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OPS: Begone!
May 20, 2003 - Rob Fornoff
Why is AB the denominator here instead of PA? The top player in the list has to have 100 extra base hits turned into singles to become the bottom player in the list, but then he gets to add 100 walks, too. With all those extra plate appearances, it seems that bottom player will have more opportunities to produce runs, thus causing the OBP component to appear more valuable.
Or is outs the denominator in the comparison? (By denominator, I mean the number you have equalled out to all players; I don't know what else to call it.) I understand the purpose of what you're trying to do here, I just don't understand how you came up with your starting point.
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