Talk:On-base percentage
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The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit ° history ° watch ° refresh) Has a meaningful amount of good information. Needs references for some of the information presented in the article. Not yet illustrated (although I'm still unsure as to how one would illustrate On-base percentage). I'll work on it some and ask for an outside re-assessment. --SimpleParadox 17:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC) |
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I think it's worth noting that intentional outs (sacrifice bunts) are also not included in either the numerator or the denominator of the formula.
From VfD:
This article should be merged with Baseball statistics. - Allyunion 04:52, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I agree with you, so Keep article as per your request. You are not asking for a deletion, but for a merge and redirect. There is no need to list here: What to list and not list on VfD. Simply merge them yourself and redirect the page (#REDIRECT: Baseball statistics) yourself. Davodd 05:15, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)
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I beleive there are several additional uncommon ways to reach base safely that affect OBP such as catcher's interference while in the batters box and possibly fielder's interference in the basepath. Reaching 1st on a strikeout is like reaching on any other error, but I beleive reaching on catcher's interference may count differently with respect to OBP. Unlike an error where the batter would have been out, catcher's interference awards first base to a batter punitively. It is more similar to a HBP than an ordinary error and probably count's towards OBP in the same way.
Also, I forget who has the right of way in the basepath but I think the order is 1. The ball, 2. the runner, 3. the fielder.
