Standard Stats
For more than a century, statistics have been a staple of the game of baseball. Arguably no sport has a closer relationship with the stats that chronicle its every play.
Standard stats are widely used by those who play fantasy baseball. A typical fantasy baseball league will use the following statistics:
- For Hitters:
- Batting Average
- Home Runs
- RBIs
- Runs Scored
- Stolen Bases
- For Pitchers:
- Wins
- ERA
- WHIP
- Strikeouts
- Saves
In this section, you will find explanations of baseball's standard stats. Often seen on the backs of baseball cards, these numbers help tell the tales of the game millions love.
The following are all of the terms defined within this section:
Defense
- Assist (A)
- Caught Stealing Percentage (CS%)
- Double Play (DP)
- Error (E)
- Fielding Percentage (FPCT)
- Innings Played (INN)
- Out (O)
- Outfield Assist (OFA)
- Passed Ball (PB)
- Putout (PO)
- Total Chances (TC)
- Triple Play (TP)
Offense
- At-bat (AB)
- Batting Average (AVG)
- Caught Stealing (CS)
- Double (2B)
- Extra-base Hit (XBH)
- Games Played (G)
- Grand Slam (GSH)
- Ground Into Double Play (GIDP)
- Groundout-to-Airout Ratio (GO/AO)
- Hit-by-pitch (HBP)
- Hit (H)
- Home Run (HR)
- Intentional Walk (IBB)
- Left On Base (LOB)
- On-base Percentage (OBP)
- On-base Plus Slugging (OPS)
- Plate Appearance (PA)
- Reached On Error (ROE)
- Run (R)
- Runs Batted In (RBI)
- Sacrifice Bunt (SH)
- Sacrifice Fly (SF)
- Single (1B)
- Slugging Percentage (SLG)
- Stolen Base (SB)
- Stolen-base Percentage (SB%)
- Total Bases (TB)
- Triple (3B)
- Walk (BB)
- Walk-off (WO)
Pitching
- Appearance (App)
- Balk (BK)
- Batters Faced (BF)
- Blown Save (BS)
- Complete Game (CG)
- Earned Run (ER)
- Earned Run Average (ERA)
- Flyout
- Games Finished (GF)
- Games Started (GS)
- Groundout
- Hold (HLD)
- Inherited Runner (IR)
- Innings Pitched (IP)
- Loss (L)
- Number of Pitches (NP)
- Pickoff (PK)
- Quality Start (QS)
- Relief Win (RW)
- Save (SV)
- Save Opportunity (SVO)
- Save Percentage (SV%)
- Shutout (SHO)
- Strikeout (SO, K)
- Unearned Run (UER)
- Walks And Hits Per Inning Pitched (WHIP)
- Wild Pitch (WP)
- Win (W)
- Winning Percentage (WPCT)