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Finding Player Stats
One of the simplest and most common
functions is to find information about a
specific player. You accomplish this by
simply entering his name.
You can find both a player’s pitching
and batting stats by entering his name.
If a player is primarily a pitcher then his
pitching statistics will be displayed, and
vice versa.
1. At the Request screen, type a
player’s name.
To erase letters, press
BACK
or
.
2. Press
ENTER
to see his full
name and rookie totals.
To find a pitcher’s batting stats,
press
BAT/PIT
.
3. Press to see his date of
birth, weight, and height at
which he played.
To zoom in any direction, press
CAP
and then the appropriate arrow key.
4. Press
to see his annual
stats.
To see more annual stats, press .
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
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Here are the abbreviations that you can use in your list requests with the Total
Baseball Encyclopedia.
Appendix B: Abbreviations
Batting Stats
at-bats ................................... AB
batting average ...................... BA
doubles .................................. 2B
hits .......................................... H
home runs .............................. HR
runs batted in ........................ RBI
runs scored .............................. R
slugging average .................. SLG
stolen bases .......................... SB
total bases .............................. TB
triples .................................... 3B
Biographical Information
age ...................................... AGE
height .................................... HT
weight ................................... WT
Misc. Baseball Information
American League .................... AL
bats left .................................. BL
bats right ............................... BR
Hall of Famer ........................ HOF
National League ..................... NL
not Hall of Famer ............... NHOF
Rookie of the Year ............... ROY
switch hitter ........................... BS
throws left ............................... TL
throws right ............................. TR
Pitching Stats
earned run average .............. ERA
earned runs ............................ ER
hits allowed .............................. H
innings pitched ......................... IP
losses ....................................... L
saves ....................................... S
strikeouts ............................... SO
walks ..................................... BB
wins ........................................ W
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More About Entering Names
You can enter players by their first
and last name, last name and first
name, or last name alone (e.g. MEL
OTT, OTT MEL, or OTT).
