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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
1937 PIT Arky Vaughan 532 208 469 217 0.391 0.463 0.854 0.338 0.389 0.726 0.364 0.426 0.790 0.709 14.1 17.6 31.7 1.02 14.0 17.5 31.5
1922 PIT Reb Russell 250 102 220 147 0.408 0.668 1.076 0.363 0.431 0.793 0.385 0.549 0.935 0.743 5.6 26.1 31.8 1.06 5.5 25.9 31.5
2002 SEA Edgar Martinez 407 164 328 159 0.403 0.485 0.888 0.323 0.413 0.737 0.363 0.449 0.812 0.753 16.2 12.5 28.7 0.97 17.8 13.7 31.5
1922 SLA Marty McManus 663 233 605 278 0.351 0.460 0.811 0.328 0.388 0.716 0.340 0.424 0.763 0.735 7.9 22.2 30.2 0.97 8.2 23.2 31.5
1986 TEX Larry Parrish 524 182 464 236 0.347 0.509 0.856 0.318 0.412 0.730 0.333 0.460 0.793 0.735 7.6 22.7 30.4 0.98 7.9 23.5 31.5
1959 WS1 Bob Allison 638 210 570 275 0.329 0.482 0.812 0.315 0.388 0.703 0.322 0.435 0.757 0.703 4.4 27.3 31.6 1.01 4.4 27.2 31.5
1938 WS1 Buddy Myer 534 241 437 203 0.451 0.465 0.916 0.366 0.430 0.796 0.409 0.447 0.856 0.768 22.9 7.4 30.3 0.98 23.8 7.7 31.5
1960 BAL Jim Gentile 464 187 384 192 0.403 0.500 0.903 0.344 0.408 0.752 0.374 0.454 0.828 0.711 13.7 18.2 31.8 1.00 13.5 18.0 31.4
1937 BOS Ben Chapman 487 188 423 196 0.386 0.463 0.849 0.336 0.393 0.729 0.361 0.428 0.789 0.765 13.4 21.9 35.3 1.05 11.9 19.5 31.4
2021 BOS Xander Bogaerts 603 223 529 261 0.370 0.493 0.863 0.314 0.422 0.736 0.342 0.458 0.800 0.730 16.6 18.8 35.4 1.06 14.7 16.7 31.4
1949 BRO Pee Wee Reese 742 290 617 252 0.391 0.408 0.799 0.325 0.383 0.708 0.358 0.396 0.754 0.719 24.5 7.4 31.9 1.01 24.1 7.3 31.4
1940 CHN Stan Hack 686 269 603 265 0.392 0.439 0.832 0.337 0.399 0.736 0.365 0.419 0.784 0.697 19.0 11.9 30.9 1.01 19.3 12.1 31.4
1945 CLE Dutch Meyer 567 193 524 219 0.340 0.418 0.758 0.310 0.335 0.646 0.325 0.377 0.702 0.665 8.6 21.5 30.2 0.98 8.9 22.4 31.4
1931 CLE Joe Vosmik 640 229 591 274 0.358 0.464 0.821 0.329 0.380 0.709 0.343 0.422 0.765 0.735 9.2 24.6 33.8 1.03 8.5 22.9 31.4
2011 COL Todd Helton 491 189 421 196 0.385 0.466 0.850 0.314 0.378 0.692 0.350 0.422 0.771 0.706 17.3 18.6 35.9 1.10 15.1 16.3 31.4
1987 KCA George Brett 508 197 427 212 0.388 0.496 0.884 0.333 0.419 0.752 0.360 0.458 0.818 0.756 13.9 17.5 31.4 1.01 13.9 17.5 31.4
2019 MIL Keston Hiura 348 128 314 179 0.368 0.570 0.938 0.319 0.428 0.747 0.344 0.499 0.842 0.752 8.4 22.3 30.7 1.00 8.6 22.8 31.4
2015 MIN Miguel Sano 335 129 279 148 0.385 0.530 0.916 0.304 0.400 0.704 0.345 0.465 0.810 0.728 13.6 18.2 31.8 1.01 13.4 18.0 31.4
1965 MLN Gene Oliver 432 145 392 189 0.336 0.482 0.818 0.296 0.363 0.659 0.316 0.423 0.739 0.681 8.5 23.2 31.6 1.02 8.4 23.1 31.4
1951 NY1 Al Dark 700 244 646 293 0.349 0.454 0.802 0.322 0.389 0.711 0.335 0.421 0.757 0.717 9.2 21.1 30.3 0.97 9.5 21.9 31.4
Total 10551 3951 9243 4391 254.6 381.0 635.7 251.4 377.2 628.7

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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).