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RTAOBP: A New Stat For '08!
Written by wrigleyville   
Wednesday, 07 May 2008

To cement our legacy, Wrigleyville23 is introducing a new stat to the baseball world - The Ryan Theriot Adjusted On-Base Percentage.

It is calculated as such: RTAOBP = (Hits+Walks+HBP-CS-Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop)/Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SF).

To my knowledge - and I may need some help here - Theriot has been thrown out at least twice on the basepaths.

But I will go with two, in addition to being caught stealing six times (in 14 attempts).

Therefore, Theriot's RTAOBP is .349 - well below his official .399 OBP.

Update: The folks at Baseball Think Factory have started a discussion on this, with commenter jwb employing the acronym TOOTBLAN, for Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop - an egregious oversight on my part.

He also asks: "Who determines what a TOOTBLAN is?"

A very fair question, but that would have to fall on the official scorer, much the same way they determine hits vs. errors. For example, Theriot getting thrown out at third last week when he tried to advance on a ball that squirted 10 feet away is clearly a TOOTBLAN. Discuss.

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