Slugging percentage vs On-Base Percentage

[Yoda]

Hmmm our leagues has voted to change AVG to OBP. OPS would give too much value bump up for power hitters no?

[Matthias]

If all your other categories are std 5x5, then yes.

[jake_harv88]

I did a league once where we used OBP instead of AVE and SLG instead of HR. It was pretty entertaining. Just throwin' that out there...

[neoforce]

Hmmm our leagues has voted to change AVG to OBP. OPS would give too much value bump up for power hitters no?

Agreed.

I did a league once where we used OBP instead of AVE and SLG instead of HR. It was pretty entertaining. Just throwin' that out there...

I like using OBP over AVE because in the SABR age it is clear which of those two is a better indicator.

But call me a traditionalist when it comes to HR over SLG. The joy of watching/listening to a game and hearing your guy hit that HR and know you just added to your total is something special. I'm not sure I want to wait to figure out how his home run impacts another ratio stat.

Of course it is complicated by the fact that R and RBI are also incremented with the home run, so you could argue the joy of the HR is still there. But I don't really want to lose that stat.

Hmmm. maybe we should have a thread where we debate some totally different 5x5, using other stats, including say, plate appearances?

[Curtis Pride]

BA, IsoD, IsoP, Net Steals, R+RBI-HR