You may have recognized that OBP and SLG each measure slightly different things. OBP is only a measure of whether you got on base, while SLG makes a big fuss over your hits in particular, and how “big” they were. OPS (and even better, OPS+) are a quick summary of these combined, which is cool. However, OPS treats OBP and SLG as essentially equal in their importance, while getting on base is demonstrably of higher value. If you want a more accurate measure of offensive production that is (relatively) simple to calculate, look no further than weighted on base average, or wOBA.
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BA, OBP, and SLG make up what is typically known as the triple slash line for hitting. You’ll often see something written like .275/.310/.382. That is BA, OBP, and SLG in order. However, we do like our summary statistics that reduce how many numbers we need to compare for making quick calls, so we use OPS: On Base plus Slugging.
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We move on from batting average to discuss a much simpler statistic, as well as a weighted version of batting average. These two new statistics, along with batting average, have over the last decade come to comprise the base-level portfolio of a batter’s hitting abilities.
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Though not the most intuitive statistic, batting average was a gold-standard statistic for many decades, and is still considered important today.
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After a couple of years toying with the idea, I’ve finally decided to do a blogmas, my own take on creative challenges such as Advent of Code. In this case, you’ll be treated to 25 days of posts about the wonderful world of baseball statistics.
Continue reading “2022 Blogmas Day 0 – Baseball Statistics”New Minnesota Twins Jerseys
The Minnesota Twins released new jerseys this past week, introducing a different aesthetic to their main uniforms, and an alternative version featuring inspiration from the Twin Cities, the namesake of the team. Here are a few thoughts.
Continue reading “New Minnesota Twins Jerseys”My Disc Golf Bag
I’ve been playing disc golf for nearly a year and a half.1I actually watched it on YouTube for over a year before ever playing, so I learned a lot about the sport first. It’s an incredibly fun activity that I play mostly by myself in California, and love meeting up with friends to play while back in Minnesota. It’s relatively cheap to get into, lets me explore fun bits of nature, I get to directly compete against myself, and have a clear way of seeing whether I’m improving.
My set of discs has mostly stabilized (with the exception of losing a disc here or there), so I thought it would be good to talk through each disc and why I like to use them.
Continue reading “My Disc Golf Bag”- 1I actually watched it on YouTube for over a year before ever playing, so I learned a lot about the sport first.
The Finer Points of Scorekeeping
My dad kept score for my baseball teams as a kid, and taught me how to do the same. I would keep score on and off during college when I went to Twins games, and just recently got back into the habit. My goal is — excepting games where it’d be a social faux pas to be nose-deep in a scorebook — to keep score when I attend games in person.
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