Extracts the label for a variable from one or more of the *Labels files. This is useful for plots and other displays because the variable names are often cryptically short.
The Batting does not contain batting statistics derived from those present in the data.frame. This function calculates batting average (BA), plate appearances (PA), total bases (TB), slugging percentage (SlugPct), on-base percentage (OBP), on-base percentage + slugging (OPS), and batting average on balls in play (BABIP) for each record in a Batting-like data.frame.
This database contains pitching, hitting, and fielding statistics for Major League Baseball from 1871 through 2012. It includes data from the two current leagues (American and National), the four other "major" leagues (American Association, Union Association, Players League, and Federal League), and the National Association of 1871-1875.
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