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Baseball Box Score Abbreviations Explained
Understand the abbreviations parents, coaches, and players see in a baseball boxscore.
Core batting abbreviations
AB means at-bats, H means hits, R means runs scored, and RBI means runs batted in. BB is a walk, HBP is hit by pitch, SO or K is a strikeout, and SB is a stolen base. These columns describe how a player reached base, advanced, or helped score runs.
Extra-base hit columns
2B, 3B, and HR track doubles, triples, and home runs. These also feed slugging percentage because extra-base hits are worth more total bases than singles. When a paper scorebook marks only the result in each plate appearance box, extra-base totals should be checked carefully during review.
Rate stats
AVG is batting average, OBP is on-base percentage, SLG is slugging percentage, and OPS is OBP plus SLG. These are useful over a season, but they can swing wildly after only one or two games.
Team and game abbreviations
LOB usually means left on base, E means errors, and IP means innings pitched. Youth leagues sometimes use modified rules, so a team should decide which columns matter before publishing public stats.
Quick checklist
- Do not treat every plate appearance as an at-bat.
- Walks count for OBP but not batting average.
- Sacrifices can affect at-bats depending on the scoring rule.
- Use one abbreviation style all season.