Recently while on Twitter, I came across somebody talking about a stat that he had basically made up called RBI%. The main thought behind it was RBI is one of the most important stats because you want guys that can produce runs. I thought about this for a bit, and then decided that RBI does work for it but why not make it better. Use Runs Created instead!
RC% does have problems I admit it but, I like it as it shows what percent of the runs scored by a team did one player create. I will use Brandon Phillips, which most people think, "run producer".
The Cincinnati Reds in 2013, scored 698 runs. Brandon Phillips Runs Created total was 71. 71 Runs Created! That's all, some of you might be thinking. He had 103 RBI. As you can tell he is not even close to the "run producer" many of you think he is.
Anyway, his RC%, using the formula Runs Created divided by Team's Runs Scored, so his RC% is...
10.1% RC%
Let's say we though used RBI% instead and what do we get?
14.7% RBI%
RBI says he is a great run producer but what does Runs Created% say? He is not as good as people say. Guess what? We just made a new stat, and remember whether you're using Runs Created% or just regular Runs Created, never use RBI.
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