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The maximum ISO is 3.000, and can only be attained by hitting a home run in every at-bat. The term "isolated power" was coined by Bill James , but the concept dates back to Branch Rickey and his statistician Allan Roth.
For example, in 1990, Bill James identified Eric Davis as the most productive batter with a career average below .275; in spite of his low batting average, Davis had a career secondary average of .504, which was the highest of any active player at the time. [3]
The highest single-season power–speed number was recorded in 2024 by Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, with 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases for a power-speed number of 56.39. It was previously held by Ronald Acuña Jr. who hit 41 home runs and stole 73 bases in 2023 to record a power–speed number of 52.51.
Speed Score, often simply abbreviated to Spd, is a statistic used in Sabermetric studies to evaluate a baseball player's speed. It was invented by Bill James, and first appeared in the 1987 edition of the Bill James Baseball Abstract.
A hitter with a .400 on-base percentage is considered to be great [2] and rare; [3] only 61 players in MLB history with at least 3,000 career plate appearances (PA) have maintained such an OBP. Left fielder Ted Williams, who played 19 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, has the highest career on-base percentage, .4817, in MLB history. [4]
In baseball, wOBA (or weighted on-base average) [1] is a statistic, based on linear weights, [2] designed to measure a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. It is formed from taking the observed run values of various offensive events, dividing by a player's plate appearances, and scaling the result to be on the same ...
Tom Brady welcomed in 2025 surrounded by his children. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, the NFL icon, 47, shared photos from his New Year's celebrations with his son John "Jack" Edward Thomas, 17, whom he ...
Despite its simple calculation, OPS is a controversial measurement. OPS weighs on-base percentage and slugging percentage equally. However, on-base percentage correlates better with scoring runs. [9] Statistics such as wOBA build on this distinction using linear weights. Additionally, the components of OPS are not typically equal (league ...