How To Score Baseball: Runs Created

Have you ever heard of the runs created statistic in baseball? Well, it is really a concept to quantify the offensive player's position batting statistics to a team's total runs scored.

The theory is to assigno positive and negative values for each plate appearance result. For example: Hits, Walks, Steals, Homers, etc are positive values and outs, unsuccessful sacrifices, caught stealing and grounding into a double play are negative.

There are probably over thirty versions of the formula but there is no reason why you have to choose one them. Instead, create your own. Simply assign a value to every possible plate appearance. Tweek the formula until you get it right.

Here is the basic formula to start with:
(Hits + Walks) * (Total Bases)/ (At-Bats/Walks)

(H + BB) * (TB)/ (AB + BB)

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Youth Baseball in America

It is really amazing how many kids in the U.S. participate in youth baseball. The media always appear to bring out the bad - because bad sells. But it may not represent reality.

When you look at the people involved in Youth Baseball Leagues across America you see that, in general. people are good and there a lot of good people volunteering their time and helping people they may not even know.

So maybe it's time to not only show the bad but also the good so that we don't get any misconceptions about our society. Yes, there is bad and always will be bad, but there is a lot more Good than bad.

It just takes a look at kids baseball leagues and the small town heroes who make it all happen. Learn more about youth baseball.

The Double Switch in Baseball

If you're a baseball fan you know that the double switch is. For those of us you who would like to know more about how to score baseball, a double switch is a substitution where a manager makes both a pitching change and a fielding change. It is seen alot in the National League but not in the American league because of the DH.

By executing a double switch a new pitcher and a new fielder and introduced. The the new fielder replaced the pitcher and hits in his position. The new pitcher replaces the fielder and bats in his spot.

The reason why this is done is to immediately improve his fielding and pitching and hitting lineup. And it's done all in one move.