2012 Fantasy Baseball Leaders and Laggards: LOB % Edition

Jered Weaver, SP, Los Angeles Angels

LOB % can work hand in hand with BABIP when evaluating luck. Lower-than-average BABIPs tend to hang out with higher than average LOB percentages and higher than average BABIPs tend to stick with lower than average LOB percentages. It makes perfect sense really. The luckier a pitcher is on balls in play, the more runners he’s likely to strand.

These two stats can, not