Glossary

Offense
BABIP - Batting Average on Balls In Play
HR/FB - Home Run Rate
ISO - Isolated Power
OBP - On Base Percentage
OPS - On Base Plus Slugging
Spd - Speed Score
wOBA - Weighted On Base Average

Defense
DRS - Defensive Runs Saved
UZR - Ultimate Zone Rating

Pitching 
BABIP - Batting Average on Balls In Play
BB/9 - Walk Rate
ERA - Earned Run Average
FIP - Fielding Independent Pitching
HR/FB - Home Run Rate
K/9 - Strikeout Rate
SIERA - Skill-Interactive ERA
WHIP - Walks plus Hits per Innings Pitched
FB% - Fly Ball Rate
GB% - Ground Ball Rate
LD% - Line Drive Rate

Miscellaneous
RAR - Runs Above Replacement
WAR - Wins Above Replacement (fWAR)
WE - Win Expectancy
WPA - Win Probability Added


Some readers may be unfamiliar with baseball statistics, especially the advanced sabermetrics variety. This is why I wanted to make a glossary available similar to Fangraphs, which is where the majority of these definitions are located.

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