Bay moves up in Mets Run Factor
New York Mets left fielder Jason Bay reacts after hitting a walk off RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning to defeat the New York Yankees 3-2 at CitiField. (July 3, 2011) Credit: Christopher Pasatieri
It's an understatement to say Jason Bay has struggled all year, but he did make a slight jump in this week's Mets Fun Factor. Since Aug. 1, Bay has raised his average 11 points to .249 with two home runs and four RBIs. He also has a mild nine game hitting streak through Aug. 7.
| PLAYER | G | PA | R | RBI | HR | MRF/G | MRF/PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Reyes | 99 | 462 | 80 | 37 | 5 | 1.143 | .242 |
| Carlos Beltran | 98 | 419 | 61 | 66 | 15 | 1.143 | .267 |
| David Wright | 54 | 240 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 1.093 | .246 |
| Ike Davis | 36 | 149 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 1.056 | .255 |
| Angel Pagan | 82 | 354 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 0.963 | .223 |
| Justin Turner | 80 | 346 | 36 | 42 | 4 | 0.925 | .214 |
| Jason Bay | 85 | 360 | 41 | 40 | 8 | 0.859 | .203 |
| Daniel Murphy | 109 | 423 | 49 | 49 | 6 | 0.844 | .217 |
| Ruben Tejada | 52 | 195 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0.615 | .164 |
| Lucas Duda | 58 | 170 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 0.603 | .206 |
| Mike Nickeas | 9 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.556 | .192 |
| Josh Thole | 79 | 269 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0.506 | .149 |
| Ronny Paulino | 56 | 183 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0.482 | .148 |
| Nick Evans | 19 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0.474 | .220 |
| Scott Hairston | 68 | 121 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 0.471 | .264 |
| Jason Pridie | 67 | 159 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0.448 | .189 |
| Willie Harris | 84 | 180 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0.429 | .200 |
| Fernando Martinez | 11 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.364 | .174 |
| Brad Emaus | 14 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.214 | .071 |
| Chin-Lung Hu | 22 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.136 | .130 |
What is the Mets Run Factor?
The Mets Run Factor is a fairly simple statistical metric. It takes the "Runs produced" sabermetric created by Bill James and divides it in two different ways.
Equation 1
The first equation is R + RBI - HR / G = Runs produced per game, as indicated in the chart above as MRF/G.
Equation 2
The second equation is R + RBI - HR / PA = Runs produced per plate appearance, as indicated in the chart above as MRF/PA.
The Mets Run Factor is updated every Monday. See past Mets Run Factor reports.
