What are the abbreviations for baseball stats?

Batting Abbreviations

• 1B or S - Singles.
• 2B - Doubles.
• 3B - Triples.
• AB - At Bats.
• AB/HR - At Bats per Home Run.
• AO - Fly Outs (Air)
• BA or AVG - Batting average.
• BB - Bases on Balls (Walks)

What does R stand for in baseball stats?

Run (R) Runs Batted In (RBI) Sacrifice Bunt (SH) Sacrifice Fly (SF)

How do you read baseball stats?

(H+BB+HBP/AB+BB+HBP+SF) Slg.: To find a player's slugging percentage, divide his total bases by his at-bats. Total bases are the sum of the player's home runs x 4, triples x 3, doubles x 2, and singles. Avg.: Divide the number of hits by the number of at-bats to compute Avg., which is the player's the batting average.

What does S mean for batting?

In baseball statistics, save (abbreviated SV, or sometimes, S) is the successful maintenance of a lead by a relief pitcher, usually the closer, until the end of the game.

What does C mean in baseball stats?

CS% – Caught Stealing Percentage: The percentage of the time a catcher throws out opposing baserunners who are attempting to steal a base.

What is Opie's baseball stats?

Definition. OPS adds on-base percentage and slugging percentage to get one number that unites the two. It's meant to combine how well a hitter can reach base, with how well he can hit for average and for power. It can also be used in evaluating pitchers; when used in that context, it is referred to as OPS against.

What does E mean in baseball stats?

The E on a baseball scoreboard stands for Errors and is the number of errors awarded to the defense during the duration of the game. This number calculates all the defensive errors per team and gives spectators a general idea of how well a team is doing defensively.

What is C in fielding stats?

SB: Stolen bases allowed. CS: Runners caught stealing. SB%: Opponent stolen base percentage.

What is io baseball?

Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The trade term is coined i/o and it sets the pregame standard of players looking the part before the umpire officially starts the game.

What is G in baseball stats?

GIDP - Ground into Double Plays. GO/AO - Ground Balls to Fly Balls. GS or GRSL - Grand Slams. H - Hits. HBP - Hit by Pitch.

What are the three batting stats?

Definition. Slash line is a colloquial term used to represent a player's batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Those three stats are often referenced together in baseball media with forward slashes separating them, which is where the term slash line comes from.

What are pitching stats?

Earned run average is one of those stats where the lower it is, the better the pitcher. A pitcher's ERA is calculated by the number of earned runs they've allowed (ER), divided by the number of innings pitched (IP) multiplied by 9 (the traditional inning length of a game).

What does HR mean in baseball stats?

Definition. A home run occurs when a batter hits a fair ball and scores on the play without being put out or without the benefit of an error. In almost every instance of a home run, a batter hits the ball in the air over the outfield fence in fair territory.

What does WP mean in baseball stats?

Definition. A pitcher is charged with a wild pitch when his pitch is so errant that the catcher is unable to control it and, as a result, baserunner(s) advance.

What does middle of the inning mean?

The break between the top and bottom halves is called the middle of the inning. The visiting team is on offense during the top half of the inning, the home team is on offense during the bottom half.

What do you call a half inning in baseball?

A half-inning in which all batters are put out without taking a base is referred to as a "one-two-three inning". The number of innings a pitcher is in a game is measured by the innings pitched statistic.

What is the middle of an inning in baseball?

The middle of the inning is the transition period between the top and bottom half. For MLB games, the middle of the inning is 2 minutes and 25 seconds for locally televised games, or 2 minutes and 45 seconds for nationally televised games.

What does BA stand for in baseball?

Batting Stats. The next part of understanding baseball stats are the three main batting stats: batting average (BA, or AVG above), on-base percentage (OBP), and slugging (SLG).

What does SB ATT mean?

SB / ATT. Stolen bases / Stolen bases attempts.

What does Pb mean in baseball?

Definition. A catcher is given a passed ball if he cannot hold onto a pitch that -- in the official scorer's judgment -- he should have, and as a result at least one runner moves up on the bases. Passed balls have commonality with wild pitches, as both allow a runner to advance on his own without a stolen base.

What does BB stand for in baseball?

A walk (or base on balls) occurs when a pitcher throws four pitches out of the strike zone, none of which are swung at by the hitter. After refraining from swinging at four pitches out of the zone, the batter is awarded first base. In the scorebook, a walk is denoted by the letters BB.

What does po mean in baseball?

Definition. A fielder is credited with a putout when he is the fielder who physically records the act of completing an out -- whether it be by stepping on the base for a forceout, tagging a runner, catching a batted ball, or catching a third strike.

What does LOB mean in baseball?

Left on base can be viewed as both an individual statistic or as a team statistic. In an individual batter's case, it refers to how many men remain on base after that batter makes an out at the plate, as the batter has failed to do his job to score those runners -- or at least put himself in a position to score.

What is fWAR baseball?

The formula

Note: fWAR refers to Fangraphs' calculation of WAR. bWAR or rWAR refer to Baseball-Reference's calculation. And WARP refers to Baseball Prospectus' statistic "Wins Above Replacement Player." The calculations differ slightly -- for instance, fWAR uses FIP in determining pitcher WAR, while bWAR uses RA9.

What is OPS plus mean in baseball?

Definition. OPS+ takes a player's on-base plus slugging percentage and normalizes the number across the entire league. It accounts for external factors like ballparks. It then adjusts so a score of 100 is league average, and 150 is 50 percent better than the league average.