Greenmonsters
Wannabe Duck Boat Owner
I guess I didn't go into too much detail about what we considered a QAB's, and maybe I was wrong in saying that it was less outcome oriented. It is just a different thought process than we grew up tracking. Our QAB criteria covers more of the things that aren't necessarily that stats that show up in typical stat book that most people pay attention to and I'm not talking about the GameChanger QAB's. Did the player do one of the following: Move a runner over, See more than 4 pitches after 2 strikes, barrel up a pitch-still got out, walk, drive in a run, get on base by hitting the ball hard creating an error, seeing more than 8 pitches in ab, get a hit, sac fly, sac bunt, help out the team somehow. Many of these don't really show up in the box score but they helped the team somehow. Having a team goal of .700 QAB's is what we strived for at 14U. It didn't always happen, but it was a goal. When the players are on the bench it gives them something to else to focus on during the game. The game within the game. The softball savvy players really took to it and there were other girls that were checked out that you knew didn't get it or would never get it. Of course, we still kept the traditional stats, but having that additional informational helps out.
I really like the way you are using the QAB concept to keep everyone in the game and to further the girls' understanding of the game. However, as a GC stat, IME QABs seem to be cited most frequently for those hitters that you don't want up in critical situations and those hitters that you want up in those situations have strong primary stats, which, not surprisingly, are accompanied by well above average QAB numbers.