Attention, Bill Connelly or any other analytics expert that may happen to read this post: I need your help creating a stat.
It’s like Range Factor, but for wide receivers.
Using fielding percentage alone, for example, one might assume that Derek Jeter (.976) and Ozzie Smith (.978) were pretty comparable when it came to their play in the field.
Looking at range factor, though, you start to understand that Smith netted a similar fielding percentage to Jeter while getting to far more plays than the Yankee shortstop.
Ergo, Smith was a far superior defensive shortstop.