Cano moves ahead of A-Rod in Yankee Run Factor
New York Yankees' Robinson Cano, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Mark Teixeira (25) during the sixth inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Baltimore. The Yankees won 8-3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Credit: AP Photo/Nick Wass
Robinson Cano moved ahead of Alex Rodriguez in the Yankee Run Factor thanks to a blistering August of seven home runs and 27 RBIs. He still has three more games to pad those stats. He's currently hitting .333 in August, which is the highest for any month in 2011.
| PLAYER | G | PA | R | RBI | HR | YRF/G | YRF/PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Granderson | 129 | 578 | 121 | 107 | 38 | 1.473 | .329 |
| Robinson Cano | 130 | 557 | 84 | 95 | 23 | 1.200 | .280 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 84 | 363 | 57 | 53 | 14 | 1.143 | .264 |
| Mark Teixeira | 130 | 579 | 80 | 99 | 35 | 1.108 | .249 |
| Derek Jeter | 107 | 501 | 69 | 48 | 4 | 1.056 | .226 |
| Nick Swisher | 125 | 534 | 69 | 75 | 20 | 0.992 | .232 |
| Russell Martin | 104 | 409 | 49 | 59 | 17 | 0.875 | .222 |
| Francisco Cervelli | 38 | 118 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0.789 | .254 |
| Brett Gardner | 129 | 487 | 73 | 32 | 5 | 0.775 | .205 |
| Eric Chavez | 37 | 113 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0.703 | .230 |
| Andruw Jones | 60 | 164 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 0.617 | .216 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 89 | 268 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0.607 | .201 |
| Jorge Posada | 100 | 345 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 0.580 | .168 |
| Brandon Laird | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | .222 |
| Ramiro Pena | 14 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.286 | .138 |
| Chris Dickerson | 41 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.244 | .323 |
| Gustavo Molina | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | .000 |
What is the Yankee Run Factor?
The Yankee 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 YRF/G.
Equation 2
The second equation is R + RBI - HR / PA = Runs produced per plate appearance, as indicated in the chart above as YRF/PA.
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