Game: Obscure new Stat, or Batman Punch Sound?

[Alloutwar]

Is anyone else experiencing some level of ennui/disgust with the volume of acronyms and abbreviations that represent new and often not-at-all exciting statistics being developed?

This new game will allow you to put in one of the many, many, many, many, many stats of the now over-analyzed sports world, OR a random sound used in the 60's action series Batman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_%28TV_series%29), and let other users guess which the term actually is! For instance:

ERA (baseball stat)
xFIP (more obscure baseball stat)
POW! (Batman sound)

I will start: THWAPP!

[RedsoxRockies]

The hits and walks allowed per pitch?

[RedsoxRockies]

Oh, now I get it, I thought the goal was to make up a new stat and guess what it means. Ok, I am going to go with Batman sound.

[Alloutwar]

Wrong - Batman Sound! (or Right, now that you edited :D )

http://www.batmania.com.ar/images/images_serie/serie_thwapp.jpg

Good Guess though!

Next: BABIP!

[HoustonGM]

Stat.

[Alloutwar]

Correct! BABIP is a Stat! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BABIP)

How about ZOK

[Alloutwar]

Correction: BABIP is no longer a stat. It is now officially a Batman sound.

[HoustonGM]

hahha

[Alloutwar]

Ohh, SOO close!

Actually, ZOK is a new stat for math-types; it is a stat reflecting the Z-transform (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-transform) of Outs via Strikeout (ZOK). There are a few variations, depending on the region of convergence used by the statistician.

Zók is also a village in Baranya county, Hungary.

[Alloutwar]

lol - okay, you got me - nicely done

next - VORP!

[asianinvasion]

stat

[Alloutwar]

Very good. And now - VRONK!

(PS - YH, remove your link! anyone can look things up!)

[rockiesfan4ever]

Batman Noise

[Alloutwar]

You guys are good! Correct again!

http://www.batmania.com.ar/images/images_serie/serie_vronk.jpg

Is anyone else noticing how close these are? I am really thinking that stats guys sit around watching old Batman episodes, and then challenge each other to come up with a Statcronym that is even goofier than the Batman cartoon-bops. Maybe I overanalyze.

Anyway - next up: RARP!

[HoustonGM]

stat

[Alloutwar]

Correct!

Next: AWK!

[rockiesfan4ever]

Batman Noise

[Alloutwar]

Very Good!

ARP!

[beerchaser]

Batman is the coolest TV show in the history of evAr. More cheesy than a Velveeta factory, but I absolutely LOVE that show, and have for nearly 40 years. Back in college we used to play drinking games to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Wi7V8-2c4

Check out this mini-pilot created for Batgirl. I don't think this was ever shown on TV; it was done to help sell the network on the Batgirl character. It's one of the cheesiest pieces of cornball footage you'll ever see, but it's great. And as for Batgirl....

[metsguy234]

I've got one:

KAYO

[Alloutwar]

Batman punch sound. Good one, tho.http://www.batmania.com.ar/images/images_serie/serie_kayo.jpg