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. Commonly used statistics with their abbreviations are explained here:
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2 Pitching statistics 3 Fielding statistics 4 Other terminology 5 References |
Hitting statistics
Pitching statistics
Fielding statistics
Other terminology
References