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Forecast Your Score, Rank Your Team, Improve Your Batting Order Picks
RUNMAKERS
(A Website for Baseball & Computer Lovers)
Your Team
How good is your team? The runner-scoring efficiencies in the major leagues are nearly always below 50%, and less than 40% for some teams. Major league teams
leave more runners stranded on base than those scoring. Take a look at the following scoring efficiencies and efficiency rankings of all the major league teams in
2005 (runner scoring efficiency is the number of runs scored divided by the number of runners reaching base and not caught stealing):
American League:
1 TexasRangers 0.464 5 AnaheimAngels 0.430 9 OaklandAthletics 0.421 13 KansasCityRoyals 0.406
2 BostonRedsox 0.456 5 ClevelandIndians 0.430 10 SeattleMariners 0.411 14 MinnesotaTwins 0.392
3 NYYankees 0.450 7 TorontoBlueJays 0.428 11 BaltimoreOrioles 0.410
4 ChicagoWhitesox 0.432 8 TampaBayDevilRays 0.422 12 DetroitTigers 0.408
National League:
1 CincinnatiReds 0.440 5 NYMets 0.417 9 ChicagoCubs 0.397 13 ArizonaDiamondBacks 0.383
2 St.LouisCardinals 0.437 6 MilwaukeeBrewers 0.410 10 LADodgers 0.395 13 SanDiegoPadres 0.383
3 AtlantaBraves 0.428 7 ColoradoRockies 0.408 11 FloridaMarlins 0.392 15 SanFranciscoGiants 0380
4 PhiladelphiaPhillies 0.424 8 HoustonAstros 0.404 12 PittsburghPirates 0.385 16 WashingtonNationals 0.375
Do you know the runner-scoring efficiency for your team?
Do you know of any other business or industry that can survive efficiencies this low?
There are two reasons for the low scoring efficiencies: low batting averages and poor batting-order picks. There is only so much that coaches can do about the batting
averages: coaches try to get the best hitters that they can. But there is much that coaches can still do about their batting order picks. Just how good is your batting
order? Do you even know? There are 9!, or 362,880 batting orders. Coaches cannot be expected to pick superior batting orders from such a vast number of possible
batting orders, not without the aid of a computer and proper software.
Our Programs
Our computer programs RunmakerPro and RunmakerJunior will help you evaluate performance and rank your team, make better batting order picks, and build a
better team using your computer. These programs will play your team hundreds of games, against an opposing pitcher, and determine the average runs, runners
stranded on base, and runner-scoring efficiency to be expected for your team and batting order picks. You will leave less runners stranded on base, score more runs,
and likely win many more games. You can also use these programs to evaluate your player trades, and even calculate the expected scores and scoring efficiency of
your opponents.
Free Trial Package: Please note that the licensing fees for any of our programs are not refundable. We therefore recommend that you download and test the free trial
versions before purchasing. The executable versions, a user guide, and all necessary files needed to run both RunmakerPro and RunmakeJunior are provided in the
free trial package that you can download from this site.
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RunmakerPro will evaluate performance and rank your high school, college, or professional team performance. This program will play your team hundreds of games,
against an opposing pitcher, and determine three performance metrics for your team and batting order picks in seconds: expected runs, runners stranded on base, and
runner-scoring efficiency. You can purchase and instantly download this software package including a licensed version of up to 2 years for $34. You can also
download and test our free trial version before purchasing (download free trial package).
RunmakerJunior will evaluate performance and rank your little league team performance. This program will play your team hundreds of games, and determine three
performance metrics for your team and batting order picks in seconds: expected runs, runners stranded on base, and runner-scoring efficiency. You can purchase and
instantly download this software package including a licensed version of up to 2 years for $24. You can also download and test our free trial version before
purchasing (download free trial package).
RunmakerAlpha is our flagship program. This is a proprietary program that will evaluate your team performance including all 362,880 possible batting orders, and
identify superior batting order picks for your team. These are the very best batting orders that allow you to leave the fewest runners stranded on base, score the most
runs, and win the most games. There are usually a few best batting orders, so you can still pick a batting order that best suits your defense needs, but you will pick from
a short list of superior batting orders. This program is available for licensing by special arrangement only (please send your queries using the Contact Us form, or send
an email to runmaker@runmakers.com).
GamemakerCharlie is a proprietary and imaginative program that will play and predict the outcome of any baseball game or game series. This program is not
available for licensing, but can be run for prospective sponsors through service contracts. The program can be adapted to play a game or a game series between
current or past teams. Think of it as a crystal ball with a rear-view mirror. We can play a World Series between what many consider as the two greatest teams of all
times: the 1927 New York Yankees and the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, to determine an all-time World Champion. With the help of a sponsor, we will sort out and prepare
accurate player and pitcher stats and pitcher rotations, decide which games are day games and which are night games, and which team should have the home
advantage, and the computer program will do the rest. Unlike programs that predict outcomes using statistical inference methods, GamemakerCharlie plays the game
inning by inning, one at-bat at a time. We will play four or more games until the series winner is determined. Sponsors can use the results as they please. Broadcast
them to a national radio or TV audience, use them to write a movie script, design and develop a championship video game, or some other endeavor, use your
imagination. We think that an all-time World series between the 1927 Yankees and the 1975 Reds would be graceful and entertaining first-time event. But to that, we
need a co-sponsor with vision and imagination. Interested parties please contact us using the Contact Us form, or send an email to runmaker@runmakers.com.
Be it baseball or be it softball
Major league, high school, or little league
In the U.S., Australia, Canada, or Japan,
Mexico or the Caribean,
For real, fantasy, or plain fun
Our programs will add value
And will help you score more runs
Do not take our word for it
Browse our website
Read about our programs
Run the free trial versions
And see for yourself!
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RunmakerPro: This software package includes a license for up to 2 years of the executable program, a sample input data file, sample output files, a supporting .dll file,
and a user guide. Purchase and instantly download this package for $34. This fee is not refundable. We recommend that you download and test the free trial version
before purchasing.
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RunmakerJunior: This software package includes a license for up to 2 years of the executable program, a sample output file that also includes sample input data, a
supporting .dll file, and a user guide. Purchase and instantly download this package for $24. This fee is not refundable. We recommend that you download and test the
free trial version before purchasing.
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RunmakerAlpha: This program is available for leasing by special arrangement only. Interested parties please contact us using the Contact Us form .
GamemakerCharlie: This program is available for leasing by special arrangement only. Interested parties please contact us using the Contact Us form .
Policy & Terms
We are committed to providing our customers with quality products at fair prices. We are also committed to continue to improve our products and services based on our
customers feedback. However, Rummakers.com offers no guarantees and assumes no liability for the results or applications of our programs.
No returns or refunds will be made after purchase. Please download and test run the trial versions of our programs for free, and make sure that the programs satisfy
your needs before purchasing.
Our programs are posted on our website in January of every year and they are valid for up to 2 years (2 baseball seasons). Programs posted in January 2007 are valid
till January 2009, those posted in January 2008 are valid till January 2010, and so on. Customers interested in our programs will need to renew their licenses when
they expire.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to anyone, and we will not sell or disclose any information that
identifies you to a third party.
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