Experiment in Statistics, Week 2

Well, it's time to get the update on my offensive efficiency statistic, and see which teams are doing the best job of bringing baserunners home.  If you have no idea what my statistic is about, I have an explanation of it in the first post on RMOB (Friday, April 24).  In that case, I will get right to the statistics and hope that the tabs work as I would want them to this time.

NL Team RMOB

1. Philadelphia .408

2. Colorado .388

3. St. Louis  .383

4. Florida .358

5. Pittsburgh .354

6. LA Dodgers .346

7. San Diego .334

8. Milwaukee .325

9. Chicago Cubs .313

10. Arizona .310

11. San Francisco .309

12. Cincinnati .308

13. Atlanta .303

14. New York Mets .299

15. Washington .296

16. Houston .284

AL Team RMOB

1. Texas .432

2. Detroit .394

3. New York Yankees .370

4. Toronto .367

5. Boston .366

6. Baltimore .365

7. LA Angels .362

8. Cleveland .353

9. Seattle .351

10. Tampa Bay .350

11. Chicago Sox .345

12. Kansas City .340

13. Minnesota .327

14. Oakland .313

Well, once again, some mixed results.  The Rockies and the Rangers continue to be the most glaring anomalies in the stat.  I think that the Rangers will stay at or near the top of the AL standings no matter what their record, because their hitting is ridiculous and their pitching is not very good.  As for the Rockies, I think that it will start to play out more accurately for them--either their record will improve more, or their RMOB numbers will go down.  Otherwise, it is once again fairly indicative of what the league standings look like.   The Orioles' RMOB is a bit higher than one might expect at .365, but everyone in the AL East has a pretty good RMOB.  The Phillies RMOB is extremely high, and skyrocketed this week, but my explanation for that would be that they are starting to play better baseball, offensively more at the form of their World Series winning ways.  The Nationals and A's are still two of the worst offensively efficient teams, and it is showing in their records so far this season.