Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (V)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The following is a glossary of baseball jargon (phrases, idioms and slang):
| 0–9 · A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · Y · Z · Scoring · Statistics |
V
[edit]visiting team
[edit]- A team playing in another team's home stadium is the "visiting team" — or the "visitors." The visiting team bats in the top half of the inning. A fabled sign at Tiger Stadium on the visitor's clubhouse read "No Visitors Allowed".
- Abbreviation of Value Over Replacement Player, Keith Woolner's method of evaluating baseball players. VORP ranks players by comparing their run production (for batters) to that of an imaginary "replacement-level" player that teams can acquire for the league-minimum salary.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ For accessible summaries, see Rob Neyer, "The World According to VORP," ESPN.com (February 2, 2007) and Derek Jacques, "Prospectus Toolbox: Value Over Replacement Player," BaseballProspectus.com (May 15, 2007).
Return to Appendix:Glossary of baseball