2013 Fantasy Baseball Stats You Should Know: LOB % Edition

Chris Sale, SP, Chicago White Sox

Left on base % has become forgotten about over the past few seasons. Fantasy pundits like to pontificate on HR:FB ratio and BABIP, but LOB % (aka, strand rate) rarely gets mentioned these days. LOB % shouldn’t be as ignored as it seems to be.

It’s important to look at the whole picture that the advanced metrics provide. Focusing only on BABIP or HR:FB