Here's the Milwaukee Brewers batting statistics prior to their game on Sunday (6/12)
Avg - Batting Average. At the top you see Wilson at 0.400. I don't know why it happened this way, but in layman's term, you could say Wilson will get on base about 40% of the time. In baseball, they say his batting average is "400." To figure out batting average, take the hits (H) and divide by at-bats (AB).
AB - At-bats. Wilson has 10 at bats so far this season. In the course of a season, a player that plays every day will bat around 600 times.
R - Runs. Runs scored is the amount of times the player has crossed home plate and scored a run for his team.
H - Hits. Hits accounts for anyway a player gets on base. It does not count though if you reach base on a walk (bases on balls) or an error. Hits is total hits, be it singles, doubles, triples, or home runs.
2B - Doubles. The amount of doubles in a season. The league leader in doubles will have around 50 doubles in a season.
3B - Triples. Ten triples in a season is a lot of triples for a player. Normally only the very fastest players will get a triple.
HR - Home Runs. Thirty home runs is a good number for a player. The league leaders will normally have around 40 home runs in a season.
RBI - Run Batted In. When a player is directly responsible for scoring a teammate or himself, he gets credit for a run batted in. If a hitter hits a grand slam (3 men on base), he gets credit for 4 runs batted in. He gets credit for the 3 men on base, and himself.
SH - Sacrifice Hits. A situation where the hitter deliberately, in the mind of the official scorer, has hit a ground ball to advance a runner that is on base. An easy example is when a hitter bunts to advance his teammate from first to second base. In essence, he sacrifices himself so his teammate can move up a base. This is not counted as an at bat.
SF - Sacrifice Fly. A situation where the hitter deliberately, in the mind of the official scorer, has hit a fly ball to advance a runner that is on base. An easy example is when a hitter hits a deep fly ball to advance his teammate from third base to home. In essence, he sacrifices himself so his teammate can score. This is not counted as an at bat, but the hitter does get credit for an RBI.
HP - Hit by Pitch. The number of times a player has been hit by a pitch.
BB - Bases on Ball (walk). The number of times a player has reached base as a result of a pitcher throwing him 4 balls out of the strike zone.
SO - Strikeouts. The number of times a player has been struck out by opposing pitchers. A strikeout is routinely called a "K."
SB - Stolen Base. The amount of times a player has stolen a base. Stealing a base is when a runner advances a base without a ball being hit. A player can steal 2nd base, 3rd base, or in rare instances, home plate.
CS - Caught Stealing. The amount of times a player is caught trying to steal a base. The general rule is that if you can't steal a base 70% of the time, you shouldn't steal.
E - Errors. The amount of fielding errors a player has made on defense. Due to difficulty at the position, shortstops will have the most errors. Many outfielders can go years without an error being made.
OBP - On Base Percentage. The percent of times a player gets on base. This will always be greater than or equal to the batting average since it includes BB (bases on balls). Elite hitters will have an on base percentage of greater that 0.400. To calculate this, you add up H and BB and divide by AB.
This stat sheet separates the batting averages from the everyday position players at the top and the pitchers at the bottom. Since pitchers don't play every day, they have a lot less at bats.
Interesting. That's a lot of stats to keep track of. I bet it is especially interesting to compare the team's average (last line of the report) to other teams' averages?
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