Sabermetrics (version 2.0)

secavg: Secondary Average

Description

Secondary average measure the sum of extra bases gained on hits, walks and stolen bases.

Usage

secavg(ab, bb, tb, h, sb, cs)

Arguments

ab

At Bats

bb

Walks

tb

Total Bases

h

Hits

sb

Stolen Bases

cs

Caught Stealing

Value

Returns a numerical value equal to (bb+tb-h+sb-cs)/ab

Details

SecAvg shares no correlation with batting average although overall league averages are inclined to correspond with league batting averages.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_average

See Also

ops,slg,iso

Examples

## The function is currently defined as
function (ab, bb, tb, h, sb, cs) 
{
    SecA <- (bb + tb - h + sb - cs)/ab
    return(SecA)
  }