Total Runs is a great underrated stat for showing the complete player, and I've already had post on the "introduction" to it, but now let's take it to the next level.
Since I've last posted on Total Runs, I have made a change to the formula of it. It now includes Park Factors which I think is a great addition. The link for it is below.
http://www.fangraphs.com/guts.aspx?type=pf&teamid=0&season=2012
Now, for it use the basic column and remember 100 is league average. So anything below 100 is a pitcher's park, and anything above is a hitters park. Let's take Starlin Castro for example. Since his home park is Wrigley Field, which has 104 Basic Index subtract 4 from his Total Runs since he is playing in a hitters park which increases scoring by 4%.
The new formula now is the following then:
Runs Created+
Defensive Runs Saved+
Base running Runs+
Positional Adjustment+
Park Factors=
Total Runs
I can safely call this the final formula.
Thanks for reading and I know it's quite a short post but hopefully I can get a few more posts up in the upcoming weeks. Make sure to follow me on Twitter @CastroRizzo
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