In 1999, he batted. 315 with 37 steals and was seventh in the NL in on-base percentage — his. 423 OBP was his ninth year in a row above. 400.

Petagine would go on to substantial minor league success in his early to mid 20's, but even his early stats hinted at the trends that would define — and perhaps curse — his career in American baseball: always having an above-average OBP, but relatively little home run power, by the standards historically applied to first basemen.

In 1946, Stanky hit just. 273, but his 137 walks allowed him to lead the league in OBP with a. 436 figure, edging out Stan Musial — who led in 10 + batting departments.

On May 17, Bautista was named AL Player of the Week after hitting. 444 ( 8-for-18 ) with 20 total bases, four home runs, eight RBI, eight runs scored, a. 565 OBP, and an MLB-best 1. 111 SLG.

On 13 May 2003, the European Commission declared the Odessa-Brody-Płock oil transportation project as a project of Pan-European interest and the trilateral EU-Ukraine-Poland Joint Expert Working Group ( OBP JEWG ) was created.

Some argue that the OPS formula is flawed and that more weight should be shifted towards OBP ( on base percentage ).

In baseball statistics, on-base percentage ( OBP ; sometimes referred to as on-base average / OBA, as the statistic is rarely presented as a true percentage ) is a measure of how often a batter reaches base for any reason other than a fielding error, fielder's choice, dropped / uncaught third strike, fielder's obstruction, or catcher's interference ( the latter two are ignored as either times-on-base ( TOB ) or plate appearances in calculating OBP ).

Also, it is often erroneously cited that total plate appearances is the divisor ( i. e., denominator ) used in calculating on base percentage ( OBP ), an alternative measurement of a player's offensive performance ; in reality, the OBP denominator does not include certain PAs, such as times reached via either catcher ’ s interference or fielder ’ s obstruction.

Rickey, in Life magazine, suggested that combining OBP with what he called " extra base power " ( EBP ) would give a better indicator of player performance than typical Triple Crown stats.

where OBP is on base percentage, SLG is slugging average, AB is at-bats and TB is total bases.

In 549 career games played, Ward has batted. 259 ( 384-1485 ), with 65 HRs, 254 RBI, 155 runs, 80 doubles and four triples, with an on base percentage ( OBP ) of. 306 and slugging percentage ( SLG ) of. 447.

In the first five games of the ALCS, Cabrera hit. 565 OBP, as well as a home run and four doubles, one of them off of the third base bag.

Combined with 107 walks, which were tied for second most in the NL with Cupid Childs and behind only Billy Hamilton, Kelley posted a. 502 on base percentage ( OBP ), finishing second in the NL to Hamilton, and hit 48 doubles, good for second in the NL, behind only Hugh Duffy.

He led the league for the second year in a row in both on base percentage (. 477 ; a career best, and still the highest OBP in the AL since 1995 ) and walks ( 129 ).

However, Rollins ' overall poor postseason performance continued, batting only. 234 with an OBP of. 306 and only 3 extra base hits in 64 at-bats.

At the time of his selection, he led the MLB in home runs ( 26 ), walks ( 70 ), OBP (. 471 ), slugging percentage (. 679 ), OPS ( 1. 150 ), times on base ( 160 ) and was also in second place for runs scored ( 64 ), total bases ( 182 ) and extra base hits ( 41 ).

In his minor league career through 2005, he batted. 299 with a. 442 OBP while playing 340 games at third base, 59 at first base, and 2 at second base.

While he batted. 288 for the season, with men on base, he hit. 340 with a. 435 OBP.

His need for a high on base percentage ( OBP ) exceeds that of the other lineup spots.

Wigginton was brought up to the major league Mets for the first time in as a third baseman and had a promising partial rookie season with the Mets, batting. 302 with a. 354 on base percentage ( OBP ) and. 526 slugging percentage ( SLG ) in 116 at-bats.

After becoming an everyday player in 1973, he did not have an on-base average below. 370 until his final year ; his OBP was above. 400 five times and over. 390 ( about 60 points above the league average ) an additional three times, ending his career with an impressive. 388 on base percentage.

He had a. 329 on base percentage ( OBP ) and a. 407 slugging percentage ( SLG ).

Graffanino is primarily a contact hitter ( just 481 strikeouts in 2787 big-league at-bats ) who is able to get on base ( career. 336 OBP ) – and his speed is above average, with 53 stolen bases in 78 attempts.

where OBP is on-base percentage and SLG is slugging average.

In 1938, Greenberg led the league in runs scored ( 144 ) and at-bats per home run ( 9. 6 ), tied for the AL lead in walks ( 119 ), was second in RBIs ( 146 ), slugging percentage (. 683 ), and total bases ( 380 ), and third in OBP (. 438 ) and set a still-standing major league record of 39 homers in his home park, the newly reconfigured Briggs Stadium.

The. 553 OBP stood as a major league record until it was broken by Barry Bonds in 2002 and his. 735 slugging percentage was highest mark in the major leagues between 1932 and 1994.

Long after it was first invented, slugging percentage gained new significance when baseball analysts realized that it combined with on-base percentage ( OBP ) to form a very good measure of a player's overall offensive production ( in fact, OBP + SLG was originally referred to as " production " by baseball writer and statistician Bill James ).

He earned career-bests in batting average (. 326 ), hits ( 164 ) and On-base percentage ( OBP ) (. 442 ), while playing in 142 games.

He had 13 consecutive seasons with enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title and an on-base percentage less than. 325, a major league record ( His career OBP was slightly better than the shortstops ' one during those years ;. 311 vs. 309 ).

He finished with. 265 AVG,. 306 OBP, and. 401 slugging percentage with 87 home runs and 74 RBI.

Justice finished his career as a. 279 hitter, with a. 378 OBP and. 500 slugging percentage, 305 home runs, 903 walks and 1017 RBI in 1610 games.

His breakout years were in 1992 through 1994, as he moved through the minors to Triple-A, cumulatively averaging an OBP above. 400 and a. 500 + slugging percentage.

Appling was a good leadoff hitter who topped the. 400 mark in OBP eight times ( 1935 – 1937, 1939 – 1940, 1943, 1948 – 1949 ) and drew over 100 walks three times ( 1935, 1939, 1949 ), though he often batted third due to a lack of offensive talent on the White Sox.

While well known for his tendency to strike out, he also developed a patience at the plate which allowed him to walk 100 times in a season twice ( 1993, 1997 ) and to post a career OBP of. 359.

In 2004, Berkman's average increased to. 316, and his OBP was. 450, having walked 127 times.

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Their offense was paced by yet another MVP season from Bonds ( 45 HR, 90 RBI,. 341 BA, 148 BB, and an OBP of. 529 ).

His. 376 OBP and BB / K ratio of greater than 1: 1 seemed to prove that correct.

The record for the highest career OBP by a hitter, based on over 3000 plate appearances, is. 482 by Ted Williams.

The lowest is by Bill Bergen, who had an OBP of. 194.

In the 2002 season, the Giants finished 2nd in the NL West behind the Arizona Diamondbacks, bolstered by another MVP season for Barry Bonds ( 46 HR, 110 RBI,. 370 BA, a then-record 198 walks and a. 582 OBP ) and Jeff Kent ( 37 HR, 108 RBI and. 313 BA ).

He hit 33 doubles, 11 triples, drove in 82 runs, slugged. 512 ( by far the highest mark of his long career ), and had a. 432 OBP ( also a career best ).

Ward slumped later in the season, slowed down by a wrist injury, and finished hitting. 249 with 15 HR and 57 RBI, with a. 306 OBP and. 474 SLG.

Ward was signed on December 7, 2006 by the Chicago Cubs to a one-year deal worth $ 1. 05 million after hitting. 308 with a. 380 OBP in 2006 for Washington and Atlanta in 150 combined plate appearances.

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While finishing fourth in the race for the batting title at. 333, he led the league in OBP at. 431, helped by his league-leading walk total of 94.

" In the 7-game ALCS against the Indians he hit three more home runs, had 14 hits ( tying the LCS record jointly held by Hideki Matsui and Albert Pujols since 2004 ), and scored 10 runs ( bettering Matsui's 2004 ALCS record ) while batting. 500 ( another new ALCS record, bettering Bob Boone's. 455 in 1986 ) with a. 576 OBP and a. 929 slugging percentage.

In 2009, Youkilis was 2nd in the AL in OBP (. 413 ) and OPS (. 961 ), 4th in hit by pitch ( 16 ), 5th in slugging percentage (. 548 ), and batted. 305 overall and. 362 with runners in scoring position.

Typically the greatest hitters for a combination of power and OBP on their teams bat third, as is shown by the use of such hitters as Babe Ruth, Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Mickey Mantle, Carl Yastrzemski, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto, Miguel Cabrera, Josh Hamilton, Evan Longoria, Jose Bautista, and Hank Aaron in this position in the lineup.

During the 1950s, the OBP began to develop a more service oriented programme run by its own members rather than working with programmes run by other organizations ( the exception to this being camps ).

While camping had been a steady part of the OBP program since its inception, the OBP had always participated in the operation of camps run by other organizations, but never its own.

In 1937, in an attempt to expand the number of people that could be involved, the OBP experimented by attempting to hold three separate parliaments around the province, instead of the one in Victoria.

The OBP ’ s ability to use the Legislative Chambers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the capital city of Victoria was threatened by those offended by the OBP allowing Asian members to attend.