Is it possible for a player's on-base-percentage to be less than his batting average?
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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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Though extremely unlikely, it is possible for a player's on base percentage to be lower than his batting average (H/AB). If a player had 2 hits in 5 at bats with a sacrifice fly, his batting average would be .400, but his on base percentage would be .333. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_base_percentage
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