The Debut of the Effective Batting Performance – May 7, 2013

 

I’m excited to announce the debut of the Effective Batting Performance.  I created this metric to measure a batter’s true effectiveness at doing what he’s supposed to do in a baseball game, get on base and score runs.  I’ve combined several old school metrics with a couple of new metrics to create the EBP, Effective Batting Performance, SportsFormulator’s new advanced metric.

To qualify for this first release a player needed to have 50 at bats so far in the 2013 Major League Baseball season.  This data is through the games of May 6, 2013.

Without further delay, here are are the EBP rankings for 283 Major League Baseball Players:

Rank Player Team Pos EBP
1  Cabrera, M DET 3B 39.6850
2  Votto, J CIN 1B 35.6282
3  Choo, S CIN CF 32.4798
4  Fielder, P DET 1B 32.3233
5  Gonzalez, C COL LF 30.6734
6  Pedroia, D BOS 2B 30.6709
7  Kinsler, I TEX 2B 30.3713
8  Jackson, A DET CF 29.7640
9  Wright, D NYM 3B 29.6238
10  Machado, M BAL 3B 29.4661
11  Lowrie, J OAK SS 29.3212
12  Donaldson, J OAK 3B 29.3190
13  Davis, C BAL 1B 29.1752
14  Hunter, T DET RF 28.8767
15  Cano, R NYY 2B 28.8701
16  Upton, J ATL LF 28.4174
17  Cuddyer, M COL RF 28.2733
18  McLouth, N BAL LF 28.2724
19  Harper, B WSH LF 28.2712
20  Jones, A BAL CF 28.2691
21  Crisp, C OAK CF 28.2671
22  Holliday, M STL LF 27.9653
23  Sandoval, P SF 3B 27.6697
24  Trout, M LAA LF 27.6615
25  Tulowitzki, T COL SS 27.5283
26  Altuve, J HOU 2B 27.3704
27  Goldschmidt, P ARI 1B 27.3692
28  Markakis, N BAL RF 26.9093
29  Longoria, E TB 3B 26.7676
30  Phillips, B CIN 2B 26.7621
31  Ellsbury, J BOS CF 26.7602
32  Santana, C CLE C 26.3329
33  Berkman, L TEX DH 26.3244
34  Marte, S PIT LF 26.3215
35  Pagan, A SF CF 26.3103
36  Trumbo, M LAA LF 25.5658
37  Parra, G ARI CF 25.5655
38  Fowler, D COL CF 25.4198
39  Reynolds, M CLE 1B 25.4176
40  Gomez, C MIL CF 25.2785
41  Braun, R MIL LF 24.6709
42  Posey, B SF C 24.6694
43  Segura, J MIL SS 24.3713
44  Cabrera, E SD SS 24.3619
45  Rizzo, A CHC 1B 24.3610
46  Gordon, A KC LF 24.2139
47  Carpenter, M STL 2B 24.2113
48  Gonzalez, A LAD 1B 23.9235
49  Cruz, N TEX RF 23.9147
50  Rios, A CWS RF 23.9097
51  Zobrist, B TB RF 23.7594
52  Castro, S CHC SS 23.7580
53  Pujols, A LAA 1B 23.7556
54  Seager, K SEA 3B 23.6141
55  Aoki, N MIL RF 23.6122
56  Crawford, C LAD LF 23.4694
57  Molina, Y STL C 23.4689
58  Murphy, D NYM 2B 23.4605
59  Moss, B OAK 1B 23.3197
60  Beltre, A TEX 3B 23.3035
61  Nava, D BOS LF 23.1670
62  Butler, B KC DH 23.1662
63  Encarnacion, E TOR 1B 23.0017
64  Loney, J TB 1B 22.8827
65  Alonso, Y SD 1B 22.8603
66  Utley, C PHI 2B 22.8575
67  Mauer, J MIN C 22.7162
68  Denorfia, C SD RF 22.5669
69  Brantley, M CLE LF 22.2646
70  Escobar, A KC SS 22.2602
71  McCutchen, A PIT CF 22.2559
72  Cain, L KC CF 22.1220
73  Jennings, D TB CF 22.1045
74  Gardner, B NYY CF 21.9607
75  Napoli, M BOS 1B 21.9590
76  DeJesus, D CHC CF 21.8144
77  Wells, V NYY LF 21.8119
78  Morales, K SEA 1B 21.8117
79  Simmons, A ATL SS 21.8057
80  Prado, M ARI 3B 21.7999
81  Span, D WSH CF 21.6624
82  Rutledge, J COL 2B 21.6535
83  Young, M PHI 3B 21.5199
84  Craig, A STL 1B 21.5114
85  Scutaro, M SF 2B 21.5081
86  Infante, O DET 2B 21.3625
87  Jay, J STL CF 21.2091
88  Hafner, T NYY DH 21.0708
89  Swisher, N CLE 1B 21.0621
90  Andrus, E TEX SS 21.0531
91  Duda, L NYM LF 20.9161
92  Kendrick, H LAA 2B 20.9116
93  Pence, H SF RF 20.9096
94  Frazier, T CIN 3B 20.9057
95  Bautista, J TOR RF 20.7576
96  Pena, C HOU 1B 20.4580
97  Bruce, J CIN RF 20.4543
98  Peralta, J DET SS 20.3137
99  Crawford, B SF SS 20.3075
100  Smith, S OAK LF 20.0138
101  Beltran, C STL RF 20.0099
102  Gyorko, J SD 2B 20.0090
103  Willingham, J MIN LF 19.8654
104  Betancourt, Y MIL 3B 19.8583
105  Martin, R PIT C 19.7134
106  Cabrera, M TOR LF 19.7056
107  Morneau, J MIN 1B 19.4047
108  Buck, J NYM C 19.4047
109  Kemp, M LAD CF 19.2586
110  Tejada, R NYM SS 19.2565
111  Polanco, P MIA 3B 19.2563
112  Ruggiano, J MIA CF 19.2559
113  Rollins, J PHI SS 18.8046
114  Cozart, Z CIN SS 18.7951
115  Ellis, A LAD C 18.6671
116  Victorino, S BOS RF 18.6660
117  Moreland, M TEX 1B 18.6596
118  Rosario, W COL C 18.5126
119  Cabrera, A CLE SS 18.5040
120  Martinez, V DET DH 18.4997
121  Jaso, J OAK C 18.3632
122  Ethier, A LAD RF 18.3600
123  Smoak, J SEA 1B 18.3583
124  Kozma, P STL SS 18.3582
125  Howard, R PHI 1B 18.3580
126  Desmond, I WSH SS 18.3577
127  Soriano, A CHC LF 18.3569
128  Weeks, R MIL 2B 18.3491
129  Solano, D MIA 2B 18.0611
130  De Aza, A CWS CF 18.0525
131  Montero, M ARI C 18.0510
132  Johnson, C ATL 3B 17.9179
133  Valbuena, L CHC 3B 17.9145
134  Schierholtz, N CHC RF 17.9126
135  Werth, J WSH RF 17.9068
136  Brown, D PHI LF 17.9063
137  Pierre, J MIA LF 17.9024
138  Hardy, J BAL SS 17.8954
139  Suzuki, I NYY RF 17.7608
140  Wieters, M BAL C 17.6016
141  Ortiz, D BOS DH 16.8884
142  Dobbs, G MIA 3B 16.8540
143  Uggla, D ATL 2B 16.8507
144  Johnson, K TB 2B 16.7107
145  Pollock, A ARI CF 16.7040
146  Gattis, E ATL C 16.5565
147  Dominguez, M HOU 3B 16.5546
148  Morse, M SEA LF 16.4032
149  Ramirez, A CWS SS 16.2578
150  Cespedes, Y OAK LF 16.1073
151  Konerko, P CWS 1B 16.1004
152  Jones, G PIT 1B 15.9624
153  Young, E COL RF 15.8143
154  Hosmer, E KC 1B 15.8095
155  Ackley, D SEA 2B 15.8036
156  Freeman, F ATL 1B 15.6701
157  Norris, D OAK C 15.6643
158  Hundley, N SD C 15.6607
159  Overbay, L NYY 1B 15.6543
160  Joyce, M TB LF 15.6499
161  Lucroy, J MIL C 15.4995
162  Bourjos, P LAA CF 15.3683
163  Blanco, G SF LF 15.3649
164  Perez, S KC C 15.3604
165  Arencibia, J TOR C 15.3521
166  Dirks, A DET LF 15.2080
167  Stubbs, D CLE RF 15.0578
168  Dozier, B MIN 2B 15.0543
169  Young, C OAK CF 15.0449
170  Plouffe, T MIN 3B 14.9059
171  Ellis, M LAD 2B 14.7705
172  Headley, C SD 3B 14.7691
173  Raburn, R CLE RF 14.6232
174  Castro, J HOU C 14.6050
175  Carter, C HOU LF 14.5989
176  Walker, N PIT 2B 14.4605
177  Pierzynski, A TEX C 14.4560
178  Iannetta, C LAA C 14.4508
179  Revere, B PHI CF 14.1476
180  Reimold, N BAL LF 14.1475
181  Hamilton, J LAA RF 14.1463
182  Snider, T PIT RF 14.0145
183  Lind, A TOR 1B 14.0120
184  Francoeur, J KC RF 14.0027
185  Reddick, J OAK RF 13.9918
186  Belt, B SF 1B 13.8504
187  Gillaspie, C CWS 3B 13.7143
188  Rasmus, C TOR CF 13.7063
189  Saunders, M SEA RF 13.5627
190  Kipnis, J CLE 2B 13.5494
191  Middlebrooks, W BOS 3B 13.5427
192  Pacheco, J COL 1B 13.4165
193  Cervelli, F NYY C 13.4146
194  Moustakas, M KC 3B 13.2477
195  Izturis, M TOR 3B 13.2450
196  Pennington, C ARI SS 13.0994
197  LaRoche, A WSH 1B 13.0941
198  Stanton, G MIA RF 12.9568
199  Chavez, E ARI 3B 12.8086
200  Parmelee, C MIN RF 12.8009
201  Bay, J SEA RF 12.6617
202  Saltalamacchia, J BOS C 12.6554
203  Getz, C KC 2B 12.6463
204  Davis, I NYM 1B 12.6443
205  Sanchez, G PIT 1B 12.5111
206  Venable, W SD RF 12.5017
207  Gonzalez, M HOU SS 12.5012
208  Castillo, W CHC C 12.3638
209  Kawasaki, M TOR SS 12.3608
210  Punto, N LAD 3B 12.2294
211  Suzuki, K WSH C 12.2067
212  Zimmerman, R WSH 3B 12.2055
213  Drew, S BOS SS 12.2042
214  Mayberry, J PHI RF 11.9024
215  Dunn, A CWS 1B 11.8901
216  Brantly, R MIA C 11.7519
217  Nunez, E NYY SS 11.7490
218  Murphy, D TEX LF 11.7414
219  Alvarez, P PIT 3B 11.7414
220  Byrd, M NYM RF 11.6028
221  Sogard, E OAK 2B 11.6020
222  Gomes, J BOS LF 11.1611
223  Aviles, M CLE SS 11.1584
224  Davis, R TOR RF 11.1582
225  Mesoraco, D CIN C 11.1543
226  Valdespin, J NYM CF 11.1538
227  Hicks, A MIN CF 11.1357
228  Doumit, R MIN C 10.9968
229  Youkilis, K NYY 3B 10.8613
230  Gentry, C TEX CF 10.8563
231  Francisco, J ATL 3B 10.7118
232  Ross, C ARI RF 10.7058
233  Avila, A DET C 10.6957
234  Keppinger, J CWS 3B 10.6892
235  Roberts, R TB 2B 10.5521
236  Torres, A SF LF 10.4077
237  Maxwell, J HOU CF 10.4023
238  Martin, L TEX CF 10.2597
239  Espinosa, D WSH 2B 10.0909
240  Barney, D CHC 2B 9.9440
241  Chisenhall, L CLE 3B 9.6499
242  Florimon, P MIN SS 9.5045
243  Hechavarria, A MIA SS 9.4951
244  Freese, D STL 3B 9.3507
245  Quentin, C SD LF 9.3448
246  Gonzalez, A MIL 1B 9.3402
247  Aybar, E LAA SS 9.2112
248  Nix, J NYY SS 9.1999
249  Duncan, S TB LF 9.1979
250  Montero, J SEA C 9.1953
251  Kratz, E PHI C 9.0434
252  Escobar, Y TB SS 9.0406
253  Upton, B ATL CF 9.0379
254  Hairston, J LAD 3B 8.9059
255  Maldonado, M MIL C 8.9058
256  Gutierrez, F SEA CF 8.7545
257  Amarista, A SD 2B 8.7478
258  Nix, L PHI RF 8.6051
259  Flowers, T CWS C 8.5937
260  Descalso, D STL 2B 8.5915
261  Barmes, C PIT SS 8.4433
262  Arcia, O MIN RF 8.3060
263  Lawrie, B TOR 3B 8.2952
264  Guzman, J SD LF 8.1519
265  Harris, B LAA SS 8.1518
266  Nelson, C NYY 3B 8.1475
267  Heyward, J ATL RF 8.1382
268  Chavez, E SEA CF 7.8583
269  Ryan, B SEA SS 7.6866
270  Jimenez, L LAA 3B 7.5544
271  Ibanez, R SEA LF 7.5398
272  Valaika, C MIA 3B 7.3971
273  Sellers, J LAD SS 7.3958
274  Lombardozzi, S WSH 2B 6.9499
275  Flaherty, R BAL 2B 6.7838
276  Heisey, C CIN LF 6.6368
277  Bonifacio, E TOR 2B 6.1865
278  Molina, J TB C 6.0417
279  Andino, R SEA 2B 5.2899
280  Cowgill, C NYM CF 5.1330
281  Ankiel, R HOU RF 4.9925
282  Coghlan, C MIA CF 4.8426
283  Cruz, L LAD 3B 2.5707

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