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Statistics Glossary Batting Terms     Fielding Terms     Baserunning Terms Players/Positions See Also  BASEBALL TERMINOLOGY   PLAYERS / POSITIONS In the baseball scorebook system, 1 designates the position of the pitcher In the baseball scorebook system, 2 designates the position of the catcher In the baseball scorebook system, 3 designates the position of the first baseman  In the baseball scorebook system, 4 designates the position of the second baseman  In the baseball scorebook system, 5 designates the position of the third baseman  In the baseball scorebook system, 6 designates the position of the shortstop In the baseball scorebook system, 7 designates the position of the left fielder In the baseball scorebook system, 8 designates the position of the center fielder In the baseball scorebook system, 9 designates the position of the right fielder BATTING TERMS  1B  Single also used as    2B  Double 3B  Triple AB  At Bats (Does not include walks, hit by pitch or Sacrifice Flies & Hits) AB/HR  Home Runs per At Bat Ratio AB/K  Strikeouts per At Bat Ratio AVG  Batting Average H/AB BB  Bases on Balls BR  Batting Runs Total Baseball BR=(.47)1B + (.78)2B + (1.09)3B + (1.4)HR + (.33)(BB + HB) + (.30)SB - (.60)CS - (.25)AB-h) - (.50)OOB G  Games Played GB  Ground Balls GIDP  Grounded Into Double Play GRD  Ground Balls H  Hits HBP  Hit By Pitch HP/PA  Hit Pitches per Plate Appearance HR  Home Run IBB  Intentional Bases on Balls ISO  Isolated Power [ (TB-H)/AB ] or SLG-AVG OBP  On Base Percentage (H+BB+HBP) / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) OM  Outs Made PA-H-BB-HBP+CS+GIDP OOB  Outs On Base Total Baseball OOB=H + BB + HBP - LOB - R - CS PA  Plate Appearance (AB+BB+HBP+SF+SH) PRO  Production OBP + SLG R  Runs RBI  Runs Batted In RC  Runs Created Bill James [(H+BB)*TB] / [AB+BB] RC/G  Runs Created per Game (RC*27)/OM RG  Runs Generated Jim McMartin (.35)(TB + BB) - (.25)(AB - H) RP  Runs Produced RBI+R-HR SF  Sacrifice Fly SH  Sacrifice Hits SLG  Slugging Percentage TB/AB SO  Strike Outs TA  Total Average [TB+SB+BB+HBP-CS] / [AB-H+CS+GIDP] Bases Gained / Outs Made  TB  Total Bases H + 2B + (2 x 3B) + (3 x HR)       FIELDING TERMS  A  Assists  CCS  Caught Stealing (On Throws by Catchers)  Ch  Chances (Balls hit to a position)  CERA  Earned Run Average when Catching  DP  Double Plays  E  Errors  FPct  Fielding Percentage (PO+A) / (PO+A+E)  G  Games Played  GC  Games Caught  GS  Games Started  INN  Innings  PB  Passed Balls  PO  Put Outs  RF  Range Factor [ (PO+A) (9) ] / # of Defensive Innings  SBA  Stolen Bases Attempted (Against the Catcher)  TC  Total Chances [ PO+A+E ]  ZR  Zone Rating # of Outs made/# of Chances        BASE RUNNING TERMS  CS  Caught Stealing (On Throws by Catchers or Pickoffs by Pitchers)  CS%  Caught Stealing Percentage  SB  Stolen Bases  SB%  Stolen Base Percentage SB / (SB+CS)  SBA  Stolen Base Attempt  RATING - EVALUATION TERMS  HEQ  Hoban Effectiveness Quotient Michael Hoban Offense = (TB + R + RBI + SB +(0.5 x BB)) Defense = (PO + (3 x A) - (2 x E) + (2 x DP)) x 0.445 {Position Multiplication Factor} HEQ = Offense + Defense  Click the button above to go back to the web page or web site you were at before coming to this page [Official Little League Rules & Regulations]   [Parents]   [Players/Kids] Learn How to: [Hit]  [Pitching]  [Infield]  [Outfield]  [Catcher]  [Baserunning]  [Coach] [Baseball Humor]  [Baseball Terminology]  [Site Map] [Sign Our Guestbook] [Privacy Statement/Disclaimer]  [Terms]   The term "Little League" and the Little League logo are trademarks of Little League Baseball, Inc., Williamsport, Pa., extended only to local chartered leagues for purposes of  identification and publicity Copyright © 2000 Brookside Little League, Inc. All rights reserved jontanderson@juno.com Thank you ,  for visiting  Brookside's Little League Web Site