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Want to know what all the stats are? Well, we are lucky that Bonnie Senappe, the Director of Statistics for NCAA Softball Divisions I and II, was gracious in taking her time to send us resources and explain each one of the categories. Here's a glossary of each of the category abbreviations. These are NCAA statistical categories, and we will be using the NCAA manual to calculate them. Here are the NCAA Rules resources:

http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2008/2008_softball_rules.pdf
http://www.ncaa.org/library/statistical/baseball_softball_scorebook.pdf
http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/softball/base_soft_boxscore.pdf

The categories with an asterix (*) are calculated, and their formulas are explained below the glossary. The ones with a dagger (†) are statistical categories that may need some explanation.

STATISTICAL CATEGORIES GLOSSARY Overall Player Stats Table:
AVG	Player's Batting Average*
GP-GS	Games Played-Games Started
AB	Official At-Bats*
R	Runs Scored
H	Hits*
2B	Doubles†
3B	Triples†
HR	Home Runs†
RBI	Runs Batted In
TB	Total Bases*
SLG%	Slugging Percentage*
BB	Base on Balls
HBP	Hit By Pitcher
D3K	On Base By Dropped 3rd Strike†
INT	On Base By Interference†
FLDC	On Base By Fielder's Choice†
OBE	On Base By Error†
PA	Plate Appearances†
SO	Strike Outs
SF	Sacrifice Flies
SH	Sacrifice Hits†
OB%	On Base Percentage*
LOB	Runners Left On Base
GDP	Grounded Into A Double Play
SB	Stolen Bases
SB-ATT	Stolen Bases-Attempts
PO	Put Outs
A	Assists
E	Errors
FLD%	Fielding Percentage

Pitching Stats Table:
ERA	Earned Run Average*
W-L	Win-Loss
APP	Appearances
GS	Games Started
CG	Complete Games
SHO/CBO	Shutouts/Combined Shutouts†
SA	Save Attemps
SV	Saves
SB	Saves Blown
IP	Innings Pitched
H	Base Hits Allowed
R	Runs Allowed
ER	Earned Runs Allowed
BB	Base on Balls
SO	Strike Outs
2B	Doubles Allowed
3B	Triples Allowed
HR	Home Runs Allowed
AB	Opposing Team Official At-Bats
B/Avg	Opposing Team Batting Average*
WP	Wild Pitches
HBP	Hit By Pitcher
BK	Balk
SFA	Sacrifice Flies Allowed
SHA	Sacrifice Hits Allowed

Defense Stats Table:
C	Chances*
PO	Put Outs
A	Assists
E	Errors
FLD%	Fielding Percentage*
DPs	Double Plays
CPO	Catcher Pick Offs
SBA	Stolen Bases Allowed
CSB	Caught Runner Stealing Base
SBA%	Stolen Base Allowed Percentage*
D3K	Dropped 3rd Strike
D3KOB	Runners On Base by Dropped 3rd Strike
PB	Passed Ball
CI	Catcher’s Interference

*Here are the formulas for the statistical categories that require calculation. They are in order from top to bottom on the tables:

AVG = Base Hits ÷ Official At-Bats

AB = Plate Appearances - (Base of Balls + Sacrifices + Hit By Pitcher)

H = Singles + Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

TB = (1 X Singles) + (2 X Doubles) + (3 X Triples) + (4 X Home Runs)

SLG% = Total Bases ÷ Official At-Bats

OB% = (Hits + Walks + Hit By Pitcher + On Base By Interference + On Base By Dropped 3rd Strike + On Base By Fielder's Choice) ÷ (Official At-Bats + Hits + Walks + Hit By Pitcher + On Base By Interference + On Base By Dropped 3rd Strike + On Base By Fielder's Choice + Sacrifices)

ERA = (Earned Runs X 7) ÷ Innings Pitched

AB (Pitching Stats) = Plate Appearances - (Base of Balls + Sacrifices + Hit By Pitcher+On Base By Interference)

B/Avg = Base Hits ÷ Official At-Bats

C = Put Outs + Assists + Errors

FLD% = (Put Outs + Assists) ÷ (Put Outs + Assists + Errors)

SBA% = Stolen Bases Allowed ÷ (Stolen Bases Allowed + Caught Runner Stealing Base)

†Here are some clarifications. They are in order from top to bottom on the tables:

Double, Triples and Home Runs are in the table for information purposes only. They are not part of the number used in calculations, as all hits, including multiple base hits, are tallied in the Hits (H) category.

On Base By Dropped 3rd Strike, where a batter reaches 1st Base safely because of a dropped 3rd Strike. Counted as an at-bat with no hit.

On Base By Interference, where a batter reaches 1st Base safely because of interference. Not counted as an at-bat.

On Base By Fielder's Choice, where a batter reaches 1st Base safely because of a fielder's choice. Counted as an at-bat with no hit.

On Base By Error, where a batter reaches 1st Base safely because of an error. Counted as an at-bat with no hit.

Plate Appearances are the total number of times a batter comes to the plate, regardless of the outcome.

Sacrifice Hits are any hit on the ground that advance a runner where the batter is put out, as long as it is not the final out of the inning. Sacrifice bunts are the most common Sacrifice Hit.

Shutouts/Combined Shutouts: SHO is a solo shutout, and CBO is combined shutouts. So, if a pitcher pitches the entire game and it ends in a shoutout, she gets credit for a solo shutout. If she pitches five innings and someone else pitches the rest of the game, and it ends in a shutout, they each get credit for a combined shutout.