- Jun 24, 2008
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I keep stats for offense but basically only look at BA, OBP, SLUG, K/PA, BB/K
I use all to tweak my lineup. I can't keep track in my head of how 12 girls are performing. I swear a girl did great last weekend and when I looked at the book she only got one hit and got on base one other time in 8 PA's. What I remember was her one hit, where she stayed alive for 10 pitches and finally sat on and drove a changeup into left field for a single. I was so impressed with that at bat that it over shadowed the rest of the weekend in my mind.
This is along my lines of thinking. Stats are used solely for the coaches' purposes and their purposes alone. We do not give out stats to the girls or their parents. As another poster said, that's asking for trouble.
I'm most interested in OBP and contact percentage at our age (young 12u). I want to know who is getting on base without producing outs and who is putting the ball in play. Someone asked how stats can help figure out strengths and weaknesses...if I have a girl with a high ct% but a low OBP, it's a pretty good guess that she is not making good, solid contact. Yes, you can get that from watching the games but it's always good to have another means of evaluation and measurement.