The batting dataset contains MLB player, salary, and hitting statistics from Sean Lahman's Baseball Database.
battingA data frame with 9395 observations on 36 variables. The variables are as follows:
Unique identifier for each player
Year data was observed
Team; a factor
Player's stint (order of appearances within season)
League; a factor with levels AA AL FL NL PL UA
Games: number of games in which a player played
At Bats
Runs
Hits: times reached base because of a batted, fair ball wihtout error by the defense
Doubles: hits on which the batter reached second base safely
Triples: hits on which the batter reached third base safely
Homeruns
Runs Batted In
Stolen Bases
Caught Stealing
Base on Balls
Strikeouts
Intentional Walks
Hit by Pitch
Sacrifice Hits
Sacrifice Flies
Grounded into Double Plays
Batting Average
Plate Appearances
Total Bases
Slugging Percentage
On-Base Percentage
On-Base Percentage + Slugging
Batting Average on Balls in Play
Annual Salary
Year a player was born
Month a player was born
Player's last name
Player's first name
Player's batting hand
Player's age
Lahman, S. (2010) Lahman's Baseball Database, 1871-2012, 2012 version, http://www.seanlahman.com/baseball-archive/statistics/.
This dataset combines Lahman's Master, Batting, and Salaries datasets to provide comprehensive batting statistics for each Major League Baseball player. The dataset was reduced to a 15 year time frame (2001-2016) and simplified by removing all incomplete cases.
summary(batting)
#> playerID yearID teamID stint lgID
#> beltrad01: 16 Min. :2001 PIT : 360 Min. :1.000 AL:4034
#> ortizda01: 16 1st Qu.:2004 COL : 359 1st Qu.:1.000 NL:5361
#> pujolal01: 16 Median :2008 ARI : 350 Median :1.000
#> suzukic01: 16 Mean :2008 PHI : 348 Mean :1.002
#> beltrca01: 15 3rd Qu.:2012 CIN : 340 3rd Qu.:1.000
#> hudsoti01: 15 Max. :2016 SFN : 340 Max. :3.000
#> (Other) :9301 (Other):7298
#> G AB R H
#> Min. : 1.00 Min. : 1.0 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00
#> 1st Qu.: 33.00 1st Qu.: 37.0 1st Qu.: 2.00 1st Qu.: 5.00
#> Median : 74.00 Median :183.0 Median : 21.00 Median : 44.00
#> Mean : 79.35 Mean :236.4 Mean : 31.66 Mean : 62.16
#> 3rd Qu.:128.00 3rd Qu.:429.5 3rd Qu.: 55.00 3rd Qu.:113.00
#> Max. :163.00 Max. :716.0 Max. :146.00 Max. :262.00
#>
#> X2B X3B HR RBI
#> Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.00
#> 1st Qu.: 1.00 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 2.00
#> Median : 8.00 Median : 0.000 Median : 3.000 Median : 19.00
#> Mean :12.47 Mean : 1.255 Mean : 7.289 Mean : 30.37
#> 3rd Qu.:22.00 3rd Qu.: 2.000 3rd Qu.:11.000 3rd Qu.: 52.00
#> Max. :56.00 Max. :23.000 Max. :73.000 Max. :160.00
#>
#> SB CS BB SO
#> Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.00
#> 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 1.00 1st Qu.: 11.00
#> Median : 1.000 Median : 0.000 Median : 14.00 Median : 36.00
#> Mean : 4.045 Mean : 1.589 Mean : 22.48 Mean : 46.92
#> 3rd Qu.: 4.000 3rd Qu.: 2.000 3rd Qu.: 37.00 3rd Qu.: 75.00
#> Max. :78.000 Max. :24.000 Max. :232.00 Max. :223.00
#>
#> IBB HBP SH SF
#> Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.000 Min. : 0.00 Min. : 0.000
#> 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.: 0.00 1st Qu.: 0.000
#> Median : 0.000 Median : 1.000 Median : 1.00 Median : 1.000
#> Mean : 1.848 Mean : 2.431 Mean : 2.03 Mean : 1.921
#> 3rd Qu.: 2.000 3rd Qu.: 4.000 3rd Qu.: 3.00 3rd Qu.: 3.000
#> Max. :120.000 Max. :30.000 Max. :24.00 Max. :16.000
#>
#> GIDP BA PA TB
#> Min. : 0.000 Min. :0.0000 Min. : 1.0 Min. : 0.00
#> 1st Qu.: 0.000 1st Qu.:0.1670 1st Qu.: 42.0 1st Qu.: 6.00
#> Median : 4.000 Median :0.2430 Median :204.0 Median : 67.00
#> Mean : 5.438 Mean :0.2148 Mean :265.3 Mean : 99.01
#> 3rd Qu.: 9.000 3rd Qu.:0.2760 3rd Qu.:480.0 3rd Qu.:177.00
#> Max. :32.000 Max. :1.0000 Max. :778.0 Max. :425.00
#>
#> SlugPct OBP OPS BABIP
#> Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.000 Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.0000
#> 1st Qu.:0.2160 1st Qu.:0.214 1st Qu.:0.4350 1st Qu.:0.2250
#> Median :0.3610 Median :0.305 Median :0.6690 Median :0.2830
#> Mean :0.3242 Mean :0.270 Mean :0.5942 Mean :0.2622
#> 3rd Qu.:0.4380 3rd Qu.:0.342 3rd Qu.:0.7760 3rd Qu.:0.3180
#> Max. :2.0000 Max. :1.000 Max. :3.0000 Max. :1.0000
#>
#> salary birthYear birthMonth nameLast
#> Min. : 165574 Min. :1958 Min. : 1.00 Johnson : 83
#> 1st Qu.: 480000 1st Qu.:1974 1st Qu.: 4.00 Gonzalez : 81
#> Median : 1300000 Median :1978 Median : 7.00 Young : 63
#> Mean : 3580602 Mean :1978 Mean : 6.58 Hernandez: 60
#> 3rd Qu.: 5000000 3rd Qu.:1983 3rd Qu.:10.00 Perez : 58
#> Max. :33000000 Max. :1994 Max. :12.00 Wilson : 57
#> (Other) :8993
#> nameFirst bats age
#> Mike : 216 B:1044 Min. :20.0
#> Chris : 208 L:2776 1st Qu.:26.0
#> Jason : 195 R:5575 Median :29.0
#> Ryan : 164 Mean :29.5
#> Matt : 160 3rd Qu.:32.0
#> Mark : 156 Max. :49.0
#> (Other):8296