Thread: Pitcher's batting average against
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Old 03-20-2003, 10:05 AM   #8
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Quote:
Originally posted by CBL-Commish
If you don't have a full dataset you can get a pretty good estimate using the following:

opponents' estimated AB = ((IP*3*.95)+H)

BA = (opponents' hits)/(opponents' estimated AB)
Simplified AB estimation: AB=IP*2.85+H
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