MLB on ESPN - Scores, Stats and Highlights (2024)

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What is the average score in a baseball game? ›

A Game Score of 50 is considered "average," while a Game Score of 40 is deemed to be "replacement level." Game Scores in the 80s and 90s are widely regarded as impressive, and scores of at least 100 are exceptionally rare.

What is the most frequently occurring final score in MLB history? The most common score from 1901-present is 3–2, with 4–3 and 2–1 close behind. If you look at it year-by-year, 4–3 and 3–2 typically finish first and second in some order in almost every season.

About 80% of wins appear to be produced by 20% of the players. The theory behind this statement is the Pareto Principle or 80-20 rule. It states that 20% percent of a population does 80% of the work. The principle was developed by Vilfredo Pareto, who noticed that 20% of his pea pods produced 80% of his peas.

The one that has happened only one time in all of MLB history? It's this: one player hitting two grand slam home runs in the same inning. Not in one game (that's been done 13 times), but in one inning. That unique feat happened on April 23, 1999.

OBP (On-Base Percentage) – it's the number of times a batter reaches base by hits, walks or being hit by pitch, divided by his plate appearances (all at bats, walks, times hit by pitch, sacrifice flies). It is sometimes referred to as on-base average/OBA, as it is rarely presented as a true percentage.

The most common numbers across the majors last season were No. 30 and No. 50. According to Baseball-Reference.com, those numbers were worn by 30 players each.

The classic irony is that the only game where a greater two-team score was ever recorded was also played at Wrigley Field, and between the same two ball clubs. On August 25, 1922, the Cubs, who had once led 25-6, held on to win 26-23 for the all-time record score of 49 runs.

One of the oldest and most universal tools to measure a hitter's success at the plate, batting average is determined by dividing a player's hits by his total at-bats for a number between zero (shown as . 000) and one (1.000). In recent years, the league-wide batting average has typically hovered around . 250.

To achieve a perfect game, a team must not allow any opposing player to reach base by any means: no hits, walks, hit batsmen, uncaught third strikes, catcher's interference, fielder's obstruction, or fielding errors which allow a batter to reach base.

What are common baseball stats? ›

Traditionally, statistics such as batting average (the number of hits divided by the number of at bats) and earned run average (the average number of runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings, less errors and other events out of the pitcher's control) have dominated attention in the statistical world of baseball.