What do all the baseball statistic terms mean and how do they relate to the playing field?

Question

Things such as a 4-2-6 double play. 4-2-6??? or BB, F6 and such.

Answer 1

If you will go to this site, http://www.mlb.com they give an explanation on how to "score" a baseball game and what all the abbreviations stand for...

Answer 2

Those terms are written on scorecards, which detail what happened during an at-bat. Each number represents a position:

1-p
2-c
3-1b
4-2b
5-3b
6-ss
7-lf
8-cf
9-rf

A 4-2-6 double play would mean that the second baseman got the ball, threw it to the catcher, and the catcher threw the ball to the shortstop. Obviously, that play rarely happens. A 4-6-3 or a 6-4-3 double play is more common.

Letters before the number indicate how the out was made:

F6 - fly ball to ss
g5-3 - grounder tom 3b, thrown to first
3u - 1b gets ball and makes play unassisted (symbol used by some people only)

Other symbols:
BB - base on balls - walk
K - strikeout swinging
backwards K - strikeout looking
IBB - intentional walk
SB - stolen base
CS - caught stealing

etc.

Answer 3

Those numbers are related to the position a player plays.

4-2-6 is second baseman, catcher, shortstop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_scorekeeping

Answer 4

BB is the abbreviation for a walk. It stands for base on balls.
The numbers are what position you play.
1-pitcher
2-catcher
3-1st base
4-2nd base
5-3rd base
6-shortstop
7-right field
8-center field
9-left field

Answer 5

There are a lot of statistic terms in baseball. Instead of explaining each one of them to you, I recommend you to go to www.baseballalmanac.com, where you will find lots of baseball data, including the ones you're looking for.