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 homeruns.
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
  annary 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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