How is OBP calculated?

Question

when a batter strikes out but reaches 1B because catcher drops ball, does batter's OBP go up?

Answer 1

you take the at bats and you divide them by the times you reach base: Walks, hits, HBP etc. and you have it.
In you specific example when a catcher drops the ball it is called a passed ball and is an error so it doesnt count for your OBP

Answer 2

A dropped third strike is scored as a K against the batter and an error against the catcher as a passed ball or error agains the pitcher as a wild pitch. In any event it goes down as an at bat for the hitter and a strike out, so the OBP will not go up.

Answer 3

No. That's reaching base by virtue of the defense's misplay, not the batter's action.

OBP == (hits + walks + hit-by-pitch) / (at-bats + walks + HBP + sacrifice flies)

to three decimals.

Over .400 is quite good. Over .450 is amazing. Over .500 is phenomenal. Over .600 is historic.

The single-season OBP record is a jaw-dropping .609, set in 2004 by, oh dear, Barry Bonds. The haters never try to explain how steroids have given Bonds his preternatual eyesight that blesses him with mastery of his own strike zone like no one else in history, because they cannot. If he's taking some Chemical X to improve his eyesight, (a) I want some of it too and (b) so should every other professional ballplayer in the world. Eye-hand coordination is the one, necessary core skill in this game that all other aspects of performance expand from, and Bonds's EHC is the best ever witnessed. It's not just "pitchers are afraid to pitch to him". He just rarely swings at anything he doesn't think he can't clobber.

Answer 4

Divide the number of times you reach base (excluding reaching via fielder's choice plays) by total plate appearances.