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Who is Counting Anyway

Posted on March 16, 2025 by davidbloom

The Quad post introduced the counting stats in Total Bases and Times on Base, as opposed to rate stats, such as On Base Percentage and Slugging percentage.

The formula for Times on Base (TOB) is

  • (H + BB + HBP)

The formula for Total Bases (TB) is

  • (Total hits - 2b -3b - HR) + (2b x 2) + (3b x 3) + (HR x 4)

I have always had a hard time finding these two metrics together, so I decided to pull them myself. I pulled 2007 data based on a mininum of 300 ABs.

nameLast nameFirst TOB TB
       
Rodriguez Alex 299 376
Ortiz David 297 341
Helton Todd 296 275
Wright David 296 330
Ordonez Magglio 294 354
Sizemore Grady 292 290
Pujols Albert 291 321
Suzuki Ichiro 290 292
Holliday Matt 289 386
Jeter Derek 276 289
Cabrera Miguel 272 332
Ramirez Hanley 271 359
Roberts Brian 269 268
Reyes Jose 269 287
Fielder Prince 269 354
Rollins Jimmy 268 380
Guerrero Vladimir 266 314
Lee Derrek 260 291
Abreu Bobby 258 269
Berkman Lance 258 286
Markakis Nick 257 309
Rowand Aaron 255 315
Jones Chipper 255 310
Howard Ryan 254 309
Hafner Travis 254 246
Young Michael 253 267
Rios Alexis 252 320
Utley Chase 251 300
Swisher Nick 251 245
Posada Jorge 251 275
Atkins Garrett 251 294
Pena Carlos 251 307
Gonzalez Adrian 250 324
Polanco Placido 248 269
Lee Carlos 247 331
Lowell Mike 247 295
Byrnes Eric 246 288
Youkilis Kevin 244 239
Dunn Adam 244 289
DeJesus David 244 225
Tulowitzki Troy 243 292
Granderson Curtis 242 338
Cabrera Orlando 241 253
Martinez Victor 241 284
Burrell Pat 239 237
Kearns Austin 239 241
Zimmerman Ryan 238 299
Vidro Jose 236 216
Cano Robinson 236 301
Uggla Dan 236 303
Francoeur Jeff 235 285
Pierre Juan 235 236
Thomas Frank 235 255
Hawpe Brad 234 278
Guillen Jose 232 273
Martin Russell 232 253
Griffey Ken 232 262
Matsui Hideki 232 267
Phillips Brandon 232 315
Bonds Barry 229 192
Morneau Justin 229 290
Winn Randy 229 264
Johnson Kelly 227 238
Guillen Carlos 225 283
Sheffield Gary 224 228
Hudson Orlando 224 228
Beltran Carlos 224 291
Ibanez Raul 223 275
Sanchez Freddy 223 266
Blake Casey 223 257
Konerko Paul 223 269
Cuddyer Michael 222 237
Ramirez Manny 221 238
Crawford Carl 221 272
Peralta Jhonny 220 247
Thome Jim 220 243
Willingham Josh 220 241
Pedroia Dustin 219 230
LaRoche Adam 218 258
Hill Aaron 218 279
Hunter Torii 217 303
Stewart Shannon 217 227
Ellis Mark 215 257
Young Delmon 215 263
Furcal Rafael 213 206
Teahen Mark 213 223
Cameron Mike 213 246
Damon Johnny 212 211
DeRosa Mark 212 211
Kent Jeff 211 247
Renteria Edgar 211 232
Upton B.J. 211 241
Soriano Alfonso 208 324
Bautista Jose 207 220
Cust Jack 207 199
Drew J.D. 206 197
Millar Kevin 205 200
Lopez Felipe 205 212
Jones Andruw 205 236
Hardy J.J. 205 274
Ramirez Aramis 204 278
Beltre Adrian 204 287
Tejada Miguel 203 227
Huff Aubrey 203 243
Delgado Carlos 202 241
Bay Jason 201 225
Iwamura Akinori 199 202
Giles Brian 199 201
Hart Corey 198 272
Kinsler Ian 198 213
Willits Reggie 198 148
Encarnacion Edwin 198 220
Figgins Chone 197 191
Cabrera Melky 197 213
Harris Brendan 195 226
Wells Vernon 195 235
Garko Ryan 194 234
Bartlett Jason 193 184
Drew Stephen 192 201
Theriot Ryan 192 186
Crisp Coco 192 201
Greene Khalil 192 286
Young Dmitri 192 226
Varitek Jason 190 183
Gonzalez Luis 189 201
Gordon Alex 188 223
Kotchman Casey 188 207
Weeks Rickie 188 177
Matthews Gary 187 216
Church Ryan 185 218
Wilson Jack 185 210
Young Chris 184 266
Lugo Julio 183 199
Belliard Ron 183 218
Braun Ryan 182 286
Loretta Mark 179 171
Mauer Joe 179 173
Mora Melvin 178 195
Dye Jermaine 178 247
Hermida Jeremy 178 215
Inge Brandon 178 191
Ethier Andre 177 202
McCann Brian 176 228
Kouzmanoff Kevin 175 221
Casey Sean 175 178
Jackson Conor 175 194
Victorino Shane 175 193
Pence Hunter 174 246
Johnson Dan 173 174
Green Shawn 172 192
Vizquel Omar 171 162
Betancourt Yuniesky 171 224
Feliz Pedro 171 233
Eckstein David 170 166
Grudzielanek Mark 168 193
Glaus Troy 167 182
Jones Jacque 165 181
Johjima Kenji 165 210
Hatteberg Scott 164 171
Bard Josh 161 157
Byrd Marlon 161 190
Uribe Juan 158 202
Hall Bill 158 192
Pierzynski A.J. 157 190
Lopez Jose 157 186
Durham Ray 156 159
Kubel Jason 156 188
Biggio Craig 156 197
Nady Xavier 155 205
Paulino Ronny 155 178
Molina Bengie 154 215
Schneider Brian 154 137
Punto Nick 154 128
Garciaparra Nomar 153 160
Duncan Chris 153 180
Matsui Kazuo 152 166
Anderson Garret 151 205
Lo Duca Paul 151 168
Rodriguez Ivan 151 211
Pena Tony 150 181
Overbay Lyle 150 166
Stairs Matt 149 196
Patterson Corey 149 178
Scott Luke 149 186
Jenkins Geoff 148 198
Taveras Willy 147 142
Rolen Scott 146 156
Jacobs Mike 146 195
Miles Aaron 146 144
Sexson Richie 145 173
Roberts Dave 145 144
Reynolds Mark 144 181
Amezaga Alfredo 144 143
Ruiz Carlos 144 148
Giles Marcus 143 133
Loney James 143 185
Sosa Sammy 141 193
Alou Moises 141 172
Klesko Ryan 141 145
Torrealba Yorvit 141 149
Diaz Matt 141 178
German Esteban 140 131
Gonzalez Alex 139 184
Estrada Johnny 137 178
Wigginton Ty 137 173
Lofton Kenny 137 139
Payton Jay 136 163
Escobar Yunel 136 144
Harris Willie 136 135
Hernandez Ramon 136 139
Castillo Luis 135 123
Molina Yadier 134 130
McLouth Nate 133 151
Zaun Gregg 133 136
Edmonds Jim 133 147
Izturis Maicer 130 136
Snyder Chris 129 141
Lamb Mike 129 141
Iguchi Tadahito 128 125
Gomes Jonny 127 160
Fields Josh 127 179
Catalanotto Frank 125 147
Butler Billy 125 147
Owens Jerry 125 111
Scutaro Marco 125 122
Ausmus Brad 125 113
Olivo Miguel 123 183
Buck John 123 149
Laird Gerald 123 142
Wilkerson Brad 123 158
Kendrick Howie 122 152
Navarro Dioner 122 138
Hopper Norris 122 119
Nixon Trot 121 103
Brown Emil 119 127
Barfield Josh 119 136
Taguchi So 118 113
Dobbs Greg 118 146
Blum Geoff 117 121
Chavez Eric 116 152
Ludwick Ryan 114 145
Gload Ross 110 141
Aurilia Rich 109 121
Tyner Jason 108 108
Burke Chris 108 114
Erstad Darin 105 104
Logan Nook 105 112
Crosby Bobby 104 119
Piazza Mike 103 128
Monroe Craig 98 128
McDonald John 95 109
Cruz Nelson 95 118
Ross Dave 93 124

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3 Responses to “Who is Counting Anyway”

  1. D T, on March 16th, 2008 at 2:05 pm Said:

    So what am I supposed to make of this? Did anything stand out to you when reviewing the data?

  2. davidbloom, on March 16th, 2008 at 3:10 pm Said:

    Well for the NL MVP debate, Holliday beats Rollins in both the TB and TOB.

    In fact, the TB on base is the only category where Rollins shows up in the top 10 in MLB for the TB,TOB,OBP,SLG.

    The one category above where Rollins is in the Top 10, Holliday is the MLB leader (in TB).

    Holliday places in the top 10 in MLB for each category of TB,TOB,OBP,SLG.

    Its a shame the MLB writers don’t drill down on numbers such as these.

  3. Harry Pavlidis, on March 16th, 2008 at 7:42 pm Said:

    How ’bout a third column with outs? That will really show a part of the Rollins picture.

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