This is a bit of a dicey proposition as the standards have changed quite a bit throughout time. Here are how I computed them for the website. Thanks to Bill Deane, Gerry Myerson and Total Baseball for clarifying some of these issues. Batting Average, OBP, Slugging Percentage, OPS Prior t...
Hitters hit just .173 with a .218 slugging percentage against that offering. Fried is a hard worker and intense competitor who continues to evolve his arsenal with experience. That he keeps getting better is no accident. If he's able to do that again in 2023, and he finished second in ...
That 487 slugging percentage was fourth-best on the team (among those who got regular playing time), trailing the immortals Bryan Myrow (547), Cody Ross (509), Chin-Feng Chen (495). All three of those guys played in the major leagues, but no, I don’t remember them either.* After...
A players Slugging Average, or Slugging Percentage, is directly defined as total bases per at-bat. To calculate a player's total bases you award a 1 for a single, a 2 for a double, a 3 for a triple, and a 4 for a home run then add them all together. Divide that by the total...
the increase in home runs corresponds quite closely to a decline of 93 in the average number of singles.Average slugging percentage has increased accordingly, from .390 to .439. The OBP is up a little from .316 to .323, becausewalks have gone up to 528per team from 473.So, 10% of ...
The Say Hey Kid only won a single batting title, when he hit .345 in 1954, but that same year he also led the National League in slugging percentage (which he led five times), on base percentage (which he led five times) and triples (which he led three times). The following season...
In the end, the more important stats are the traditional stats like on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS, and these all show about a 4% boost for the home team. But interestingly, the most important stat of all gets a bigger boost. Runs per plate appearance is 7% to 8% hi...
Stat Groups: Select Dashboard Standard Advanced Batted Ball Win Probability Pitch Type & Velo Pitch Values Plate Discipline Fielding Advanced Fielding Value You can shift + click on full MLB seasons in Season Stats and games in Game Logs to select spans for aggregate stats. Read more here Dash...
But, today’s blog is about using statistics to be the most informed fan I can be and proving that there is only one statistic you need to focus on to understand the best offensive player on your team. That stat is the on-base percentage plus slugging, known as the OPS. ...
If we compare to the best age 42 seasons in the history of baseball, excluding the dead ball era, Ichiro, is on pace to have the best batting average, third best on-base percentage, seventh best slugging percentage and second most stolen bases to name just a few standard batting stats. ...