Hands lost

Hands lost was the second statistic to be commonly recorded in baseball. The term refers to the number of times a player is called out. By the late 1850s, this statistic was almost always seen with runs in the NABBP.

References

Wright, Marshall. D. "The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870." Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.: 2000. ISBN 0-7864-0779-4

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