Method · outs_above_average@v1

Outs Above Average

Statcast's defensive measure: how many outs a fielder made compared with what an average fielder would have made on the same chances, accounting for how hard each ball was hit, how far he had to go, and how much time he had. Zero is average.

The filter, exactly as it runs

outs_above_average IS NOT NULL

Parameters

min_attempts 10

Where this is arguable

Range-based. It says little about a corner outfielder's arm, which is a real part of the job.
Team totals are sensitive to who happened to take the innings, so a good defender on a bad team can hide a bad one.
Small samples swing hard. A single season of one player's OAA is noisy; a full team-season is steadier.

These are the objections I already know about. If you have a better one, or you think a different threshold tells a truer story, say so and I will re-run it with your numbers and publish what comes back.

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