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Offensive Stats 101 Measuring offense has been one of the most common set of statistics and batting averages can be found in newspapers from the late 1800s. The following formulas, descriptions and statistics will provide you with the common and not-so-common items currently being used to measure offense.

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Offensive Stats 101 Formulas / Definitions / Examples Adjusted Production [APRO or PRO] (On Base Percentage divided by League OBP) + (Slugging Average divided by League SA) -1 The adjusted production statistic is a park and league adjusted version of on base plus slugging percentage. It is specifically used and created by Total