wrcplus: wRC+

In peterxeno/sabermetrics-package: Sabermetrics Functions for Baseball Analytics

Description

wRC+ is a statistic which attempts to credit a hitter for the value of each outcome.

Usage

wrcplus(wRAA, PA, year, parkfactor, leaguewRC)

Arguments

wRAA	Weighted Runs Above Average (see wraa)
PA	Plate Appearances
year	Season
parkfactor	Park Factor
leaguewRC	League wRC

Details

wRC+ is scaled so that league average is 100, and each point above or below 100 is 1 percentage point better or worse than league average

Value

Returns a value equal to (((wRAA/PA + leaguerpa)+(leaguerpa-parkfactor*leaguerpa))/leaguewRC)*100

Note

wRC+ is a commonly used offensive statistic

Author(s)

Peter Xenopoulos

References

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/offense/wrc/

See Also

wraa,woba,wrc

Examples

## The function is currently defined as
function (wRAA, PA, year, parkfactor, leaguewRC) 
{
    leaguerpa <- linearWeights$RPerPA[which(linearWeights$Season == 
        year)]
    wrcplus <- (((wRAA/PA + leaguerpa) + (leaguerpa - parkfactor * 
        leaguerpa))/leaguewRC) * 100
  }

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