The Braves’ Best and Worst Offensive Performances of the 2011 Season
Earlier this week in his post The Great RBI Debate, Clint argued that the RBI isn’t a completely meaningless statistic. Perhaps it’s just my closet traditionalism speaking, or the fact that I grew up watching ’90s baseball where both the home run and RBI were glorified, but sometimes I wish that I could agree with him. At the same time, I know that I probably never will. As MJ later pointed out, we now have a slew of advanced metrics that measure every aspect of a player’s performance.
Like him, I also believe that RE24 is a valuable tool for gauging a player’s level of contribution and importance to his respective team. I find it especially practical when determining a player’s value in a single game. Therefore, I thought that I would offer a statistical representation of the Braves’ top single-game performances from this past season, as determined by RE24. And to keep things interesting, the worst single-game performances, as well.
*All categories that returned zeros were omitted*
| Rk | Player | Date | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | RE24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Heyward | 2011-04-24 | SFG | W 9-6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.930 |
| 2 | Dan Uggla | 2011-06-25 | SDP | W 10-1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.901 |
| 3 | Jason Heyward | 2011-08-23 | CHC | W 5-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.708 |
| 4 | Brian McCann | 2011-04-03 | WSN | W 11-2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.207 |
| 5 | Chipper Jones | 2011-06-16 | NYM | W 9-8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.203 |
| 6 | Martin Prado | 2011-05-12 | WSN | W 6-5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.157 |
| 7 | Brian McCann | 2011-08-25 | CHC | W 8-3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.155 |
| 8 | Dan Uggla | 2011-08-20 | ARI | W 8-1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.027 |
| 9 | David Ross | 2011-04-26 | SDP | W 8-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.929 |
| 10 | Alex Gonzalez | 2011-09-14 | FLA | W 4-1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.927 |
| Rk | Player | Date | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | SO | GDP | RE24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Prado | 2011-07-26 | PIT | W 4-3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.937 |
| 2 | Jason Heyward | 2011-07-03 | BAL | L 4-5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.307 |
| 3 | Dan Uggla | 2011-05-13 | PHI | L 4-5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.222 |
| 4 | Alex Gonzalez | 2011-08-25 | CHC | W 8-3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.096 |
| 5 | Brian McCann | 2011-04-29 | STL | L 3-5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.042 |
| 6 | Brian McCann | 2011-05-18 | ARI | L 4-5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2.029 |
| 7 | Tim Hudson | 2011-07-07 | COL | W 6-3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.959 |
| 8 | Freddie Freeman | 2011-04-24 | SFG | W 9-6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.946 |
| 9 | Michael Bourn | 2011-09-25 | WSN | L 0-3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.906 |
| 10 | Alex Gonzalez | 2011-07-15 | WSN | W 11-1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.881 |