Baseball Stats: Counting Stats
This video is the first in a five-part comprehensive guide to baseball statistics. This first video gives a short history of baseball statistics and then dives into counting stats.
Counting stats are the most basic baseball statistics and are the building blocks of most rate stats and advanced stats. In this video we cover counting stats such as:
– At Bats (AB)
– Plate Appearances (PA)
– Games Started (GS)
– Hits (H)
– Types of hits (1B, 2B, 3B, HR)
– Errors (E)
– Fielder’s Choice (FC)
– Strikeouts (K)
– Walks (BB)
– Stolen Bases (SB)
This is by no means the full list of stats covered in this video.
The full series will be as follows:
#1: Counting Stats & History (you are here)
#2: Rate Stats and “+” Stats
#3: Defensive Stats (non-Statcast)
#4: Statcast
#5: WAR & Related Stats (and corrections / omissions)
As always, your explanations are top-notch.
Once again, another great video! I must say that every time I watch your videos, my passion for baseball grows! Nice job, Sir.
if i recall correctly, sac flys are included as outs in OBP. great video!
I think it’s funny that they show a bunch of Mets footage when he’s explain how you can have a good pitcher but the team still looses.
Dude could you do one on NFL on how and why the yards thing happens I’ve been watching nfl in Australia for about2 yrs and I just find it hard to understand being bought up on rugby league and rugby union and from what I’ve seen Nfl came from rugby union? If you know what I mean
I really enjoyed the history portion of this video – it gave a lot of context as to why these stats exist (and why there are so many!). Excellent video as always!
looking forward to the rest
thank you so much!
Funny thing about the definition of error at 7:28.
Consider this situation: runner on second, line drive to left field. Left fielder throws the ball to third, but the third baseman misplays the ball, and the runner on second goes to third (maybe the batter goes to second, maybe not; I don’t think it matters).
Does this count as an error? The play shouldn’t have resulted in an out; it should have resulted in the runner being held at second, but instead you have runners on first and third or second and third. Feels like it should be an error, but by that definition, it seems like it’s not.
0:30 everyone is so happy to hear about wOBA
14:13 – So GIDPs do not count toward RBIs, but what about other double plays? I could imagine a scenario where a ball is hit on a line to an infielder, caught, and while a second runner is being doubled up, Elly De La Cruz tags from third and scores… We need an answer to this controversy before it happens!
Really enjoyed the video ! Drop the 3rd one. I just came across here.
This was so well made
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Well done and well explained. I got thrown in at the deep end long go when asked to "volunteer" to score at a mid range level and have been engrosse since (that’s over 50 years).
There’s one statistic that baseball officials do not seem to realise makes the sport different to all others (that I’m aware of). IT is the Sacrifice and no other sport credits a player with an official statistic for being a team player.
I don’t think I’ve said this before but man your videos are such a vibe. Kind of the ramped up 80s dance song to Jon Bois’ 80s soft jazz, in terms of sports videos.
please finish this 😢 incredible way to put all of this together
Sacrifice flies are silly.
Nobody _attempts_ to get a sacrifice fly. If a batter hits a homer he won’t say "I didn’t want that, I just wanted to get a sac fly"
what happens if a run gets scored because of a wild pitch, who gets the rbi? The batter or no one?
16:06 unintentional puns?
How is reaching by fielder’s choice equivalent to an out, but reaching by error is not? If neither is a hit, where is that distinction made?
The funny thing is, Henry Chadwick was born in Devon, England, and was a cricket reporter and cricketer, before he was famous in Baseball.
If a batter hits a sacrifice and a player on 2nd base can tag up to 3rd base there is no statistical differentiation between that and an out, correct? Or likewise on the rare occasion they advance from 1st base to 2nd base as well. I guess advancing the runner but not scoring him would only be factored in advanced statistics?
Woah, sooo many stats. Is there really a use for all of them or they are a bit usless?
The hold still gets no love 😢
A relief pitcher can also get a save if “he enters the game with the tying run in the on-deck circle, at the plate or on the bases” or
“pitch at least the last three innings” Great video bro.
These videos bring joy to my life. Keep up the good work!
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Is RBI considered a deprecated stat?
Great video, I really learned a lot with the explanations!
Trying to dive deeper into the sport I love. Thanks for helping me with that
If a player tries to advance because of a wild pitch but is thrown out, is it considered a CS?
This is way harder than getting into basketball 😂 usually if someone brings up stats this much in basketball you just call them a nerd. still, learning new things is fun
This is really well done, about as clear and succinct as you could possibly make such a dense topic.
Football is over so now I’m learning this
Great video, really concise and well put! Can’t wait for the next parts. Also, I really see this channel going a long way!
THIS VIDEO IS FIRE