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Originally Posted by Ruthian23
I hope for that some day, too. On the YES Network (the Yankees network) they have started displaying OBP, which is a step in the right direction. I don't know how many other broadcasts do that, though.
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Most do, I think. Even Coors Field (and, I assume, other parks) is including OBP on the scoreboard now. Which is a start.
To your earlier point, I'd guess the 9 Giambi's lineup would score you more runs, despite the worse baserunning, because they'd be on base a lot more and they'd always have Jason Giambi hitting behind them to drive them in. But I wouldn't really want a lineup of Jason Giambi's for defensive reasons. Defense, I think, is the most underrated thing by statheads(including myself) because it hasn't been accurately quantified yet.
I have a small issue with SLG, too, I should say, because it supposes perfect increases in value for each base. Is a triple really three times as valuable as a single? A home run is twice as valuable as a double? I doubt it.
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Originally Posted by Mariners
Interesting stuff so far, my heads beginning to spin with all these abbreviations. I'm just a rookie Brit you know, so I'm still taking all this stuff in.
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Welcome to the greatest game in the world, man! (This coming from an avid footie fan...) Your being new to the game should actually help you with these "advanced" statistics. For the most part, they're just common sense that people who've known baseball for a long time don't understand since they're different than what we're used to.
And, to answer your question, OBP is better than AVG because AVG only tells part of the story.