OCP, OV, Wins – Update!

Starting in 2020 and moving forward, sacrifice hits and sacrifice flies will be replaced with Productive Outs. Productive Outs include sacrifice hits and sacrifice flies, as well as other out types that advance baserunners. The Productive Outs fit these stats better as an all-encompassing metric to measure each way possible for players to create baserunningContinue reading “OCP, OV, Wins – Update!”

OCP, OV, Wins: Inside the Numbers

OCP: Opportunities Created Percentage; OV: Offensive Value OCP is comparable to Fangraphs’ wOBA as an all-encompassing offensive statistic. OCP is a better metric, because wOBA focuses on a player’s overall offensive ability, whereas OCP focuses on a player’s ability to create baserunning opportunities and scoring chances for both himself and his teammates. OCP measures everyContinue reading “OCP, OV, Wins: Inside the Numbers”