While baseball is a team sport, a baseball game is comprised of numerous events involving one or two individuals. There at least ten players on the field at all time, 9 fielders and 1 batter, but it is really one on one; the pitcher versus the batter. Because of all of these individual match ups, statistics provide managers and fans with who may have the upper hand in a match up.
| Player | Batting Avg | On Base Percentage | Slugging |
| Player A | .257 | .362 | .423 |
| Player B | .298 | .312 | .573 |
How do these two players compare? Throughout this website you'll learn what these stats mean and how they can be used to compare players and their production.