R: Baseball Data

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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