Baseball is a very statistically oriented sport. I suppose most sports are now, but baseball seems to be very numbers-based. Not only numbers-based, but “my” numbers based. As much as things advance, the same realities recur. Numbers serve a purpose. However, the purpose people ought to be looking at aren’t well-served by baseball’s stats.
Somewhere between 2003 and 2007 is where I have it pegged that the “new numbers” for baseball became “in vogue”. Before then, RBI were “generally” considered valid. Possibly even pitching wins. However, by 2007, the older numbers were considered passe. And, of course, humans being humans, the transition was seamless and with the utmost of respect.