Messing around at Baseball Prospectus, found evidence that OP(P) is deserving of our scorn, and that we should be holding our breath until Chris Burke's return.
It's one thing to get the chance to drive guys in, quite another to get it done.
| NAME |
PA | PA W/ ROB |
ROB | OBI | OBI% |
| Lance Berkman | 164 | 76 | 101 | 27 | .267 |
| Chris Burke | 40 | 20 | 25 | 6 | .240 |
| Eric Bruntlett | 32 | 21 | 32 | 6 | .188 |
| Adam Everett | 140 | 81 | 117 | 18 | .154 |
| Morgan Ensberg | 175 | 88 | 120 | 16 | .133 |
| Preston Wilson | 161 | 73 | 109 | 14 | .128 |
| Fernando Nieve | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .125 |
| Brad Ausmus | 130 | 64 | 86 | 10 | .116 |
| Mike Lamb | 48 | 25 | 35 | 4 | .114 |
| Craig Biggio | 167 | 56 | 80 | 9 | .113 |
| Eric Munson | 38 | 17 | 27 | 3 | .111 |
| Willy Taveras | 181 | 71 | 91 | 10 | .110 |
| Roy Oswalt | 29 | 18 | 30 | 3 | .100 |
| Jason Lane | 162 | 71 | 97 | 9 | .093 |
| Orlando Palmeiro | 34 | 11 | 15 | 1 | .067 |
| Andy Pettitte | 20 | 14 | 18 | 1 | .056 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 20 | 12 | 18 | 1 | .056 |
| Brandon Backe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Dave Borkowski | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe McEwing | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Gallo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Taylor Buchholz | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .000 |
| ROB = Runners on Base OBI = Others Batted In = RBI - HR OBI% = Percentage of all runners on base batted in |
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We'd previously seen that Lance was leading the known civilized world in WPA added, so it should come as no surprise that he also leads the majors in OBI% among those with 50 or more plate appearances.
Garner has spent a lot of time talking about how Lamb's crappy batting average last year belied his good RBI percentage, and the numbers I was able to fetch tell us Gar's not bullshitting us:
| NAME |
PA | PA W/ ROB |
ROB | OBI | OBI% |
| Jeff Bagwell | 123 | 66 | 90 | 16 | .178 |
| Brandon Backe | 53 | 24 | 34 | 6 | .176 |
| Mike Lamb | 349 | 174 | 239 | 41 | .172 |
| Humberto Quintero | 57 | 34 | 44 | 7 | .159 |
| Morgan Ensberg | 624 | 305 | 415 | 65 | .157 |
| Lance Berkman | 565 | 306 | 406 | 58 | .143 |
| Todd Self | 49 | 19 | 21 | 3 | .143 |
| Brad Ausmus | 451 | 227 | 319 | 44 | .138 |
| Orlando Palmeiro | 231 | 92 | 129 | 17 | .132 |
| Jose Vizcaino | 205 | 119 | 170 | 22 | .129 |