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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough
Batting average (AVG) and on-base percentage (OBP) are good indicators for effective batters.
AVG
.300-above = excellent
.275 - .299 = very good
.250 - .274 = above average
.225 - .249 = below average
.225-below = poor
.200-below = very poor, not a legitimate MLB player
OBP
Same as above, except you might add another .50 points or so. This is because on-base percentage counts the total number of appearances at the plate and computes the average number of times that the player gets on base. So OBP tends to be higher than AVG, as it includes at-bats that result in walks, reaching base on errors, etc. Btw, sacrifice bunts do not count against a player for OBP.
ERA and WHIP are probably ideal indicators for pitchers.
ERA = Earned Runs * 9 / Innings Pitched.
ERA
2.00-below = almost superhuman, especially in modern MLB
3.00-below = excellent
3.00 - 4.00 = above average to very good (historically sometimes average)
4.00 - 4.50 = average (historically sometimes below average)
4.50 - 5.00 = below average to poor (historically sometimes very poor)
5.00-above = poor to very poor and terrible
WHIP
You want this to be as low as possible. It's walks + hits / innings pitched.
A WHIP of 1.50 and below is usually quite good. If a pitcher can get down to 1.3, then he's very good. A pitcher above 1.50 is going to have more problems getting batters out at times, and he will tend to surrender more runs. However, WHIP isn't everything. If a pitcher doesn't give up a lot of hits and walks, but he tends to give up BIG hits like home runs, doubles, and triples, then he might have a decent WHIP but poor ERA.
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That's a great post. Thanks you very much.
How about totals? How many HR/RBIs a season, how many stolen bases. Same with Pitchers. innings pitched, Ks etc.
And finally how do you judge defence? Errors? Catches?