Ryne Sandberg Stats
How good was Ryno at the plate in the major leagues?
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Presented in this article are Ryne Sandberg’s real baseball stats per official at bat. How many runs, RBI’s and home runs (HR’s) did Ryno get per official at bat? Presenting the stats in this manner is meant to give you a clearer picture of what on average Ryne Sandberg accomplished for each official at bat he had in the major leagues.
How are the stats calculated out? Simply by dividing each stat listed by official at bats. Just like you do with hits for batting average. Here we are dividing total runs scored by total official at bats to get a player’s run average, total RBI’s by total official at bats for a player’s RBI average and total HR’s by total official at bats for a player’s HR average. For example: if a player has scored 1,000 runs in 5,000 official at bats his run average would be .200. If the player had 900 RBI’s his RBI average would be .180. And if he had 200 HR’s his HR average would be .040. So on average this player would have scored a run 20% of the time, driven in a run 18% of the time and hit a HR 4% of the time he recorded an official at bat in the major leagues.
Obviously the higher the averages the better the player was. Here is a rough guide to determine how a players averages stack up.
Run Average and RBI Average – anything over .150 is good. Anything above .200 is excellent, and the very best players in history have occasionally gone over .300 in some seasons.
HR Average – anything over .055 is good. Anything above .065 is really good and anything above .075 means one of the best HR hitters of all time.
Here are Ryne Sandberg’s raw numbers (AB’s/runs/RBI’s/HR’s) 8385/1318/282/1061.
Ryne Sandberg’s Career Numbers
Run Average – .157
RBI Average – .127
HR Average – .034
So on average Ryne Sandberg scored a run 15.7% of the time, drove in a run 12.7% of the time and hit a HR 3.4% of the time he stepped up to the plate and had an official at bat in the major leagues.
Ryne Sandberg was named after relief pitcher Ryne Duren. Ryno played his entire 16 year major league career with the Chicago Cubs. He won the National League MVP Award in 1984, was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1982, was a 10 time All Star and 9 time Gold Glove winner. He was primarily a second baseman throughout his career.
Ryne Sandberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.
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