Quick Index: Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Random You Are Here > baseball-reference.com > About > Batting Glossary Other About Pages Batting Glossary Pitching Glossary Fielding Glossary Leaderboard Glossary Team ID's Similarity Score Explanation Batting Stats Glossary Sample Stat line Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+ 1994 18 SEA AL 17 54 4 11 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 20 .204 .241 .204 11 1 1 0 0 1995 19 SEA AL 48 142 15 33 6 2 5 19 4 2 6 42 .232 .264 .408 58 1 0 0 0 1996 20 SEA AL 146 601 141 215 54 1 36 123 15 4 59 104 .358 .414 .631 379 6 7 1 4 1997 21 SEA AL 141 587 100 176 40 3 23 84 29 6 41 99 .300 .350 .496 291 4 1 1 5 1998 22 SEA AL 161 686 123 213 35 5 42 124 46 13 45 121 .310 .360 .560 384 3 4 0 10 1999 23 SEA AL 129 502 110 143 25 0 42 111 21 7 56 109 .285 .357 .586 294 1 8 2 5 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+ 6 Seasons 642 2572 493 791 160 11 148 463 118 32 210 495 .308 .363 .551 1417 16 21 4 24 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+ 162 Game Avg. 649 124 199 40 2 37 116 29 8 52 124 .308 .363 .551 357 4 5 1 6 Career High 161 686 141 215 54 5 42 124 46 13 59 121 .358 .414 .631 384 6 8 2 10 I included all of the player's seasons assuming they actually had a plate appearance, and when they appeared for several teams, I also included both league and season totals (if those are different). For those the team is TOT and the league is either ZZ if they appeared in multiple leagues, or the league if just one league. Here is a run down of the columns. Year - Year in which the season occurred Ag - Player age on July 1st of that year. Tm - Team they played for (see Team ID's) Lg - League they played in (AL- American League, NL- National League) G - Games played AB - At Bats R - Runs Scored H - Hits 2B - Doubles 3B - Triples HR - Home Runs RBI - Runs Batted in SB - Stolen Bases CS - Caught Stealing (given when available) BB - Base on Balls or Walks SO - Strikeouts or whiffs or K's BA - Batting Average H/AB OBP - On-Base Percentage (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+SF+HBP) (SF and HBP are assumed zero if unavailable) SLG - Slugging Percentage TB/AB (see TB below) TB - Total Bases (Singles + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR) SH - Sacrifice Hits or Bunts SF - Sacrifice Flies (when available) HBP - Hit by Pitch (when available) IBB - Intentional Base on Balls (when available) OPS - It doesn't appear here, but OPS is On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage. It is a pretty good estimate of offensive ability. NOTE: When a stat is unavailable its season entry should be blank, rather than zero. This may not always be the case, but it is what I've tried to do. This is not true of the career batting lines. The career totals and the number of seasons is then next. In some cases this is staggered on two lines for presentation purposes. The 162 Game Avg follows, which is the player's stats prorated to 162 games. Essentially a seasonal snapshot of their career. Career "High" Below that is the career high for the player in each category. It is not their best season, but the best (highest/sometimes lowest) from all the categories. You can quickly see what Barry Bonds's career highs in strikeouts were along with walks, home runs, etc. I required the min batting average qualifying number of plate appearances in a season for the BA, SLG and OBP entries (that number is 3.1/team game). If I didn't do this you would end up with some players having a 1 for 2 cup of coffee as their career best batting average. Team Pages Pythagorean W-L: Developed by Bill James, this attempts to measure the number of wins and losses a team is expected to have given the number of runs they score and the number of runs they allow. The Pythagorean winning percentage, which you then use to get the W-L record, is given by: Runs Scored * Runs Scored ----------------------------------------------------------- (Runs Scored * Runs Scored) + (Runs Allowed * Runs Allowed) The rest of the team pages work essentially the same as the player pages, except for the POS column. This column is based on Total Baseball's shorthand for positions played. It works as follows. The positions are C (catcher), 1 (first base), 2 (second base), 3 (third base), O (outfield), S (shortstop), P (pitcher), D (designated hitter), H and R (pinch hitter and runner). If there is a * before a position means the player appeared in at least 2/3rd's of the teams games at that position. Any numbers to the left of the '/' signify at least ten games played at that position and to the right of the '/' signify less than ten games. If no '/' appears the player played at least ten games at each position listed. We have also attempted to highlight the player's who played the most games at each position. Note that there are a number of errors in these listings, though I would say they are 90-95% accurate. The fielding data we are using to determine these "regulars" are somewhat incomplete. For further questions or comments, send us a note. You Are Here > baseball-reference.com > About > Batting Glossary Quick Index: Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Random