Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 01, 2006
Pujols and the RBI Record

Earlier today Sports Bloggers Live interviewed me about what records might be set this season, and we spoke about Albert Pujols chance at Hack Wilson's RBI mark (audio here). When Juan Gonzalez made a run at this mark in 1998, he had a perfect storm of statistics. At the all-star break that year, he came up with more men on base than any other player, and had driven in a higher percentage of those runners than any other player. I wanted to see how Albert was doing in these categories.

I define RBI Pct as (RBI - HR)/Runners On. So it's the percent of men on base that you drive in. Albert ranks fourth among players with at least 100 men on base.

BatterRunners OnRBIHRsRBI Pct.
Lance Berkman121451425.62
Nomar Garciaparra11936625.21
Johnny Estrada11633425
Albert Pujols167652523.952
Ramon Hernandez13239823.485
Orlando Cabrera12733422.835
Bobby Abreu15241722.368
Miguel Cabrera15343922.222
Jose Lopez15442822.078
Vladimir Guerrero146451321.918
Derek Jeter15238521.711
Brandon Phillips12531421.6
Todd Walker10726321.495
Andruw Jones180511321.111
Jim Thome139492020.863
Conor Jackson13033620.769
Carlos Beltran111371420.721
Alexis Rios136381020.588
Garret Anderson13231420.455
Chase Utley10831920.37

He ranks fifth in total men on base.

BatterRunners OnRBIHRsRBI Pct.
David Ortiz188481517.553
Mark Loretta18327213.661
Andruw Jones180511321.111
Alex Rodriguez173441317.919
Albert Pujols167652523.952
Pat Burrell163381315.337
Trot Nixon16228514.198
Torii Hunter16234915.432
Mark Teixeira16225611.728
David Wright16235816.667
Vernon Wells161431517.391
Jason Bay161461718.012
Austin Kearns160321013.75
Travis Hafner160441418.75
Hank Blalock16038818.75
Paul Konerko158411516.456
Pedro Feliz15835916.456
Victor Martinez15829515.19
Jhonny Peralta15825512.658
Josh Willingham15732715.924

Note that Andruw Jones and Pujols are the only two players with lots of men on base driving in over 20%. It's not quite Gonzalez in 1998, but it's close. Also note that based on the way the Red Sox lineup works, Mark Loretta is in the wrong slot in the order.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:57 PM | Records | TrackBack (0)
Comments

You should make that a stat on the day by database. My friend and I are always talkign about a stat just like this. It amazed us that no one would want to track who is the most productive at scoring runners on base.

Posted by: Trey at June 1, 2006 06:13 PM

That's a lot more men on base than I would have thought for Pujols, considering that the #2 hitter for much of the year was Encarnacion (who has a sub .300 OBP) or someone similar.

Now Tony's generally either put Luna or Rodriguez second, but for at least a month it was Juan (or so it seemed).

Posted by: JeremyR at June 2, 2006 02:48 AM

it's impressive that lance berkman leads the first one and isn't even on the second chart.

Posted by: kim at June 2, 2006 01:08 PM

re: RBI stats

interesting to see Abreu so high on that list.

Also to see Chase Utley, a second year player basically, ranked with the big boys.

--arthur john kyriazis
--philly

Posted by: arthur john kyriazis at June 7, 2006 03:27 PM
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