Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation on-base percentage
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- initialism baseball
on-base percentage
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Examples
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From a pure statistical standpoint, I’m thinking the high ratio of walks in the home OBP caused the RPG to be lower when the OBP% was higher than SLG.
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New York's aforementioned Cedeno struck out four times Saturday, and his OBP is teetering around .300 not good. ...
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His OBP is Frenchy-esque, and he lacks the power to even partially compensate for his lack of discipline at the plate.
Amazin' Avenue KeithsMoustache 2010
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But hey, also: Ryan Howard was 6th on his team in OBP.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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But hey, also: Ryan Howard was 6th on his team in OBP.
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Seriously, our slugging at home is lower than our OBP, which is itself crap.
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In high-leverage situations Mauer loses some power (slugging just .415, although it's been much higher the last two seasons) but he makes up for it by prolonging the game: his OBP is a situational-best
Twinkie Town Jesse 2010
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Hernandez is a speedster, but his OBP is a tad lower at .348.
unknown title 2009
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Hernandez is a speedster, but his OBP is a tad lower at .348.
unknown title 2009
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Morgan has a .407 OBP, which is a surprise to even the most optimistic projections for the former hockey player.
unknown title 2009
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