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Embedded Joe Mama Report

We're conducting a thorough assessment of the player's performance, with a twist – we're excluding attempted bunts and bunt hits from our averages. This encompasses key stats like hits, batting average, and strikeout percentage across spring training, regular season, and postseason games. Additionally, when it comes to metrics such as average exit velocity and barrel %, we're focusing solely on batted balls, provided the data is available.

Baseball Statistics Glossary

  1. 100+ Exit Velocity: speed of a baseball leaving the bat at over 100 miles per hour, indicating a hitter's power.

  2. ABs (At-Bats): The number of times a batter bats, excluding walks, hit by pitch, sacrifices, and catcher's interference.

  3. BABIP: Measures how often a batter gets a hit when the ball is in play, excluding home runs. It gauges the batter's luck or skill in hitting balls that are fielded by the defense.

  4. Balls In Play: Refers to any pitched ball that the batter swings at and puts into fair territory, excluding home runs.

  5. Barrel %: The percentage of a batter's plate appearances where the ball is hit with the ideal combination of exit velocity and launch angle, resulting in optimal outcomes.

  6. BB (Walks): Abbreviation for "base on balls," it refers to a batter reaching first base safely after the pitcher throws four pitches out of the strike zone.

  7. BB% (Walk Percentage): The percentage of plate appearances in which a batter earns a walk.

  8. Batting Average: A measure of a batter's success at getting a hit during an at-bat, calculated by dividing total hits by total at-bats.

  9. Contact %: The percentage of a batter's swings that make contact with the ball.

  10. CSW% (Called Strikes plus Whiffs Percentage): The percentage of total pitches where a batter either swings and misses or the pitch is called a strike.

  11. Earned Runs: Runs scored against a pitcher that resulted from hits, walks, hit batters, and any defensive errors directly preceding the runs.

  12. Exit Velocity: The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat after contact, measured in miles per hour.

  13. Fly Ball %: The percentage of batted balls hit as fly balls.

  14. Hard Hit %: The percentage of a batter's plate appearances that result in a batted ball with a high exit velocity.

  15. Hits: The number of times a batter safely reaches base with a hit.

  16. HR/9: the average number of home runs a pitcher allows per nine innings pitched.

  17. HRs (Home Runs): A hit that allows the batter to circle the bases and score a run without being put out.

  18. ISO (Isolated Power): A measure of a hitter's raw power, calculated by subtracting batting average from slugging percentage.

  19. K (Strikeouts): The number of times a batter is put out by three strikes.

  20. K% (Strikeout Percentage): The percentage of plate appearances that result in a strikeout.

  21. Launch Angle: The angle at which the ball leaves the bat after contact, measured in degrees.

  22. LHP (Left-Handed Pitcher): A pitcher who throws the ball with their left hand.

  23. LHH (Left-Handed Hitter): A batter who bats from the left side of the plate.

  24. Line Drive %: The percentage of batted balls classified as line drives.

  25. RBI (Runs Batted In): A statistic credited to a batter for each run scored as a result of their hit.

  26. Reliever: A pitcher who enters the game in place of the starting pitcher to finish the game or bridge the gap to the closer.

  27. RHH (Right-Handed Hitter): A batter who bats from the right side of the plate.

  28. RHP (Right-Handed Pitcher): A pitcher who throws the ball with their right hand.

  29. Runs: The number of times a batter crosses home plate to score a run.

  30. SB (Stolen Bases): The number of times a baserunner advances to the next base while the pitcher is in the process of delivering the ball to home plate.

  31. SIERA (Skill-Interactive Earned Run Average): A pitching metric that evaluates a pitcher's performance based on strikeouts, walks, home runs, and batted ball types.

  32. Starter (Pitcher): The pitcher who begins the game for their team.

  33. Swinging Strike %: The percentage of pitches swung at by a batter that result in a swinging strike.

  34. Total Bases: The sum of a batter's hits, where a single counts as one base, a double as two, a triple as three, and a home run as four.

  35. Whiff % (Whiff Percentage): The percentage of swings by a batter that result in a miss.

  36. wOBA: Quantifies a hitter's overall offensive contribution by weighting different outcomes based on their value.

  37. XBH: "Extra Base Hit" refers to hits that allow the batter to advance beyond first base, including doubles, triples, and home runs.