NL MVP Bryce Harper participated in more than a third of Washington's runs in 2015.
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In previous posts, I presented the Runs Assisted (RAS) statistic and updated an old one (Runs Participated In or RPI). A player gets credit for a Run Assisted in the following instances:
- A batter advances a runner to either second or third with a hit, base on balls, hit batsmen, error, sacrifice bunt, or another kind of out. If that runner then scores either during the same at bat or an ensuing at bat, the batter who advanced him is given a Run Assisted.