A really dumb question
This has been sort of bugging me at the back of my mind since 8/30 (when I was at the Big A to see Lackey's 100th win)... One of the Oakland players had an OBP that was lower than his BA. How the heck can this happen?
5 months ago
red floyd
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The Answer
OBP = (H + BB + HBP) / (AB + BB + HBP + SF).
If a player has no walks or HBP, but does have a sac fly, his OBP will fall below his batting average.
by jjackflash on Sep 10, 2009 1:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Got it. Thanks.
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by red floyd on Sep 10, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd always wondered that, too
Not from that game, but anyway. Thanks!
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by Clutch on Sep 10, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I never knew that could happen...
thanks for posting that “dumb” question.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 10, 2009 10:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Im not sure of this but
if you get a single and try to stretch it into a double but get tagged out, doesn’t that make the OBP lower then the AVG because your getting a hit but not getting on base, or staying on base?
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by Vladd#27 on Sep 11, 2009 12:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
no.
You get credit for the single but make an out on the bases. They should probably penalize the player with a caught stealing or something, but it doesn’t end up affecting their stat line at all.
by dmhead on Sep 11, 2009 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So as opposed to it being
a dumb move on the runner, it’s more like “nice assist!”
What a positive sport! :D
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by Slyintine on Sep 11, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very Carlinesque observation
I like it!
by dmhead on Sep 11, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs




















