woba_plus function

Calculate wOBA and related metrics for any set of data

This function allows you to calculate wOBA for any given set of data, provided the right variables are in the data set. The function currently returns both wOBA per plate appearance on wOBA per instance of fair contact.

woba_plus(df)

Arguments

• df: A data frame of statistics that includes, at a minimum, the following columns: uBB (unintentional walks), HBP (Hit By Pitch), X1B (singles), X2B (doubles), X3B (triples), HR (home runs), AB (at-bats), SH (sacrifice hits), SO (strike outs), and season.

Returns

Returns a tibble with the wOBA factors calculated and the following columns:

col_name	types
bbref_id	character
season	integer
Name	character
Age	numeric
Level	character
Team	character
G	numeric
PA	numeric
AB	numeric
R	numeric
H	numeric
X1B	numeric
X2B	numeric
X3B	numeric
HR	numeric
RBI	numeric
BB	numeric
IBB	numeric
uBB	numeric
SO	numeric
HBP	numeric
SH	numeric
SF	numeric
GDP	numeric
SB	numeric
CS	numeric
BA	numeric
OBP	numeric
SLG	numeric
OPS	numeric
wOBA	numeric
wOBA_CON	numeric

Examples

try({
   df <- bref_daily_batter("2015-08-01", "2015-10-03") 
   woba_plus(df)
 })