Looking for all players attributes and terminology explained in MLB The Show 23? If you're new to San Diego Studio's baseball sim, or even a long-term player, wrapping your head around the sheer number of acronyms and contractions used in the series can be an impossible exercise. Fortunately, as part of our MLB The Show 23 guide, we're going to include a glossary of all player attributes and terminology explained.

MLB The Show 23: All Player Attributes and Terminology Explained

MLB The Show 23: All Player Attributes and Terminology Explained 1
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On this page, we're going to include a glossary of all player attributes and terminology explained. It can be quite complicated trying to understand what certain ratings or statistics actually mean, given the sheer number of acronyms and contractions employed by San Diego Studio. As such, we hope this will give you a better appreciation for some of the series' more ambiguous terms.

Name Description
ARM ACC Player's arm accuracy, influencing the accuracy with which they can throw the ball.
ARM STR Player's arm strength, influencing the distance they can throw the ball.
BB/9 Pitcher's walks allowed per 9 innings, or ability to locate the strikezone.
BLK Catcher's blocking, or ability to prevent wild pitches.
BNT Batter's ability to successfully bunt the ball into play.
BR AGG Base runner's aggressiveness when stealing bases or taking extra bases when the ball is in play.
BRK Pitcher's break, or ability to successfully add movement to off-speed and breaking pitches.
CLU Batter's clutch, which is measured against PCLU when there are runners on base.
CON L Batter's contact against left-handed pitchers.
CON R Batter's contact against right-handed pitchers.
CTRL Pitcher's control, or ability to successfully execute off-speed and breaking pitches.
DISC Batter's discipline, which influences their ability to check swings.
DRG BNT Batter's ability to successfully perform a drag bunt, and successfully begin running while bunting the ball into play.
DUR Pitcher's durability influences their ability to recover stamina.
FLD Player's fielding ability, influencing their ability to deal with the ball when batted towards them.
H/9 Pitcher's hits per 9 innings, or ability to limit hits allowed and reduce contact.
HR/9 Pitchers home runs allowed per 9 innings, or ability to limit home runs.
K/9 Pitcher's strikeouts per 9 innings, or ability to achieve strikeouts while ahead in the count.
PCI The Plate Coverage Indicator, which is the target you control in Zone batting.
PCLT Pitcher's clutch, which is measured against CLU when there are runners on base.
PWR L Batter's power against left-handed pitchers.
PWR R Batter's power against right-handed pitchers.
REAC Player's ability to react to the trajectory of a ball coming off the bat.
SPD Player's running speed in batting and fielding scenarios.
STA Pitcher's stamina or ability to pitch deep into games.
STL Batter's ability to successfully steal bases.
VEL Pitcher's velocity, or speed at which they can throw the ball.
VIS Batter's vision, which affects the size of the PCI.

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