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What is the best advanced metrics in baseball? ›

Some are easy to understand, but others are a bit complex. Starting off with hitting, the most commonly-used advanced metrics are on-base percentage (OBP), slugging percentage (SLG), and on-base plus slugging (OPS), which is a sum of the two.

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Baseball Savant's search page allows you to query MLB's Statcast database on a per-pitch, per-game, per-player, per-team, and per-season basis. Definitions for each Statcast metric may be found in the MLB Glossary.

Each batted ball is assigned an xBA based on how often comparable balls -- in terms of exit velocity, launch angle and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed -- have become hits since Statcast was implemented Major League-wide in 2015. For example, Ronald Acuña Jr. led qualifying MLB hitters with a .

OBP (On-Base Percentage) – it's the number of times a batter reaches base by hits, walks or being hit by pitch, divided by his plate appearances (all at bats, walks, times hit by pitch, sacrifice flies). It is sometimes referred to as on-base average/OBA, as it is rarely presented as a true percentage.

Nomar Mazara, Texas Rangers - 505 feet (2019)

On June 21st, 2019, Mazara smashed a 94.7 mile-per-hour fastball from Reynaldo Lopéz in a game against the White Sox- setting the Statcast era record for the longest home run ever.

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The main characteristic of a sweeper is a large amount of horizontal movement, as opposed to a traditional slider, which has "tighter" break. A sweeper tends to be thrown slower than a traditional slider, which gives it more time to "sweep" across the strike zone.

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What is a good batting average? ›

In modern times, a season batting average of . 300 or higher is considered to be excellent, and an average higher than . 400 a nearly unachievable goal.

Aaron Hicks registered the fastest throw recorded by Statcast, at 105.5 miles per hour (169.8 km/h).

He launched a 121.7 mph homer against Texas in August 2018 -- the big league record in the Statcast era -- and a 121.3 mph shot at Washington in July 2020 that ranks second.

Advanced Pitching & Batting Analytics

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The best metrics for pitcher performance are FIP, HR/9, ERA, BB/9 for starters and GB%, FB%, and K/9 for relievers.