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by MCoxND on August 11th, 2005

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Is it possible for a player's on-base-percentage to be less than his batting average?

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  • by trashcity on December 28th, 2005

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    Yes. A simple example. A player goes to the plate twice, getting a hit and a sacrifice fly. His batting average is 1.000, as the sacrifice fly is not counted as an "at bat". However, his OBP would only be .500. The formula for OBP [as discussed elsewhere in this section] includes sacrifice flies in the denominator, so his OBP is 1/2 = .500.

    A real-life example of this took place on September 14, 2005, when Woody Williams' BA was .184 and his OBP was .179:
    http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_10_64/ai_n15756678

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