tophitters2001

Batting statistics for the top 144 hitters in Major
 League Baseball in 2001.

datasets

This package contains data sets used in the book "R
Graphics Cookbook" by Winston Chang, published by O'Reilly
Media.

Winston Chang

gcookbook

Data for "R Graphics Cookbook"

tophitters2001 function

Variables:<ul>
<li>id: Unique player id</li>
<li>first: First name</li>
<li>last: Last name</li>
<li>name: Full
 name (first and last)</li>
<li>year: Year of data</li>
<li>stint</li>
<li>team: Abbreviation of team played for</li>
<li>lg: League (American League or National League)</li>
<li>g:
 Number of games</li>
<li>ab: Number of times at bat</li>
<li>r:
 Number of runs</li>
<li>h: Number of hits (times reached
 base because of a batted, fair ball without error by the
 defense)</li>
<li>2b: Hits on which the batter reached
 second base safely</li>
<li>3b: Hits on which the batter
 reached third base safely</li>
<li>hr: Number of home runs</li>
<li>rbi: Runs batted in</li>
<li>sb: Stolen bases</li>
<li>cs: Caught stealing</li>
<li>bb: Base on balls (walk)</li>
<li>so: Strike outs</li>
<li>ibb: Intentional base on balls</li>
<li>hbp: Hits by pitch</li>
<li>sh: Sacrifice hits</li>
<li>sf: Sacrifice flies</li>
<li>gidp: Ground into double-play</li>
<li>avg: Batting average (hits divided by at-bats)</li>
</ul>

tophitters2001: Batting averages of the top hitters in Major League Baseball in 2001

Description

Arguments

Variables