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With the 2008 baseball pre-season here, you are probably trying to figure out which player will be the offensive force to build your fantasy team around. The one baseball statistic that I have been following for a while now is the Quad which Rich Lederer pointed out several years ago when he compared some of the all time greats and how they measured up on the quad scale.

the year-end leaders in the four categories (On Base Percentage, Slugging average, Times on Base, and Total Bases

The Quad takes into account both counting stats in Times on Base, and Total Bases and the rate stats in On Base Percentage, Slugging average.

The formula for Times on Base (TOB) is

• (H + BB + HBP)

The formula for Total Bases (TB) is

• (Total hits – 2b -3b – HR) + (2b x 2) + (3b x 3) + (HR x 4)

The formula for Slugging (SLG) is TB/AB or

• ((Total hits – 2b -3b – HR)+ (2b*2)+ (3b*3)+ (HR x 4) )/ AB)

The formula for On Base Percentage (OBP) is

• ((Total hits +BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF)

The Results are in. It sure makes the NL MVP voting something to talk about. As Matt Holliday shows up on Quad top 10 overall in three of the four categories : Times On Base, Total Bases, and Slugging (with just missing in OBP at #15). Whereas Jimmy Rollins only shows up once in Quad top 10 overall in on Total bases (#133 in OBP, #29 Slugging, #17 Times On Base). Its hard to compare a SS to an outfielder for determining who was more valuable to their team. But, certainly Holliday was the better all around offensive force.

Times on Base

1. Rodriguez Alex 299
2. Ortiz David 297
3. Helton Todd 296
4. Wright David 296
5. Ordonez Magglio 294
6. Sizemore Grady 292
7. Pujols Albert 291
8. Suzuki Ichiro 290
9. Holliday Matt 289
10. Jeter Derek 276

Total Bases

1. Holliday Matt 386
2. Rollins Jimmy 380
3. Rodriguez Alex 376
4. Ramirez Hanley 359
5. Fielder Prince 354
6. Ordonez Magglio 354
7. Ortiz David 341
8. Granderson Curtis 338
9. Cabrera Miguel 332
10. Lee Carlos 331

Slugging

1. Rodriguez Alex 644
2. Braun Ryan 634
3. Pena Carlos 626
4. Ortiz David 621
5. Fielder Prince 617
6. Holliday Matt 606
7. Jones Chipper 604
8. Ordonez Magglio 594
9. Howard Ryan 584
10. Pujols Albert 568

On Base Percentage

1. Bonds Barry 480
2. Ortiz David 445
3. Helton Todd 434
4. Ordonez Magglio 433
5. Pujols Albert 428
6. Posada Jorge 426
7. Jones Chipper 424
8. Rodriguez Alex 422
9. Wright David 416
10. Thome Jim 410

Resources:

Baseball Databank:”The Baseball Databank (BDB) is dedicated to creating and maintaining a comprehensive record of all baseball statistical data in a form that makes them useful for researchers and product developers. This databank, once it is fully normalized and proofed, will be the standard source for those professionals creating new data products.”

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