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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
2001 OAK Jermaine Dye 265 97 232 127 0.366 0.547 0.913 0.328 0.428 0.756 0.347 0.488 0.835 0.760 7.6 23.3 30.9 0.97 7.7 23.6 31.3
1989 PIT Glenn Wilson 368 126 330 148 0.342 0.448 0.791 0.294 0.356 0.649 0.318 0.402 0.720 0.674 12.5 19.0 31.4 0.95 12.5 18.9 31.3
1985 PIT Mike Brown 233 90 205 105 0.386 0.512 0.898 0.304 0.386 0.691 0.345 0.449 0.795 0.689 14.5 17.9 32.3 1.04 14.1 17.3 31.3
1978 SDN Gene Tenace 515 202 401 164 0.392 0.409 0.801 0.307 0.367 0.673 0.349 0.388 0.737 0.688 21.9 8.4 30.3 0.98 22.6 8.7 31.3
1958 SLN Joe Cunningham 424 190 337 167 0.448 0.496 0.944 0.338 0.406 0.744 0.393 0.451 0.844 0.729 23.3 14.9 38.3 1.11 19.0 12.2 31.3
1981 SLN Keith Hernandez 444 178 376 174 0.401 0.463 0.864 0.328 0.378 0.706 0.365 0.420 0.785 0.679 16.1 16.0 32.1 1.06 15.7 15.6 31.3
1996 SLN Ron Gant 500 179 419 211 0.358 0.504 0.862 0.319 0.405 0.723 0.338 0.454 0.792 0.735 10.0 20.9 30.8 0.99 10.2 21.2 31.3
1942 SLN Walker Cooper 473 152 438 190 0.321 0.434 0.755 0.294 0.324 0.618 0.308 0.379 0.687 0.656 6.6 23.9 30.5 0.98 6.8 24.5 31.3
1995 BOS Jose Canseco 450 170 396 220 0.378 0.556 0.933 0.338 0.433 0.771 0.358 0.494 0.852 0.769 9.0 23.5 32.5 1.04 8.6 22.6 31.2
1931 BRO Lefty O'Doul 564 223 512 247 0.395 0.482 0.878 0.344 0.417 0.761 0.370 0.450 0.819 0.716 14.5 16.8 31.3 1.04 14.5 16.7 31.2
1937 CIN Ernie Lombardi 384 139 368 174 0.362 0.473 0.835 0.313 0.372 0.685 0.337 0.423 0.760 0.709 9.5 18.5 28.1 0.94 10.6 20.5 31.2
1980 CIN Ken Griffey 615 223 544 247 0.363 0.454 0.817 0.327 0.371 0.698 0.345 0.413 0.757 0.691 11.1 23.0 34.0 1.02 10.2 21.1 31.2
1957 CLE Rocky Colavito 544 188 461 217 0.346 0.471 0.816 0.312 0.377 0.689 0.329 0.424 0.753 0.704 9.1 22.1 31.1 1.05 9.1 22.2 31.2
2000 FLO Cliff Floyd 487 184 420 222 0.378 0.529 0.906 0.343 0.423 0.766 0.361 0.476 0.836 0.770 8.4 22.0 30.3 0.98 8.6 22.7 31.2
1969 LAN Willie Davis 540 192 498 227 0.356 0.456 0.811 0.323 0.365 0.688 0.339 0.410 0.750 0.684 8.9 22.7 31.6 1.03 8.8 22.4 31.2
1912 NY1 Fred Merkle 539 199 479 215 0.369 0.449 0.818 0.325 0.359 0.685 0.347 0.404 0.751 0.700 11.7 21.4 33.2 1.03 11.0 20.1 31.2
1911 NY1 Jack Meyers 441 170 392 170 0.385 0.434 0.819 0.319 0.347 0.665 0.352 0.390 0.742 0.682 14.7 17.2 31.9 1.02 14.4 16.8 31.2
1970 PIT Willie Stargell 529 174 474 242 0.329 0.511 0.839 0.326 0.382 0.707 0.327 0.446 0.773 0.718 0.9 30.7 31.6 0.99 0.9 30.3 31.2
1994 SEA Jay Buhner 436 171 358 194 0.392 0.542 0.934 0.335 0.436 0.771 0.364 0.489 0.853 0.776 12.5 19.1 31.5 1.01 12.4 18.9 31.2
1957 SLN Del Ennis 538 179 490 242 0.333 0.494 0.827 0.310 0.391 0.701 0.321 0.442 0.764 0.719 6.2 24.7 30.9 1.00 6.3 24.9 31.2
Total 9289 3426 8130 3903 229.0 406.0 634.6 224.0 401.2 624.8

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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).