Runs Created Update - Sabermetrics

It's been 2 weeks since the last update, and we're still kicking ass, so time to check out some stat comparisons.
Here is the link to the last update:
http://www.elitedawgs.com/showthread...rics%29-Update

There is an explanation to a lot of this below the chart for those who may not understand this, but are interested.

Things that stand out to me:
Still can't get Cole Gordon out there a little more?
Mangum has been on fire. If you go back and look at older versions of this, the numbers showed he should be, and I would expect to continue to see him perform at a high level. At this point, he seems to be our best hitter.
Luke Alexander is bad and continues to get worse.
Nathaniel Lowe has been improved a lot lately. We need him to keep it up.

What stands out to you?

Player Name	RC	(RC/PA)*4	OPS	OBP	Slug	BABIP	AVG	R	RBI	HR	TB	H	HBP+BB	SB	CS	3B	2B	AB	K	Sac	GDP
Jacob Robson	28.57	0.83	0.961	0.474	0.487	0.446	0.372	32	19	1	55	42	22	10	2	3	4	113	20	3	1
Jack Kruger	26.09	0.86	1.067	0.475	0.592	0.413	0.357	22	27	4	58	35	22	1	1	0	11	98	19	1	1
Reid Humphreys	20.59	0.79	1.025	0.423	0.602	0.397	0.341	19	24	3	53	30	14	0	1	1	12	88	19	2	1
Nathaniel Lowe	19.66	0.60	0.841	0.402	0.439	0.337	0.316	18	23	2	50	36	17	2	0	0	8	114	12	1	6
Gavin Collins	19.53	0.68	0.916	0.416	0.500	0.271	0.267	20	18	5	45	24	23	0	0	0	6	90	15	2	1
Ryan Gridley	17.66	0.57	0.766	0.383	0.383	0.337	0.318	16	16	1	41	34	12	1	0	0	4	107	9	4	1
Brent Rooker	17.29	0.70	0.894	0.394	0.500	0.388	0.326	15	25	2	43	28	11	2	0	1	7	86	19	2	1
Jake Mangum	15.42	0.95	1.087	0.508	0.579	0.453	0.439	12	15	1	33	25	8	1	1	0	5	57	3	0	1
Cody Brown	12.96	0.77	0.955	0.455	0.500	0.357	0.308	15	9	1	26	16	14	3	0	2	3	52	9	1	1
Elih Marrero	11.59	0.51	0.717	0.367	0.350	0.315	0.288	12	9	0	28	23	10	2	0	0	5	80	7	1	1
Hunter Stovall	7.65	0.59	0.758	0.380	0.378	0.341	0.311	9	10	0	17	14	5	3	0	0	3	45	4	2	0
Luke Alexander	7.24	0.38	0.624	0.343	0.281	0.275	0.211	10	7	1	16	12	12	2	0	0	1	57	17	7	1
John Holland	4.08	0.38	0.647	0.341	0.306	0.290	0.250	11	3	0	11	9	5	0	1	0	2	36	5	2	0
Cole Gordon	3.16	0.79	1.009	0.438	0.571	0.556	0.357	2	2	0	8	5	2	0	0	0	3	14	5	0	0

Since some folks have no idea what these things mean, I will start including a key when I do my updates. If you know what these things mean, you can stop here. I will not define very common stats.
Color highlighting is just to help with visual to highlight the best and worst in each category since sorting isn?t available.
RC (Runs Created) - This is the single best indicator (in my and many others opinion) in determining how valuable a player has been based on what they?ve done this season. Specifically, this stat estimates the number of runs a hitter contributes to his team. This is a very complex formula, and is probably the #1 stat used in sabermetrics in some form or another. I use the advanced formula for RC in this breakdown.
(RC/PA)*4 - This is Runs Created divided by Plate Appearances times 4. This turns RC into an average so players can be compared equally regardless of how much they?ve played. It?s divided by 4 to give an estimated view of how many runs they create per game. I came up with this, just for comparisons sake.
OPS - On Base % plus Slugging %
BABIP - Batting average on balls in play. This is another sabermetric stat. This stat measures how many of a batter?s balls in play go for hits, excluding home runs. It is a good tool for measuring the sustainability of a hitter's performance.
TB - Total bases
HBP+BB - Hit by pitch + walks
CS - Caught Stealing
Sac - Sacrifice Hits
GDP - Ground into Double Play

What stands out to me is the freshman other than Alexander don't strike out very often. They swing the damn bat. The other stand up there and take to cock shots until they get in the hole 0-2 and then want to swing.

Thanks again for this. Always fun to see.

Magnum is a must-play from here on out until he slows down.

I put a lot of emphasis on OPS. I feel like that's a great measure of quality at bats. Are you getting on base and putting the ball in play? You can work with that.

Gavin Collins stands out to me. 5 HR, .500 SLG, .416 OBP, but only a .271 BABIP. He might have a huge second half.

The one that sticks out to me is the GDP.

Lowe has 6. Everyone else has 0 or 1. Now look at his sac numbers.

Obviously not bunting Lowe enough.

Gavin Collins BABIP stands out to me.

Lowe leads the team in double plays- we need to start letting Robson and Mangum or whomever run more when he is at the plate to avoid double plays.

Other than what has been mentioned, those are the things that stand out to me, and I enjoy it when you do this.

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Originally Posted by Political Hack

I put a lot of emphasis on OPS. I feel like that's a great measure of quality at bats. Are you getting on base and putting the ball in play? You can work with that.

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As do I, it is definitely a good measuring tool. That's why I have it so far left in the chart. It is somewhat correlated to RC, which is why you see so many similarities between the 2.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Gavin Collins BABIP stands out to me.

Lowe leads the team in double plays- we need to start letting Robson and Mangum or whomever run more when he is at the plate to avoid double plays.

Other than what has been mentioned, those are the things that stand out to me, and I enjoy it when you do this.

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As for Collins, that stats excludes HR's, which essentially removes what his true value for us has been

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Originally Posted by chef dixon

As for Collins, that stats excludes HR's, which essentially removes what his true value for us has been

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That's true. But it stands out to me because in theory his hitting is likely to get better over the course of the year. Which would be good for us.

Do we have any update on Robson? Last I heard it would be a gametime decision on Friday. I know we have guys that can step in, but he is more valuable than it appears at times, as the numbers above prove.

If he is out for the weekend, who do you think steps in, and what is the batting order?

Question for anyone: Why are homers excluded when calculating BABIP?

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Originally Posted by Bullmutt

Question for anyone: Why are homers excluded when calculating BABIP?

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I'm no expert but my understanding is that BABIP was designed as a metric to try and show how "lucky" a hitter is. So it measures only batting average on balls that the defense has a chance to make a play on (therefore excluding HR's, at least "outside the park" HR's). For example, you could have a heavy groundball hitter who has a high BABIP because a lot of his hits find holes in the infield. Over the course of the season, the statistical probability would be that his BABIP would decrease due to either more balls being hit right at infielders or infield shifts keeping more balls from getting through (or both). In general, line drive hitters and groundball hitters with lots of speed (like Robson) tend to have a pretty high BABIP, whereas flyball hitters and groundball hitters that are slower tend to have lower BABIP.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

That's true. But it stands out to me because in theory his hitting is likely to get better over the course of the year. Which would be good for us.

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True. Only thing with Collins is a lot of his outs are pop ups, which don't really help your case with luck. Will be exciting to see if he turns it up