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1. baseballsavant.mlb.com › leaderboard › outs_aboveStatcast Outs Above Average Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com

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   Outs Above Average (OAA) is the cumulative effect of all individual plays a fielder has been credited or debited with, making it a range-based metric of fielding skill that accounts for the number of plays made and the difficulty of them.

2. blogs.fangraphs.com › statcast-oaa-is-nowStatcast OAA Is Now Available on FanGraphs

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   Mar 31, 2022 · The MLB Statcast fielding metric Outs Above Average (OAA) is now available on player pages in the “Advanced Fielding” section and on the leaderboards. We’ve also included the accompanying...

3. www.mlb.com › glossary › statcastOuts Above Average (OAA) | Glossary - MLB.com

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   Outs Above Average (OAA) is a range-based metric of skill that shows how many outs a player has saved. Prior to 2020, OAA was an outfield-only metric. But it has been expanded to include infielders. OAA is calculated differently for outfielders and infielders (details below). Outfielders.

4. www.reddit.com › r › baseballWhat’s the difference between DRS and OAA? I know ... - Reddit

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   OAA is essentially just a range calculation. There are two different OAA calculations, for infield vs. outfield, and for what's worth, OAA for outfielders seems to be more reliable than OAA for infielders.

5. samogden.substack.com › p › outs-above-average-whyOuts Above Average: Why Do We Care? - by Sam Ogden - Substack

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   Jun 9, 2023 · Outs above average (OAA) is a relatively new metric, introduced by Baseball Savant first in 2015 as a metric to evaluate outfielders. In 2020, Savant updated the formula to include infielders as well, and became one of the prime metrics to evaluate the capability of a fielder.

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6. www.tdabaseball.com › post › defensive-metricsDefensive Metrics: Examining How to Evaluate the Game’s Fielders

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   Feb 22, 2023 · OAA stands for Outs Above Average. It is new but has quickly become the favorite defensive stat of many throughout the game of baseball. Rather than measure a fielder’s effectiveness in runs like DRS, OAA is measured in outs and has different calculations for infielders and outfielders.

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   How is OAA calculated for outfielders & infielders?

   • OAA is calculated differently for outfielders and infielders (details below). Outfielders Outs Above Average for outfielders starts with Catch Probability, which takes the distance an outfielder must go, the time he has to get there, and the direction he travels to put a percentage of catch likelihood on each individual batted ball.

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   What is OAA for outfielders?

   • OAA for outfielders is the season-long cumulative expression of each individual Catch Probability play. For example, if an outfielder has a ball hit to him with a 75 percent Catch Probability — that is, one an average outfielder would make three-quarters of the time — and he catches it, he’ll receive a +.25 credit.

   Statcast OAA Is Now Available on FanGraphs

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   Is OAA a good tool for evaluating outfield defense?

   • Eventually, OAA could be a very good tool for evaluating outfield defense. To provide a real comparison to UZR and DRS, we do need OAA to go a bit further, however. I’d like to see those outs converted to runs, as all outs are not the same.

   Statcast’s Outs Above Average and UZR | FanGraphs Baseball

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   Where can I find MLB fielding metric outs above average (OAA)?

   • The MLB Statcast fielding metric Outs Above Average (OAA) is now available on player pages in the “Advanced Fielding” section and on the leaderboards. We’ve also included the accompanying Fielding Runs Prevented metric (RAA), which is OAA converted to runs above average. From MLB.com’s Statcast glossary:

   Statcast OAA Is Now Available on FanGraphs

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   What is outs above average (OAA)?

   • Outs Above Average (OAA) is the cumulative effect of all individual plays a fielder has been credited or debited with, making it a range-based metric of fielding skill that accounts for the number of plays made and the difficulty of them.

   Statcast Outs Above Average Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com

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   Is outs above average a good tool for evaluating outfield defense?

   • Outs Above Average is very promising and the strong year-to-year correlation shows that the MLBAM group is on to something. Eventually, OAA could be a very good tool for evaluating outfield defense. To provide a real comparison to UZR and DRS, we do need OAA to go a bit further, however.

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8. blogs.fangraphs.com › statcasts-outs-above-averageStatcast’s Outs Above Average and UZR | FanGraphs Baseball

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   Jan 10, 2018 · In the case of OAA, the Statcast team has accounted for all the balls that are hit into the outfield, determined how often catches are made based on a fielder’s distance from the ball, and then...