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Batting average (baseball), the Glossary

In baseball, batting average (BA) is determined by dividing a player's hits by their total at-bats.^[1]

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Batting statistics

Adam Dunn

Adam Troy Dunn (born November 9, 1979), nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman.

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American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.

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At bat

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. Batting average (baseball) and at bat are batting statistics.

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Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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Baek In-chun

Baek In-chun (born November 27, 1943) is a retired Korean baseball player.

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Ban Johnson

Byron Bancroft Johnson (January 5, 1864 – March 28, 1931) was an American executive in professional baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League (AL).

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A base on balls (BB), better known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches during a plate appearance that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. Batting average (baseball) and base on balls are batting statistics.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Baseball Almanac

Baseball Almanac is an interactive baseball encyclopedia with over 500,000 pages of baseball facts, research, awards, records, feats, lists, notable quotations, baseball movie ratings, and statistics.

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Baseball statistics

Baseball statistics include a variety of metrics used to evaluate player and team performance in the sport of baseball.

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Baseball-Reference.com

Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history.

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Batting average (cricket)

In cricket, a players' batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out, usually given to two decimal places.

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Bill Bergen

William Aloysius Bergen (June 13, 1878 – December 19, 1943) was an American professional baseball catcher.

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Billings Mustangs

The Billings Mustangs are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League.

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Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)

William Robert Hamilton (February 16, 1866 – December 15, 1940), nicknamed "Sliding Billy", was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 19th-century.

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Black Sox Scandal

The Black Sox Scandal was a game-fixing scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB) in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for payment from a gambling syndicate, possibly led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein.

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Bobby Ávila

Roberto Francisco Ávila González (April 2, 1924 – October 26, 2004), known as "Beto" in Mexico and as "Bobby" in the United States, was a Mexican professional baseball second baseman.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston.

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Box score

A box score is a structured summary of the results from a sport competition.

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Buck Leonard

Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (September 8, 1907 – November 27, 1997) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League.

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Buster Posey

Gerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey III (born March 27, 1987) is an American former professional baseball catcher.

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CBS Sports

CBS Sports is the sports division of the American television broadcaster CBS.

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Chet Kehn

Chester Lawrence Kehn (October 30, 1921 – April 5, 1984) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942.

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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.

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Chris Davis (baseball)

Christopher Lyn Davis (born March 17, 1986), nicknamed "Crush Davis", is an American former professional baseball first baseman.

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Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Dead-ball era

In major league baseball, the dead-ball era refers to a period from about 1900 to 1920 in which run scoring was low and home runs were rare in comparison to the years that followed.

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Designated hitter

The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher.

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Doc Tonkin

Harry Glenville "Doc" Tonkin (August 11, 1881 – May 30, 1959) was an American physician and professional baseball player, who appeared in one major-league game, for the 1907 Washington Senators.

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In the sport of baseball, a doubleheader is a set of two games played between the same two teams on the same day.

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Ed Delahanty

Edward James Delahanty (October 30, 1867 – July 2, 1903), nicknamed "Big Ed", was an American professional baseball player, who spent his Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Philadelphia Quakers, Cleveland Infants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Washington Senators.

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Ellis Burks

Ellis Rena Burks (born September 11, 1964) is an American former outfielder.

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Error (baseball)

In baseball and softball statistics, an error is an act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to advance one or more bases or allows a plate appearance to continue after the batter should have been put out.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.

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Esteban Yan

Esteban Luis Yan (born June 22, 1975) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher.

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Ford Frick

Ford Christopher Frick (December 19, 1894 – April 8, 1978) was an American sportswriter and baseball executive.

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Frank O'Connor (baseball)

Frank Henry O'Connor (September 15, 1868 – December 26, 1913) was an American physician and professional baseball player who played for the 1893 Philadelphia Phillies.

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Fred Schemanske

Frederick George Schemanske (April 28, 1903 – February 18, 1960), nicknamed "Buck", was a Major League Baseball player who played for the Washington Senators in.

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Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin

Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin is a 1996 book by evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould.

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Gary Redus

Gary Eugene Redus (born November 1, 1956) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Texas Rangers.

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Hal Deviney

Harold John Deviney (April 11, 1893 – January 4, 1933) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in one game for the Boston Red Sox during the 1920 season.

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Harry Heilmann

Harry Edwin Heilmann (August 3, 1894 – July 9, 1951), nicknamed "Slug", was an American baseball player and radio announcer.

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Henry Chadwick (writer)

Henry Chadwick (October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908) was an English-American sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian, often called the "Father of Baseball" for his early reporting on and contributions to the development of the game.

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Hit (baseball)

In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches or passes first base after hitting the ball into fair territory with neither the benefit of an error nor a fielder's choice. Batting average (baseball) and hit (baseball) are batting statistics.

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Homestead Grays

The Homestead Grays (also known as Washington Grays or Washington Homestead Grays) were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States.

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Honus Wagner

Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955), was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Hugh Duffy

Hugh Duffy (November 26, 1866 – October 19, 1954) was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball.

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Ichiro Suzuki

, also known mononymously as, is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played professionally for 28 seasons.

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Isao Harimoto

is a Korean former Nippon Professional Baseball player and holder of the record for most hits in the Japanese professional leagues.

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Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

The is a museum which includes a library, reference rooms and.

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Jason Roach (baseball)

Jason Glenn Roach (born April 20, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher.

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Jimmie Foxx

James Emory Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "the Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies.

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John Paciorek

John Francis Paciorek (born February 11, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player.

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Josh Gibson

Joshua Gibson (December 21, 1911 – January 20, 1947) was an American baseball catcher primarily in the Negro leagues.

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Jud Wilson

Ernest Judson Wilson (February 28, 1894 – June 24, 1963), nicknamed "Boojum", was an American third baseman, first baseman, and manager in Negro league baseball.

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Jung-hoo Lee

Jung-hoo Lee (born August 20, 1998) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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KBO League

The KBO League is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea.

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Lefty O'Doul

Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul (March 4, 1897 – December 7, 1969) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

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List of Major League Baseball batting champions

In baseball, batting average (AVG) is a measure of a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat.

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Live-ball era

The live-ball era, also referred to as the lively ball era, is the period in Major League Baseball which began in 1920 and continues to the present day.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Mario Mendoza

Mario Mendoza Aizpuru (born 26 December 1950) is a Mexican former professional baseball infielder who is currently the manager of Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League.

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Melky Cabrera

Melky Cabrera Astacio (born August 11, 1984), nicknamed "the Melkman", is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder.

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Men's Health

Men's Health (MH), published by Hearst, is the world's largest men's magazine brand, with 35 editions in 59 countries;it is the bestselling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands.

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Mendoza Line

The Mendoza Line is baseball jargon for a.200 batting average, the supposed threshold for offensive futility at the Major League level. Batting average (baseball) and Mendoza Line are batting statistics.

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Mike Hopkins (baseball)

Michael Joseph Hopkins (November 1, 1872 – February 5, 1952) was a Scottish-American professional baseball player, who played in one major-league game, for the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), including teams affiliated with MLB clubs.

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MLB lockout

MLB lockout may refer to one of the following lockouts or strike actions in Major League Baseball.

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MLB.com

MLB.com is the official site of Major League Baseball and is overseen by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (a subsidiary of MLB).

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Nap Lajoie

Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie (Lee Allen in The American League Story -->; September 5, 1874 – February 7, 1959), also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests.

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National League (baseball)

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league.

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans.

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Negro National League (1933–1948)

The second Negro National League was one of the several Negro leagues that were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated.

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New York Clipper

The New York Clipper, also known as The Clipper, was a weekly entertainment newspaper published in New York City from 1853 to 1924.

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Nippon Professional Baseball

is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan.

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Nori Aoki

is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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On-base percentage

In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base. Batting average (baseball) and on-base percentage are batting statistics.

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On-base plus slugging

On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Batting average (baseball) and on-base plus slugging are batting statistics.

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Oscar Charleston

Oscar McKinley Charleston (October 14, 1896 – October 5, 1954) was an American center fielder and manager in Negro league baseball.

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Pete Browning

Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning (June 17, 1861 – September 10, 1905), nicknamed "Gladiator" and "the Louisville Slugger", was an American professional baseball center fielder and left fielder.

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Pioneer League (baseball)

The Pioneer Baseball League (also known as simply the Pioneer League) is a professional baseball league based in the Western United States.

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib", is the second-largest daily newspaper serving the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania.

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Plate appearance

In baseball, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. Batting average (baseball) and plate appearance are batting statistics.

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Randy Bass

Randy William Bass (born March 13, 1954) is an American politician and former baseball player.

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Retrosheet

Retrosheet is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose website features box scores of Major League Baseball (MLB) games from 1906 to the present, and play-by-play narratives for almost every contest since the 1930s.

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Rogers Hornsby

Rogers Hornsby (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "the Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Rookie

A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby.

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Rounding

Rounding or rounding off means replacing a number with an approximate value that has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation.

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Sabermetrics

Sabermetrics (originally SABRmetrics) is the original or blanket term for sports analytics, the empirical analysis of baseball, especially the development of advanced metrics based on baseball statistics that measure in-game activity.

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Sadaharu Oh

Sadaharu Oh (Japanese: 王貞治, Ō Sadaharu; born May 20, 1940), also known as Wang Chen-chih, is a Japanese-born Taiwanese former professional baseball player and manager who is currently the chairman of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego.

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San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco.

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Season (sports)

In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)

Also known as Baseball statistics/BA, Batted, Batting titles, Hitting percentage, Rule 10.22(a), Tony Gwynn rule.

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