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Baseball Glossary at Baseball Tips.com (3312 words) |
 | For 1996, the established hit level would be found by adding 1993 hits, two times 1994 hits, and three times 1995 hits, and dividing by six. |
 | By this method, if your "need hits" and your "projected remaining hits" are the same, your chance of reaching the goal is 50 percent. |
 | Therefore, zone rating should not be interpreted simply as the percentage of balls hit into a player's zone that the fielder was able to turn into outs (if that were the proper definition, it obviously would be impossible for a player to post a zone rating anywhere close to 1.000). |
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Bill James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1696 words) |
 | Judging a player's qualifications for the Hall of Fame based on his career's similarity to other HOFers. |
 | Extra bases on hits is calculated with the formula (Doubles)+(Triplesx2)+(Homerunsx3). |
 | James was a strong critic of the Dowd Report, which was the most thorough investigation (commissioned by baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti) on the gambling activities of Pete Rose. |