abstract:In professional sports, a replacement player is an athlete who is not a member of the league's players association and plays during a labor dispute such as a strike or lockout.
From the old school (home runs, batting average, runs batted in, wins, earned run average) to the money ball school (on-base percentage, slugging percentage, wins over replacementplayer), there's more to feed the stat geek's appetite than ever.
Back-row replacement Andy Powell proved his value as an impact player with some powerful running, but Toulouse continued to threaten as the minutes ticked away.