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With all the WAR , wRC+, WOBA and other barely discernible stats from today’s modern game, I ask : Do runs scored matter?

Did they ever?

For hitters it used to be all about AVG/HR/RBI.
Now we have have been informed that AVG means nothing and RBI means even less. People like HR still (especially chicks?) but only when they boost your slash ratios💪. And if they are a result of optimal exit velocity and launch angle.

But dang it… you only win a baseball game by scoring more runs than your opponent.
Is there an advanced stat about a player’s propensity to score runs?
Maybe the modern math whiz thinks (like RBI) that the stat is meaningless or simply opportunity-based. So we can disregard runs scored ?!?

Not me. I think it’s an important stat. It’s never been highlighted on a baseball card league leaders (as far as I recall).

Scoring runs means getting on base and then helping a team towards wins.
Prevention of runs by a pitcher still seems relevant as there are a half dozen ERA variations for the modern math crowd.

Where’s the love for crossing home plate?