I’m going to level with you. I won’t be saying much in this post. Instead, I give you Big Analysis. Big Anaylsis is me just giving you the stats that I usually use in my Series Preview on the team level for every team.

Upon discussion with Dewey’s House stalker Gerbil, Clutch Number has been renamed Cajones Factor. Who said stats are boring? Certainly not me.

American League
Adjusted Runs/Game

This is the park adjusted, runs per game that each team creates.

1. Cleveland Indians 5.64
2. New York Yankees 5.63
3. Detroit Tigers 5.62
4. Boston Red Sox 5.51
5. Chicago White Sox 5.22
6. Anaheim Angels 5.17
7. Baltimore Orioles 5.11
8. Oakland Athletics 4.99
9. Texas Rangers 4.99
10. Minnesota Twins 4.52
11. Tampa Devil Rays 4.49
12. Seattle Mariners 4.42
13. Kansas City Royals 4.08
14. Toronto Blue Jays 4.06

Offensive Efficiency

Runs scored/Runs created

1. Yankees 102.6%
2. Orioles 102.0%
3. Indians 101.9%
4. Blue Jays 101.4%
5. Royals 101.3%
6. Rangers 100.4%
7. White Sox 100.1%
8. Tigers 99.3%
9. Athletics 98.9%
10. Angels 98.3%
11. Red Sox 97.6%
12. Devil Rays 97.1%
13. Mariners 93.8%
14. Twins 93.7%

Cajones Factor

Hits with RISP+HR with MOB over expectation

1. Yankees 24.614
2. Athletics 19.117
3. White Sox 14.734
4. Devil Rays 9.919
5. Rangers 8.578
6. Angels 7.624
7. Royals 5.022
8. Tigers 0.590
9. Red Sox -4.143
10. Mariners -7.209
11. Indians -16.804
12. Blue Jays -18.800
13. Twins -19.496
14. Orioles -25.922

Bases Gained on Steals

Bases gained or lost via the steal, given a 73% break even rate

1. Angels 16.9
2. Yankees 12.9
3. Mariners 7.6
4. Devil Rays -1.5
5. Orioles -3.1
6. Twins -4.5
7. Athletics -13.1
8. Red Sox -14.7
9. Blue Jays -24.1
10. Rangers -24.8
11. Indians -33.5
12. White Sox -35.5
13. Royals -41.1
14. Tigers -50.1

Sacrifices

Number of Sacrifice bunts per 550 plate appearences

1. White Sox 5.49
2. Angels 5.47
3. Tigers 4.71
4. Mariners 4.64
5. Indians 4.43
6. Orioles 4.00
7. Royals 3.89
8. Twins 3.71
9. Yankees 3.30
10. Devil Rays 3.06
11. Rangers 2.18
12. Blue Jays 2.14
13. Athletics 1.61
14. Red Sox 0.92

Runs saved - Full staff

Runs saved over a hypothetical replacement level staff

1. Twins 233.3
2. Red Sox 228.1
3. Rangers 225.0
4. Athletics 211.8
5. Blue Jays 167.0
6. White Sox 164.3
7. Angels 156.2
8. Yankees 145.4
9. Devil Rays 137.4
10. Royals 124.7
11. Orioles 119.7
12. Indians 99.6
13. Mariners 87.4
14. Tigers 79.3

Runs saved - Rotation

1. Athletics 157.9
2. Red Sox 151.4
3. Twins 140.8
4. Blue Jays 113.0
5. Rangers 99.2
6. White Sox 90.4
7. Indians 81.3
8. Angels 66.2
9. Yankees 65.8
10. Mariners 57.3
11. Orioles 42.8
12. Devil Rays 41.7
13. Royals 39.9
14. Tigers 34.2

Runs saved - Bullpens

1. Rangers 122.9
2. Devil Rays 93.6
3. Twins 91.5
4. Angels 90.0
5. Royals 82.9
6. Yankees 79.6
7. Red Sox 78.1
8. Orioles 76.0
9. White Sox 73.9
10. Athletics 53.8
11. Blue Jays 51.0
12. Tigers 44.4
13. Mariners 30.1
14. Indians 17.3