in your article he said, what is the most PRODUCTIVE HITTER? Being productive to me means scoring runs AND driving them in (RBI), so in essence on offense, to me that means 2 things: 1. bases moved vs. bases caught, 2. sequencing dependent upon your teammates efforts as well, hence the modern game is skewed because it's not as much of a team game. Its more about the select few individuals, those that hit homers, as the game is now homer dependent. 2024 vs. 1984: homers make up a greater portion of RBI and runs in 2024 (1 homer to every 3.7 RBI to 3.9 runs) than 1984 (1 homer to every 5.1 RBI to 5.5 runs) I do not see how you can convey this accurately by rate stats as there is too much variation in production (and unique production at that), given the same or similar rates (BA/OBP/SLG/OPS). An out is not necessarily a negative. A sac fly drives in a run from third or can move runners from 2nd to 3rd or 1st to second when deep enough. That is moving players one base even though you get out. Furthermore, this is similar to the question of how you construct an ideal line up? Also, certain base states have equivalencies, for example, a walk and a single are worth the same when bases are both empty. But a single will outdo a walk in most other cases due to moving teammates around. For example, a batter is on first with a walk. Next guy hits a single. The guy that walked moves to 3rd, so that is two bases moved for the guy that went 1st to third, and one base for the single, so the guy that hit the single gets 3 bases moved. As opposed to a guy on first with a walk already, next guy up gets a walk, 2 total bases moved for the guy that got the second walk.