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Softball / Baseball Statistics Glossary:
Understand What Statistics Mean
| AVG | Average - A player's hits divided by at bats. Sacs and walks do not count as at bats. |
| BB | Base on Balls - otherwise known as a walk. |
| BsR | Base Runs - is a measure of how many runs a team "should" create based on offensive performance. It attempts to factor out luck. |
| Expectation | Expectation is a team's expected win percentage based upon their runs scored and given up. |
| HROL | Home Runs Over Limit - Many softball leagues have a limit of home runs that a team can hit. HROL tracks home run outs. |
| OBP | On Base Percentage - is a measure of how often a player reaches base for any reason other than an error. |
| OPS | On Base Plus Slugging - is simply On Base Percentage added to Slugging Percentage. |
| R | Runs - the number of runs a player scored by crossing home plate. |
| RBI | Runs Batted In - RBIs are awarded whenever the outcome of a player's at-bat results in a run being scored. |
| RC | Runs Created - is an estimate of the number of runs a hitter contributes to his team. |
| S | Sacrifice - In Softball a sacrifice occurs when a batter gets a hit with fewer than 2 outs, the batter is out, and a runner already on base scores. |
| SecA | Secondary Average - is a batting average that accounts for extra base hits, walks, and stolen bases. |
| SLG | Slugging Percentage - is a measure of a hitter's performance calculated by total bases divided by total at bats. (TB/AB) |
| TAv | True Average - is a measure of total offensive value per out. |