A seemingly intrinsic part of the game of
baseball is the keeping of statistics on the achievements of the players. Started by [Henry Chadwick]
? in the 19th century who devised the concept of
batting average based on his experience of
cricket. Some of the most oftenly used statistics will be explained here:
Other terminology (to be) defined here (should maybe be in a different section)
NB: This was going to be a kinda mini-
/sabermetric thing, but I found myself defining some of the standard terms, too. If someone with moderator power could put them under a different subhead (Baseball, or BaseballTerminology
? or somesuch), that'd be nice--
Gareth Owen
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