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Originally Posted by Jeff1787
I was just going by what you posted, that's all. Most of us can't look at a guy's ratings and extract BABIP. At least I can't.
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Contact is batting average
Avoid K is the inverse of strike outs
There's a high correlation between the two; if a player K's a lot it's hard to have a high batting average.
Because of this correlation, when Contact and Avoid K are similar, BABIP is average.
But, any player who has a high contact and, relatively, low Avoid K they must have a high BABIP to compensate
Imagine players with 600 at bats, 0 walks, 0 home runs
Making up numbers, say that a 50 contact is a .275 batting average
A .275 batting average with 600 at bats is (.275×600) 165 hits
A player with 50 K's would have 550 balls in play
A player with 165 hits on 550 balls in play would have a (165/550) .300 BABIP
A player with 100 K's would have 500 balls in play
A player with 165 hits on 500 balls in play would have a (165/500) .330 BABIP