Baseball: Baseball Data
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Baseball

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Baseball Data

Description

Baseball data.

Usage

data("Baseball")

Format

A data frame with 322 observations and 25 variables.

name1: player's first name.
name2: player's last name.
atbat86: times at Bat: number of official plate appearances by a hitter. It counts as an official at-bat as long as the batter does not walk, sacrifice, get hit by a pitch or reach base due to catcher's interference.
hits86: hits.
homer86: home runs.
runs86: the number of runs scored by a player. A run is scored by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home base in that order without being put out.
rbi86: Runs Batted In: A hitter earns a run batted in when he drives in a run via a hit, walk, sacrifice (bunt or fly) fielder's choice, hit-batsman or on an error (when the official scorer rules that the run would have scored anyway).
walks86: A “walk” (or “base on balls”) is an award of first base granted to a batter who receives four pitches outside the strike zone.
years: Years in the Major Leagues. Seems to count all years a player has actually played in the Major Leagues, not necessarily consecutive.
atbat: career times at bat.
hits: career hits.
homeruns: career home runs.
runs: career runs.
rbi: career runs batted in.
walks: career walks.
league86: player's league.
div86: player's division.
team86: player's team.
posit86: player's position (see Hitters).
outs86: number of putouts (see Hitters)
assist86: number of assists (see Hitters)
error86: number of assists (see Hitters)
sal87: annual salary on opening day (in USD 1000).
league87: league in 1987.
team87: team in 1987.