Runs Created by AL Shortstops and Edgar Renteria

In light of today's trade, I'll continue my runs created by position series with shortstops. The table below includes American League shortstops with 300 or my PA. I also added Edgar Renteria to the list and as you can see, he ranked ahead of all American League shortstops with 6.8 Runs Created per Game in 2007. Derek Jeter and Carlos Guillen were the real league leaders at 6.2. Now, we can't expect Renteria to create that many runs next year as his career average is 5.2 RC/G but even that is above average for a shortstop.

There is some concern about the sub-par year (4.5 RC/G) he had in the American League for the Red Sox in 2005. He also had a lot of trouble defensively that year. However, I believe his problems had to do with a quiet sensitive player playing in the frenzied Boston environment and were not because he can't handle the American League. I believe he will produce as well as or better than the Sean Casey (5.1 RC/G) who he'll effectively be replacing in the line-up.

Table 1: Runs Created by AL Shortstops (and Edgar Renteria) in 2007

Rank	Player	Team	PA	RC/G	RC
1	Renteria	ATL	543	6.8	88
2	Jeter	NYA	714	6.2	108
3	Guillen	DET	630	6.2	99
4	Tejada	BAL	569	5.3	76
5	Cabrera	LAA	701	5.2	92
6	Young	TEX	692	5.2	89
7	Peralta	CLE	647	5.2	85
8	Harris	TB	576	5.0	75
9	Bartlett	MIN	570	4.7	68
10	Betancourt	SEA	559	4.6	68
11	Scutaro	OAK	379	4.0	40
12	Lugo	BOS	630	3.5	60
13	Uribe	CHA	563	3.4	53
14	Pena	KC	536	3.1	46
15	Crosby	OAK	374	3.0	32
16	McDonald	TOR	353	3.0	30