I <3 Sabermetrics: OPS
Quite simply, on-base percentage plus slugging percentage. (Baseball Prospectus)
Top 10 OPS leaders (position players) for 2009:
1.*Albert Pujols - 1.101
2. *Joe Mauer - 1.031
3. Prince Fielder - 1.014
4. Joey Votto - .981
5. Derek Lee - .972
6. Kevin Youkilis - .961
7. Adrian Gonzalez - .958
8. Hanley Ramirez - .954
9. Mark Teixeira - .948
10. Ben Zobrist - .948
Top 5 OPS leaders for 2009 Pirates:
1. Garrett Jones - .938
2. Andrew McCutchen - .836
3. Nate McLouth - .819 (traded to Atlanta in May)
4. Freddy Sanchez - .776 (traded to San Francisco in July)
5. Adam LaRoche - .770 (traded to Boston in July)
* National League, American League (respectively) MVPs
Next edition of I <3 Sabermetrics: UZR and UZR/150
Why do I even bother with sabermetrics lol! jk jk nah really though there was a time in my life where I got as much info about the subject into my head and knew the gist of it (enough to start some sort of conversation) but then time went on, the info didn't seem relevant.... so now it's all gone. However I am now realizing that maybe I should go back and try and learn this stuff again but you can't say it's not confusing ;) I do know Billy Beane and how the Athletics organization is run though XD
Anyone have a copy of Moneyball I can borrow?
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