baserunning

We Paid For OBP … Why Not Pony Up For Base Running?

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Rickey Henderson

    Base Running Run is the sum of several baserunning components.  GAR (Ground Advancment Runs, SBR (Stolen Base Runs), AAR (Air Advancement Runs), HAR (Hit Advancement Runs, and Other Advancement Runs (OAR).  BRR represents the number of runs contributed by a player’s advancement on the bases above what would be expected based on the number … Read more

How would Rickey Henderson do on the 2019 FA Market?

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Conceivably, the greatest leadoff man of all-time, Rickey Henderson’s most glaring attribute was his knack for disrupting a game with a stolen base.  Maury Wills was the first player to reach the century mark (104) in 1962 for the Dodgers.  It took another 12 years before Lou Brock, of the Cardinals, was able to eclipse the feat with 118 thefts.  The 80’s saw … Read more