R Dataset / Package vcd / Baseball
On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the Baseball data set which pertains to Baseball Data. The Baseball data set is found in the vcd R package. You can load the Baseball data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("Baseball"). This will load the data into a variable called Baseball. If R says the Baseball data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("vcd") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the Baseball R data set. The size of this file is about 33,338 bytes.
Baseball Data
Description
Baseball data.
Usage
data("Baseball")
Format
A data frame with 322 observations and 25 variables.
- name1
-
player's first name.
- name2
-
player's last name.
- atbat86
-
times at Bat: number of official plate appearances by a hitter. It counts as an official at-bat as long as the batter does not walk, sacrifice, get hit by a pitch or reach base due to catcher's interference.
- hits86
-
hits.
- homer86
-
home runs.
- runs86
-
the number of runs scored by a player. A run is scored by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home base in that order without being put out.
- rbi86
-
Runs Batted In: A hitter earns a run batted in when he drives in a run via a hit, walk, sacrifice (bunt or fly) fielder's choice, hit-batsman or on an error (when the official scorer rules that the run would have scored anyway).
- walks86
-
A “walk” (or “base on balls”) is an award of first base granted to a batter who receives four pitches outside the strike zone.
- years
-
Years in the Major Leagues. Seems to count all years a player has actually played in the Major Leagues, not necessarily consecutive.
- atbat
-
career times at bat.
- hits
-
career hits.
- homeruns
-
career home runs.
- runs
-
career runs.
- rbi
-
career runs batted in.
- walks
-
career walks.
- league86
-
player's league.
- div86
-
player's division.
- team86
-
player's team.
- posit86
-
player's position (see
Hitters
). - outs86
-
number of putouts (see
Hitters
) - assist86
-
number of assists (see
Hitters
) - error86
-
number of assists (see
Hitters
) - sal87
-
annual salary on opening day (in USD 1000).
- league87
-
league in 1987.
- team87
-
team in 1987.
Source
SAS System for Statistical Graphics, First Edition, page A2.3
References
M. Friendly (2000), Visualizing Categorical Data. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
See Also
Hitters
Examples
data("Baseball")
Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.