Quality at bat

[Ksagrera]

We have our own QAB formula and would like to include HBP in the calculation although system doesn't include HBP in the options to include. Can this please be added. Let me know, Kimble

[FTMSupport]

We will not be including HBP as an option for a QAB. That is a bad pitch by the pitcher, and QAB tries to determine how well the Batter did, not how poorly the pitcher did. We have obviously heard the expression "take one for the team", but do not think it should be encouraged at the youth level as there are safety concerns, and right now iScore is used mostly at the youth level.

We do track HBP however, so you can always look at QAB + HBP if that is something you are interested in seeing.

[FTMSupport]

Did not mean to come off with a negative tone... it is just a question that has come up a couple of times and it is something we have considered in the past when it came up and decided it is not something we want to advocate as a QAB. If there was a solid definition for what constitutes a QAB coming from a definitive source (MLB, ESPN, SI, SaberMetrics, etc), we would follow it. But since we are really defining it ourselves, and mostly in the youth market, we are leaning toward it being a measure of the batter success, not the pitcher failure, and toward safety as well.

[G19]

I understand what you're saying about not encouraging HBP but in my opinion it should be included. In High School, that is a good at bat.
More importantly, we had a player who got hit last night, it didn't count it as a QAB but it did count it as a plate appearance. I know it should count as a PA but you're penalizing his QAB%.
You have a great scorekeeping tool but this is a mistake.

[FTMSupport]

We will add HBP to QAB in an upcoming release so as not to penalize players who are accidentally hit by a pitch, but we are strongly opposed to coaches encouraging children to try to purposefully be hit by a pitch.