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Baseball Basics: Abbreviations
Hitting
2B
- Doubles
3B
- Triples
AB
- At Bats
AB/GIDP
- At-Bats per Grounded Into Double Play
AB/HR
- At-Bats per Home Run
AB/RBI
- At-Bats per Runs Batted In
AO
- Fly Outs
AVG
- Batting Average
BB
- Bases on Balls (Walks)
CS
- Caught Stealing
G
- Games Played
GIDP
- Ground into Double Plays
GO
- Ground Outs
GO/AO
- Ground Outs/Fly Outs
GSH
- Grand Slam Home Runs
H
- Hits
HBP
- Hit by Pitch
HR
- Home Runs
IBB
- Intentional Walks
LIPS
- Late Inning Pressure Situations
LOB
- Left On Base
NP
- Number of Pitches
OBP
- On-base Percentage
OPS
- On-base Plus Slugging Percentage
PA/SO
- Plate Appearances per Strikeout
R
- Runs Scored
RBI
- Runs Batted In
SAC
- Sacrifice Bunts
SB%
- Stolen Base Percentage
SB
- Stolen Bases
SF
- Sacrifice Flies
SLG
- Slugging Percentage
SO
- Strikeouts
TB
- Total Bases
TP
- Triple Play
TPA
- Total Plate Appearances
XBH
- Extra Base Hits
Fielding
A
- Assists
CS
- Caught Stealing
DER
- Defensive Efficiency Rating
DP
- Double Plays
E
- Errors
FPCT
- Fielding Percentage
G
- Games Played
INN
- Innings Played
OFA
- Outfield Assists
PB
- Passed Balls
PO
- Putouts
RF
- Range Factor
SB
- Stolen Bases (allowed)
TC
- Total Chances
TP
- Triple Plays
Pitching
AO
- Fly Outs
APP
- Appearances
AVG
- Opponents Batting Average
BB
- Bases on Balls (Walks)
BB/9
- Walks per Nine Innings
BF
- Batters Faced
BK
- Balks
BS
- Blown Save
CG
- Complete Games
CGL
- Complete Game Losses
CS
- Caught Stealing
ER
- Earned Runs
ERA
- Earned Run Average
G
- Games Played
GF
- Games Finished
GIDP
- Grounded Into Double Plays
GO
- Ground Outs
GO/AO
- Ground Outs/ Fly Outs Ratio
GS
- Games Started
GSH
- Grand Slams
H
- Hits
H/9
- Hits per Nine Innings
HB
- Hit Batsmen
HLD
- Hold
HR
- Home Runs
I/GS
- Innings Per Games Started
IBB
- Intentional Walks
IP
- Innings Pitched
IRA
- Inherited Runs Allowed
K/9
- Strikeouts per Nine Innings
K/BB
- Strikeout/Walk Ratio
L
- Losses
LIPS
- Late Inning Pressure Situations
LOB
- Left on Base
MB/9
- Baserunners per 9 Innings
NP
- Number of Pitches Thrown
OBA
- On-base Against
PA
- Plate Appearances
P/GS
- Pitches per Start
P/IP
- Pitches per Innings Pitched
PK
- Pick-offs
R
- Runs
RW
- Relief Wins
SB
- Stolen Bases
SHO
- Shutouts
SLG
- Slugging Percentage Allowed
SO
- Strikeouts
SV
- Saves
SVO
- Save Opportunities
TB
- Total Bases
TP
- Triple Plays
UR
- Unearned Runs
W
- Wins
WHIP
- Walks + Hits/Innings Pitched
WP
- Wild Pitches
WPCT
- Winning Percentage
XBA
- Extra Base Hits Allowed