Carlos' game by game productivity was a huge factor in whether the Brewers would win or not: In games in which Carlos had an RBI the Brewers were 49-18 In games Carlos was shut out in RBI column, they were 32-63 Obviously the inherant nature and importance of the # 4 spot in the lineup has a piece of this, but after doing a little research on Derrick Lee, Andruw Jones, and David Ortiz, Carlos Lee's relationship of rbi's to victory percentage is much, much higher than the few other RBI leaders I have looked at. For Brewer opponents in 2005, if you could take away, you could trult take away a significant chance of winning the ball game. Edit for rluz: I have to get a lesson plan completed, so I cannot do the full research, but the Braves, with a much higher winning % were 53-29 with a Jones RBI, the Red sox were 54-25 with an Ortiz RBI, and the Cubs were 39-21 with a Derrick Lee RBI.