Anthony Rizzo admits he’s a fan of the old-school stats.

Save your WAR, your exit velocity and your launch angles for someone else. He really doesn’t care.

“I like average, on-base percentage, RBIs and runs,” Rizzo said Tuesday before the Cubs game with the Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium. “If you drive in 100 and score 100 every year, you’re pretty good. There are only a few guys that do that on a year-in, year-out basis. I’ve never scored 100 runs personally, but that’s always a goal.”

Not coincidentally, Rizzo has fared quite well in one of the oldest of the old-school stats — runs batted in — where he ranks third among major leaguers with 420 total RBIs since 2015.

Only Nolan Arenado (503) and Edwin Encarnacion (452) have driven in more runs the past four seasons, and Rizzo is well ahead of the two free agents who struck it rich this spring, Bryce Harper (372) and Manny Machado (384).

But what those two have that Rizzo lacks is a megadeal, and who knows if he’ll get a big payout when he becomes a free agent after 2021? Rizzo will make $11 million in 2019, which isn’t too shabby until you realize it’s $1.5 million less than Tyler Chatwood.

Rizzo knew what he was doing when he signed a seven-year, $41 million deal on March 4, 2013, before he had proved himself as an elite hitter. Security is the trade-off and what he prioritized.

Newly married and entering a new chapter of his life, the 29-year-old cancer survivor also is entering what should he his prime years. But he’s seeing hitters with far less run production get nine-figure deals, which can’t be easy on anyone’s ego.

Assuming the Cubs pick up his option years in 2020 and 2021, Rizzo will continue to be one of the game’s best bargains. Rizzo earned $24 million from 2015 to 2018, or less than Harper and Machado will get in one year of their megadeals.

“What’s great is seeing everyone signing these big deals,” he said. “In a couple years hopefully I’ll be in position to cash in on some bigger earnings. But as of right now I signed a great deal that has me financially set.”

So no regrets?

“No, I definitely dream of it,” he said. “Like that would’ve been nice. But I’m so set now and it’s a good feeling not to have to worry about the stress of the outside variables of arbitration every year and this and that. Would I love to be paid more? Sure. Who wouldn’t want to in any job?”

The Cubs haven’t approached Rizzo about redoing his deal to make him a Cub for life, though he hopes it happens eventually.

“We’ve been through a lot together in this organization,” he said, referring to President Theo Epstein and general manger Jed Hoyer. “We’ve seen it grow.”

As much as Epstein and Hoyer love Rizzo, who was part of the Red Sox system when they were in Boston and was acquired by Hoyer when he was GM of Padres, they have to look at the big picture. And that picture seemingly would include room in the future budgets for Kris Bryant and Javier Baez when they become eligible for free agency.

How many $300 million contracts can one team give out?

Rizzo is smart enough to know the Cubs might not keep all three, but he’s hoping they can find a way to make everyone happy.

“We’ll see,” he said. “With how much money is in this game, to be able to keep your guys is important. You can’t just replace a Kris Bryant or a Javy Baez or other guys on this team and expect you’re going to get someone else that can fill that role, the leadership and mentorship and all that. Keeping the group together can only help.”

But after going from the tough days of the start of the rebuild to being an annual contender for a World Series title, Rizzo believes he has seen it all. Maybe the Cubs will turn the page and go for a younger, less expensive first baseman after 2021, just as they let Jake Arrieta leave as a free agent last year.

If that happens, Rizzo will have no choice but to move on.

“No doubt I could never see myself playing anywhere else, at least by my choice,” he said. “Obviously I can’t control what happens, but to be able to play here for basically my whole career would be pretty special. You look at the guys who have done that, especially with this franchise … all the guys that have played here before us. It’d be cool to end my career here.”

It’s way too soon to think about the ending. But does Rizzo ever think about how long he wants to play?

“As long as they let me,” he said.

psullivan@chicagotribune.com

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