MLB Standings in 2016

Description

Major League Baseball (MLB) standings and team statistics for the 2016 season

Format

A data frame with 30 observations on the following 21 variables.

Team

Team name

League

AL=American or NL=National

Wins

Number of wins for the season (out of 162 games)

Losses

Number of losses for the season

WinPct

Proportion of games won

BattingAverage

Team batting average

Runs

Number of runs scored

Hits

Number of hits

HR

Number of home runs hit

Doubles

Number of doubles hit

Triples

Number of triples hit

RBI

Number of runs batted in

SB

Number of stolen bases

OBP

On base percentage

SLG

Slugging percentage

ERA

Earned run average (earned runs allowed per 9 innings)

HitsAllowed

Number of hits against the team

Walks

Number of walks allowed

StrikeOuts

Number of strikeouts (by the team's pitchers)

Saves

Number of games saved (by the team's pitchers)

WHIP

Number of walks and hits per inning pitched

Details

Data for all 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams for the 2016 regular season. This includes team batting statistics (BattingAvg through SLG) and team pitching statistics (ERA through WHIP)

Source

Data downloaded from baseball-reference.com:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2016-standings.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2016.shtml