Baseball Abbreviations

[saint0917]

I was looking at the box scores in the U.S.A. Today, and in the pitching box scores it has IP, H, R, ER, BB, SO, BF?, ERA. Does anyone know what the BF stands for I can't find it anywhere.

Baseball Abbreviations (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stats4.shtml)

[TexasTerror]

Batters Faced? That's it, I am sure...

[saint0917]

Batters Faced? That's it, I am sure...

I think your right, thanks TT you da man :nod:

[ISUMatt]

definitely Batters Faced!!!

[saint0917]

definitely Batters Faced!!!

That's what I thought it was, but wasn't sure. Oh, who the hell am I kidding, I didn't know. :( Thanks for the help guys

[GSUAlumniEagle]

I remember the first time I saw WHIP in a linescore. Took me nearly an hour to figure out what the hell I was looking at.

[saint0917]

I remember the first time I saw WHIP in a linescore. Took me nearly an hour to figure out what the hell I was looking at.

I didn't know what WHIP was either until I started playing Fantasy Baseball.

[GSUAlumniEagle]

My dad was the official scorer for the Savannah Cardinals, the single-A team that has since moved to the Washington National's affiliation as the Savannah Sand Gnats. So I grew up around stats. I knew how to keep a box score when I was five. And was figuring out ERAs on a calculator well before then.

I love this game.

[saint0917]

My dad was the official scorer for the Savannah Cardinals, the single-A team that has since moved to the Washington National's affiliation as the Savannah Sand Gnats. So I grew up around stats. I knew how to keep a box score when I was five. And was figuring out ERAs on a calculator well before then.

I love this game.

Gotta love the Sand Gnats

http://www.starstruck.com/images/P0058481.jpg

[saint0917]

[QUOTE=GSUStudentEagle And was figuring out ERAs on a calculator well before then.

I love this game.[/QUOTE]

I use to know how to do all that stuff but I can't remember now. Maybe you should hold a class: GSUStudentEagle Calculating Stats 101 :D

[eaglefan452]

There was an a peice written in Sports Illustrated a few months back on how keeping score was a lost art. I learned how to keep score from an early age, I am a little rusty on some of the more obscure scoring abbreviations, but with a little time I could probably get the hang of it again.

[TexasTerror]

Sometimes it stinks be the official scorer. I held that position for some Div I games and we had a game get out of hand against SWAC school Tx Southern and I honestly did not know whether to call things errors or not. Either way, the Kats won 21-1.

http://bearkats.shsu.edu/baseball/shbas309.htm

[GSUAlumniEagle]

No one keeps a scorecard anymore.

Personally, I can't go to a baseball game without a scorecard and a pencil.

[GSUAlumniEagle]

Sometimes it stinks be the official scorer. I held that position for some Div I games and we had a game get out of hand against SWAC school Tx Southern and I honestly did not know whether to call things errors or not. Either way, the Kats won 21-1.

http://bearkats.shsu.edu/baseball/shbas309.htm

No offense, but I've noticed quite a few scoring errors at NCAA parks around the country. I'm not talking hit v. error, I'm talking scoring rules. You'd be suprised how many times I've seen NCAA scorers disregard an obvious sacrifice attempt, or giving RBIs on a GIDP.

[TexasTerror]

Well, sometimes these decisions are made by the folks in the pressbox. On a questionable call, I'll look to another SID-related staff member or even take the word of what the visiting or home radio guy(s) think. Sometimes, it's pretty obvious, but since there's no replay and with some of the pathetic infield grasses at these NCAA fields (as was the case at Sam's until we get the new field this next year), it's pretty difficult to say sometimes. On some infield hits, that some outsider may have said was an error, I knew the field and would say, "okay, that was just a Holleman Field bounce" due to knowing the ball it a rough spot and it was going to be unplayable as is for the out at 1B.

[ISUMatt]

You know what I absolutely hate, the fact you can not assume a DP... Thats BS!!! If you have 1st and 3rd and there is a routine GB to the SS, he flips to 2B and he in turn bounces it in the dirt safe at first. They rule that crap a FC 6-4 RBI when it SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN OBVIOUS DP. Screw that, I say E4, no RBI, but I dont think that will get changed anytime soon!!!

[ngineer]

There was an a peice written in Sports Illustrated a few months back on how keeping score was a lost art. I learned how to keep score from an early age, I am a little rusty on some of the more obscure scoring abbreviations, but with a little time I could probably get the hang of it again.

So right. I went to a Phils game two weeks ago and kept score, as usual, and I think I was the only one in my section doing so. I taught my daughter how to score the game as she was growing up, so now I can go to head or get a beer and have someone to keep track of the goings. Before, it would be a mad dash to get back because my wife would have an idea who did what. :D
To me, it keeps your head in the game, but also tells a story as a great keepsake for your kids years later.

[blur2005]

Keeping score is great. I make sure to do it at every professional game I attend. Baseball has more stats than any other game by far, which helps make it even more interesting.

[eaglefan452]

So right. I went to a Phils game two weeks ago and kept score, as usual, and I think I was the only one in my section doing so. I taught my daughter how to score the game as she was growing up, so now I can go to head or get a beer and have someone to keep track of the goings. Before, it would be a mad dash to get back because my wife would have an idea who did what. :D
To me, it keeps your head in the game, but also tells a story as a great keepsake for your kids years later.

I don't always keep score, I haven't in a long time, but I think that keeping score is a great way to learn the game and its rules.