Baseball {vcd}R Documentation

Baseball Data

Description

Baseball data.

Usage

data("Baseball")

Format

A data frame with 322 observations and 25 variables.

name1
player's first name.
name2
player's last name.
atbat86
times at Bat: number of official plate appearances by a hitter. It counts as an official at-bat as long as the batter does not walk, sacrifice, get hit by a pitch or reach base due to catcher's interference.
hits86
hits.
homer86
home runs.
runs86
the number of runs scored by a player. A run is scored by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home base in that order without being put out.
rbi86
Runs Batted In: A hitter earns a run batted in when he drives in a run via a hit, walk, sacrifice (bunt or fly) fielder's choice, hit-batsman or on an error (when the official scorer rules that the run would have scored anyway).
walks86
A “walk” (or “base on balls”) is an award of first base granted to a batter who receives four pitches outside the strike zone.
years
Years in the Major Leagues. Seems to count all years a player has actually played in the Major Leagues, not necessarily consecutive.
atbat
career times at bat.
hits
career hits.
homeruns
career home runs.
runs
career runs.
rbi
career runs batted in.
walks
career walks.
league86
player's league.
div86
player's division.
team86
player's team.
posit86
player's position (see Hitters).
outs86
number of putouts (see Hitters)
assist86
number of assists (see Hitters)
error86
number of assists (see Hitters)
sal87
annual salary on opening day (in USD 1000).
league87
league in 1987.
team87
team in 1987.

Source

SAS System for Statistical Graphics, First Edition, page A2.3

References

M. Friendly (2000), Visualizing Categorical Data. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.

See Also

Hitters

Examples

data("Baseball")

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