What makes baseball worth watching? Part of it is watching awesome players who are the best at what they do. A bigger part of it is cheering for my favorite team. And with cheering is the excitement that on-field action generates.
What statistic best captures action in baseball?
One statistic could be total runs scored. Runs are important. Certainly, the more runs the better! It is closely related with winning games, which is good when the Diamondbacks win.
There is a downside to counting runs scored to capture action. As a Diamondback fan, I’ve noticed many innings (too many innings) with exciting action but the team did not score runs.