Sports lovers love statistics. Even those who are less avid know about baseball’s batting average or the NFL’s quarterback rating (although they likely don’t know how it is calculated). Heck, if a player can get to the top in multiple categories, we give them new identities. Miguel Cabrera, of the Detroit Tigers, earned the Triple Crown by leading the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in (RBIs). Our game has statistics, too. Generally, they are very informative. Greens in regulation (GIR) tells us how many greens a player hits in the appropriate number of shots — one …