Updated KRAMB

KRAMB is a measurement I started tracking a couple years ago. It started out as points earned per game (PPG) + goal difference (GD) when starting. It's evolved to, well... pretty much the same thing.

Only now it's PPG + GD above replacement (team average of 0.00).

I call it KRAMB after Ryan Kramb, who once asked questions about such things.

What this works out to be is... the higher the number, the better the team does when that player is starting.

KRAMB : PLAYER : GAMES STARTED
+0.95 : Eddie Gaven 10
+0.49 : Justin Meram 9
+0.34 : Agustín Viana 14
+0.28 : Gláuber Berti 13
+0.20 : Bernardo Anor 13
+0.19 : Dominic Oduro 28
+0.18 : Matt Lampson 8
+0.09 : Joshua Williams 24
+0.05 : Chad Marshall 24

0.00 : TEAM

-0.06 : Tyson Wahl 18
-0.07 : Federico Higuaín 25
-0.09 : Tony Tchani 7
-0.12 : Eric Gehrig 6
-0.15 : Andy Gruenebaum 20
-0.16 : Danny O´Rourke 19
-0.18 : Chad Barson 13
-0.28 : Jairo Obando Arrieta 15
-0.35 : Ben Speas 10
-0.55 : Wil Trapp 10
-0.65 : Matías Sánchez 10

Here are the players with not enough games to make any reasonable conclusion.

+1.05 : Aaron Schoenfeld 2
+0.55 : Ethan Finlay 2
+0.05 : Konrad Warzycha 2
-0.62 : Ryan Finley 3
-1.28 : Kevan George 3

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The spirit of KRAMB is what each player's goal difference is when on the pitch. Exactly the same thing you see with NBA and NHL in their meticulous plus/minus ratings that they track but are absent from the pages of MLS or any MLS stat tracking outlet (this includes when used as sub).

Here is how that looks for Columbus Crew players as a per 90 minute figure...

ON PITCH GOAL DIFF : NAME : 90 MIN GAMES
+0.40 : Eddie Gaven : 10.0

0.00 : Bernardo Anor : 13.0
0.00 : Dominic Oduro : 26.2
0.00 : Agustín Viana : 11.5
0.00 : Gláuber Berti : 13.0

-0.11 : Tyson Wahl : 17.9
-0.13 : Joshua Williams : 24.0
-0.13 : Chad Marshall : 23.3
-0.20 : Andy Gruenebaum : 20.0
-0.22 : Tony Tchani : 8.9
-0.24 : Justin Meram : 8.2
-0.26 : Danny O´Rourke : 19.1
-0.26 : Jairo Obando Arrieta : 15.2
-0.28 : Federico Higuaín : 24.8

-0.38 : Matt Lampson : 8.0

-0.50 : Eric Gehrig : 6.0
-0.55 : Matías Sánchez : 9.1
-0.61 : Chad Barson : 13.2
-0.62 : Ben Speas : 9.6
-0.63 : Kevan George : 4.7
-0.85 : Wil Trapp : 9.4

...and here are some guys that don't really have enough time. That said, this is a metric based on minutes so the impact of this number could be considered more important than something based on apps.

0.00 : Aaron Schoenfeld : 2.3
-1.00 : Ryan Finley : 4.0
-1.32 : Konrad Warzycha : 3.0
-1.82 : Ethan Finlay : 3.3

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While only part of the overall picture, I believe this type of information to be important in evaluating the overall impact of a player.