david schoenfield replies to my e-mail

[rone]

I asked him last night if he could run a little more analysis, and he replied:

[My stats guy] had [looked] up a few random players earlier for me:

The 600 of 787 seems to be stunning to everyone, but I did some comparisons, and this is what I've found (at bats in an inning where a run was scored vs. total runs scored, approximate):

Barry Bonds - (600/787) * 100 = 76%
Bobby Abreu - (579/769) * 100 = 75%
Craig Wilson - (509/642) * 100 = 79%
Moises Alou - (567/736) * 100 = 77%
Manny Ramirez - (603/863) * 100 = 70%
Jose Guillen - (614/775) * 100 = 79%

So, Bonds' 76 percent isn't necessarily unique.

Well, there goes that idea.  Maybe it's merely a reflection of where they bat in the order.