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At bat

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POSITION PLAYER PITCHING VS RELIEF PITCHER!! David Robertson gets first at-bat vs. Diego Castillo

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02 You're At Bat

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AT Word Family ( bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, and sat )

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Freddie Freeman’s First At Bat in Atlanta as a Dodger.

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MLB.com introduces At Bat VR

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during his turn at bat, but a batter is credited with an at bat only if that plate appearance does not have one of the results enumerated below. While at bats are used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average and slugging percentage, a player can qualify for the season-ending rankings in these categories only if he accumulates 502 plate appearances during the season.