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.
| Lance Berkman | 121 | 45 | 14 | 25.62 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 119 | 36 | 6 | 25.21 |
| Johnny Estrada | 116 | 33 | 4 | 25 |
| Albert Pujols | 167 | 65 | 25 | 23.952 |
| Ramon Hernandez | 132 | 39 | 8 | 23.485 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 127 | 33 | 4 | 22.835 |
| Bobby Abreu | 152 | 41 | 7 | 22.368 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 153 | 43 | 9 | 22.222 |
| Jose Lopez | 154 | 42 | 8 | 22.078 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 146 | 45 | 13 | 21.918 |
| Derek Jeter | 152 | 38 | 5 | 21.711 |
| Brandon Phillips | 125 | 31 | 4 | 21.6 |
| Todd Walker | 107 | 26 | 3 | 21.495 |
| Andruw Jones | 180 | 51 | 13 | 21.111 |
| Jim Thome | 139 | 49 | 20 | 20.863 |
| Conor Jackson | 130 | 33 | 6 | 20.769 |
| Carlos Beltran | 111 | 37 | 14 | 20.721 |
| Alexis Rios | 136 | 38 | 10 | 20.588 |
| Garret Anderson | 132 | 31 | 4 | 20.455 |
| Chase Utley | 108 | 31 | 9 | 20.37 |
He ranks fifth in total men on base.
| David Ortiz | 188 | 48 | 15 | 17.553 |
| Mark Loretta | 183 | 27 | 2 | 13.661 |
| Andruw Jones | 180 | 51 | 13 | 21.111 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 173 | 44 | 13 | 17.919 |
| Albert Pujols | 167 | 65 | 25 | 23.952 |
| Pat Burrell | 163 | 38 | 13 | 15.337 |
| Trot Nixon | 162 | 28 | 5 | 14.198 |
| Torii Hunter | 162 | 34 | 9 | 15.432 |
| Mark Teixeira | 162 | 25 | 6 | 11.728 |
| David Wright | 162 | 35 | 8 | 16.667 |
| Vernon Wells | 161 | 43 | 15 | 17.391 |
| Jason Bay | 161 | 46 | 17 | 18.012 |
| Austin Kearns | 160 | 32 | 10 | 13.75 |
| Travis Hafner | 160 | 44 | 14 | 18.75 |
| Hank Blalock | 160 | 38 | 8 | 18.75 |
| Paul Konerko | 158 | 41 | 15 | 16.456 |
| Pedro Feliz | 158 | 35 | 9 | 16.456 |
| Victor Martinez | 158 | 29 | 5 | 15.19 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 158 | 25 | 5 | 12.658 |
| Josh Willingham | 157 | 32 | 7 | 15.924 |
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.
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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.
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).
it's impressive that lance berkman leads the first one and isn't even on the second chart.
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