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[5] [6] As the metric is averaged over the length of a player's entire career a decrease in efficiency later in his career means a player can move down in the ranking; Jordan's PER took a big hit in the final two years of his career when he returned to the game with the Washington Wizards, posting 20.7 in his penultimate season and 19.3 in his ...
While most sports have regulation-sized fields, some sports/leagues such as Major League Baseball (MLB) and NCAA Hockey, allow for varying field of play dimensions. The most common example of a park effect is a baseball stadium's batting park factor, but there exists other factors that impact all sports. Every stadium throughout the world has ...
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.
List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game records; List of Major League Baseball attendance records; List of Major League Baseball postseason records. List of World Series career records; List of World Series single-game records; List of World Series single-series records
On May 1, 1920, Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Robins faced 96 Boston Braves batters, an MLB single game record dating back to at least 1901. [5] Oakland's Steve McCatty is the last pitcher to face 50 or more batters in a game. McCatty pitched to 51 batters in a 14-inning complete game loss to the Seattle Mariners on August 10, 1980. [6]
Here’s a look at the major changes in baseball’s record books with the integration of the Negro Leagues on Wednesday: MLB stats that changed after Negro Leagues integration
Ted Williams is the all-time Major League Baseball leader in on-base percentage. In baseball statistics , on-base percentage ( OBP ) measures how frequently a batter reaches base . An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as on-base average ( OBA ), [ a ] as it is rarely presented as a true ...
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 ]