Page : Player Ratings Glossary
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The Overall rating combines a player's overall skill set into one value.
Range reflects how mobile a player is in the field, how skilled at positioning himself in the field for different hitters, and plays a key role in determining what position the player is capable of playing.
The Glove rating indicates how skilled the player is at fielding balls.
Arm Strength plays a key role in what position a player can handle. After all, weak arms don't end up on the left side of the infield, behind the plate or in right field.
Arm Accuracy is used in every fielding play that involves a throw.
Pitch Calling indicates how well the player handles pitchers behind the plate.
The Durability rating determines how much time off a guy needs during the course of a season and how quickly he can bounce back between pitching appearances.
Health dictates a player's ability to avoid injury. A rating of 100 indicates a player that is incredibly durable.
Speed signals how fast the player is.
Patience plays a role in a player's ability to deal with adversity following demotions, injuries and lack of promotions.
Temper reflects how well a player deals with spur-of-the-moment adversity such as being hit by a pitch or called out on strikes.
Makeup is similar to work ethic and plays a key role in a player's ability to improve and hold off decline.
Contact determines how well the player can make contact at the plate.
Power determines how well a player hits the ball and plays the primary role in slugging percentage.
Batting Versus Left-Handed Pitching determines how a batter fares against lefties, both in terms of making contact and power.
Batting Versus Right-Handed Pitching determines how a batter fares against righties, both in terms of making contact and power.
Batting Eye involves plate recognition and dictates a player's ability to draw the walk, avoid the strike out looking, and taking advantage of mistake pitches.
Base running determines how adept the player is at running the bases. This includes taking an extra base or holding up, and knowing when and when not to steal a bag.
The Bunt rating is a good indicator of how well the player is at laying down sacrifice bunts as well as laying down bunt singles.
The Push/Pull rating indicates whether the player is a pull hitter or opposite field hitter. A rating of 0 indicates an extreme pull hitter.
Stamina indicates how many pitches a player can make in a ballgame.
Control indicates how successful a pitcher is at locating his pitches.
Effectiveness Versus Left-Handed Batters determines how the pitcher fares against left-handed hitters.
Effectiveness Versus Right-Handed Batters determines how the pitcher fares against right-handed hitters.
Velocity determines how fast the player can throw a pitch.
The Groundball/Flyball rating determines a pitcher's ability to induce a groundball versus a flyball. A rating of 0 would be a pure flyball pitcher.
The Pitch 1 rating determines the skill with which a player can throw his #1 pitch.
The Pitch 2 rating determines the skill with which a player can throw his #2 pitch.
The Pitch 3 rating determines the skill with which a player can throw his #3 pitch.
The Pitch 4 rating determines the skill with which a player can throw his #4 pitch.
The Pitch 5 rating determines the skill with which a player can throw his #5 pitch.
? A question mark indicates that your scouting department can't evaluate the player's projected ratings because the budget has not been set yet or because the player was not scouted.