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. General managers and baseball scouts study player statistics to decide what players to try to get for their team. Managers, catchers and pitchers study statistics of batters on opposing teams to figure out how best to pitch to them. Managers and batters study opposing pitchers to figure out how best to hit them. Managers often base their decisions during the game on statistics, such as choosing who to put in the lineup, or which relief pitcher to bring in.
Most of these terms also apply to softball. Commonly used statistics with their abbreviations are explained here:
Hitting statistics
Pitching statistics
See also
Fielding statistics
See also
Other terminology
References
- sabermetrics
- from http://www.mlb.com
- Find statistics for all of major league history at http://www.Baseball-Reference.com/
- Statistical database for Major League Baseball
- Historical boxscore information
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