Hello, sports fans!

I have created a new baseball sadistic that I would like to refine and troubleshoot. for the moment I'm naming it Offensive Output per Plate Appearance, or OOPA for short. And, no, it does not measure fart volume while the batter is at the plate. What it attempts to measure is the amount of advancement (measured by the base) that a batter (and as a baserunner also) is responsible for, directly as by a walk, or indirectly, as by advancing a runner. I give credit to a batter for each base he acquires and any bases acquired by the runners he advances. Some tentative rules:
A bases-empty single is worth 1.
A bases empty walk is worth 1.
A strikeout or ball-in-play out is worth 0, unless it advances a runner.
A bases-loaded walk is worth four(four runners each advanced one base.)
A bases-empty homer is worth four also.
A homer with a man on first is worth 7.
A homer with a man on third is worth 5.
A grand salami is worth ten, the max a batter could get.
A perfect average would then be 10.00, indicating a grand slam for each plate appearance.
Sacrificing one runner one base would be a one.
Trying to stretch a single into a double and getting caught would be a zero. One point was given for the single, and then a minus one for erasing the runner.
A caught stealing is a -1.
A steal is a +1.
Hitting into a double play is a -1. (There was a runner on first when the batter came up, and the runner was no longer there afterward, and he didn't score.)
Hitting into a triple play with runners on first and second is a -3 (three bases given up).
Hitting into a triple play with runners on second and third is a -5 ( I Think that would be the worst result possible.)
If you steal a base it is a +1.
If you reach on an error it is a +1. everybody reaches on errors, and maybe some batters, by virtue of the way they hit, are able to manufacture errors.
If a runner steals while you are batting the credit goes to the runner, not the batter. Likewise if the runner is thrown out or picked off.
HBP is worth 1 plus any other runners that advance.


The stat measures offensive production more accurately than any other I've seen. Batting average doesn't take into account runners in scoring position. The playing field isn't necessarily level because some batters will hit with runners on more than other batters, but it gives credit for production when those opportunities are given.

Comments and criticisms are invited.