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allenciox · 03-27-2019, 03:59 PM

I have been digging in to things, reading old posts, etc. because this is very interesting to me. One thing I still need to figure out is what is used on the pitcher's side to oppose the batter's BABIP rating on a ball in play. The one thing that is clear is that increases in gb% only increase BABIP enough to offset the loss in home runs (it is as if increasing gb% results is equivalent to turning some home runs into hits in the field of play).

But it makes sense that there is a derived BABIP rating for each pitcher, that is determined by all the main pitcher stats, even control (although control above 100 has minimal effect on it), to be used in opposition to batter's BABIP rating. If anybody has figured that relationship out, I would love to hear what it is.

03-27-2019, 03:59 PM	#15
allenciox All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 735	I have been digging in to things, reading old posts, etc. because this is very interesting to me. One thing I still need to figure out is what is used on the pitcher's side to oppose the batter's BABIP rating on a ball in play. The one thing that is clear is that increases in gb% only increase BABIP enough to offset the loss in home runs (it is as if increasing gb% results is equivalent to turning some home runs into hits in the field of play). But it makes sense that there is a derived BABIP rating for each pitcher, that is determined by all the main pitcher stats, even control (although control above 100 has minimal effect on it), to be used in opposition to batter's BABIP rating. If anybody has figured that relationship out, I would love to hear what it is.