--- In baseball-databank@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Carter" <terpsfan101@...> wrote:

> Ground Balls
> Fly Balls
> Line Drives
> Popups

For pre-1980 years, the differences between these will blur in the data, and you
won't
have hits. I'd just go for:

Air Outs - Pulled
Ground Outs - Pulled

Pitchers have just Air Outs and Ground Outs.

And a record of bunts:

Sacrifice Attempts - Sacrifices - Hits - Errors
Bunt for a Hit Attempts - Hits
Squeeze Attempts - Squeezes

Pitchers would have a mirrored record. I'd also consider something like Runners
Moved Up
and some sort of RBI Opportunity.

For fielders, have Independent Putouts and Assists, those being ones the fielder
started,
and Double Plays Started and Turned, and opportunities for the Double Plays.
Separate
errors by those that put a runner on base, those that allow an existing runner
to advance,
and other, mostly muffed foul flies that don't do much.