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Runs produced is a baseball statistic that can help estimate the number of runs a hitter contributes to his team. The formula adds together the player's runs and run batted in, and then subtracts the player's home runs. [1]

Baseball statistics play an important role in evaluating the progress of a player or team.

Run (baseball) run scored in baseball

In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured. A player may score by hitting a home run or by any combination of plays that puts him safely "on base" as a runner and subsequently brings him home. The object of the game is for a team to score more runs than its opponent.

A run batted in (RBI), plural runs batted in, is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored. For example, if the batter bats a base hit, then another player on a higher base can head home to score a run, and the batter gets credited with batting in that run.

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Home runs are subtracted to compensate for the batter getting credit for both one run and at least one RBI when hitting a home run.

Unlike runs created, runs produced is a teammate-dependent stat in that it includes Runs and RBIs, which are affected by which batters bat near a player in the batting order. Also, subtracting home runs seems logical from an individual perspective, but on a team level it double-counts runs that are not home runs.

Runs created (RC) is a baseball statistic invented by Bill James to estimate the number of runs a hitter contributes to his team.

To counteract the double-counting, some[ who? ] have suggested an alternate formula which is the average of a player's runs scored and runs batted in.

Here, when a player scores a run, he shares the credit with the batter who drove him in, so both are credited with half a run produced. The same is true for an RBI, where credit is shared between the batter and runner. In the case of a home run, the batter is responsible for both the run scored and the RBI, so the runs produced are (1 + 1)/2 = 1, as expected.

All-time Major League Baseball leaders

PlayerCareer lengthRuns produced [2]
Ty Cobb 1905–19284,066
Hank Aaron 1954–19763,716
Babe Ruth 1914–19353,673
Cap Anson 1871–18973,501
Barry Bonds 1986–20073,461
Stan Musial 1941–19633,425
Alex Rodriguez 1994–20163,411
Lou Gehrig 1923–19393,390
Honus Wagner 1897–19173,367
Pete Rose 1963–19863,319

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References

  1. ↑ Thorn, J. and Palmer, P., Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball, 4th Edition, p. 2550, Penguin Books, New York, 1995, ISBN   0-670-86099-9
  2. ↑ "Runs Produced All-Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Baseball Almanac . Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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