Mike Trout's Amazing RBI-To-GDP Ratio

Through May 9, Trout had 326 career RBIs and just 24 GDP. That is a ratio of 13.58. Here are the top 10 right handed batters since 1946 with 5,000 career PAs:

Joe Carter	10.95
Greg Vaughn	10.61
Tim Salmon	10.37
Ron Gant	10.29
Mike Schmidt	10.22
Dan Uggla	9.86
Mark McGwire	9.62
Bobby Bonds	9.57
Alfonso Soriano	9.42
Gorman Thomas	9.31

So Trout is currently way ahead of even the best, Joe Carter. Here is the top ten through age 24 with 1,000 PAs:

Mike Schmidt	14.25
Cory Snyder	13.73
Mike Trout	13.58
Bobby Bonds	13.53
Ellis Burks	12.47
Andrew McCutchen	12.44
Dean Palmer	11.44
Dave Nicholson	11.25
Chris Young	10.87
Mark McGwire	10.76

Trout will not turn 24 until August, so this counts as his age 23 season. Now let's add in SB and CS

Player	RBI/GDP	SB	CS
Mike Schmidt	14.25	31	14
Cory Snyder	13.73	7	4
Mike Trout	13.58	109	14
Bobby Bonds	13.53	109	21
Ellis Burks	12.47	73	20
Andrew McCutchen	12.44	78	25
Dean Palmer	11.44	21	16
Dave Nicholson	11.25	5	9
Chris Young	10.87	43	12
Mark McGwire	10.76	1	2

Just think of all the DPs Trout helped his team avoid by stealing. AND he does not kill rallies by getting caught very much, either. The only guy who matches him in stealing is Bobby Bonds but he got thrown out 7 more times. I wonder if there is some way to adjust the RBI/GDP ratio based on SB & CS. If so, Trout might be way ahead of everyone else.

I did create a stat once to judge leadoff men. It was how many times a guy got into scoring position (2B+3B+SB-assumes all SB are of 2nd base, not quite right) divided by how many outs he makes (not just batting outs but CS added in and GDP added in-just once for GDP since an out is already there). Call it SCP/Out.

This next table has the 20 through age 24 with 1,000 PAs in both RBI/GDP and SCP/Out. Players who made both lists are in red:

Player	RBI/GDP		Player	SCP/Outs
Mike Schmidt	14.25		Rickey Henderson	0.297
Cory Snyder	13.73		Hanley Ramirez	0.212
Mike Trout	13.58		Marquis Grissom	0.210
Bobby Bonds	13.53		Juan Samuel	0.210
Ellis Burks	12.47		Cesar Cedeno	0.200
Andrew McCutchen	12.44		Bert Campaneris	0.188
Dean Palmer	11.44		Mike Trout	0.178
Dave Nicholson	11.25		Jose Altuve	0.170
Chris Young	10.87		Bobby Bonds	0.169
Mark McGwire	10.76		Chad Curtis	0.169
Scott Rolen	10.61		Amos Otis	0.168
Mark Reynolds	10.60		Paul Molitor	0.166
Andre Dawson	10.26		Melvin Upton	0.163
Jose Cardenal	9.89		Andrew McCutchen	0.163
Pat Burrell	9.88		Rondell White	0.158
Juan Samuel	9.87		Ryne Sandberg	0.157
Josh Barfield	9.82		Ellis Burks	0.156
Pete Incaviglia	9.65		David Wright	0.154
Bill Melton	9.48		Matt Kemp	0.152
Alex Rodriguez	9.44		Jason Kendall	0.151

 

Five guys are on both lists. Trout is highest among them in RBI/GDP and only Samuel beats him in SCP/Out. Bobby Bonds is very close to Trout in both numbers. Hanley Ramirez was 21st in RBI/GDP ratio.