battinghistory

Major League Baseball data on batting; number of hits, doubles, home runs by season.
The data was extracted from baseball-reference.com website.

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Data for the examples and exercises in the book "R by Example".
Jim Albert and Maria Rizzo (2012, ISBN 978-1-4614-1365-3).

Maria Rizzo

RbyExample

Data for the Book "R by Example"

Jim Albert

battinghistory function

140 obs. of 27 variables:<dl>
<dt>Year</dt>
<dd>season</dd><dt>Tms</dt>
<dd>number of teams</dd><dt>N.Bat</dt>
<dd>number of players</dd><dt>BatAge</dt>
<dd>batter's average age</dd><dt>R</dt>
<dd>runs scored</dd><dt>G</dt>
<dd>games played</dd><dt>PA</dt>
<dd>plate appearances</dd><dt>AB</dt>
<dd>at-bats</dd><dt>H</dt>
<dd>hits</dd><dt>X2B</dt>
<dd>doubles</dd><dt>X3B</dt>
<dd>triples</dd><dt>HR</dt>
<dd>home runs</dd><dt>RBI</dt>
<dd>runs batted in</dd><dt>SB</dt>
<dd>stolen bases</dd><dt>CS</dt>
<dd>number caught stealing</dd><dt>BB</dt>
<dd>walks</dd><dt>SO</dt>
<dd>strikeouts</dd><dt>BA</dt>
<dd>batting average</dd><dt>OBP</dt>
<dd>on-base percentage</dd><dt>SLG</dt>
<dd>slugging percentage</dd><dt>OPS</dt>
<dd>OBP plus SLG</dd><dt>TB</dt>
<dd>total bases</dd><dt>GDP</dt>
<dd>ground into double plays</dd><dt>HBP</dt>
<dd>hit by pitches</dd><dt>SH</dt>
<dd>sacrifice hits</dd><dt>SF</dt>
<dd>sacrifice flies</dd><dt>IBB</dt>
<dd>intentional walks</dd>
</dl>

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Baseball Batting History Data — battinghistory

140 obs. of 27 variables:<dl>
<dt>Year</dt>
<dd>season</dd>

<dt>Tms</dt>
<dd>number of teams</dd>

<dt>N.Bat</dt>
<dd>number of players</dd>

<dt>BatAge</dt>
<dd>batter's average age</dd>

<dt>R</dt>
<dd>runs scored</dd>

<dt>G</dt>
<dd>games played</dd>

<dt>PA</dt>
<dd>plate appearances</dd>

<dt>AB</dt>
<dd>at-bats</dd>

<dt>H</dt>
<dd>hits</dd>

<dt>X2B</dt>
<dd>doubles</dd>

<dt>X3B</dt>
<dd>triples</dd>

<dt>HR</dt>
<dd>home runs</dd>

<dt>RBI</dt>
<dd>runs batted in</dd>

<dt>SB</dt>
<dd>stolen bases</dd>

<dt>CS</dt>
<dd>number caught stealing</dd>

<dt>BB</dt>
<dd>walks</dd>

<dt>SO</dt>
<dd>strikeouts</dd>

<dt>BA</dt>
<dd>batting average</dd>

<dt>OBP</dt>
<dd>on-base percentage</dd>

<dt>SLG</dt>
<dd>slugging percentage</dd>

<dt>OPS</dt>
<dd>OBP plus SLG</dd>

<dt>TB</dt>
<dd>total bases</dd>

<dt>GDP</dt>
<dd>ground into double plays</dd>

<dt>HBP</dt>
<dd>hit by pitches</dd>

<dt>SH</dt>
<dd>sacrifice hits</dd>

<dt>SF</dt>
<dd>sacrifice flies</dd>

<dt>IBB</dt>
<dd>intentional walks</dd>


</dl>

battinghistory: Baseball Batting History Data

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