What does H mean in pitching?

A hold occurs when a relief pitcher
relief pitcher
Relief pitchers stand on the pitching mound, which is located in the center of the infield and 60 feet, six inches away from home plate. Relief pitchers enter games after the starting pitcher has been removed, usually as a result of poor performance, high pitch count or injury.
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enters the game in a save situation and maintains his team's lead for the next relief pitcher, while recording at least one out.
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What is H in pitching stats?

A hold is an unofficial statistic that measures the effectiveness of middle relievers. A hold is granted to a relief pitcher who enters a game with his team in the lead in a save situation, and hands over that lead to another reliever without the score having been tied in the interim.
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What does H mean in baseball for a pitcher?

Definition. A hit occurs when a batter strikes the baseball into fair territory and reaches base without doing so via an error or a fielder's choice.
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What is H in baseball box score?

H: Hits. Number of times a batter reaches first base (not on an error or fielders choice). It is awarded right after touching first base (e.g. a runner thrown out going for a double still records a hit). RBI: Runs Batted In.
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What does R mean for pitchers?

Hits (H), Runs (R), and Earned Runs (ER) Hits, here, are the same as they are for a batter.
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What does L stand for in baseball?

L - Losses (while pitching) LOB - Left on Base. LOB% - Left on Base Percentage.
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What does G stand for in baseball?

G – Games played: The number of games the player has appeared in during the current MLB season. AB – At bats: The number of times the player has been at bat, defined as plate appearances minus sacrifices, walks, and Hit by Pitches.
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What does H and E stand for in baseball?

Sam Miller/ESPN. It's the Runs/Hits/Errors box, which we'll refer to going forward as The R/H/E. The R/H/E appears on every major league scoreboard, above every box score of every game on Baseball Reference, on every television graphic going into and coming out of every commercial break.
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What does BB mean in baseball pitching?

A walk (or base on balls) occurs when a pitcher throws four pitches out of the strike zone, none of which are swung at by the hitter. After refraining from swinging at four pitches out of the zone, the batter is awarded first base. In the scorebook, a walk is denoted by the letters BB.
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What does B t mean in baseball?

B/T stands for Bats/Throws (baseball)
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What does B mean in pitching stats?

BB - Base on balls (also called a "walk") - times pitching four balls, allowing the batter-runner to advance to first base. BB/9 - Base on balls times nine divided by innings pitched (Bases on balls per 9 innings pitched) BF - Total batters faced - opponent's total plate appearances.
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What is a good IP for a pitcher?

Pitchers with the game's best P/IP rate typically average fewer than 15 pitches per inning. A starting pitcher with those numbers would be able to go seven innings on fewer than 105 pitches.
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What is the most important pitching stat?

Strikeout to walk ratio (K/BB): You can't simply look at strikeout-to-walk ratio and make firm judgments about a pitcher. But as supporting evidence goes, it's one of the most useful "eyeball" stats out there.
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What does C mean in softball?

Position POS Abbreviation Pitcher 1 P Catcher 2 C First Baseman 3 1B Second Baseman 4 2B Third Baseman 5 3B Shortstop 6 SS Left. Page 1.
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What does ER mean in pitching?

An earned run is any run that scores against a pitcher without the benefit of an error or a passed ball. Often, it is the judgment of the official scorer as to whether a specific run would've scored without the defensive mishap.
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What does P mean in baseball?

Pitcher. A baseball position that is the player that pitches the ball to the catcher from the mound; often seen on baseball rosters, score cards, and fantasy baseball leagues; can also appear as SP and RP which represent the type of pitcher.
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What does WP mean in baseball?

Definition. A pitcher is charged with a wild pitch when his pitch is so errant that the catcher is unable to control it and, as a result, baserunner(s) advance.
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What does TC mean in baseball?

Definition. In theory, a defender's total chances represent the number of opportunities he has to record an out. The formula for total chances is: assists plus putouts plus errors.
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What does WCB mean in baseball?

It stands for “Wild Card Games Behind.” And yes, it is perhaps the dumbest piece of information that now adorns our daily sports page—and every other sports page in America that publishes the “expanded glance.” (That's to differentiate from the regular, narrow glance, which includes only wins, losses, percentage and ...
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What does DP mean in baseball?

Definition. A double play occurs when two offensive players are ruled out within the same play. It's often referred to as "a pitcher's best friend" because it's twice as helpful toward his cause as any given out.
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What does HR mean in baseball?

Definition. A home run occurs when a batter hits a fair ball and scores on the play without being put out or without the benefit of an error.
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What's a good K BB ratio?

A very good K:BB is 4.00 or higher, something that just 14 of 96 pitchers with a minimum of 150 IP met in 2013, including both Cy Young winners. Generally a ratio around 2.75 is what I consider good while anything under 2.00 would be a sign of concern.
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What is a good high school WHIP?

Usually, an average WHIP is around 1.30, while a good WHIP is under 1.10, and an elite WHIP is below 1. A WHIP over 1.50 is generally considered poor.
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How do you read a pitching statistic?

A pitcher's ERA is calculated by the number of earned runs they've allowed (ER), divided by the number of innings pitched (IP) multiplied by 9 (the traditional inning length of a game).
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What does BF mean in baseball?

Definition. Batters faced is simply a count of the number of total plate appearances against a certain pitcher or team. In a perfect game -- with 27 outs -- a pitcher will record 27 batters faced. Batters faced can often be used as a reference for in-game strategy.
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