Current Hitting Stats

[AustinTXSooner]

This is a quick look at how our hitters are doing before we start the conference schedule. This is sorted by OPS, which is simply OBP+SLG. For those unfamiliar, OPS is a quick and easy way to measure a hitter's effectiveness with one number. Is it perfect? No. But it's way better than AVG, which is usually what you see on TV. The theory behind it is that OBP measures a hitter's ability to not make an out. SLG measures a hitter's ability to move runners around the bases. Those are the two most important components for scoring runs. The beauty of it is that you generally don't need a spreadsheet to calculate OPS, although that's what I used here.

The "sample size" is still low enough that a good or bad streak has a significant impact on the numbers. That will start to even out as we move through the season.

The raw numbers are from: https://stats.ncaa.org/team/522/stats?g ... y_id=15060

Player	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	HR	RBI	OPS
Brito, Alyssa	.439	.500	.930	57	7	20	1.430
Jennings, Tiare	.431	.485	.845	58	6	22	1.330
Sanders, Cydney	.324	.511	.735	34	4	11	1.246
Pickering, Kasidi	.458	.518	.708	48	3	16	1.226
Parker, Ella	.395	.491	.721	43	4	18	1.212
Hansen, Kinzie	.385	.459	.731	52	5	12	1.190
Boone, Rylie	.449	.509	.571	49		11	1.080
Ludlam, Riley	.379	.441	.621	29	2	11	1.062
Coleman, Jayda	.393	.465	.554	56	2	15	1.019
Torres, Alynah	.343	.425	.514	35	1	8	.939
Hodge, Avery	.263	.348	.474	19		4	.822
Lilio, Quincee	.100	.308	.200	10			.508
Coor, Hannah	.154	.267	.154	13		1	.421
Bland, Maya	.000	.400	.000	3		1	.400

The expectations of OU fans would probably be 1.000 or higher. But we often play teams that have starters with a .600 OPS or less. Iowa St has a catcher that's started 10 games with a .246 OPS. Spelhaug, who has been their leadoff hitter the last couple of years, has a .719 OPS. As a team, Iowa St has a .907 OPS

Last year, Erin Coffel from Kentucky led the NCAA with 1.605. Skylar Wallace was 2nd with a 1.575 and Taryn Kern was 3rd with a 1.520. I haven't found anyone else above 1.500. That means that Brito's numbers are really good so far. So are Jennings.

[AustinTXSooner]

For comparison, here are Iowa States top 10 hitters by AB.

#	Player	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	HR	RBI	OPS
23	Allen, Angelina	.543	.590	1.000	70	8	26	1.590
0	Ochoa, Milaysia	.365	.488	.587	63	2	10	1.075
5	Ranches, Alesia	.286	.444	.554	56	3	12	.998
50	Minor, Ashley	.291	.391	.527	55	3	17	.918
22	Johnson, Tatum	.211	.483	.421	19	1	4	.904
29	Poole, Tiana	.277	.393	.426	47	1	8	.819
30	Wardrow, Olivia	.373	.407	.392	51		6	.799
1	Spelhaug, Carli	.238	.290	.429	63	3	8	.719
24	Marin, Camille	.276	.324	.345	29		2	.669
6	Andrews, McKenna	.167	.259	.208	24		4	.467