Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton talked about throwing a runner out at the plate in the eighth inning during Wednesday's 7-4 win over the Chicago White Sox and the team's rising confidence. The Enquirer/Bobby Nightengale
It’s hard to number-ize Billy Hamilton. The analytics tribe gives it a shot, with inscrutable formulas featuring exotic abbreviations. I’ll see your wRC+ and raise you a wOBA. According to the analytics website fangraphs.com, figuring a player’s wRC+ is as easy as this:
wRC+ = (((wRAA/PA + League R/PA) + (League R/PA - Park Factor* League R/PA))/ (AL or NL wRC/PA excluding pitchers))*100
Never has following baseball been so simple and so much fun.