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 succesful 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: Analyziing Baseball Data with R, CRC Press 2014.