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Jimmy Rollins holds the single season record for most plate appearances, at 778 In baseball , a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA ) each time he completes a turn batting. Under Rule 5.04(c) of the Official Baseball Rules , a player completes a turn batting when he is put out or becomes a runner. [ 1 ]
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lpitcher_record = The losing pitcher's record after the game; spitcher = The pitcher who saved the game, if any; saves = The number of saves recorded by said pitcher; attendance = Official attendance; record = The team's record after the game; Optional, for postponements only
Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game. New York: Copernicus Books, 2001. ISBN 0-387-98816-5. A book on new statistics for baseball. MLB Record Book by: MLB.com; Alan Schwarz, The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics (New York: St. Martin's, 2005). ISBN 0-312-32223-2.
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In baseball statistics, games pitched (denoted by Games G in tables of only pitching statistics) is the number of games in which a player appears as a pitcher. The statistic is also referred to as appearances , especially to refer to the number of games a relief pitcher has pitched in.
The following is a list of single-game baseball records and unusual events. The following criteria are used for inclusion: The following criteria are used for inclusion: Only events occurring within a single plate appearance , inning , or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved over more than one game are not listed.