top of page
Search
a fan

wOBA (Weighed on base average)

Updated: Oct 30, 2020

Here are some explanations of what wOBA is



I aggregated this at the TEAM level rather than at the player level. Please correct us if you have any concerns about doing this at the team level.


Note: Credit where credit is due. Pulled this query down from Matt Dennewitz's github


Modified it slightly to group it by year/team/Home&Road/1st&2nd half of the season


This assumes you have loaded/imported the event files from retrosheet into your own database (ie, MySQL).


Feel free to use this

-----------------------


# Replace these parameters with what you want to use.

SET @fromYear = '2004';

SET @thruYear = '2019';

SET @startInning = 7; # Start from the 7th inning

SET @secondHalfStartMonth = 7; # July


select

s.Team,

s.ind,

round((

(

(.689 * s.bb)

+ (.722 * s.hbp)

+ (.892 * s._1b)

+ (1.283 * s._2b)

+ (1.635 * s._3b)

+ (2.135 * s.hr)

) / (s.ab + s.bb + s.sf + s.hbp)

), 3) * 1000 as woba

from (

select

case

when e.home_team_id = 'FLO' then 'MIA'

when e.home_team_id = 'MON' then 'WAS'

else e.home_team_id

end

as Team

,'H1' as ind

, sum(case when (pa_new_fl = 'T' and pa_trunc_fl = 'F') then 1 else 0 end) as pa

, sum(case when ab_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) ab

, sum(case when event_cd = '14' then 1 else 0 end) as bb

, sum(case when event_cd = '15' then 1 else 0 end) as ibb

, sum(case when event_cd = '16' then 1 else 0 end) as hbp

, sum(case when event_cd = '20' then 1 else 0 end) as _1b

, sum(case when event_cd = '21' then 1 else 0 end) as _2b

, sum(case when event_cd = '22' then 1 else 0 end) as _3b

, sum(case when event_cd = '23' then 1 else 0 end) as hr

, sum(case when sf_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as sf

, sum(case when bat_safe_err_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as rboe

from

events e

, games g

where

e.game_id = g.game_id

and e.inn_ct >= @startInning

and e.year_id >= @fromYear and e.year_id <= @thruYear

and EXTRACT(MONTH FROM g.game_dt) < @secondHalfStartMonth

and e.BAT_HOME_ID = 1

group by

Team, 2

) s

union

select

s.Team,

s.ind,

round((

(

(.689 * s.bb)

+ (.722 * s.hbp)

+ (.892 * s._1b)

+ (1.283 * s._2b)

+ (1.635 * s._3b)

+ (2.135 * s.hr)

) / (s.ab + s.bb + s.sf + s.hbp)

), 3) * 1000 as woba

from (

select

case

when e.away_team_id = 'FLO' then 'MIA'

when e.away_team_id = 'MON' then 'WAS'

else e.away_team_id

end

as Team

, 'R1' as ind

, sum(case when (pa_new_fl = 'T' and pa_trunc_fl = 'F') then 1 else 0 end) as pa

, sum(case when ab_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) ab

, sum(case when event_cd = '14' then 1 else 0 end) as bb

, sum(case when event_cd = '15' then 1 else 0 end) as ibb

, sum(case when event_cd = '16' then 1 else 0 end) as hbp

, sum(case when event_cd = '20' then 1 else 0 end) as _1b

, sum(case when event_cd = '21' then 1 else 0 end) as _2b

, sum(case when event_cd = '22' then 1 else 0 end) as _3b

, sum(case when event_cd = '23' then 1 else 0 end) as hr

, sum(case when sf_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as sf

, sum(case when bat_safe_err_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as rboe

from

events e

, games g

where

e.game_id = g.game_id

and e.inn_ct >= @startInning

and e.year_id >= @fromYear and e.year_id <= @thruYear

and EXTRACT(MONTH FROM g.game_dt) < @secondHalfStartMonth

and e.BAT_HOME_ID = 0

group by

Team, 2

) s


#

# 2nd half of the season

#

union

select

s.Team,

s.ind,

round((

(

(.689 * s.bb)

+ (.722 * s.hbp)

+ (.892 * s._1b)

+ (1.283 * s._2b)

+ (1.635 * s._3b)

+ (2.135 * s.hr)

) / (s.ab + s.bb + s.sf + s.hbp)

), 3) * 1000 as woba

from (

select

case

when e.home_team_id = 'FLO' then 'MIA'

when e.home_team_id = 'MON' then 'WAS'

else e.home_team_id

end

as Team

,'H2' as ind

, sum(case when (pa_new_fl = 'T' and pa_trunc_fl = 'F') then 1 else 0 end) as pa

, sum(case when ab_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) ab

, sum(case when event_cd = '14' then 1 else 0 end) as bb

, sum(case when event_cd = '15' then 1 else 0 end) as ibb

, sum(case when event_cd = '16' then 1 else 0 end) as hbp

, sum(case when event_cd = '20' then 1 else 0 end) as _1b

, sum(case when event_cd = '21' then 1 else 0 end) as _2b

, sum(case when event_cd = '22' then 1 else 0 end) as _3b

, sum(case when event_cd = '23' then 1 else 0 end) as hr

, sum(case when sf_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as sf

, sum(case when bat_safe_err_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as rboe

from

events e

, games g

where

e.game_id = g.game_id

and e.inn_ct >= @startInning

and e.year_id >= @fromYear and e.year_id <= @thruYear

and EXTRACT(MONTH FROM g.game_dt) >= @secondHalfStartMonth

and e.BAT_HOME_ID = 1

group by

Team, 2

) s

union

select

s.Team,

s.ind,

round((

(

(.689 * s.bb)

+ (.722 * s.hbp)

+ (.892 * s._1b)

+ (1.283 * s._2b)

+ (1.635 * s._3b)

+ (2.135 * s.hr)

) / (s.ab + s.bb + s.sf + s.hbp)

), 3) * 1000 as woba

from (

select

case

when e.away_team_id = 'FLO' then 'MIA'

when e.away_team_id = 'MON' then 'WAS'

else e.away_team_id

end

as Team

, 'R2' as ind

, sum(case when (pa_new_fl = 'T' and pa_trunc_fl = 'F') then 1 else 0 end) as pa

, sum(case when ab_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) ab

, sum(case when event_cd = '14' then 1 else 0 end) as bb

, sum(case when event_cd = '15' then 1 else 0 end) as ibb

, sum(case when event_cd = '16' then 1 else 0 end) as hbp

, sum(case when event_cd = '20' then 1 else 0 end) as _1b

, sum(case when event_cd = '21' then 1 else 0 end) as _2b

, sum(case when event_cd = '22' then 1 else 0 end) as _3b

, sum(case when event_cd = '23' then 1 else 0 end) as hr

, sum(case when sf_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as sf

, sum(case when bat_safe_err_fl = 'T' then 1 else 0 end) as rboe

from

events e

, games g

where

e.game_id = g.game_id

and e.inn_ct >= @startInning

and e.year_id >= @fromYear and e.year_id <= @thruYear

and EXTRACT(MONTH FROM g.game_dt) >= @secondHalfStartMonth

and e.BAT_HOME_ID = 0

group by

Team, 2

) s


where

s.ab > 0

order by

1, 2

;


 

You can use a tool like MySQL workbench to run it. Then you can export it into a spreadsheet and graph it with Python and/or R or your favorite analysis language.



30 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comentarios


bottom of page