What does ERA Mean in MLB?
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Earned Run Average--It is the average number of earned runs scored on a picticular picher in 9 innings.
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do u mean like where the guy tags the base after the ball has been caught and advances?\nif this is what u mean, then no. because if there are two outs and the ball is caught then that makes it three outs and that half of the inning is over so it would be pointless to tag
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OPS is a players on-base percentage plus his slugging average.   spotts1701 already told you how to calculate OBP; Slugging average is total bases (i.e., singles+2*doubles+3*triples +4*HR) divided by total at-bats.
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It's a rating that indicates the quality of the play.  This is typically a self-assigned rating by a team.  In tournament play, the level goes from B (lowest) to AA (highest.)  This is not only in USAV but is also used in many local leagues.  A team can sign up to play any level but the higher levels are VERY competetive.
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It is the calculation of how many walks and hits per innings pitched it is not very often use so unless you are a very serious pitcher that is looking towards the college level, I really wouldn't worry about it. Mainly just focus on ERA, It is a lot more important but harder to find.
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TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU! Will it change? Maybe not. Over the past few years, what the gold glove really stands for has changed. Sure, its awarded for great defensive plays and prowess. However, when you look at it, everybody who has won it (for the most part, Orlando Hudson being an exception) has put up pretty good offensive stats. Its like if that is what seperates a guy like A-Rod from Crede.\n\nSome guys who win the gold glove surely deserve it, but Crede may just be on a short stick. One, because he isnt exactly a household name of any kind, so not much attention to paid to him. Two, he plays third base, where there are a lot of talented players there as well.
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You could use a bunch of different measuring sticks.  Last year's NL East had the top four teams finish within 7 games of each other, while the West had the last place team only 15 games behind the division winner, the same as the 1996 NL Central.  The 1995 NL West (only 4 teams) had an 11 game gap between first and last, but that season was strike-shortened, as was 1994 when the 4 teams in the AL West were within 5 1/2 games of each other.  The 2004 AL West had the top three teams within 3 games of each other.\n\nIf we're only going to go back to the 3-division format in each league, those have been the closest races.
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Pitcher - 1\nCatcher - 2\nFirst Base - 3\nSecond Base - 4\nThird Base - 5\nShortstop - 6\nLeft Field - 7\nCenter Field - 8\nRight Field - 9\n\nWhen announcers say 4-6-3 double play, it means second baseman to shortstop to first baseman and they got two outs. These numbers are meant for keeping score in a scorebook. That's why the announcers say it. If you're listening on the radio, it's much easier for you to keep score if they say the numbers for you.\n\nSome common double plays are:\n6-4-3 (SS-2B-1B)\n4-6-3 (2B-SS-1B)\n5-4-3 (3B-2B-1B)\n1-2-3 (bases loaded) (P-C-1B)\n3-6-3 (1B-SS-1B)\n3-6-1 (assuming the first baseman is going towards second when he fields it) (1B-SS-P)
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It, like the whole game of baseball, is sort of complicated math, or at least a lot of it ;-). To get slugging percentage you divide the total number of bases, of all their base hits, by the total number of times they were at bat. Just FYI the abbreviation is SLG. :-)
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middle relief pitcher and long relief pitcher, both pretty similar\n\nmiddle relief pitcher is someone who comes in early to relieve the starter in a close game but isn't a setup man or a closer. they are typically pretty good, just not so good that they are saved for the closing role\n\na long relief pitcher also comes into the game early, typically because of the starter getting injured or being ineffective.  they are essentially treated as a second starter.  because they sometimes pitch from the 2nd inning to the 7th, they are called long relievers
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Earned Run Average.  It's a statistic for pitchers that measures how good they are at preventing runs, and is expressed in terms of earned runs allowed for every 9 innings pitched.  A lower ERA is better.  It is calculated by the following formula:\n\nERA = (ER/IP)*9\n\nwhere ER is earned runs allowed and IP is the number of innings pitched.
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It means hold. It's when a pitcher comes into a game in a save situation and doesn't blow the save...but leaves before the game ends and doesn't get a save. This is the stat category to "judge" a setup pitcher.
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There are a lot of sites with MLB stats. Start here:\nhttp://www.sportsline.com/mlb/stats\nhttp://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/statistics\n\nI have NO idea what "reuseted" means, so I don't know if those sites have those stats.
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It depends on how good the player is. Could be 1 season in AAA or it could be a 20+year career in MLB. I don't think one can say average. It depends on how good a player is and their health.
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Bush league basically means amateur or inferior. It came from minor league baseball back in the day where the non Major League affiliated teams had really cheap fields that were surrounded by bushes and other such stuff.
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Good Question...\n\nit means Day - To - Day\n\nGood Luck hope you player dont have that listed all season ...
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They are no significant difference.  Even there are difference between pitchers park and hitters park, there is no difference between the league.\n\nI think you have the question because AL hitters are generally batter.  That's because NL don't use DH (pitchers have to hit), but AL do.  So offsensively AL is better, especially on RBI and runs.  It affects homerun and average as well, because it's harder for AL pitchers to pitch around.