Comments on: Who am I? #6 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dave http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10274 dave Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:54:15 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10274 How do I look up the person that has scored the most runs off of homers without hitting it himself? Does that make sense? How do I look up the person that has scored the most runs off of homers without hitting it himself?
Does that make sense?

]]> By: mebejoe http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10272 mebejoe Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:29:46 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10272 Thanks for your post. Based on it, I figured out how to use the arithmetic function. Very cool. I think it is interesting that while there are only a few players with careers with the run to HR ratio is less than 2.2 runs per home run, there are almost 2000 seasons like that. Thanks for your post. Based on it, I figured out how to use the arithmetic function. Very cool. I think it is interesting that while there are only a few players with careers with the run to HR ratio is less than 2.2 runs per home run, there are almost 2000 seasons like that.

]]> By: Raphy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10266 Raphy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:14:23 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10266 continuation from #14 - If you don't like to do anything manually you can keep changing the number in your formula until there is only 1 player left. continuation from #14 - If you don't like to do anything manually you can keep changing the number in your formula until there is only 1 player left.

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10265 Andy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:28 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10265 You guys need to be more like statboy, who just assumes that everything I say is wrong. He's at least a little right. You guys need to be more like statboy, who just assumes that everything I say is wrong. He's at least a little right.

]]> By: cgehringer http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10264 cgehringer Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:05:25 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10264 I agreed with McGwire as well for #1, but thought I did something wrong. I agreed with McGwire as well for #1, but thought I did something wrong.

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10263 Andy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:01:39 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10263 #12 Dave - currently it can only be calculated manually. But you can use the PI to narrow the search. For example, you can do a season finder for players with at least 300 HR and R < 2.2 * HR. That search yields, I believe, only McGwire and Kingman. I had to then manually calculate the numbers for each guy to see who had the lower value. In the future, hopefully the PI will do these calculations and allow sorting by them as well. #12 Dave - currently it can only be calculated manually. But you can use the PI to narrow the search. For example, you can do a season finder for players with at least 300 HR and R < 2.2 * HR. That search yields, I believe, only McGwire and Kingman. I had to then manually calculate the numbers for each guy to see who had the lower value. In the future, hopefully the PI will do these calculations and allow sorting by them as well.

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10262 Andy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:59:57 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10262 Sorry---Whiz (and others) are right that McGwire is the answer for #1. 1. Mark McGwire 2.425 RBI/HR 2. Al Simmons 5.951 RBI/HR 3. Mark McGwire 2.002 R/HR 4. Rogers Hornsby 5.246 R/HR Stats #2 and #4 really favor guys who didn't hit a lot of homers. There have been many players, especially in earlier eras, who were great run-producers without hitting lots of homers. It's no coincidence that Simmons and Hornsby both just barely make the 300-HR club, and I have no doubt that there are guys with higher RBI/HR and R/HR ratios who had lower career HR totals. Sorry---Whiz (and others) are right that McGwire is the answer for #1.

1. Mark McGwire 2.425 RBI/HR
2. Al Simmons 5.951 RBI/HR
3. Mark McGwire 2.002 R/HR
4. Rogers Hornsby 5.246 R/HR

Stats #2 and #4 really favor guys who didn't hit a lot of homers. There have been many players, especially in earlier eras, who were great run-producers without hitting lots of homers. It's no coincidence that Simmons and Hornsby both just barely make the 300-HR club, and I have no doubt that there are guys with higher RBI/HR and R/HR ratios who had lower career HR totals.

]]> By: dave http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10261 dave Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:57:06 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10261 How are people getting this "per" stuff? How are people getting this "per" stuff?

]]> By: whiz http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10260 whiz Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:41:56 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10260 Maybe I'm going batty, but I get McGwire for #1 as well -- 2.425 RBI per HR compared to Dunn's 2.459. I agree with Cgehringer on the others. Maybe I'm going batty, but I get McGwire for #1 as well -- 2.425 RBI per HR compared to Dunn's 2.459.

I agree with Cgehringer on the others.

]]> By: mebejoe http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3814/comment-page-1#comment-10259 mebejoe Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:48:25 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=3814#comment-10259 #3 is Dave Kingman #3 is Dave Kingman

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