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Originally Posted by Drstrangelove
It sounds like you are looking for what are called "productive outs."
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Hmm, well that could be useful, though it seems to be a bit odd. It only counts advancing a runner with 0 outs to begin the AB, or scoring a run with 1 out to begin, or a pitcher getting a Sac with 1 out to begin.
So advancing a runner who doesn't score, when beginning the AB with 1 out, doesn't count and actually is counted as a failure instead. So the fact they are negatively counting a portion of something that I'm trying to add up together as a whole really throws a wrench in the usefulness of that stat, especially since they provide no totals for how many times they do that.