Wouldn't some kind of RBI% formula like,
RBI-HR/(RBI-HR)+LOB
(where LOB is runners left on base for the entire season)
at least give you a better idea of production than RBIs?
I don't know if that's really a formula since I just made it up in my head, but I'm basically trying to get an RBI efficiency stat. So the number of RBIs you get minus the number of times you drove in yourself, divided by the total # of runners on base when you came to the plate.
Shouldn't that give you how efficient you were at driving in runs? That wouldn't penalize leadoff hitters who have no one on base in front of them, etc.
So if a hitter has 120 RBIs, 35 homers and left 130 runners on base would have an RBI% of .395.
Or for a leadoff guy who has 40 RBIs, 5 homers, and left 40 runners on base would have an RBI% of .467.
Of course, I don't know if they keep up with the total # of runners left on base for the entire season for each player, and I don't know if that formula actually does what I'm trying to get it to do.
I got a C in STAT405...
