Back in 1861, the only hitting stats that mattered were runs scored (R) and hands lost (HL), which was originally the term for outs. The runs and hands lost were then used to create averages, known as the average over. Back then they used a remainder. For example a player who scores 6 runs in 3 games has a run average of 2. A player who scores 7 runs in 3 games has a run average of 2,1 (the ,1 stands for the remainder of 1). Decimals came into play for averages about a decade later. The only stat that mattered for pitchers was the win.
Hitting Statistics Runs 2009 Career John Palumbo 14 32 Jamie Pinard 5 27 Brendan O'Connell 11 23 Dan Donnell 11 22 Dave Pascucci 8 19 Erik Arnold 7 17 Josh Pinard 5 14 Kevin Curley 8 12 Pete Zimmerman 3 8 Rob Savoie 3 3 Danny Schneider 4 5 Rob Duval 2 2 Will Zimmerman 1 1 Pitching Statistics Wins 2009 Career Donnell 5 7 Palumbo 0 3 Curley 1 1
