What does L9 mean in baseball?

For instance, simply writing '9' on a player's at-bat would indicate he flied out to the right fielder. I prefer 'L9' or 'F9' to indicate whether it was a hard-hit line drive or a fly ball. If I draw a tiny star in a box marked 'F8' that indicates the centerfielder made a great play.
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What does L8 mean in baseball?

I use "F8" for a routine flyout to center, "L8" for a line drive to center, and "Fd8" for a fly to the warning track.
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What does 1b mean in baseball?

Definition. A single occurs when a batter hits the ball and reaches first base without the help of an intervening error or attempt to put out another baserunner. Singles are the most common type of hit in baseball, and they occur in many varieties. If a batter beats out a bunt or an infield dribbler -- it's a single.
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What does h9 mean in baseball?

Definition. H/9 represents the average number of hits a pitcher allows per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing a pitcher's hits allowed by his innings pitched and multiplying that by nine.
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What is F7 in baseball?

A flyout to left field would listed as F7. A lineout to center field might be L8, or F8 with a straight line above the F and the 8 to indicate a line drive. A popup to the center fielder might be listed as P8, or F8 with an arc above the F and the 8 to indicate a popup.
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What does L10 mean in baseball?

RA - Runs allowed. DIFF - Run Differential. STRK - Current Streak. L10 - Record lats 10 games.
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What is J2 in baseball?

2021 J2. One of the areas of baseball most impacted by the Covid-19 shutdown and the financial uncertainties around it is the International Free Agent market. Traditionally this avenue for acquiring players opens up to teams on July 2 each year, which is where the term J2 comes from.
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What position is F9 in baseball?

1st Batter, #7 Marvin Benard (the Giants' center fielder) hit a fly ball that was caught by the right fielder (9) for an out. Other scorekeepers might abbreviate this out using "F9" for fly out to right field.
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What does k9 mean in baseball?

K/9 rate measures how many strikeouts a pitcher averages for every nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing his strikeout total by his innings pitched total and multiplying the result by nine.
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What does L in a box score mean?

Line score

The visiting team is on the top line and the home team on the bottom line. The terms top of the inning and bottom of the inning are derived from their positions in the line score.
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What is P6 in baseball?

So fly balls and popups are recorded by the player who catches it: a popup to shortstop can be recorded as a P6, while a fly caught by the center fielder can be written as F8 or simply 8.
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What does U3 mean in baseball?

Abbreviations for the base umpires. In the two-man system there is only one base umpire, of course: U1. With three- and four-man crews, the number signifies their start-position with no runners on base – U1 near first base, U2 near second base, and U3 near third base.
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What is u7 in baseball?

Our 7U division is for players that are currently 5 or 6 years old.
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What does F5 mean in baseball?

The first five innings bet continues to grow in popularity among MLB bettors. Also known as an F5 bet, its goal is to pick the side that will be ahead at that point. Like with any other two-sided bet, there will be odds on both sides of the equation .
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What does F5 stand for in baseball?

F5 signifies a line on the first five innings of a game. Some bettors like the five-inning bet because the pitching is less predictable over a full game in this age when starters pitch fewer innings than they once did.
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What does L 10 mean?

What is L10? The L10 life is the number of revolutions or hours that 90% of a group of apparently identical bearings will complete or exceed before fatigue is expected to occur. In other words, 10% of the group is not expected to achieve the L10 life.
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What does LS mean in baseball?

Definition. Slash line is a colloquial term used to represent a player's batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Those three stats are often referenced together in baseball media with forward slashes separating them, which is where the term slash line comes from.
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What does GB mean in baseball 9?

In most North American sports, the phrase games behind or games back (often abbreviated GB) is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division.
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What does FF mean in baseball?

FF = four-seam fastball. FT = two-seam fastball. FC = fastball (cutter)
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What does G mean in baseball?

For example, BA = batting average, G = games played, AB = at bats, R = runs, H = hits, 2B = doubles, 3B = triples, HR = home runs, RBI = runs batted in, SB = stolen bases.
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What does F10 mean in softball?

Page 2 of 5. The DP starts at the defensive position of "F10"1 - benchwarmer. This means you can swap the DP with any player other than the Flex on defense and no one has left the game; it is not a substitution. The player removed from defense continues to bat in her normal place in the batting order.
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