ORA is a stat calculated by a computer program that can tell you the average number of runs a player would score in a nine inning game. The simplest way to picture it is that if every player in baseball were the player you are evaluating then ORA would be the average MLB pitcher's ERA. For more info on how it works click read more at the bottom of this entry, or the button below.
I created this stat earlier this year, and just created a page explaining it. On this page I released the top 97 ORAs of 2014. I will be releasing all 2015 qualifying players a few days after the end of the season. My sneak preview here is that Bryce Harper will runaway with a ORA that is currently 10.91 and will certainly not change to much. That crushes Victor Martinez's league leading ORA last season which was 7.88. The stat has some similarities to OPS in that it incorporates the different values of getting on base and how far around the bases your hit gets you. However the way in which ORA is calculated gives every kind of hit (or walk) the value it deserves and has an applicable meaning behind the stat, in the form of a run value instead of just a meaningless value from 0.ooo to 5.000. |