Sabermetrics (version 1.0)

wOBA: Weighted On Base Average

Description

Finds the weighted on-base average, a statistic based on linear weights of events

Usage

wOBA(BB, HBP, SINGLE, RBOE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE, HR, PA)

Arguments

BB

Walks

HBP

Hit by pitch

SINGLE

Number of singles

RBOE

Number of bases reached on error

DOUBLE

Number of doubles

TRIPLE

Number of triple

HR

Number of home runs

PA

Number of plate appearances

Value

• Returns ((0.72*BB)+(0.75*HBP)+(0.90*SINGLE)+(0.92*RBOE)+(1.24*DOUBLE)+(1.56*TRIPLE)+(1.95*HR))/PA which is based on linear weights

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOBA