hofbatting {tigerstats}

Hall of Fame Batters

Description

Data on the 147 batters inducted into the Major LeagueBaseball Hall of Fame as of the year 2013.

Format

A data frame with 147 observations on the following 29 variables.

Name

Player name

Rk

Unknown

Inducted

Year inducted into Hall of Fame

Yrs

Number of years planed in the Majors

From

First year in the Majors

To

Last year in the Majors

MidCareer

Middle year of player's career

Era

Era of Baseball history in which the player was (for the most part) active. Values are: 19th century (before 1900), Dead Ball (1900-1919), Lively Ball (1920-1940), Integration, (1941-1959), Expansion (1960-1975), Free Agency (1976-1992), Long Ball (1993 +).

ASG

Number of All-Star games played

WAR.pos

Wins above replacement (WAR), as defined for a position player

G

Games played

PA

Number of plate appearances

AB

Number of times at bat

R

Runs scored

H

Base hits

X2B

Doubles

X3B

Triples

Triple.Rate

Number of triples divided by number of times at bat

HR

Home runs

HR.Rate

Number of home runs divided by number of times at bat

RBI

Runs batted in

SB

Number of successful stolen base attempts

CS

Number of times thrown out while attempting to steal a base

BB

Base on Balls (number of times "walked")

SO

Number of times struck out

BA

Batting average

OBP

On base percentage

SLG

Slugging average

OPS

OBP plus SLG

Source

Modified from Marchi and Albert: analyzing Baseball Data with R, CRC Press 2014.