Granderson holds top spot in Yankee Run Factor
The Yankees' Curtis Granderson watches his three-run home run during the fifth inning against the Rays. (May 16, 2011) Credit: AP
The Yankee seem to be finding their way out of their offensive funk this past week. Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira led the charge each hitting 3 home runs.
Derek Jeter raised his batting avergae from .260 to .268 thanks to four multi-hit games against the Orioles and Mets.
Here is this week's report (with explanations below the chart):
| PLAYER | G | PA | R | RBI | HR | YRF/G | YRF/PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Cervelli | 7 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1.286 | .409 |
| Curtis Granderson | 45 | 191 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 1.111 | .262 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 41 | 177 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 1.098 | .254 |
| Robinson Cano | 44 | 186 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 1.023 | .242 |
| Mark Teixeira | 44 | 198 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 1.000 | .222 |
| Russell Martin | 39 | 150 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 0.949 | .247 |
| Derek Jeter | 43 | 201 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0.930 | .199 |
| Nick Swisher | 42 | 176 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 0.881 | .210 |
| Brett Gardner | 44 | 152 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 0.750 | .217 |
| Eric Chavez | 17 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.647 | .282 |
| Jorge Posada | 37 | 142 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0.622 | .162 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 20 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0.550 | .297 |
| Andruw Jones | 19 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.211 | .080 |
| 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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