OBP lower than BA. How?

[CC]

Jordan Danks has a batting average of .348 but has an on base percentage of
.333. I must be confused about what OBP means. I can’t figure out how this could be. How could it be lower than his BA? Little help?

[running_coach]

From Wiki.

For small numbers of at-bats, it is possible (though unlikely) for a player’s on-base percentage to be lower than his batting average (H/AB). This happens when a player has almost no walks or times hit by pitch, with a higher number of sacrifice flies (e.g. if a player has 2 hits in 6 at bats plus a sacrifice fly, his batting average would be .333, but his on-base percentage would be .286). The player who experienced this phenomenon with the most number of at-bats in a season was Ernie Bowman, who over 125 at-bats in 1963 had a batting average of .184 and an on-base percentage of .181.

[jonesj2205]

Guessing, but sacrifice flies aren’t ABs for batting average, but do count against you for OBP.
ETA: Beaten to it

[CC]

Ah, yes - that’s it. Thanks. Close 'er up.

[John_DiFool]

Sacrifice bunts, however, do NOT count against you. If they did, Alfredo Griffin in 1984 would have an OBP lower than his BA, in over 400 PA (.239 vs. .241).

[Colibri]

Moved to the Game Room.

[denquixote]

If you look at his stats he is 8 hits for 23 AB for .348 and 24 PA for .333 OBP and one SF.