2B
Doubles
3B
Triples
AB
At Bats
Aff
Affiliate
Age
Age. Age on July 1st of a given year.
BA
Batting Average. Calculated by H/AB
BABIP
Batting Average on Balls In Play. The percentage of hits on balls in play. Calculated by (H-HR)/(AB-K-HR-SF)
BABIP-IFB
It’s mostly true that pitchers have little control over their balls in play, so if a pitcher is too far from the league average BABIP his performance is likely going to regress to the mean. However, one reliable way a pitcher has to control his BABIP is by inducing popups. Since popups have the same result as a strikeout 99% of the time (batter is out, runners can’t advance) BABIP-IFB treats popups the same as a strikeout, and removes them from the denominator of BABIP.
Ball
Balls
BB
Walks
BB%
Percentage of plate appearances ending in a walk
BB/9
Walks Per Nine Innings
BF
Batters Faced
BIP
Balls In Play
Bunt
Number of balls bunted into play.
Bunt%
Percentage of balls bunted into play.
CI
Catchers Interference
Con%
Contact Percentage. Percentage of swings a batter makes contact on.
DP
Double Plays
ER
Earned Runs.
ERA
Earned Run Average. Calculated by ER/IP*9
FIP
Fielding Independent Pitching. A stat that measures everything a pitcher can control, then adjusts that on a scale similar to ERA. Intended to measure how well a pitcher pitched, regardless of the defense behind him. Calculated by ((HR*13+(BB+HBP-IBB)*3-K*2)/IP)+3.2
Foul
Foul Balls
G
Games Played
GScr
Game Score. Developed by Bill James to determine the strength of a starting pitcher during a game. Calculated by starting at 50 points, adding a point for every out recorded, two points for every inning finished passed the fourth, and one point for every strike out. You then subtract two points for every hit allowed, four points for each earned run, two points for each unearned run, and one point for each walk
GB
Ground Balls.
GB%
Ground Ball Percentage. The percentage of balls in play that are ground balls
GB/FB
Ground Ball To Fly Ball Ratio. Infield and outfield flies are included in fly balls
HR
Home Runs
H
Hits
H/9
Hits Per Nine Innings
HBP
Hit By Pitch
HR
Home Runs
HR/9
Home Runs Per Nine Innings
HR/Con
Percentage of balls a batter puts into play that become home runs. Does not include bunts.
HR/OFB
The percentage of outfield fly balls that become home runs
IBB
Intentional Walks
IFB
Infield Fly Balls.
IFB%
Infield Fly Ball Percentage. The percentage of balls in play that are fly balls to the infield
Iso
Isolated Power. Slugging Percentage – Batting Average
AB/K
Strike out to at bat ratio.
K/BB
Strike out to walk ratio.
K%
Percentage of plate apperances ending in a strike out
K?
Unknown Strikeout Type
K/9
Strike Outs Per Nine Innings
KLook
Strike Outs Looking
KS/KL
Strike Outs Swinging to Strike Outs Looking Ratio
KSwing
Strike Outs Swinging
LD
Line Drives Hit.
LD%
Line Drive Percentage. The percentage of balls in play that are line drives
Lev
Level
Lg
League
NP
Number of Pitches
OCon%
Percentage of time a player makes contact when he swings at a ball outside the strike zone.
OBP
On Base Percentage. Calculated by (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF)
OFB
Outfield Fly Balls.
OFB%
Outfield Fly Ball Percentage. The percentage of balls in play that are fly balls to the outfield
OPS
On Base Pecentage Plus Slugging Percentage
OSwng%
Percentage of balls swung at outside the strike zone
P/PA
Pitches Per Plate Apperance
PA
Plate Appearances
Pythagorean Record
A method to calculate a teams expected record based on the number of runs they scored and allowed. Calculated by (Runs^1.81/(Runs^1.81+Runs Against^1.81) * Games to get pythagorean wins
R
Runs
ROE
Reached On Error
RBI
Runs Batted In
SF
Sacrifice Flies
SH
Sacrifice Hits
SLG
Slugging Percentage. Calculated by TB/AB
SLook
Called Strikes
SIERA
Skill-Interactive Earned Run Average. Developed by Baseball Prospectus SIERA accounts for how run prevention improves as ground ball rate increases and declines as more whiffs are accrued, while grounders are of more materiality for those who allow a surplus of runners. The formula for SIERA is: SIERA = 6.145 Ð 16.986*(SO/PA) + 11.434*(BB/PA) Ð 1.858*((GB-FB-PU)/PA) + 7.653*((SO/PA)^2) +/Ð 6.664*(((GB-FB-PU)/PA)^2) + 10.130*(SO/PA)*((GB-FB-PU)/PA) Ð 5.195*(BB/PA)*((GB-FB-PU)/PA) where the +/- term is a negative sign when (GB-FB-PU)/PA is positive and vice versa.
SMiss
Swings And Misses
K
Strike Outs
SSwng
Swinging Strikes
Str
Strikes
Sv
Saves
Swng%
Swing Percentage. Percentage of pitches swung at.
SwStr%
Swinging Strike Percentage. Percentage of strikes swung at.
TB
Total Bases
TTO%
Three true outcomes percentage. The percentage of time a plate appearance results in a strike out, walk, or home run.
U
Unknown Batted Ball. Plays where batted ball data is not available
U%
Unknown Batted Ball Percentage. The percentage of balls in play with an unknown batted ball type.
UIBB%
Percentage of plate apperances ending in an unintentional walk
W
Wins
W-L%
Win-Loss percentage
WHIP
Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched.
wOBA
Weighted on base percentage. A statistic based on linear weights designed to better capture what is important on offense. More on how we calculate wOBA here.
ZCon%
Percentage of time a player makes contact when he swings at a ball inside the strike zone.
Zone%
Percentage of balls thrown in the strike zone
ZSwng
Percentage of balls swung at inside the strike zone