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Old Mon May 10, 2004, 03:56pm
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Quote:
Originally posted by LDUB
But his on base percentage would go up.
Actually it wouldn't.

Only H, BB, and HBP count towards OBP. Reaching by an error, fielder's choice, or this situation would NOT count.

OBP = (H+BB+HBP) / (AB+BB+HBP+SF)

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[Edited by Rich Fronheiser on May 10th, 2004 at 05:14 PM]
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