i was watchin yanks-blue jays

the one pinch hitter had a lower on base percentage than batting average....how??

got thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double. maybe?

no he would still get the single, sayin he reached base

maybe a ton of sac flies??

That's pretty weird, the only think I can think of is that sacrifices are excluded in batting average...maybe they count in OBP?

i guess its sac fly. see sept 3rd box score. his only ab was a sac fly.

yeah cuz you figure sac flies dont bring your average down, but you dont make it to base, so it prob counts against your obp

but it seemed odd that youd have so many that it would drop your obp so much that it goes lower than your average

well, he does have zero walks.

ok then yea thats it

OBP:
1. Add up all plate appearances. This is every time you come to bat.

2. Subtract sacrifice bunts. The number you get is your total at bats.

3. Add up all the times you reached base safely, which should include hits, walks and the number of times you reached base by a hit by pitch. This total does not include the times you reached base because of an error or a fielder's choice.

4. Divide the times you reached base safely by your total at bats.

5. Round to the third decimal place. For example, .41051 is .411.



BA:
1. Add up your hits.

2. Add up your at bats. At bats include every time you hit safely or hit into an out, including a strike out. Getting on base by an error or fielder's choice is considered an out. A Sacrifice, walk or hit by pitch is not counted as a hit or an out.

3. Divide your hits by your at bats.

4. Round off the number to the third decimal place. For example, .33051 is .331.

Alex Rios had this earlier in the season and it was because he had more sac-flies than he had walks.

I would assume it was a similar situation.