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A glossary for batting stats on Baseball-Reference.com.
Each entry contains the leaderboard appearances for the player in a Stat or Award. The entries are the year, the value for this stat, and their rank for statistics, and the year and the award for awards. Leaders are in bold. Rankings among career and active leaderboards are listed as well.
- Pitching Stats Abbreviations
- Defense/Fielding Stats Abbreviations
- Base Running Stats Abbreviations
- Catching Stats Abbreviations
- General/Team Baseball Stats Abbreviations
- Baseball Positions by Number
<13 = Innings of 13 pitches or fewer <3 = At bat with 3-or-fewer pitches <3% = 3-for-fewer pitch at bats per batter faced 0BBINN = Zero-walk innings 123INN = 1-2-3 Innings 1ST2OUT = Innings with 1st 2 Batters Out AO = ‘Air’ outs (Fly outs) APP = Appearance– A pitcher is credited with an appearance if he pitches in a given game and faces at least on...
A = Assist– An assist is the number of outs recorded on a play where the player fielded the ball. DER = Defensive Efficiency Rating– The percentage of balls in play (i.e., fair batted balls not including home runs) that a team defense converts into outs. DP = Double Play– When two offensive players are ruled out within the same play. DRS = Defensiv...
CS = Caught stealing– A runner is considered caught stealing each time they are tagged out when trying to steal a base. (They didn’t make it to the next base before a defender tagged them out). R = Runs– A base runner is credited with a run scored every time they reach home safely. SB = Stolen base– A runner is credited with a stolen base when they...
CI = Batter advances on catcher’s interference CS = Runners caught stealing CS% = Runners caught stealing percentage INN = Innings caught PB = Passed balls allowed PIK = Runners picked off SB = Stolen bases allowed SB-ATT = Stolen bases allowed – Stealing attempts
ARB– Arbitration eligible. Pre-Arb is before a player is arbitration eligible. Arb 1, Arb 2, Arb 3 and even sometimes Arb 4 is the year that a player is in arbitration. E# = Elimination Number– Also called the ‘tragic number’, this number represents the number of wins by the leading team or losses by the trailing team which will eliminate the trail...
1 = Pitcher2 = Catcher3 = First Base4 = Second BaseThe lists below are a complete glossary of all of the statistics in baseball and these lists are split up into two sections – the “Standard Baseball Statistics” section and the “Advanced Baseball Statistics” section.
Rnr lists the runners on base, for example --- means no baserunners and 1-3 would mean runners on the corner. O is the number of outs, if it was the end of the game, no baserunners were listed and it instead says "end".
Sep 25, 2024 · Learn the essential baseball abbreviations and their meanings, including offensive, pitching, fielding, and advanced sabermetrics stats. Understand how these terms shape player and team performance in MLB and beyond.
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