{ "id": 245457, "title": "Baseball 101 - The Basics of Baseball", "url": "/competitions/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting/discussion/245457", "author_name": "", "post_date": "2021-06-11T01:30:01.779597Z", "votes": 54, "comment_count": 4, "views": 0, "content": "

I know that with many competitions, there are plenty of people who don't have domain knowledge and want to learn in order to compete. For baseball fans, we take it for granted that we understand all the rules and strategies. So, I figured, that I'd share some basics.

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The most commonly accepted stats are as follows:

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Here is a really good reference page to dive deep: Read Here.

", "messages": [ { "id": "1344515", "postDate": "06/11/2021 01:30:01", "content": "

I know that with many competitions, there are plenty of people who don't have domain knowledge and want to learn in order to compete. For baseball fans, we take it for granted that we understand all the rules and strategies. So, I figured, that I'd share some basics.

\n\n

The most commonly accepted stats are as follows:

\n\n

Here is a really good reference page to dive deep: Read Here.

", "rawMarkdown": "I know that with many competitions, there are plenty of people who don't have domain knowledge and want to learn in order to compete. For baseball fans, we take it for granted that we understand all the rules and strategies. So, I figured, that I'd share some basics. \n\n- Major League Baseball consists of two leagues — the American and the National. Each league has 15 teams and three divisions. A commissioner elected by the owners of the 30 teams runs the league.\n\n- The regular MLB season lasts 162 games. Most of these games are played within a given team’s league — although there are stretches of interleague play (usually two stretches of games, during the middle third of the season) (The MLB has at least one interleague game every day.) Interleague play involves teams from the American League playing teams from the National League during the regular season. (Before its introduction in 1997, this only occurred during the postseason.)\n\n- Starting in 2002, MLB instituted a new format whereby teams rotated playing interleague games against teams in various divisions in any given year. Exceptions were made for hometown rivalries; for example, the New York Yankees play the New York Mets every year, apart from their scheduled divisional opponents.\n\n- The winners of each division advance to their league’s division championship playoff round, along with the wild card team (the team with the best record among the nondivision winners). The winners of the two divisional series meet in the league championship series. The winners of that series in each league play in the World Series.\n\n- Each team carries 25 players on its active roster.\n\n**The most commonly accepted stats are as follows:**\n\n- Batting average: It measures what percentage of a player’s at-bats result in base hits.\n\n- Runs Batted In (RBIs): This stat measures the total number of runs a hitter generates from his at-bats with the exception of runs scored due to errors by the fielding team. A batter is awarded an RBI when he gets a hit (including home runs), a sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, infield out, or fielder’s choice that leads to runners scoring. Additionally, if the batter is walked (base on balls), hit by a pitch, or interfered with, and gets on the base where the bases are full leading to a run, the batter receives an RBI.\n\n- Home run: When a batter reaches home safely with one swing of the bat. Most home runs are hit over the outfield fence, but occasionally a player will hit an inside-the-park home run, which occurs when the batter hits the ball into the field of play but is able to round all of the bases safely without being tagged out or an error is made.\n\n- On-base percentage (OBP): This stat measures how often a batter reaches base. It’s approximately equal to times on base divided by plate appearances.\n\n- Slugging average: The number of total bases divided by the number of at-bats. This stat measures a batter’s true power. OBP is added to the slugging average to determine on-base plus slugging (OPS).\n\nHere is a really good reference page to dive deep: [Read Here.](https://www.rookieroad.com/baseball/101/)", "votes": null }, { "id": "1344592", "postDate": "06/11/2021 03:19:41", "content": "

Nicely written. I have followed you on Kaggle, do give a follow back. We can support each other in Kaggle and give Feedback as well. Also we can collaborate sometime.

", "rawMarkdown": "Nicely written. I have followed you on Kaggle, do give a follow back. We can support each other in Kaggle and give Feedback as well. Also we can collaborate sometime.", "votes": null }, { "id": "1348146", "postDate": "06/13/2021 19:07:13", "content": "

Thanks for sharing these guidelines… They are really helpful

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing these guidelines... They are really helpful", "votes": null }, { "id": "1390422", "postDate": "07/16/2021 16:18:16", "content": "

Thanks for Sharing, I was looking to understand more of the Game

", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for Sharing, I was looking to understand more of the Game", "votes": null }, { "id": "2978507", "postDate": "09/04/2024 01:55:31", "content": "

great work man

", "rawMarkdown": "great work man", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 1344592, "author_name": "arnab132", "author_url": "", "post_date": "06/11/2021 03:19:41", "content": "

Nicely written. I have followed you on Kaggle, do give a follow back. We can support each other in Kaggle and give Feedback as well. Also we can collaborate sometime.

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1348146, "author_name": "virjakawade", "author_url": "", "post_date": "06/13/2021 19:07:13", "content": "

Thanks for sharing these guidelines… They are really helpful

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 1390422, "author_name": "cv13j0", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/16/2021 16:18:16", "content": "

Thanks for Sharing, I was looking to understand more of the Game

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2978507, "author_name": "bylate", "author_url": "", "post_date": "09/04/2024 01:55:31", "content": "

great work man

", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "1344515": "I know that with many competitions, there are plenty of people who don't have domain knowledge and want to learn in order to compete. For baseball fans, we take it for granted that we understand all the rules and strategies. So, I figured, that I'd share some basics. \n\n- Major League Baseball consists of two leagues — the American and the National. Each league has 15 teams and three divisions. A commissioner elected by the owners of the 30 teams runs the league.\n\n- The regular MLB season lasts 162 games. Most of these games are played within a given team’s league — although there are stretches of interleague play (usually two stretches of games, during the middle third of the season) (The MLB has at least one interleague game every day.) Interleague play involves teams from the American League playing teams from the National League during the regular season. (Before its introduction in 1997, this only occurred during the postseason.)\n\n- Starting in 2002, MLB instituted a new format whereby teams rotated playing interleague games against teams in various divisions in any given year. Exceptions were made for hometown rivalries; for example, the New York Yankees play the New York Mets every year, apart from their scheduled divisional opponents.\n\n- The winners of each division advance to their league’s division championship playoff round, along with the wild card team (the team with the best record among the nondivision winners). The winners of the two divisional series meet in the league championship series. The winners of that series in each league play in the World Series.\n\n- Each team carries 25 players on its active roster.\n\n**The most commonly accepted stats are as follows:**\n\n- Batting average: It measures what percentage of a player’s at-bats result in base hits.\n\n- Runs Batted In (RBIs): This stat measures the total number of runs a hitter generates from his at-bats with the exception of runs scored due to errors by the fielding team. A batter is awarded an RBI when he gets a hit (including home runs), a sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, infield out, or fielder’s choice that leads to runners scoring. Additionally, if the batter is walked (base on balls), hit by a pitch, or interfered with, and gets on the base where the bases are full leading to a run, the batter receives an RBI.\n\n- Home run: When a batter reaches home safely with one swing of the bat. Most home runs are hit over the outfield fence, but occasionally a player will hit an inside-the-park home run, which occurs when the batter hits the ball into the field of play but is able to round all of the bases safely without being tagged out or an error is made.\n\n- On-base percentage (OBP): This stat measures how often a batter reaches base. It’s approximately equal to times on base divided by plate appearances.\n\n- Slugging average: The number of total bases divided by the number of at-bats. This stat measures a batter’s true power. OBP is added to the slugging average to determine on-base plus slugging (OPS).\n\nHere is a really good reference page to dive deep: [Read Here.](https://www.rookieroad.com/baseball/101/)", "1344592": "Nicely written. I have followed you on Kaggle, do give a follow back. We can support each other in Kaggle and give Feedback as well. Also we can collaborate sometime.", "1348146": "Thanks for sharing these guidelines... They are really helpful", "1390422": "Thanks for Sharing, I was looking to understand more of the Game", "2978507": "great work man" }, "source": "meta" }