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YEAR TEAM
ID
NAME PLATE
APP
ON
BASE
AT
BATS
TOTAL
BASES
OB
AVG
SLG
AVG
OPS OPP
PIT
OB
OPP
PIT
SLG
OPP
PIT
OOPS
EXPCT
OB
AVG
EXPCT
SLG
AVG
EXPCT
OPS
LG
OPS
PME
OB
PME
SLG
PME PF PME
OB
PF
PME
SLG
PF
PME
PF
2008 TEX Ian Kinsler 583 216 518 268 0.370 0.517 0.888 0.323 0.407 0.731 0.347 0.462 0.809 0.754 13.7 28.6 42.3 1.04 13.2 27.5 40.7
1989 TEX Julio Franco 621 240 548 253 0.386 0.462 0.848 0.318 0.383 0.702 0.352 0.422 0.775 0.707 21.3 22.0 43.3 1.03 20.0 20.7 40.7
2009 TEX Michael Young 593 222 541 280 0.374 0.518 0.892 0.321 0.415 0.736 0.348 0.466 0.814 0.762 15.7 28.0 43.5 1.05 14.7 26.2 40.7
1975 BOS Jim Rice 613 214 564 277 0.349 0.491 0.840 0.315 0.371 0.686 0.332 0.431 0.763 0.703 10.5 34.0 44.5 1.07 9.6 31.0 40.6
1932 CIN Babe Herman 642 248 577 312 0.386 0.541 0.927 0.344 0.443 0.787 0.365 0.492 0.857 0.719 13.5 28.2 41.7 0.97 13.1 27.5 40.6
1977 CIN Ken Griffey 657 255 585 273 0.388 0.467 0.855 0.332 0.395 0.727 0.360 0.431 0.791 0.721 18.3 21.8 40.1 0.99 18.5 22.1 40.6
1971 NYA Roy White 634 246 524 246 0.388 0.469 0.857 0.331 0.385 0.716 0.360 0.427 0.787 0.678 18.0 22.6 40.5 1.00 18.0 22.7 40.6
1922 PHI Curt Walker 654 257 580 290 0.393 0.500 0.893 0.354 0.416 0.770 0.374 0.458 0.832 0.743 12.7 25.0 37.7 0.98 13.7 26.9 40.6
1941 SLN Johnny Mize 547 221 473 253 0.404 0.535 0.939 0.354 0.402 0.756 0.379 0.469 0.848 0.682 13.6 30.7 44.2 1.08 12.5 28.2 40.6
1988 SLN Tom Brunansky 613 211 523 224 0.344 0.428 0.773 0.293 0.353 0.646 0.318 0.391 0.709 0.669 17.4 23.4 40.8 0.96 17.3 23.3 40.6
1924 WS1 Goose Goslin 674 276 580 299 0.409 0.516 0.925 0.364 0.430 0.795 0.387 0.473 0.860 0.743 15.4 25.3 40.7 0.99 15.4 25.2 40.6
2003 DET Dmitri Young 635 236 562 302 0.372 0.537 0.909 0.339 0.431 0.770 0.355 0.484 0.839 0.759 10.5 29.9 40.4 0.96 10.5 30.0 40.5
1977 HOU Bob Watson 623 224 554 276 0.360 0.498 0.858 0.317 0.397 0.714 0.338 0.448 0.786 0.721 13.4 27.5 40.9 0.96 13.3 27.2 40.5
1970 NYA Roy White 712 275 609 288 0.386 0.473 0.859 0.338 0.396 0.734 0.362 0.434 0.797 0.697 17.0 23.4 40.4 0.98 17.0 23.5 40.5
1992 OAK Rickey Henderson 500 213 396 181 0.426 0.457 0.883 0.326 0.395 0.720 0.376 0.426 0.802 0.711 25.1 12.7 37.8 0.97 26.9 13.6 40.5
2012 OAK Yoenis Cespedes 540 192 487 246 0.356 0.505 0.861 0.310 0.406 0.715 0.333 0.455 0.788 0.729 12.4 24.5 36.8 0.95 13.6 27.0 40.5
2009 PHI Jayson Werth 676 252 571 289 0.373 0.506 0.879 0.326 0.413 0.739 0.349 0.459 0.809 0.735 15.9 26.6 42.5 1.04 15.2 25.3 40.5
2008 PHI Ryan Howard 700 237 610 331 0.339 0.543 0.881 0.332 0.417 0.749 0.335 0.480 0.815 0.740 2.2 39.0 41.2 1.01 2.2 38.3 40.5
1983 PIT Bill Madlock 530 204 473 210 0.385 0.444 0.829 0.302 0.365 0.667 0.344 0.404 0.748 0.694 22.0 18.6 40.6 1.00 21.9 18.6 40.5
1949 SLA Roy Sievers 545 216 471 222 0.396 0.471 0.868 0.339 0.357 0.695 0.368 0.414 0.782 0.727 15.6 27.0 42.5 1.01 14.9 25.7 40.5
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Note: The batter's composite OB% and SLG% is obtained by the sum of all individual
plate appearances. For each PA, the OB% and SLG% used is versus pitchers of the same
hand as the one he's facing.

OPP_PIT_OB: the opposing pitcher OB% against, when facing batters of the same hand
OPP_PIT_SLG: the opposing pitcher SLG% against, when facing batters of the same hand
OPP_PIT_OOPS: the opposing pitcher OB% + SLG% against, when facing batters of the same hand

EXPCT_OB_AVG: the average of the opposing pitcher's OPP_PIT_OB and the batter's OB% (vs. L or R)
EXPCT_SLG_AVG: the average of the opposing pitcher's OPP_PIT_SLG and the batter's SLG% (vs. L or R)
EXPCT_OPS: the average of the opposing pitcher's OOPS and the batter's OPS (vs. L or R)

LG_OPS: the average league OPS, with the league of the home park being the league

PME_OB: the cumulative result of the plate appearance minus the EXPCT_OB_AVG
PME_SLG: the cumulative result of the plate appearance minus the EXPCT_SLG_AVG
PME: the cumulative result of the plate appearance minus the EXPCT_OPS

PF: the composite park factor the batter experienced, based on lefty-righty and park

PME_OB_PF: the cumulative result of the plate appearance minus the EXPCT_OB_AVG, with PF
PME_SLG_PF: the cumulative result of the plate appearance minus the EXPCT_SLG_AVG, with PF
PME_PF: the cumulative result of the plate appearance minus the EXPCT_OPS, with PF


On every pitcher versus batter matchup, we have a contest of the batter's ability and
the pitcher's ability. Although OPS and OOPS are not perfect statistics, they are
widely embraced and are relatively straightforward for most fans. They're approximations.
At some point, this process can be made smarter. Until then, this is where we are.

What is the batter's average ability on any plate appearance in a season? It's his OPS for the
season. Likewise, the pitcher's OOPS on the play is his seasonal OOPS. What is the expected
outcome? It's the average of the two, of course.

However, we have two issues to deal with -- the handedness (L or R) of the batter and pitcher
and the park where each event occurred.

1) Hand: For each and every PA, the expected outcome is affected by the hand of the batter and
pitcher. But, we only care about the batter's and pitcher's seasonal OPS/OOPS when it matches
the same scenario as the specific PA.

For example: If a left-handed batter is facing a right-handed pitcher, we only care about how
the batter did versus right-handed pitchers that year, and how the pitcher did versus left-handed
batters. Those are the specific OPS/OOPS values used from which to build the expected outcome.

Ex.: A LHB faces a RHP. The batter's OPS versus righties that year was 0.800. The pitcher's OOPS
versus lefties was 0.700. The expected outcome is the average of the two, 0.750.

Suppose the batter makes an out. His on-base average on the play was 0.000 and his slugging average
is also 0.000. On the play, the batter attained a negative PME, 0.000 minus 0.750 = -0.750. Meanwhile,
the pitcher attained a positive PME of 0.750 minus 0.000 = 0.750. All plays balance in this way.

What if the batter singles? His OB% was 1.000 and his SLG% is 1.000. That's an OPS of 2.000. His PME
is 2.000 minus 0.750 = 1.250, and the pitcher's PME is 0.750 minus 2.000 = -1.250.

All ~16 million plays in MLB from 1910-2025 were assessed in this manner.



2) Park: The parks where events occurred are important as well. Using the enhanced Park Factors at
this site -- those which break down PFs by L-L, L-R, R-L, R-R by using a base counting method -- a
composite PF is derived based on all of the PAs a batter had that season. After the seasonal PME is
compiled by adding all of the plays that year, the PME is divided by the PF* to obtain the final PME.

* The PME is compiled at the home and road level and divided by the corresponding PF. The PFs may
not seem correct but are indicative of the season. For example, the Rockies of 2001 had a composite
PF of 1.22. Todd Helton's (as a lefty) was more like 1.18. On the road, he was 0.97 -- for a
composite of 1.08 (1.18 + 0.97) / 2, the value shown. Before applying the PF, his home PME was about
96 and road was 9. Thus, most of the PME reduction was caused at home. It drops by ~16% (twice 1.08)
while his road PME stays relatively constant. His park-adjusted PME drops from ~105 to 91.


NOTE: This analysis concerns only what the batter does at the plate. Things like base running and
the quality of the opposing defense is not factored in (aside from taking extra bases on a hit).