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Originally Posted by Tabe
It's actually not. Rob Picciolo, believe it or not, once had a season with a LOWER OBP than batting average. Who cares if it was just 14 games? He was so impressed with that feat he did it again the next year in 87 games. Picciolo walked just 25 times in 1720 PAs.
Here's a great page on this topic:
http://www.captainsblog.info/2012/05...average/15300/ |
How is that mathematically possible, if you start with BA and then add the same number to the numerator and denominator (walks plus hit by pitch, right?) you necessarily come up with a higher number, no?
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Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 08-18-2014 at 09:08 PM.
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