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PIT's Last 10 | Season OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
05/09/09 @ NYM 1-10 L 159 O 8.5 .541 .156 Paul Maholm 5.0 John Maine 6.0
05/08/09 @ NYM 3-7 L 172 O 9.5 .630 .257 Jeff Karstens 6.0 Jonathon Niese 6.0
05/07/09 @ STL 2-5 L 167 U 9.5 .479 .133 Ross Ohlendorf 6.0 Todd Wellemeyer 7.0
05/06/09 @ STL 2-4 L 144 U 9 .600 .194 Zach Duke 5.1 Mitchell Boggs 4.1
05/05/09 MIL 5-8 L -109 O 9 .656 .194 Ian Snell 5.0 Jeff Suppan 5.2
05/04/09 MIL 4-7 L 119 O 7.5 .839 .270 Paul Maholm 7.1 Yovani Gallardo 7.0
05/03/09 CIN 0-5 L 113 U 8.5 .305 .138 Jeff Karstens 5.0 Johnny Cueto 8.0
05/02/09 CIN 8-6 W -110 O 8.5 .810 .371 Ross Ohlendorf 6.0 Micah Owings 5.2
05/01/09 CIN 0-4 L -128 U 8.5 .409 .167 Zach Duke 7.0 Bronson Arroyo 8.0
04/29/09 @ MIL 0-1 L 183 U 8.5 .230 .067 Ian Snell 7.0 Yovani Gallardo 8.0
NYM's Last 10 | Season OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
05/09/09 PIT 10-1 W -167 O 8.5 1.039 .425 John Maine 6.0 Paul Maholm 5.0
05/08/09 PIT 7-3 W -180 O 9.5 .907 .371 Jonathon Niese 6.0 Jeff Karstens 6.0
05/07/09 PHI 7-5 W -119 O 10 .986 .294 Michael Pelfrey 7.0 Jamie Moyer 2.1
05/06/09 PHI 1-0 W -209 U 9 .353 .080 Johan Santana 7.0 Chan Ho Park 6.0
05/05/09 @ ATL 4-3 W 113 U 9.5 .759 .297 Livan Hernandez 6.1 Kenshin Kawakami 5.0
05/04/09 @ ATL 6-4 W 108 O 8.5 .845 .235 John Maine 6.0 Javier Vazquez 6.2
05/02/09 @ PHI 5-6 x L 107 O 10.5 1.018 .314 Oliver Perez 2.1 Jamie Moyer 5.2
05/01/09 @ PHI 7-4 W -103 P 11 .895 .281 Michael Pelfrey 5.1 Chan Ho Park 4.2
04/29/09 FLA 3-4 L -180 U 7.5 .954 .324 Johan Santana 7.0 Josh Johnson 6.0
04/28/09 FLA 4-7 L -114 O 9.5 .621 .235 Livan Hernandez 5.1 Ricky Nolasco 5.0

I know I'm probably getting a little bothersome here, but what does 'OPS' stand for and what is the 'average' the average of? The two 3 digit numbers (in thousandeths) right before the pitchers name.

 

[IE]

OPS = OBP + SLG

where OBP is on-base percentage, and SLG is slugging percentage. These percentages are defined

SLG = {TB} divided by {AB}

and

OBP = {H+BB+HBP} divided by {AB+BB+SF+HBP}

where:

* H = Hits
* BB = Bases on balls
* HBP = Times hit by pitch
* AB = At bats
* SF = Sacrifice flies
* TB = Total bases


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One fault of OPS is that it weighs on-base average and slugging percentage equally, although on-base average correlates better with scoring runs. Magnifying this fault is that the numerical parts of OPS are not themselves typically equal (league-average slugging percentages are usually 75-100 points higher than league-average on-base percentages).


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avg. means team batting average

 

[#cruncher]

Thanks IE...you are thorough...but that's what I like...you must have been a teacher at one time.

I'll have to print it out and read it over a few more times but I think I'll get it.

Thanks again.