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Re: A good introduction on the concept of the 'contact rate' (this is the article that Rob references in the podcast on 3B, soon to come) <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-4913">4913</a>]</b>
3/18/08, 6:54pm
The main reason that contact rate is important is that it it tied to the DIPS theory:
<b><i><a href="http://www.fantasybaseballgenerals.com/2007/05/understanding-batting-average.html" target="_blank">http://www.fantasybaseballgenerals.com/2007/05/unde<BR>rstanding-batting-average.html<BR></a></i></b>

Essentially, if the percentage of hits per batted ball is roughly constant for a given player, per DIPS, then the more batted balls in play the more hits.  It is more of a mathematical anomaly than anything else, sort of akin to why batters allegedly hit worse with two strikes when in reality it is just a misunderstanding of the formula for batting average.



[vegasman2000 from Garden city/NY]
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