Statbook: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer & Volleyball

Statistic Abbreviations

Many of the following definitions come from the excellent Wikipedia website on Baseball Statistics.

Batting Statistics

Abbr Statistic Definition
PG Played Game The player has batted in the selected game
PA Plate Appearance The number of completed batting appearances resulting in at-bats, bases on balls, hit-by-pitches, or sacrifices. (NOTE: At-bats are calculated from this statistic)
1B Single Hits on which batters only reached first base safely
2B Double Hits on which batters only reached second base safely
3B Triple Hits on which batters only reached third base safely
HR Home Run Hits on which the batter successfully touched all four bases, scoring a run and batting in between one and four runs
R Run Times reached home base legally and safely
RBI Runs Batted In Number of runners who scored due to a batters's action, except when batter grounded into double play or reached on an error
BB Bases on Balls (Also called a "walk") - Times receiving four balls and advancing to first base
K Strikeout Number of times that strike three is taken or swung at and missed, or bunted foul
HBP Hit By Pitch Times touched by a pitch and awarded first base as a result
SB Stolen Base Number of bases advanced other than on batted balls, walks, or hits by pitch
CS Caught Stealing Times tagged out when attempting to steal a base or when picked off
Sac Sacrafice Number of fly ball outs which allow another runner to score or number of bunt outs which allow another runner to advance
SOE Safe On Error Number of times batter reached base as a result of a fielding error by the defensive team
Additional statistics which are shown on Reports
AB At Bats Batting appearances, not including bases on balls, hit by pitch, sacrifices, interference, or obstruction
AVG Average Hits divided by at bats. Also known as Batting Average
GP Games Played Number of games played
TB Total Bases One for each single, two for each double, three for each triple, and four for each home run
SLG Slugging Percentage Total bases divided by at-bats
OBP On Base Percentage Times reached base divided by plate appearances
OPS On-base Plus Slugging On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, a very good measure of a hitter's ability

 

Pitching Statistics

Abbr Statistic Definition
PG Played Game The player has pitched in the selected game
IP Innings Pitched Number of outs recorded while pitching divided by three (NOTE: 1/3 and 2/3 is represented by .1 and .2 respectively)
HA Hits Allowed Total hits allowed
R Runs Allowed Total number of runs allowed
ER Earned Runs Number of runs that did not occur as a result of errors or passed balls
BB Bases on Balls (Also called a "walk") - Times pitching four balls, allowing runner to advance to first base
K Strikeout Number of batters who received strike three
HBP Hit By Pitch Times hit a batter with pitch, allowing runner to advance to first base
S Strikes Number of balls thrown which result in the ball being hit (foul or fair) or is called a strike by the umpire
B Balls Number of balls thrown that is called a ball by the umpire
WP Wild Pitch Number of times a runner advances due to a pitcher's poorly thrown pitch
W-L-S Won, Loss or Save Enter a "W" for a Win, an "L" for a Loss or an "S" for a Save.
Additional statistics which are shown on Reports
ERA Earned Run Average Earned runs times innings in a game (usually nine but can be set from the Preferences tab) divided by innings pitched
SPct Strike Percentage Numbers of Strikes (S) divided by number of strikes (S) plus balls (B)
W-L Won-Loss Record Number of games where pitcher was pitching while his team took the lead (Win) [or the opposing team took the lead (Loss)] and went on to win [or lose]
SV Save Number of close games finished where the pitcher's team won
WHIP Walks plus hits per IP Bases on balls plus hits divided by innings pitched