Granderson remains first in run factor
Bronx, N.Y. - Friday, June 10, 2011. Curtis Granderson signals to a friend during batting praactice. N.Y. Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium. (Photo by David Pokress) Credit: David Pokress/David Pokress
The usual suspect were once again at the top of this week's Yankee Run factor. Curtis Granderson continues to hit the long ball as he added three more this week and is one shy of the league lead behind Blue Jays' Jose Bautista.
Mark Teixeira is hot on the heals of Granderson when it comes to home runs. Tex is tied with Granderson for the team lead in RBIs with 47.
Here is this week's report (with explanations below the chart):
| PLAYER | G | PA | R | RBI | HR | YRF/G | YRF/PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Granderson | 63 | 277 | 54 | 47 | 20 | 1.286 | .292 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 59 | 256 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 1.136 | .262 |
| Mark Teixeira | 62 | 276 | 38 | 47 | 19 | 1.065 | .239 |
| Robinson Cano | 62 | 262 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 1.048 | .248 |
| Francisco Cervelli | 16 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0.938 | .300 |
| Derek Jeter | 61 | 290 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 0.934 | .197 |
| Russell Martin | 50 | 195 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 0.840 | .215 |
| Nick Swisher | 59 | 246 | 26 | 27 | 5 | 0.814 | .195 |
| Brett Gardner | 62 | 209 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 0.677 | .201 |
| Eric Chavez | 17 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.647 | .282 |
| Jorge Posada | 50 | 189 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 0.560 | .148 |
| Andruw Jones | 25 | 71 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0.520 | .183 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 31 | 60 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.452 | .233 |
| 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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