Okay, so today I wanted to dig into some baseball stats, specifically the Kansas City Royals versus the New York Yankees game. I’m a huge stats nerd, and I love seeing how players perform head-to-head.
First, I needed to find a good source for the data. There are a bunch of sports websites out there, but I wanted something reliable and up-to-date. I ended up going to one of the big sports news sites. They usually have pretty detailed box scores and player stats.
Getting the Data
Once I got to the site, I started looking for the specific game. I found the game I was looking for pretty easily in their MLB section.
I clicked on the game and, Boom! There it was – the full box score. It had all the usual stuff: runs, hits, errors, and all that good stuff for both teams.
Diving into Player Stats
Now for the fun part – checking out individual player performances. I was really curious to see how some of my favorite players had done.
I started scrolling through the batting stats. I wanted to see:
- At-Bats (AB): How many times a player came up to bat.
- Runs (R): How many times a player crossed home plate.
- Hits (H): How many times a player successfully got on base with a hit.
- Runs Batted In (RBI): How many runs a player scored for their team with their hit.
- Home Runs(HR) How many home runs that player had hit.
Then, I jumped over to the pitching stats. I was looking for:
- Innings Pitched (IP): How many innings a pitcher was on the mound.
- Hits Allowed (H): How many hits a pitcher gave up.
- Runs Allowed (R): How many runs the other team scored while that pitcher was playing.
- Earned Runs (ER): Runs that scored without any defensive errors.
- Strikeouts (K): How many batters a pitcher struck out.
- Walks(BB):How many batters a pitcher had walked.
Putting It All Together
After looking at all the numbers, I started forming a picture of how the game went. It was a great way to see who really had a killer performance, and who might have had a bit of a rough day. I was pretty happy. It had the detailed info I need to know who had a good game and who will be looking to bounce back in the next one.
