RTAOBP: A New Stat For '08!
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Wrigleyville23: RTAOBP: A New Stat For ‘08!
Published 5/8/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Wrigleyville23: RTAOBP: A New Stat For ‘08! If I’m not mistaken...didn’t this first appear in Donato D’Espo/Benjamin Lefkowitz’s groundbreaking “The Distribution of Runs in the Game of Baseball” paper? Just for giggles and to cement our legacy, Wrigleyville23 is introducing a new stat to the baseball world - The Ryan Theriot Adjusted On-Base Percentage. It is calculated as such: RTAOBP = (Hits+Walks+HBP-CS-Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop)/Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SF) To my knowledge - and I may need some help here - Theriot has been thrown out at least ...

