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This is my annual report on the baseball season, using some stats I like to use to identify the best players.
The first stat is something I invented in preference to “OPS” or “production”. I like the idea of combining the two basic percentages: on base percentage and slugging percentage, (both of which are better measures of a player’s offense than batting average), but I have a few problems with it. You are adding together two percentages with different divisors: total plate appearances and “official” at bats. You are counting hits on both sides of the equation and thus counting them twice. You are including something the hitter is not actually trying to do: get hit by a pitch. And you are excluding something he is trying to do, something that turns singles into doubles and doubles into triples: steal a base. Also, you wind up with a stat that, while it serves as a ranking isn’t directly translatable into something you can understand. It looks like a percentage but it isn’t. (From my 2019 intro), Mike Trout as of May 1st has an OPS of 1.052. That’s better than Bryce Harper 0.878) but not as good as Ryon Healy (1.082). But what does it mean? Trout didn’t do something 1,052 times. He didn’t do something 1.052 percent of the time. Finally, I like gross numbers more than percentages. Gross numbers are what actually happened. Percentages are a rate of production, which will produce higher gross numbers if they are better unless there are fewer games played or at bats. And, in that case you don’t know that the rate of production would have continued had there been more games and at bats. It’s only the bases and runs that were actually produced that show up on the scoreboard and determine the outcome of actual games.
My solution is to add the batting bases a hitter produced, (1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run), to the walks to the stolen bases and call that “bases produced”. It would be the leading contributory statistic to the production of runs. If you want to turn it into a percentage, you could divide it by total plate appearances. But I prefer an average per game statistic: the top players in the league tend to play whole games. You’ll find that a great offensive player will produce around 3 bases per game. That’s easy to comprehend. And you can watch a game and just count the bases the players accumulate. If your favorite player is in the race for MVP and he walks twice, hits a double and steals a base, he’s increased his base production by 5 bases. What did the other guy do?
The obvious sister stat for bases production is “runs produced”, which has been around for decades: runs scored plus runs batted in minus home runs, (so you don’t count them twice: they are the same run, scored and driven in by the same guy). A top offensive player will produce about 1 run per game. 3 bases and 1 run per game. That’s easy to remember. If all nine guys in the line-up did that, you’d be pretty tough to beat.
This year I’ve decided to add a few other stats, two of which will allow me to evaluate pitchers, too. The first one I’m calling “clutch percentage”. I’m aware that many people in baseball don’t think there is such a thing as clutch hitting. I don’t agree: I watch the games and it is completely apparent that it’s not just what you do but when you do it that counts. I’m a Mets fan and noticed, (in 2019), that Wilson Ramos was, by most measures, having a poor season:.247 batting average, .313 on base percentage, .303 slugging percentage. But he had 17 RBIs compared to 27 total bases. Divide the RBIs by total bases and his bat is driving in 63% as many runs as it’s procuring bases. Mike Trout has 16 RBIs on 48 batting bases, 33%. It’s very early and the numbers can change greatly but so far Ramos would seem to be a better clutch hitter than Trout.
I’ve always wanted to do something to evaluate pitchers. When I look at a box score, (and I’ve had occasion lately to look at Mets box scores to try to figure out the pitching), I look at the ‘BF’ (batters faced) on Baseball Reference.com. Then I look at hits, walks and hit batsmen to get the number of baserunners that were the pitcher’s fault. I divide that by the BF to get the percentage of batters that get on base off the pitcher. Then I look at earned runs and compare that to the number of these ‘earned’ baserunners. What percentage of them scored? (In 2018), Jacob DeGrom faced 835 batters, 203 of whom reached base from hits, walks or being plunked. That’s 24.3%, or .243. That was best in the National League and second best in the majors to Justin Verlander of the Astros who had .241. Jake allowed 421 earned runs from those 203 earned baserunners, or .202, the best in the majors, (Blake Snell and Trevor Bauer led the AL .215.
My data base is the top 50 players in each league in runs scored and runs batted in and the top 50 pitchers in innings pitched. For the batters, ties are broken first by games played, then by plate appearances, (the fewer of each you have, the more impressive your gross bases and runs produced are. The more you have the more impressive a clutch percentage is: you’ve maintained it longer). Pitching ties are broken by innings pitched, (the more innings you’ve pitched, the more impressive a low rate of giving up baserunners and runs is.) If there is a tie for 10th place all those tied will be listed.
American League
Bases Produced (Total Batting Bases + Walks + Steals)
Aaron Judge, Yankees 535 in 158 games (3.39) and 704 plate appearances (.760)
Juan Soto, Padres 464 in 157 games (2.96) and 713 plate appearances (.651)
Bobby Witt, Royals 462 in 161 games (2.87) and 709 plate appearances (.652)
Jose Ramirez, Guardians 428 in 158 games (2.71) and 682 plate appearances (.628)
Jarran Duran, Red Sox 418 in 160 games (2.61) and 735 plate appearances (.569)
Vladimir Guerreo Jr., Blue Jays 409 in 159 games (2.57) and 697 plate appearances (.587)
Yordan Alvarez, Astros 388 in 147 games (2.64) and 635 plate appearances (.611)
Brent Rooker, Athletics 372 in 145 games (2.57) and 614 plate appearances (.606)
Anthony Santander, Orioles 361 in 155 games (2.33) and 665 plate appearances (.543)
Runs Produced (Runs scored + Runs batted in – Home Runs so they don’t get counted twice)
Aaron Judge, Yankees 208 in 158 games (1.32) and 704 plate appearances (.295)
Bobby Witt, Royals 202 in 161 games (1.25) and 709 plate appearances (.285)
Juan Soto, Padres 196 in 157 games (1.25) and 713 plate appearances (.275)
Jose Ramirez, Guardians 193 in 158 games (1.22) and 682 plate appearances (.283)
Gunnar Henderson, Orioles 173 in 159 games (1.09) and 719 plate appearances (.241)
Vladimir Guerreo Jr., Blue Jays 171 in 159 games (1.075) and 697 plate appearances (.245)
Jarran Duran, Red Sox 165 in 160 games (1.03) and 735 plate appearances (.224)
Josh Nailor, Guardians 161 in 152 games (1.06) and 633 plate appearances (.254)
Brent Rooker, Athletics 156 in 145 games (1.08) and 614 plate appearances (.254)
Anthony Santander, Orioles 154 in 155 games (0.99) and 665 plate appearances (.232)
Clutch Hitting (Runs batted in / Total Batting Bases)
Vinnie Pasquantino, Royals 97 RBI from 221 batting bases = .439
Josh Naylor, Guardians 108 RBI from 257 batting bases = .420233
Cal Raleigh, Mariners 100 RBI from 238 batting bases = .420168
Salvador Perez, Royals 104 RBI from 269 batting bases = .387
Jo Adell, Angels 62 RBI from 163 batting bases = .380
Sheas Langeliers, Athletics 80 RBI from 217 batting bases = .369
Jake Meyers, Astros 61 RBI from 166 batting bases = .3674698
Aaron Judge, Yankees 144 RBI from 392 batting bases = .3673469
Adonis Garcia. Rangers 85 RBI from 232 batting bases = .366
Brent Rooker, Athletics 112 RBI from 307 batting bases = .365
Comment: Aaron Judge may have been a bust in the playoffs but he was clearly MVP of the regular season.
On Base Percentage – Starters (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Logan Gilbert, Mariners 189/803 = .235
Tarik Skubai, Tigers 186/753 = .247
Bryce Miller, Mariners 179/704 =.254
Joe Ryan, Twins 138/538 = .257
Bailey Ober, Twins 185/709 = .261
George Kirby, Mariners 211/778 = .2712082
Garrett Crochet, White Sox 161/595 = .2705882
Corbin Burnes, Orioles 215/784 = .274
Nick Pivetta, Red Sox 165/595 = .277
Seth Lugo, Royals 234/836 = .280
On Base Percentage – Relief Pitchers (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Emmanuel Chase, Guardians 51/270 = .189
Jason Foley, Tigers 50/250 = .200
Tyler Holton, Tigers 76/254 = .215
Hunter Gaddis, Guardians 61/278 = .219
Kirby Yates, Rangers 53/237 = .224
Griffin Jax, Twins 64/276 = .232
Keegan Akin, Orioles 76/313 = .243
Cade Smith, Guardians 71/289 = .246
Luke Weaver, Yankees 82/331 = .2477341
Josh Hader, Astros 69/278 = .2482014
Scoring Percentage – Starters (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Tarik Skubai, Tigers 51/186 = .274
Tanner Houck Red Sox 62/220 = .282
Ronel Blanco, Astros 52/184 = .283
Framber Valdez, Astros 57/201 = .284
Michael Lorenzen, Rangers 48/167 = .287
Corbin Burnes, Orioles 63/215 = .293
Seth Lugo, Royals 69/234 = .295
Cole Ragans, Royals 65/219 = .2968036
Chris Bassitt, Toronto 79/266 = .2969924
Hunter Brown, Astros 66/221 = .299
Tarkik Subai was a strong choise for AL Cy Young.
Scoring Percentage – Relievers (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Emmanuel Chase, Guardians 5/51 = .098
Kirby Yates, Rangers 8/53 = .151
Tayler Scott, Astros 17/84 = .202
Tim Herrin, Guardians 14/69= .203
Hunter Gaddis, Guardians 13/61 = .213
Cade Smith, Guardians 16/71 = .225
Andres Munoz, Marriners 14/60 = .233
Austin Adams, Athletics 18/74 = .243
Griffin Jax, Twins 16/64 = .250
Tim Hill, White Sox/Yankees 25/98 = .255
National League
Bases Produced (Total Batting Bases + Walks + Steals)
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers 551 in 159 games (3.47) and 731 plate appearances (.754)
Elly De La Cruz, Reds 427 in 160 games (2.67) and 696 plate appearances (.614)
Marcell Ozuna, Braves 406 in 162 games (2.51) and 688 plate appearances (.590)
Francisco Lindor, Mets 394 in 152 games (2.59) and 689 plate appearances (.572)
Kyle Schwarber, Phillies 389 in 150 games (2.59) and 692 plate appearances (.562)
Willy Adames, Brewers 377 in 161 games (2.34) and 688 plate appearances (.548)
Bryce Harper, Phillies 372 in 145 games (2.57) and 631 plate appearances (.590)
William Conteras, Brewers 364 in 155 games (2.59) and 679 plate appearances (.562)
Corbin Carroll, D-Backs 360 in 158 games (2.28) and 684 plate appearances (.526)
Ketel Marte, D-Backs 354 in 136 games (2.60) and 583 plate appearances (.607)
Runs Produced (Runs scored + Runs batted in – Home Runs so they don’t get counted twice)
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers 210 in 159 games (1.32) and 731 plate appearances (.287)
Kyle Schwarber, Phillies 176 in 150 games (1.17) and 692 plate appearances (.254)
Willy Adames, Brewers 173 in 161 games (1.07) and 688 plate appearances (.251)
Corbin Carroll, D-Backs 173 in 158 games (1.09) and 684 plate appearances (.253)
William Conteras, Brewers 168 in 155 games (1.08) and 679 plate appearances (.247)
Francisco Lindor, Mets 165 in 152 games (1.09) and 689 plate appearances (.239)
Eugenio Suarez, D-Backs 161 in 158 games (1.02) and 640 plate appearances (.252)
Marcell Ozuna, Braves 161 in 162 games (0.99) and 688 plate appearances (.234)
Elly De La Cruz, Reds 156 in 160 games (0.975) and 696 plate appearances (.224)
Brandon Nimmo, Mets 155 in 151 games (1.03) and 663 plate appearances (.234)
Jurickson Profar, Padres 155 in 158 games (0.98) and 668 plate appearances (.232)
And Shohei Ohtani was just as clearly the Naiton League MVP>
Clutch Hitting (Runs batted in / Total Batting Bases)
Spencer Steer, Reds 92/231 = .398
Willy Adames, Brewers 112/282 = .397
Brandon Nimmo, Mets 90/228 = .395
JD Martinez, Mets 69/176 = .392
Alec Bohm, Phillies 97/248 = .391
Eugenio Suarez, D-Backs 101/268 = .377
Manny Machado, Padres 105/280 = .3750000
Christian Walker, D-Backs 84/224 = .3750000
Kyle Schwarber, Phillies 104/278 = .374
Will Smith, Dodgers 75/206 = .364
On Base Percentage – Starters (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Tyler Glasnow, Dodgers 127/522 = .243
Zach Wheeler, Phillies 199/787 = .253
Paul Skenes, Pirates 132/514 = .257
Shota Imanaga, Cubs 180/694 = .259
Nick Martinez, Reds 151/570 = .265
Dylan Cease, Padres 204/762 = .2677745
Chris Sale, Braves 188/707 = .2678062
Spencer Shellenbach, Braves 135/500 = .270
Sonny Gray, Cardinals 184/271 = .2742175
Justin Steele, Cubs 152/555 = .2738738
On Base Percentage – Relief Pitchers (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Raisel Iglesias, Braves 54/259 = .208
Matt Strahm, Phillies 53/237 = .224
Ryan Fernandez, Cardinals 64/285 = .225
Ryan Walker, Giants 77/308 = .250
Jeff Hoffman, Phillies 67/265 = .253
Alex Vesla, Dodgers 67/263 = .255
Jeremiah Estrada, Padres 65/252 = .258
Joe Jiminez, Braves 72/277 = .260
Daniel Hudson, Dodgers 66/253 = .261
Robert Suarez, Padres 68/258 = .264
Scoring Percentage – Starters (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Reynaldo Lopez, Braves 30/152 = .197
Paul Skenes, Pirates 29/132 = .220
Chris Sale, Braves 47/188 = .250
Michael King, Padres 57/214 = .266
Hunter Greene, Reds 46/172 = .267
Tobias Myers, Brewers 46/167 = .275
Zach Wheeler, Phillies 57/199 = .286
Javier Assad, Cubs 61/211 = .289
Mackenzie Gore, Nationals 72/247 = .291
Cristopher Sanchez, Phillies 67/226 = .296
Scoring Percentage – Relievers (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Tanner Scott, Marlins/Padres 14/82 = .171
Alex Vesla, Dodgers 13/67 = .194
Ryan Helsley, Cardinals 15/73 = .205
Justin Martinez, D-Backs 20/97 = .206
Taylor Rogers, Giants 16/77 = .208
Orion Kerkering, Phillies 16/76 = .211
Ryan Walker, Giants 17/77 = .221
Adrian Morejon, Padres 20/85 = .235
Jeff Hoffman, Phillies 16/67 = .239
Derek Law, Nationals 26/107 = .243
Chris Sale, with an 18-3 W-L record was the National League Cy Young winner, (why not call it the Christy Mathewson winner?) but mid-season call-up Paul Skenes may have bene the best pitcher.
The first stat is something I invented in preference to “OPS” or “production”. I like the idea of combining the two basic percentages: on base percentage and slugging percentage, (both of which are better measures of a player’s offense than batting average), but I have a few problems with it. You are adding together two percentages with different divisors: total plate appearances and “official” at bats. You are counting hits on both sides of the equation and thus counting them twice. You are including something the hitter is not actually trying to do: get hit by a pitch. And you are excluding something he is trying to do, something that turns singles into doubles and doubles into triples: steal a base. Also, you wind up with a stat that, while it serves as a ranking isn’t directly translatable into something you can understand. It looks like a percentage but it isn’t. (From my 2019 intro), Mike Trout as of May 1st has an OPS of 1.052. That’s better than Bryce Harper 0.878) but not as good as Ryon Healy (1.082). But what does it mean? Trout didn’t do something 1,052 times. He didn’t do something 1.052 percent of the time. Finally, I like gross numbers more than percentages. Gross numbers are what actually happened. Percentages are a rate of production, which will produce higher gross numbers if they are better unless there are fewer games played or at bats. And, in that case you don’t know that the rate of production would have continued had there been more games and at bats. It’s only the bases and runs that were actually produced that show up on the scoreboard and determine the outcome of actual games.
My solution is to add the batting bases a hitter produced, (1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run), to the walks to the stolen bases and call that “bases produced”. It would be the leading contributory statistic to the production of runs. If you want to turn it into a percentage, you could divide it by total plate appearances. But I prefer an average per game statistic: the top players in the league tend to play whole games. You’ll find that a great offensive player will produce around 3 bases per game. That’s easy to comprehend. And you can watch a game and just count the bases the players accumulate. If your favorite player is in the race for MVP and he walks twice, hits a double and steals a base, he’s increased his base production by 5 bases. What did the other guy do?
The obvious sister stat for bases production is “runs produced”, which has been around for decades: runs scored plus runs batted in minus home runs, (so you don’t count them twice: they are the same run, scored and driven in by the same guy). A top offensive player will produce about 1 run per game. 3 bases and 1 run per game. That’s easy to remember. If all nine guys in the line-up did that, you’d be pretty tough to beat.
This year I’ve decided to add a few other stats, two of which will allow me to evaluate pitchers, too. The first one I’m calling “clutch percentage”. I’m aware that many people in baseball don’t think there is such a thing as clutch hitting. I don’t agree: I watch the games and it is completely apparent that it’s not just what you do but when you do it that counts. I’m a Mets fan and noticed, (in 2019), that Wilson Ramos was, by most measures, having a poor season:.247 batting average, .313 on base percentage, .303 slugging percentage. But he had 17 RBIs compared to 27 total bases. Divide the RBIs by total bases and his bat is driving in 63% as many runs as it’s procuring bases. Mike Trout has 16 RBIs on 48 batting bases, 33%. It’s very early and the numbers can change greatly but so far Ramos would seem to be a better clutch hitter than Trout.
I’ve always wanted to do something to evaluate pitchers. When I look at a box score, (and I’ve had occasion lately to look at Mets box scores to try to figure out the pitching), I look at the ‘BF’ (batters faced) on Baseball Reference.com. Then I look at hits, walks and hit batsmen to get the number of baserunners that were the pitcher’s fault. I divide that by the BF to get the percentage of batters that get on base off the pitcher. Then I look at earned runs and compare that to the number of these ‘earned’ baserunners. What percentage of them scored? (In 2018), Jacob DeGrom faced 835 batters, 203 of whom reached base from hits, walks or being plunked. That’s 24.3%, or .243. That was best in the National League and second best in the majors to Justin Verlander of the Astros who had .241. Jake allowed 421 earned runs from those 203 earned baserunners, or .202, the best in the majors, (Blake Snell and Trevor Bauer led the AL .215.
My data base is the top 50 players in each league in runs scored and runs batted in and the top 50 pitchers in innings pitched. For the batters, ties are broken first by games played, then by plate appearances, (the fewer of each you have, the more impressive your gross bases and runs produced are. The more you have the more impressive a clutch percentage is: you’ve maintained it longer). Pitching ties are broken by innings pitched, (the more innings you’ve pitched, the more impressive a low rate of giving up baserunners and runs is.) If there is a tie for 10th place all those tied will be listed.
American League
Bases Produced (Total Batting Bases + Walks + Steals)
Aaron Judge, Yankees 535 in 158 games (3.39) and 704 plate appearances (.760)
Juan Soto, Padres 464 in 157 games (2.96) and 713 plate appearances (.651)
Bobby Witt, Royals 462 in 161 games (2.87) and 709 plate appearances (.652)
Jose Ramirez, Guardians 428 in 158 games (2.71) and 682 plate appearances (.628)
Jarran Duran, Red Sox 418 in 160 games (2.61) and 735 plate appearances (.569)
Vladimir Guerreo Jr., Blue Jays 409 in 159 games (2.57) and 697 plate appearances (.587)
Yordan Alvarez, Astros 388 in 147 games (2.64) and 635 plate appearances (.611)
Brent Rooker, Athletics 372 in 145 games (2.57) and 614 plate appearances (.606)
Anthony Santander, Orioles 361 in 155 games (2.33) and 665 plate appearances (.543)
Runs Produced (Runs scored + Runs batted in – Home Runs so they don’t get counted twice)
Aaron Judge, Yankees 208 in 158 games (1.32) and 704 plate appearances (.295)
Bobby Witt, Royals 202 in 161 games (1.25) and 709 plate appearances (.285)
Juan Soto, Padres 196 in 157 games (1.25) and 713 plate appearances (.275)
Jose Ramirez, Guardians 193 in 158 games (1.22) and 682 plate appearances (.283)
Gunnar Henderson, Orioles 173 in 159 games (1.09) and 719 plate appearances (.241)
Vladimir Guerreo Jr., Blue Jays 171 in 159 games (1.075) and 697 plate appearances (.245)
Jarran Duran, Red Sox 165 in 160 games (1.03) and 735 plate appearances (.224)
Josh Nailor, Guardians 161 in 152 games (1.06) and 633 plate appearances (.254)
Brent Rooker, Athletics 156 in 145 games (1.08) and 614 plate appearances (.254)
Anthony Santander, Orioles 154 in 155 games (0.99) and 665 plate appearances (.232)
Clutch Hitting (Runs batted in / Total Batting Bases)
Vinnie Pasquantino, Royals 97 RBI from 221 batting bases = .439
Josh Naylor, Guardians 108 RBI from 257 batting bases = .420233
Cal Raleigh, Mariners 100 RBI from 238 batting bases = .420168
Salvador Perez, Royals 104 RBI from 269 batting bases = .387
Jo Adell, Angels 62 RBI from 163 batting bases = .380
Sheas Langeliers, Athletics 80 RBI from 217 batting bases = .369
Jake Meyers, Astros 61 RBI from 166 batting bases = .3674698
Aaron Judge, Yankees 144 RBI from 392 batting bases = .3673469
Adonis Garcia. Rangers 85 RBI from 232 batting bases = .366
Brent Rooker, Athletics 112 RBI from 307 batting bases = .365
Comment: Aaron Judge may have been a bust in the playoffs but he was clearly MVP of the regular season.
On Base Percentage – Starters (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Logan Gilbert, Mariners 189/803 = .235
Tarik Skubai, Tigers 186/753 = .247
Bryce Miller, Mariners 179/704 =.254
Joe Ryan, Twins 138/538 = .257
Bailey Ober, Twins 185/709 = .261
George Kirby, Mariners 211/778 = .2712082
Garrett Crochet, White Sox 161/595 = .2705882
Corbin Burnes, Orioles 215/784 = .274
Nick Pivetta, Red Sox 165/595 = .277
Seth Lugo, Royals 234/836 = .280
On Base Percentage – Relief Pitchers (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Emmanuel Chase, Guardians 51/270 = .189
Jason Foley, Tigers 50/250 = .200
Tyler Holton, Tigers 76/254 = .215
Hunter Gaddis, Guardians 61/278 = .219
Kirby Yates, Rangers 53/237 = .224
Griffin Jax, Twins 64/276 = .232
Keegan Akin, Orioles 76/313 = .243
Cade Smith, Guardians 71/289 = .246
Luke Weaver, Yankees 82/331 = .2477341
Josh Hader, Astros 69/278 = .2482014
Scoring Percentage – Starters (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Tarik Skubai, Tigers 51/186 = .274
Tanner Houck Red Sox 62/220 = .282
Ronel Blanco, Astros 52/184 = .283
Framber Valdez, Astros 57/201 = .284
Michael Lorenzen, Rangers 48/167 = .287
Corbin Burnes, Orioles 63/215 = .293
Seth Lugo, Royals 69/234 = .295
Cole Ragans, Royals 65/219 = .2968036
Chris Bassitt, Toronto 79/266 = .2969924
Hunter Brown, Astros 66/221 = .299
Tarkik Subai was a strong choise for AL Cy Young.
Scoring Percentage – Relievers (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Emmanuel Chase, Guardians 5/51 = .098
Kirby Yates, Rangers 8/53 = .151
Tayler Scott, Astros 17/84 = .202
Tim Herrin, Guardians 14/69= .203
Hunter Gaddis, Guardians 13/61 = .213
Cade Smith, Guardians 16/71 = .225
Andres Munoz, Marriners 14/60 = .233
Austin Adams, Athletics 18/74 = .243
Griffin Jax, Twins 16/64 = .250
Tim Hill, White Sox/Yankees 25/98 = .255
National League
Bases Produced (Total Batting Bases + Walks + Steals)
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers 551 in 159 games (3.47) and 731 plate appearances (.754)
Elly De La Cruz, Reds 427 in 160 games (2.67) and 696 plate appearances (.614)
Marcell Ozuna, Braves 406 in 162 games (2.51) and 688 plate appearances (.590)
Francisco Lindor, Mets 394 in 152 games (2.59) and 689 plate appearances (.572)
Kyle Schwarber, Phillies 389 in 150 games (2.59) and 692 plate appearances (.562)
Willy Adames, Brewers 377 in 161 games (2.34) and 688 plate appearances (.548)
Bryce Harper, Phillies 372 in 145 games (2.57) and 631 plate appearances (.590)
William Conteras, Brewers 364 in 155 games (2.59) and 679 plate appearances (.562)
Corbin Carroll, D-Backs 360 in 158 games (2.28) and 684 plate appearances (.526)
Ketel Marte, D-Backs 354 in 136 games (2.60) and 583 plate appearances (.607)
Runs Produced (Runs scored + Runs batted in – Home Runs so they don’t get counted twice)
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers 210 in 159 games (1.32) and 731 plate appearances (.287)
Kyle Schwarber, Phillies 176 in 150 games (1.17) and 692 plate appearances (.254)
Willy Adames, Brewers 173 in 161 games (1.07) and 688 plate appearances (.251)
Corbin Carroll, D-Backs 173 in 158 games (1.09) and 684 plate appearances (.253)
William Conteras, Brewers 168 in 155 games (1.08) and 679 plate appearances (.247)
Francisco Lindor, Mets 165 in 152 games (1.09) and 689 plate appearances (.239)
Eugenio Suarez, D-Backs 161 in 158 games (1.02) and 640 plate appearances (.252)
Marcell Ozuna, Braves 161 in 162 games (0.99) and 688 plate appearances (.234)
Elly De La Cruz, Reds 156 in 160 games (0.975) and 696 plate appearances (.224)
Brandon Nimmo, Mets 155 in 151 games (1.03) and 663 plate appearances (.234)
Jurickson Profar, Padres 155 in 158 games (0.98) and 668 plate appearances (.232)
And Shohei Ohtani was just as clearly the Naiton League MVP>
Clutch Hitting (Runs batted in / Total Batting Bases)
Spencer Steer, Reds 92/231 = .398
Willy Adames, Brewers 112/282 = .397
Brandon Nimmo, Mets 90/228 = .395
JD Martinez, Mets 69/176 = .392
Alec Bohm, Phillies 97/248 = .391
Eugenio Suarez, D-Backs 101/268 = .377
Manny Machado, Padres 105/280 = .3750000
Christian Walker, D-Backs 84/224 = .3750000
Kyle Schwarber, Phillies 104/278 = .374
Will Smith, Dodgers 75/206 = .364
On Base Percentage – Starters (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Tyler Glasnow, Dodgers 127/522 = .243
Zach Wheeler, Phillies 199/787 = .253
Paul Skenes, Pirates 132/514 = .257
Shota Imanaga, Cubs 180/694 = .259
Nick Martinez, Reds 151/570 = .265
Dylan Cease, Padres 204/762 = .2677745
Chris Sale, Braves 188/707 = .2678062
Spencer Shellenbach, Braves 135/500 = .270
Sonny Gray, Cardinals 184/271 = .2742175
Justin Steele, Cubs 152/555 = .2738738
On Base Percentage – Relief Pitchers (Hits + walks + hit by pitch / batters faced)
Raisel Iglesias, Braves 54/259 = .208
Matt Strahm, Phillies 53/237 = .224
Ryan Fernandez, Cardinals 64/285 = .225
Ryan Walker, Giants 77/308 = .250
Jeff Hoffman, Phillies 67/265 = .253
Alex Vesla, Dodgers 67/263 = .255
Jeremiah Estrada, Padres 65/252 = .258
Joe Jiminez, Braves 72/277 = .260
Daniel Hudson, Dodgers 66/253 = .261
Robert Suarez, Padres 68/258 = .264
Scoring Percentage – Starters (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Reynaldo Lopez, Braves 30/152 = .197
Paul Skenes, Pirates 29/132 = .220
Chris Sale, Braves 47/188 = .250
Michael King, Padres 57/214 = .266
Hunter Greene, Reds 46/172 = .267
Tobias Myers, Brewers 46/167 = .275
Zach Wheeler, Phillies 57/199 = .286
Javier Assad, Cubs 61/211 = .289
Mackenzie Gore, Nationals 72/247 = .291
Cristopher Sanchez, Phillies 67/226 = .296
Scoring Percentage – Relievers (Earned Runs/ Hits + walks + hit by pitch)
Tanner Scott, Marlins/Padres 14/82 = .171
Alex Vesla, Dodgers 13/67 = .194
Ryan Helsley, Cardinals 15/73 = .205
Justin Martinez, D-Backs 20/97 = .206
Taylor Rogers, Giants 16/77 = .208
Orion Kerkering, Phillies 16/76 = .211
Ryan Walker, Giants 17/77 = .221
Adrian Morejon, Padres 20/85 = .235
Jeff Hoffman, Phillies 16/67 = .239
Derek Law, Nationals 26/107 = .243
Chris Sale, with an 18-3 W-L record was the National League Cy Young winner, (why not call it the Christy Mathewson winner?) but mid-season call-up Paul Skenes may have bene the best pitcher.
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