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Stat of the Week: Weighted On-Base Average (wOBA)
For this installment of Stat of the Week, we’re talking about weighted on base average (wOBA), which is OPS on steroids. OPS is a simple stat used by a lot of people to measure offensive quality, but...
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Stat of the Week: Weighted Runs Created Plus (wRC+)
After a break during the offseason, our Stat of the Week series returns today with an important offensive metric know as Weighted Runs Created Plus (wRC+). You can find this metric on Fangraphs with a...
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Stat of the Week: Weighted Runs Above Average (wRAA)
When we talk about offensive statistics, the ones we usually talk about on New English D are wOBA and wRC+ which take the actual value of each offensive action and weight them properly, which OBP and...
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The Nine Most Misleading Batting Averages of 2013
On this site, we often discuss which statistics are misleading and which statistics are better at determining a player’s value. Over in our Stat Primer section we have tons of posts about why pitcher...
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