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Batting Stats Description

PA Plate Appearances This is the total number of times this player stepped up to the plate to bat. To enter this, you count every inning that the player stepped up to the plate.

AB At Bats Note for experienced scorekeepers: normally, you total the player’s At Bats, but since not every plate appearance is an at bat (walks, sacrifice flies, etc.) At bat = plate appearances – walks, sacrifice flies, sac bunts, and hit by pitch

H Hits Number of total hits combined. Get on base, and you’ve got yourself a hit. A single (1B) is a single base hit. A double (2B) lands you on second base and a triple (3B) gets you to third. A home run (HR), of course, allows you to trot around all four bases.

1B Singles This is the total number of singles hit by the player. Count 1 for every time you wrote “1B” for this player.

2B Doubles This is the total number of doubles hit by the player. Count 1 for every time you wrote “2B” for this player.

3B Triples This is the total number of triples hit by the player. Count 1 for every time you wrote “3B” for this player.

HR Home Runs This is the total number of home runs hit by the player. Count 1 for every time you wrote “HR” for this player.

BB Walks/Bases on Balls This is the total number of walks (a.k.a bases on balls) for this player. Count 1 for every time you wrote “BB” for this player.

SB Stolen Base WP Wild Pitch PB Past Ball This is when a player leaved the previous base after the ball has been released and runs to the next base and is safe. If the pitcher throws a Wild Pitch in to the dirt it’s a WP not a SB and the runner doesn’t get credit for it. If the catcher mishandles the pitch and cant make a throw or makes a throw after the ball hits the ground it’s a Past Ball PB, not a SB

K Strikeouts This is the number of times the player stuck out, regardless of reason. A backwards K is when they struck out looking (not swinging)

SF Sacrifice Flies If a player flies out, but another runner is able to tag up and score, it is a sacrifice fly, and is recorded as “SF”.

FC Fielder’s Choice Written down as “FC”, these happen when an opposing fielder attempts to get someone else other than the batter out.

SOE Safe on Error

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This is the number of times the batter reached base as the result of an error by the opposing team. These are written as “E-# (of the position the player made the error)”. Please note: that if a ground ball goes through the shortstops legs or touches any part of any players glove that is Safe On Error SOE. Not a single or home run if it gets past the outfield and it shouldn’t have.

If a fielding error occurs such as; ball goes through the legs of a player, the ball touches the players glove on a routine ground ball, fly ball or throw, both players stop going for the ball cause they think the other one will get it and it should have been caught, or the ball pops our of a glove for no reason, (if the ball was hit extremely hard that’s a reason, that’s not a routine play), then the batter reaches on error SOE and does not get a 1B, 2B, 3B or homerun for the at bat.

R Runs Total number of times that this player crossed home plate. Count 1 for each filled in diamond. The total number of runs for all players must match the final score of the game.

RBI Runs Batted In This is the total number of RBIs for this player. Add up all the RBI totals for this player. Count runs that scored due to her at bat only. (Hit, sacrifice, walk, hit by pitch)

GIDP Grounded Into Double Play -DP This is the total number of times the player hit into a double play. Count 1 for each time you wrote “DP” for this player. This is only counted for the batter that triggers the double play. The other player called out on the play doesn’t have anything recorded for it.

Fielding Stats Description

INN Innings This is the total number of innings that this player played at that position. It doesn’t matter if the player did anything at that position, just that he or she was there. If they played multiple positions, then you would enter the appropriate inning counts for each position. Players may only play partial innings, and this is indicated by the decimal point. The decimal part shows how many outs there were when the player switched. If a player switched at the beginning of the fourth inning, before any outs were made, he played 4.0 innings. If there was one out, he played 4.1, if there were 2 outs, then he played 4.2 innings.

PO Putouts This is the total number of outs that this player got an opposing player out. These come from fly outs (F9 and SF9), unassisted plays (U3), and being the last person to touch the ball on an assisted play (6-3 is a putout for the first baseman).

A Assists This is the total number of assists made by the player. An assist happens when the player handled the ball but didn’t directly get anyone out. For example, in a 6-4 play, a grounder is hit to the shortstop that throws to the second baseman for the out. The shortstop (6) gets an assist and the second baseman (4) gets the putout.

E Errors This is the total number of errors committed by the player. Count 1 for every time you see his or her position number with an E next to it. An error is when a player should have made a routine play and didn’t make it. The glove touches the ball but they don’t come up with it, the ball pops out of the glove, they over throw the teammate while trying to get an out or assist.

DP Double Plays This is the total number of double plays that the player was involved in. Everyone involved in the play gets a DP stat. For the classic 6-4-3 double play, the shortstop, the second baseman, and the first baseman all get double play stats. The shortstop gets an assist, and the second baseman and the first baseman both get putouts.

TP Triple Plays This is the total number of triple plays that the player was involved in. Just as with double plays, everyone involved in the play gets a TP stat.

Pitching Stats Description

IP Innings Pitched

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This is the total number of innings that this player pitched. Players may only play partial innings, and this is indicated by the decimal point. The decimal part shows how many outs there were when the player switched. If a player switched at the beginning of the fourth inning, before any outs were made, he pitched 4.0 innings. If there was one out when he switched, he pitched 4.1, if there were 2 outs, then he pitched 4.2 innings.

BF Batters Faced This is the total number of batters faced by this player. Note that this does not refer to individual people, but the total number of times an opponent stepped up to the plate while this player is pitching. Since players usually have more than one plate appearance per game, players will be counted more than once in the Batters Faced total.

H Hits Allowed This is the total number of hits allowed by this player. All 1B, 2B, 3B, and HR count as hits. Fielder’s choices and errors do not count as hits allowed.

BB Walks/Bases on Balls This is the total number of times this player walked someone on the opposing team. Count 1 for every time you see BB on the opposing team’s batting stats.

SO Strikeouts This is the total number of times this player struck out someone on the opposing team. Count 1 for every time you see a K on the opposing team’s batting stats.

ER Earned Runs This is the total number of earned runs credited to the pitcher. An earned run is any run that is scored by the opposing team, except when the player reached base on an error (it’s the fielder’s fault the batter made it on base; without the error he’d be out), or when there should have been 3 outs in the inning, except an error occurred preventing the inning from ending. This means that when there are 2 outs, if an error occurs, any additional runs that score in the inning are unearned. Another way of thinking about earned runs is to imagine what who would have scored in the inning if no errors had occurred. The inning might have ended sooner, and fewer people would have gotten on base. Those that score are unearned. Walks and fielder’s choice plays result in earned runs if the player scores. If no errors occur during an inning, then all runs are earned runs.

PC Pitch Count / #P This is the total number of pitches thrown by this player. It is infrequently tracked, and completely optional to enter.

PSAL stat entry:

Log onto PSAL.org Click staff at the bottom of the page Click coach Enter name and password Answer the concussion question Click box score Enter game number

Game = Enter all athletes that attended the game even if they didn’t play that day

AB – At Bat = enter number of at bats - not every plate appearance is an at bat like walks, sacrifice flies, etc. At bat = plate appearances (–) walks, sacrifice flies, sac bunts, and hit by pitch

H – Hits = Enter the number of hits for that athlete

R – Run = amount of times that batter (her self) crossed home plate safely

RBI – Runs batted in = the amount of runs that scored during that particular players at bats with out errors.

2B – Doubles = amount of times athlete reached second during an at bat without an error allowing it to happen.

3B – Triples = amount of times athlete reached third during an at bat without an error allowing it to happen.

HR – Homeruns = amount of times athlete reached home during an at bat without an error allowing it to happen.

BB – Walk/ Base on Balls = Amount of times the batter was walked by the pitcher.

SO – Strike out = amount of times the batter stuck out swinging or looking.

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SB – Stolen Base = amount of times a runner has stolen a base successfully. If the runner goes on the pitch and the pitch is in the dirt it is a wild pitch not a stolen base. If a runner goes and the catcher loses control of the ball it is a past ball NOT a stolen base. Even if she would have been safe.

Pitching Stats:

Enter Wins/Loss

Enter Save: Save – a save is when the pitcher meets all 4 of the following conditions: 1. the finishing pitcher in a game won by her team; 2. not the winning pitcher; 3. credited with at least ⅓ of an inning pitched; and 4. she satisfies one of the following conditions:  she enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning  she enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, at bat or on deck  she pitches for at least two innings.

Inn – Innings pitched how many innings the pitcher completed and how many outs they got , so if they pitched 4 full innings and got 1 out in the 5th they pitched 4.1 innings. If they pitched and got two outs it would be 4.2.

H – Hits = How many hits they gave up each inning. This does not include errors by the fielders.

R – Runs = How many runs they gave up in total including unearned runs.

ER – Earned Runs = How many runs were earned. If a player was on second base and a ball get hit to an outfielder that drops the ball and 2 runs scored both of those runs are unearned. They don’t count in the Earned runs. ER are only runs that scored with our any errors. See ER above.

BB – Walks Base on Balls given up = how many walks given to the other team.

HP – Hit by Pitch = How many batters the pitcher hit with the ball and was given first base as a result.

SO – Strike Outs = How many batters the pitcher struck out in the game.

#P – Number of Pitches Thrown by pitcher for the game.

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