In-class activity #8

If a baseball team’s OBP is 0.361 and SLG is 0.409, how many runs do we expect the team to score?

obp <- 0.361
slg <- 0.409
runs <- -804.63 + 2737.77 * obp + 1584.91 * slg
runs

[1] 831.9332

We expect the team to score around 832 runs

If a baseball team’s opponents OBP (OOBP) is 0.267 and opponents SLG (OSLG) is 0.392, how many runs do we expect the team to allow?

obp <- 0.267
opp_slg <- 0.392
runs <- -837.38 + 2913.60 * obp + 1514.29 * opp_slg
runs

[1] 534.1529

We expect the team to allow around 534 runs