Who Leads the Royals in RBIs?

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 3:20 PM EDT in Kansas City Royals News

Who leads the Royals in RBIs? Who are the top three? Do you have any idea?

Who leads the AL in RBIs? (Or RsBI or whatever.) Who leads the NL?

Do you still follow this stat at all? I really don't. Not trying to be polemical about it, just admitting something. I have no idea about RBIs anymore. I simply don't pay attention one way or the other. Wins are just about the same, though at the extremes, I have some awareness. RBIs just aren't something I care about as a fan, so I've just gradually lost an awareness of them. I don't value the information they provide, and I'm busy and have a lot on my mind, so they just don't make the cut. (I'm the same about uniform numbers... totally ignorant and not interested about any player's number.)

Where do you come out on this issue?

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I also don't care

I could make a good guess, based on how good hitters are and where they bat and playing time. Which in and of itself proves why RBI are junk.

by kcbottom9th on Sep 17, 2010 3:40 PM EDT reply actions

I've been asking fellow RR posters about this and runs recently.

I don’t think either is very important, but for some reason I give more props to runs than RBI….quite a bit more.

by Crooow on Sep 17, 2010 3:44 PM EDT reply actions

i can see runs, a little I guess, but not much more

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions

If I were to guess without looking

1. Yuni
2. Billy
3. Jose

by Boots 58 on Sep 17, 2010 3:45 PM EDT reply actions

I would flip Yuni and Billy

by Crooow on Sep 17, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

yea, gotta be billy

he’s hit in the middle of the order in 99% of our games

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Were both right

1. Yuni 70
1. Billy 70
3. Jose 62
4. Pods 44
5. Callaspo 43
6. Betemit 39
7. Kendal, Maier, DDJ 37

by Boots 58 on Sep 17, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Im not sure if these stats incldue their new teams

Just grabbed them from ESPN

http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/stats/batting/_/name/kc/cat/RBIs/kansas-city-royals

by Boots 58 on Sep 17, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, they don't include their new teams

Josey has 71 on the season

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by AtTheWall on Sep 17, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

How can you let the guy who would have been the team's RBI leader go???

"Never get less than 12 hours sleep. Never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as as city. And never go near a lady who's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick with that, and everything else is cream cheese." -Coach Bobby Finstock

by Sweep_the_Leg on Sep 17, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

wow

Yuni!

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Dont you remember the big deal when he was in the lead of HR and RBIs?

I dont think that was so long ago

by Boots 58 on Sep 17, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

yea

but I could never get it sta=raight if he was actually leading the team, or just getting close, or just having a career high, or whatever

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I think all of the above

And it kinda stinks that Billy has gone backwards in HRs this year compared to last year. If were to hit 25 HRs this year, he would have run away with this. Too bad he keeps hitting doubles and into double plays

by Boots 58 on Sep 17, 2010 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions

and has had non-on-base guys "setting the table" for him as well

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that is an understatement

Butler has batted 3rd or 4th all year. The four spots ahead of him in the batting order have posted the following lines:

Batting 8th: 258/306/378 684 OPS
Batting 9th: 265/312/371 683 OPS
Batting 1st: 270/327/385 712 OPS
Batting 2nd: 264/317/315 632 OPS

Basically, the equivalent of four utility infielders have hit in the front of Butler this year.

by Gopherballs on Sep 17, 2010 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

The Royals just have an abundance of ideal #2 hitters

Unless I'm wrong...

by Top Ramen on Sep 18, 2010 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Remember, Batting Kendall

at 2 strengthened the bottom of the order.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Sep 18, 2010 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions

wow, 3rd, 4th and 5th are no longer on the team

we’re fucked.

by Crooow on Sep 17, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Great post

I actually have little idea who is leading the league (or the Royals, until the comments above)… I think Pujols or Votto is probably leading the NL, since there was all the Triple Crown stuff earlier.

I think this is a good thing. I hope the time isn’t far away when we can enjoy RBI as a novelty stat instead of an irritant.

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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 17, 2010 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

yea... I knew about the pujols votto thing

that was the topic of the week on ESPN for awhile, maybe two weeks ago

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Carlos Gonzalez (refuse to call him CarGo) is leading now

But it’s those three for sure.

"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."

by MinnesotaRoyal on Sep 17, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions

It's the most "clutch" stat ever!

Billy wears #16
Zack #23
DDJ #9
and Jack is #48
Only reason I know this is because of the jerseys that I own right now.
Teahan was #24 and Moustakas was #8 at NWA…

Free Brayan Pena!

by mitchfreakingmaier! on Sep 17, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

is your point that Billy, Zack and DDJ's numbers all add up to equal Jack's number?

Because if so, that’s an awesome point.

by Crooow on Sep 17, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Heres the leaders (I had to look too)

AL:
1. Miguel Cabrera, DET 118
2. Jose Bautista, TOR 111
3. Alex Rodriguez, NYY 107
4. Vladimir Guerrero, TEX 107
5. Paul Konerko, CHW 105
~~6. Yuni~~

NL
1. Carlos Gonzalez, COL 106
2. Albert Pujols, STL 105
3. Joey Votto, CIN 104
4. Ryan Howard, PHI 100
5. Adrian Gonzalez, SDG 95
~~6. Ankiel 94~~

by Boots 58 on Sep 17, 2010 3:54 PM EDT reply actions

hasn't arod missed a zillion games and not actually been that good this year?

by Freneau on Sep 17, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Posnaski writes today about the Mariners lack of runs scored

Pretty good read. Mariners are on pace to be the worst scoring team since 1972

http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/09/17/amazing-baseball-stuff/

by Boots 58 on Sep 17, 2010 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

So what we're saying is that both good and bad players get RsBI?

I.e. run batted ins are just a side-effect of slugging?

Because all of those leaders up there (above) are pretty good, right?

by Crooow on Sep 17, 2010 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

Im assuming the league leaders are

Jose Guillen, Rick Ankiel and Jason Kendall

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by averagegatsby on Sep 17, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

I actually like Runs Plus RBIs -minus HRs (so the Run and RBI for the HR don't count double)

It will show that the player gets on base or drives those in around them. It’s not perfect at all, but much better than either one. Here are the Royal’s leaders:

Billy Butler 124
Yuniesky Betancourt 110
Jose Guillen 92
Scott Podsednik* 85
David DeJesus* 78
Jason Kendall 76
Alberto Callaspo# 75
Mitch Maier* 72
Mike Aviles 68
Wilson Betemit# 59
Willie Bloomquist 45
Chris Getz* 41
Alex Gordon* 38
Rick Ankiel* 25
Gregor Blanco* 24
Brayan Pena# 23
Kila Ka’aihue* 22
Jai Miller 5
Josh Fields 2
Jarrod Dyson* 2
Luke May 0

- .-. ..- … – / – …. . / .—. .-. - .. . … …

by Jeff Zimmerman on Sep 17, 2010 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

Because I had to find out - here are the above runs per PA

This may explain quite a bit of roster construction, except Kendall and Blanco

Willie Bloomquist 0.249
Rick Ankiel* 0.248
Wilson Betemit# 0.224
Yuniesky Betancourt 0.211
Jose Guillen 0.211
Billy Butler 0.206
Alberto Callaspo# 0.201
Jarrod Dyson* 0.200
David DeJesus* 0.198
Scott Podsednik* 0.195
Mitch Maier* 0.186
Mike Aviles 0.185
Alex Gordon* 0.172
Brayan Pena# 0.172
Chris Getz* 0.165
Kila Ka’aihue* 0.158
Jason Kendall 0.155
Gregor Blanco* 0.150
Jai Miller 0.135
Josh Fields 0.080
Luke May 0.000

- .-. ..- … – / – …. . / .—. .-. - .. . … …

by Jeff Zimmerman on Sep 17, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

The only people who really know where [the edge] is are the ones who have gone over it.

by SagehenMacGyver47 on Sep 17, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

omg

i died

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by AtTheWall on Sep 17, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Bloomy's ranked at the top

because he was the official pinch runner, so he scored a good few runs standing in for Billy or Hosey. Those game appearances don’t count as PAs, of course.

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by Juancho on Sep 18, 2010 4:27 AM EDT up reply actions