Basic Runs Created

Brewerfan.net is having it's annual discussion about the significance of OPS.

.OPS is just a trend, so it's not my friend

I tried to use Basic Runs Created to show the power of OBP and SLG. The basic version of Bill James' Run Created Formula is:

Runs = AB x OBP x SLG

Let's see how well that formula does at predicting runs scored using 2005 team stats:



Pretty darn good!