Legend for Box Scores?

- KC? KS? IW in a green box?

KS: strikeout swinging
KC: strikeout called (looking)
IW: Intentional Walk

Lovely. How about the others, such as S9, BB, etc.? All the other 2 or 3 letter acronyms that a newbie like me can't possibly decipher. For instance, is there somewhere all these are listed?

- How about the others, such as S9, BB, etc.?

S: Single (for example, S9 is a single to right field)
D: Double (for example, D8 is a double to center field)
T: Triple (for example, T7 is a triple to left field)
H: Home Run (for example, H7 is a home run to left field)
F: Fly out (for example, F6 is a fly out to shortstop)
L: Line out (for example, L5 is a line out to third base)
G: Ground out (for example, G4 is a ground out to second base)
BB: Base on Balls (Walk)
SF: Sacrifice Fly
BF: Batters faced
NP: Number of pitches thrown
RA: Runs Allowed (including unearned and earned runs alike)
RB: Is the same thing as a RBI (Runs Batted In)

The only one I really don't know is b, for example b3. Also the BBH I'm unsure about, because I'm not sure how they're calculating walks (I think it's just by normal walks) but am not completely sure.

Here's the position numbers (when a number follows a letter):

1- pitcher
2- catcher
3- first base
4- second base
5- third base
6- shortstop
7- left field
8- center field
9- right field

So when you see something up there like F7, you know that's a fly out to left field. When you see something else you correspond it with those numbers above. Another example would be L4, you would know that's a line out to second base, because of its corresponding position number.

Hope this helps.

Excellent! That was exactly what I needed. Very much appreciated. Thank you.

Argh, yes, this is one of the things I meant to add to it (there are a whole bunch of things I'm working on) and just haven't yet. Ideally, there'll be a link to an abbreviations key from every box score soon.

To be fair, most of the two-letter abbreviations came from me trying to mimic Borisov's boxscores, and it's really hard conveying everything in 2 characters (the scores I'm parsing actually have 3 characters - I'd love to show the info about ground ball hits vs. line drive hits, and who fielded fielder's choices, and maybe to use abbreviations like SF%, SB%, DP% and so on. Would that be more useful?)

Here's the entire list:

S% single       (number indicates where it's to)
D% double       (number indicates where it's to)
T% triple       (number indicates where it's to)
H% home run     (7, 8, 9 indicate left, center, right)
d% double play  (number is whoever originated it, so a 6-4-3 is d6)
b% sac bunt     (number is who fielded it)
s% sac fly      (number is who caught it)
G% ground out   (number is who fielded it)
F% fly out      (number is who caught it)
f% foul fly out (number is who caught it)
L% line out     (number is who caught it)
E% error        (number is who made the error)
FC fielder's choice     
BB walk
IW intentional walk
KC strikeout called
KS strikeout swinging
HP hit by pitch
KA strikeout but runner advanced
DI defensive interference

Most of the others are fairly standard, but just in case, here's the headings for the batter and pitcher boxes:

AVG  batting average
R    runs scored
H    hits
RB   runs batted in
K    strikeouts
BB   walks
SH   sacrifice hits (bunts and flies)
SB   stolen bases
E    errors (MADE by the player, not reached base via)

ERA  earned run average
IP   innings pitched
BF   batters faced
NP   number of pitches thrown
H    hits allowed
HR   home runs allowed
K    strikeouts
BBH  walks and hit by pitch (combined)
RA   runs allowed total
ER   earned runs allowed

I'll put these into a file and add a link to every box score - I'm really sorry I haven't gotten around to it yet. I was playing around with some things like generating game logs and some other stuff for players first.