How the score is built
Each outcome is fit as logit P = μ + βbatter + πpitcher across every plate appearance in the season, so hitter and pitcher skill are solved together rather than one being assumed. The adjusted column is this player against a league-average opponent; the run value is that rate priced by its wOBA weight (a walk is worth .690 runs, a home run 2.015), and those values sum to the adjusted wOBA above.
| Outcome | Actual | Adjusted | League | Run value | Regressed, PA |
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| Walk / HBP | 7.9% | 8.8% | 9.1% | 0.0608 | 145 |
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| Strikeout | 26.3% | 25.3% | 22.9% | 0.0000 | 54 |
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| Single | 11.8% | 13.5% | 14.0% | 0.1186 | 265 |
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| Double | 0.0% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 0.0507 | 1914 |
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| Triple | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0047 | 499 |
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| Home run | 0.0% | 2.1% |
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Regressed is how many plate appearances of league-average performance are blended in before a rate is believed — estimated from the spread of the league itself, not chosen. Strikeout rate separates hitters quickly and is barely touched; doubles are mostly noise and are pulled hard toward average. It is why a hot 30-PA cameo does not top this list.
The opponent effect is usually small over a full season, and that is a finding rather than a shortcoming: individual pitchers differ enormously (wOBA allowed spans roughly .263 to .342), but across hundreds of plate appearances almost everyone faces a near-representative sample. The adjustment moves part-time players far more than regulars.
