Baseball statistics

A seemingly intrinsic part of the game of baseball is the keeping of statistics on the achievements of the players. It was started by Henry Chadwick in the 19th century who devised the concept of batting average based on his experience of cricket. Commonly used statistics with their abbreviations are explained here:

Table of contents

1 Hitting statistics 2 Pitching statistics 3 Fielding statistics 4 Other terminology 5 References

Hitting statistics

• 1B - Single
• 2B - Double
• 3B - Triple
• AB - At bat
• BA - Batting average
• BB - Base on balls (also called a "walk")
• CS - Caught stealing
• FC - Fielder's choice
• G - Games played
• H - Hit
• HBP - Hit by pitch
• HR - Home run
• OBP - On base percentage
• OPS - On-base plus slugging
• PA - Plate appearance
• R - Run
• RBI - Run batted in
• SB - Stolen base
• SF - Sacrifice fly
• SH - Sacrifice hit
• SLG - Slugging percentage
• SO - Strike out (also abbreviated K)
• TB - Total bases

Pitching statistics

• BB - Base on balls (also called a "walk")
• CG - Complete game
• ER - Earned run
• ERA - Earned run average
• GF - Games finished
• GS - Games started
• IP - Innings pitched
• L - Loss
• SHO - Shutout
• SO - Strike out (also abbreviated K)
• SV - Save
• W - Win
• WHIP - Walks plus hits per inning pitched

Fielding statistics

• A - Assist
• DP - Double play
• E - Error
• PB - Passed ball
• PO - Putout
• TC - Total chances
• TP - Triple play
• WP - Wild pitch

Other terminology

• Ball
• Strike
• Strike zone

References

• sabermetrics
• Official Baseball Rules, Section 10 - Scoring from http://www.mlb.com
• Find statistics for all of major league history at http://www.Baseball-Reference.com/