What does C mean in baseball fielding stats?

Traditional Baseball Stat Abbreviations – Fielding

What does C mean in fielding stats?

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

What do the letters mean in baseball stats?

BA - Batting average (also abbreviated AVG) - hits divided by at bats. BB - Base on balls (also called a "walk") - times receiving four balls and advancing to first base. BB/K - Walk-to-strikeout ratio - number of base on balls divided by number of strikeouts. XBH - Extra base hits - doubles plus triples plus home runs.

What does R mean in baseball stats?

Run (R) Runs Batted In (RBI)

What is G in baseball stats?

G – Games played: The number of games the player has appeared in during the current MLB season. AB – At bats: The number of times the player has been at bat, defined as plate appearances minus sacrifices, walks, and Hit by Pitches.

What is BB in pitching stats?

Definition. 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 AP mean in baseball?

Definition. A plate appearance refers to a batter's turn at the plate. Each completed turn batting is one plate appearance. Plate appearances can often be confused with at-bats.

What does TB mean in baseball?

Definition. Total bases refer to the number of bases gained by a batter through his hits. A batter records one total base for a single, two total bases for a double, three total bases for a triple and four total bases for a home run.

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 a putout in baseball?

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 is a slug in baseball?

Definition. Slugging percentage represents the total number of bases a player records per at-bat. Unlike on-base percentage, slugging percentage deals only with hits and does not include walks and hit-by-pitches in its equation. Slugging percentage differs from batting average in that all hits are not valued equally.

What does SB mean in baseball?

A stolen base occurs when a baserunner advances by taking a base to which he isn't entitled. This generally occurs when a pitcher is throwing a pitch, but it can also occur while the pitcher still has the ball or is attempting a pickoff, or as the catcher is throwing the ball back to the pitcher.

What is the rarest pitch in baseball?

Definition. A screwball is a breaking ball designed to move in the opposite direction of just about every other breaking pitch. It is one of the rarest pitches thrown in baseball, mostly because of the tax it can put on a pitcher's arm.

Does a walk count as an at bat?

At-bat (AB)

Players who bat higher in the order will typically finish the season with more at-bats than players who hit toward the bottom. Similarly, players who walk infrequently also typically record a higher-than-usual number of at-bats in a season, because walks do not count as at-bats.

What does K mean in baseball?

In the scorebook, a strikeout is denoted by the letter K. A third-strike call on which the batter doesn't swing is denoted with a backward K.

What is K in pitching stats?

Strikeout Rate (K%)

Strikeout rate represents the frequency with which a pitcher strikes out hitters, as determined by total strikeouts divided by total batters faced. The K rate leaderboards are generally made up of the game's best pitchers.

Why is K used for strike?

Chadwick used S for sacrifice and chose K for strikeout. He did so because K is the prominent letter of the word "strike," which was used more frequently than strikeout. Some scorers use a forward K for a swinging strikeout, a backward K for a batter caught looking.

What does H mean for pitchers?

A hold occurs when a relief pitcher enters the game in a save situation and maintains his team's lead for the next relief pitcher, while recording at least one out.

What does KL mean in baseball stats?

K-L: Strikeouts looking. SB: Stolen bases. CS: Caught stealing. PIK: Picked off. SB%: Stolen base percentage.

Does a catcher get an assist on a strikeout?

(*) Give the catcher the putout as long as he catches it, or if the batter is automatically out. If it's dropped and the ball is thrown to first base, then the catcher gets the assist and the first baseman (or whoever makes the out) gets the putout.