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The Mets David Wright not only wrapped up his first gold glove this season, he also came away with a distinquished title as well. You see, he led all of the National League batters except Todd Helton with a counting statistic called Times on base (TOB). The number of times reaching base as a result of hits, walks and hit by pitches. Reaching by error is sometimes included, depending on the context. The interesting thing about the TOB statistic is that you don’t see this data everywhere. You have to search pretty hard and then for the most part you have to dish out some cash to have access to this type of data. With the PI Batting Season Finder search, set to 2007, rank players by times on base. With the subscription, you can see the entire report. Or, at Baseball Prospectus if you are a subscriber you can get this data pretty easy.
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[…] minor leagues that year, and has gone one to become one of the stars of the game. Aside from his NL title of time on base title in 2007 (that he shared with Todd Helton) , his off the field leadership does not […]