Isolated power

In baseball, isolated power or ISO is a sabermetric computation used to measure a batter's raw power. One formula is slugging percentage minus batting average.

$ISO=SLG-AVG$

$={\frac {{\mathit {TB}}-H}{AB}}$

$={\frac {({\mathit {1B}}) (2\times {\mathit {2B}}) (3\times {\mathit {3B}}) (4\times {\mathit {HR}})}{AB}}-{\frac {H}{AB}}$

$={\frac {({\mathit {1B}}) (2\times {\mathit {2B}}) (3\times {\mathit {3B}}) (4\times {\mathit {HR}})-({\mathit {1B}} {\mathit {2B}} {\mathit {3B}} {\mathit {HR}})}{AB}}$

$={\frac {({\mathit {2B}}) (2\times {\mathit {3B}}) (3\times {\mathit {HR}})}{AB}}$

The final result measures how many extra bases a player averages per at bat. A player who hits only singles would thus have an ISO of 0. The maximum ISO is 3.000, and can only be attained by hitting a home run in every at-bat.

The term "isolated power" was coined by Bill James, but the concept dates back to Branch Rickey and his statistician Allan Roth.

See also

• PECOTA

References

• Baseball Prospectus Glossary
• Baseball Simple : Isolated Power (ISO) Calculator
• FanGraphs Sabermetrics Library