Most Important Baseball Stats

Your on-base percentage added to your slugging percentage.

The King of Stats

My last list. I had a big speech in the description, but it's gone.

Number of hits divided by at-bats.

Number of runs divided by 9 innings.

Runs are exactly as important as RBIs. You can devalue them both, or you can value them both. I simply don't understand why people who talk about RBIs often disregard Runs scored. If anything, it seems Runs might be slightly more esteemed than RBIs. Someone explain to me if I'm missing something.

Why are RBIs valued more than Runs? They're of exactly equal value. Can't get more of one without more of the other. Somebody scores, somebody knocked them in. Right?