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Originally Posted by jpeters1734
I'm not sure that's correct. Since BABIP does not include HR, players with an equal BABIP rating should hit for an equal amount of non-homers
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BABIP, the statistic, yes, as its full name is 'bating average on balls in play' and home runs (ground rule HR's, to be precise) are - well - out of the park.
But BABIP, the rating, determines weather a batted ball will or will not be a hit, any kind of hit, a then the other factors, such as POWER or GAP POWER, or lack thereof specify what kind of hit that would be.
It only makes sense that way; otherwise POWER would have been a part o the CONTACT equation, which is an indicator of player's AVG. And AVG stat doesnt acount for the types of hits, it just says the ball was hit and the batter riched the base safely.
So BABIP = raw no. of hits per batted ball/contact made
AVOID K's = no. of K's per PA
CONTACT = estimated AVG. Probably (AB's - K's)*BABIP(HIT RATE)
POWER = just raw HR power. In other words - no. of HR per hit; or HR RATE
in-game power or estimated no. of HR's is probably something like = AB*CONTACT*POWER