Total Running - Colorado Rockies

I thought it would be interesting to take a look at various teams and their baserunning using the metrics I've created. Starting close to home is the Rockies, who ranked 23rd in all of baseball with a -9.35 runs aggregating all four measures. If you take EqSBR out of the picture, however, they finished 9th at +3.60. The highest they finished in any single category was 6th in EqHAR at +3.91.


This offseason the Rockies have made much of getting faster and the addition of Willy Taveras should certainly help, especially in hit advancement. On the other hand Jamey Carroll (pictured left) is a pretty decent baserunner overall and his playing time looks to decrease with the signing of Kaz Matsui and the emergence of Troy Tulowitzki. Carroll was the victim of some broken hit and run plays to be sure although he also has a tendency to get picked off. In addition, the core players who get on base in Garrett Atkins, Todd Helton, Matt Holiday, and Brad Hawpe will continue to be mediocre to poor and so as a team I wouldn't look for them to improve by much.

Equivalent Stolen Base Runs
Name              Team     SB    PO     CS  EqSBR
Garrett Atkins    COL       4     0      0   0.66
Kazuo Matsui      COL       8     1      1   0.43
Eli Marrero       COL       3     0      0   0.43
Jason Smith       COL       3     0      0   0.43
Ryan Spilborghs   COL       5     0      2   0.34
Jeff Salazar      COL       2     0      0   0.25
Troy Tulowitzki   COL       3     1      0   0.13
Jorge Piedra      COL       1     0      0   0.10
Luis A. Gonzalez  COL       1     0      1  -0.21
Chris Iannetta    COL       0     0      1  -0.24
Danny Ardoin      COL       0     1      0  -0.24
Jeff Baker        COL       2     1      0  -0.39
JD Closser        COL       0     0      1  -0.44
Matt Holliday     COL      10     0      5  -0.63
Yorvit Torrealba  COL       4     0      3  -0.68
Clint Barmes      COL       5     0      4  -0.70
Todd Helton       COL       2     0      2  -0.75
Omar Quintanilla  COL       1     0      1  -0.77
Cory Sullivan     COL      10     1      6  -1.67
Choo Freeman      COL       5     0      6  -1.91
Brad Hawpe        COL       3     0      5  -2.12
Jamey Carroll     COL      10     3     12  -4.97

Equivalent Hit Advancement Runs
Name              Team    Opp    OA  ExHAR  EqHAR  HARate
Jamey Carroll     COL      45     0   6.09   2.42     140
Clint Barmes      COL      23     0   2.91   2.00     169
Garrett Atkins    COL      59     0  10.50   1.64     116
Troy Tulowitzki   COL       8     0   1.82   1.17     165
Choo Freeman      COL      11     0   2.04   1.14     156
Kazuo Matsui      COL      15     0   1.35   0.62     146
Brad Hawpe        COL      37     0   5.53   0.48     109
Jeff Salazar      COL       9     1   2.03   0.38     118
Yorvit Torrealba  COL      11     0   1.54   0.36     124
Ryan Spilborghs   COL      13     0   1.54   0.35     123
Chris Iannetta    COL       8     0   0.94   0.28     130
JD Closser        COL       5     0   0.24   0.23     196
Ubaldo Jimenez    COL       1     0   0.02   0.02     198
Omar Quintanilla  COL       2     0   0.03   0.01     117
Miguel Ojeda      COL       1     0   0.01  -0.01       0
Byung-Hyun Kim    COL       3     0   0.08  -0.04      48
Aaron Cook        COL       2     0   0.05  -0.05       0
Jeff Baker        COL       3     0   0.94  -0.09      90
Eli Marrero       COL       3     0   0.87  -0.10      89
Josh Fogg         COL       5     0   0.83  -0.10      88
Jeff Francis      COL       3     0   0.14  -0.14       0
Jason Jennings    COL       4     0   0.15  -0.15       0
Ramon Ramirez     COL       2     0   0.34  -0.34       0
Matt Holliday     COL      47     1   7.70  -0.50      94
Danny Ardoin      COL       4     1   1.43  -0.85      40
Jason Smith       COL       8     2   1.51  -1.03      32
Luis A. Gonzalez  COL       7     1   1.33  -1.06      21
Cory Sullivan     COL      24     2   4.38  -1.28      71
Todd Helton       COL      67     1  10.79  -1.46      86


Equivalent Ground Advancement Runs
Name              Team    Opp ExGAR  EqGAR GARate
Jamey Carroll     COL      45  3.47   1.22   1.35
Clint Barmes      COL      25  2.58   0.58   1.22
Jeff Salazar      COL       4  0.52   0.57   2.10
Garrett Atkins    COL      27  2.07   0.57   1.27
Chris Iannetta    COL       6  0.44   0.18   1.40
Matt Holliday     COL      28  2.90   0.15   1.05
Troy Tulowitzki   COL       5  0.25   0.14   1.57
Jeff Francis      COL       5  0.25   0.09   1.38
Jason Smith       COL       3  0.12   0.08   1.67
Omar Quintanilla  COL       1  0.11   0.04   1.41
Josh Fogg         COL       1  0.11   0.04   1.41
JD Closser        COL       7  0.34   0.04   1.13
Jason Jennings    COL       4  0.18   0.04   1.22
Ryan Spilborghs   COL      10  0.75   0.03   1.03
Ramon Ramirez     COL       1  0.08   0.02   1.19
Aaron Cook        COL       2  0.14   0.01   1.10
Byung-Hyun Kim    COL       1  0.03   0.00   1.04
Sun-Woo Kim       COL       1  0.03   0.00   1.01
Cory Sullivan     COL      25  1.99  -0.05   0.97
Eli Marrero       COL       4  0.24  -0.06   0.76
Danny Ardoin      COL      18  1.99  -0.09   0.95
Choo Freeman      COL      16  1.47  -0.12   0.92
Kazuo Matsui      COL       9  0.51  -0.14   0.73
Ryan Shealy       COL       2  0.44  -0.17   0.61
Luis A. Gonzalez  COL      15  1.66  -0.19   0.89
Miguel Ojeda      COL       4  0.39  -0.21   0.47
Jeff Baker        COL       3  0.25  -0.22   0.13
Yorvit Torrealba  COL      12  0.88  -0.23   0.74
Todd Helton       COL      18  1.04  -0.37   0.65
Brad Hawpe        COL      35  2.60  -0.81   0.69

Equivalent Air Advancement Runs
Name              Team   Opps ExAAR  EqAAR AARate
Choo Freeman      COL       4  1.67   0.46   1.28
Jeff Salazar      COL       6  0.61   0.38   1.62
Kazuo Matsui      COL       9  0.66   0.34   1.52
Danny Ardoin      COL       4  1.28   0.26   1.21
Todd Helton       COL      39  4.98   0.26   1.05
Troy Tulowitzki   COL       3  0.55   0.19   1.35
JD Closser        COL       4  0.91   0.17   1.19
Chris Iannetta    COL       1  0.12   0.15   2.27
Luis A. Gonzalez  COL       5  0.51   0.15   1.29
Miguel Ojeda      COL       1  0.01   0.02   3.56
Omar Quintanilla  COL       1 -0.01   0.01   0.00
Aaron Cook        COL       4 -0.01   0.01   0.00
Eli Marrero       COL       3 -0.01   0.01   0.00
Jorge Piedra      COL       1  0.00   0.01   0.00
Jason Jennings    COL       1  0.00   0.00   0.00
Jeff Baker        COL       1  0.01  -0.01   0.00
Yorvit Torrealba  COL       4  0.02  -0.02   0.00
Jason Smith       COL       2  0.02  -0.02   0.00
Cory Sullivan     COL      24  1.31  -0.03   0.97
Matt Holliday     COL      32  2.23  -0.08   0.96
Clint Barmes      COL      11  0.86  -0.12   0.86
Byung-Hyun Kim    COL       2  0.23  -0.12   0.47
Jeff Francis      COL       3  0.13  -0.13   0.00
Brad Hawpe        COL      20  2.61  -0.29   0.89
Ryan Spilborghs   COL      10  1.40  -0.29   0.79
Josh Fogg         COL       4  0.82  -0.47   0.43
Ramon Ramirez     COL       1  0.47  -0.47   0.00
Jamey Carroll     COL      41  6.44  -1.19   0.82
Garrett Atkins    COL      30  2.25  -1.24   0.45