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ComputerFreek129 · 04-03-2004, 02:22 PM

Yes... Alex Rodriguez was robbed in 2002... Sure, Texas was a last-place team, but last place in arguably the best division in baseball (back in 2002)... And just imagine how much WORSE the Rangers would've been back then without Alex Rodriguez. He was probably the difference saving the 2002 season from become Detroit-esque.

I think the best way to determine an MVP is to look at how many games that the player won single-handedly... I've been taking down game logs, and looking at Run Production (R+RBI-HR my own stat) and comparing it to the run difference in the game. So, if A-Rod gets a grand slam, with 4 RBIs and 1 Run in a game, his run production equals 4 (because a HR counts as both a run scored and RBI, although in reality it is only one run in the game) If the game was won by the Yankees 10-7, then Rodriguez's production single-handedly won that game, so it counts as a "game won" by Alex Rodriguez.. I've done it with most of of the big-name player's game logs (Excel is a dream, I tell you) and came up with some pretty interesting numbers...
I might've missed a few players (because I don't have the patience to do that many game logs) but I did pretty much most of the top run producers from the 2003 season..

Albert Pujols: 31 "games won"
Ivan Rodriguez: 30 "games won"
Luis Gonzalez: 27 "games won"
Scott Podsednik: 27 "games won"
Richie Sexson: 27 "games won"

A-Rod came in with 26, Bonds with 25, and Delgado with 24, if you were wondering... It gets even more interesting if you divide each player's "games won" by the total number of wins by that player's team, so you can see what percentage of wins that the player played a role in... but what do you guys think of that stat? Not really for the OOTP game but for real-life baseball...

04-03-2004, 02:22 PM	#37
ComputerFreek129 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 58	Yes... Alex Rodriguez was robbed in 2002... Sure, Texas was a last-place team, but last place in arguably the best division in baseball (back in 2002)... And just imagine how much WORSE the Rangers would've been back then without Alex Rodriguez. He was probably the difference saving the 2002 season from become Detroit-esque. I think the best way to determine an MVP is to look at how many games that the player won single-handedly... I've been taking down game logs, and looking at Run Production (R+RBI-HR my own stat) and comparing it to the run difference in the game. So, if A-Rod gets a grand slam, with 4 RBIs and 1 Run in a game, his run production equals 4 (because a HR counts as both a run scored and RBI, although in reality it is only one run in the game) If the game was won by the Yankees 10-7, then Rodriguez's production single-handedly won that game, so it counts as a "game won" by Alex Rodriguez.. I've done it with most of of the big-name player's game logs (Excel is a dream, I tell you) and came up with some pretty interesting numbers... I might've missed a few players (because I don't have the patience to do that many game logs) but I did pretty much most of the top run producers from the 2003 season.. Albert Pujols: 31 "games won" Ivan Rodriguez: 30 "games won" Luis Gonzalez: 27 "games won" Scott Podsednik: 27 "games won" Richie Sexson: 27 "games won" A-Rod came in with 26, Bonds with 25, and Delgado with 24, if you were wondering... It gets even more interesting if you divide each player's "games won" by the total number of wins by that player's team, so you can see what percentage of wins that the player played a role in... but what do you guys think of that stat? Not really for the OOTP game but for real-life baseball...