Self Lineup Runs

Who's the best mlb hitter this season? We looked already at Ken Griffey Jr.'s best years using a lineup full of Griffeys. Now, through yesterday, I've looked at the same statistic (which I've decided to call "Self Lineup Runs" or SLR. Please suggest better names.) for the best hitters in baseball. Here's a look at how those with the top 10 OPS fare in SLR:

	Player	Team	SLR
1	MORNEAU	MIN	11.016
2	YOUKILIS, K	BOS	9.819
3	CABRERA, M	DET	9.352
4	ETHIER, A	LAD	8.962
4	CANO, R	NYY	8.959
4	PUJOLS	STL	8.952
7	RASMUS, C	STL	8.296
8	ZIMMERMAN, R	WAS	7.923
9	KONERKO, P	CHW	7.893
10	ROLEN, S	CIN	7.421

Interestingly, for those who know the stats above, this is very closely related to OPS (On Base Percentage plus Slugging), but even closer to 2*OBP + SLG. This correlation was suggested in Wayne Winston's book Mathletics, and will be looked into more later.

Note: Although Ethier, Cano and Pujols don't have the same SLR, it's effectively a tie because of variance in the simulation. Running it again once actually put Pujols ahead of the other two, so it's too close to call.