When attending a Major League Baseball game, you might notice the scoreboard with an MVR column. MVR is a new concept as of 2018 set up to reduce the number of mound visits during a nine-inning game to speed up play’s action. Mound visits serve as a critical way for teams and managers to meet … Read more
A closer in baseball completes the win for their team at the end of the game. Generally speaking, teams have their best relief pitcher as the closer since that pitcher pitches the most stressful innings. However, sometimes a pitcher cannot get the job done via a win and receives a blown save. So, what does … Read more
A hitter’s batting average means what percentage they get a hit to get on base per every at-bat they take. The batting average is a straightforward baseball statistic that most fans and baseball players understand. For example, I had ten at bats and got three singles. Therefore, I would have a .300 batting average. So, … Read more
What’s the rarest thing to take place in baseball? If you thought it was throwing a perfect game, you would be wrong. The rarest thing to take place in baseball is a triple play. So what is a triple play, how does it generally happen, what is an unassisted triple play, why the play is … Read more
When watching a baseball game on ESPN or another network, you might see a box next to the hitter at the batter’s box. That box represents the strike zone during a baseball game for that hitter. So what exactly does the strike zone box mean, why do some umpires get the call wrong sometimes, and … Read more
ERA stands for “earned run average,” and Henry Chadwick, an English-American sportswriter, statistician, and the “Father of Baseball,” created it. He was also instrumental in other game parts like the box score, batting average, and abbreviating a strikeout with the letter K. ERA is an important stat in baseball because it, in theory, shows how many … Read more
Throwing a no-hitter in baseball is exciting for fans and players. What’s even rarer than a no-hitter by a pitcher is the perfect game. A perfect game means that the pitcher did not allow any hits, walks, hit by pitches, and no errors took place on the field. The no errors on the field is … Read more
A pinch hitter is a substitute player that replaces a hitter in the lineup during a game. For example, these players tend to have better offensive hitting skills than the person they are replacing in the lineup to hit, like a pitcher. Pinch hitters occur in both Major League and Minor League baseball for a … Read more
In baseball, RISP stands for “runners in scoring position.” This stat tracks how many baserunners are in scoring position when on the base paths. Not all players on base are in scoring positions, so further understanding this statistic is essential. So, when is a baseball player in a scoring position? How does the small ball … Read more
Defensive indifference in baseball is when one team steals a base without the other team attempting to throw them out on the base paths since that run does not matter. The indifference occurs in the ninth inning (or extra innings) when the score is not even close. For example, if one team is up by … Read more