Jonathan Schoop doesn't understand how the OAA metric is calculated.
But he is proud of his outs above average.
"He looks up that stuff all the time," Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Thursday.
Several factors, collected from Statcast technology, are taken into account for infielders, including distance traveled to the intercept point, time needed to reach the intercept point, distance from the base the runner is heading to, and for force plays, the average speed of the runner.
"This season has been a rough season as a group and for me on offense," Schoop, the Tigers' second baseman, said Thursday.