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Originally Posted by BIG17EASY
It's this.
The team LOB total is at the bottom of the box score. Adding up the player total is not the way to determine the team total. If a team loads the bases with no outs and the next three guys strike out, that's three LOB per batter (nine if you add them up), but only three LOB for the team.
OP says that teams averaged 24-29 LOB per game. In a nine-inning game, you can only leave a maximum of 27 on base (three per inning), so OP is definitely looking at the wrong LOB number.
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Yep this is what I understand it to be. It does seem to be a singularly useless stat to include in a box score, when so many others are available.
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