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  2. Health (game terminology) - Wikipedia

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    The term "hit points" was coined by Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson. [45] [46] [47] While developing the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax based on the latter's previous game Chainmail, Arneson felt that it was more interesting for players to manage small squads than a large army. This also allowed them to ...

  3. Batting average (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    Josh Gibson hit .466 in 1943 while playing for the Homestead Grays of the Negro National League, one of several leagues within Negro league baseball that are now recognized by MLB. [10] Gibson holds the record for highest major-league career batting average at .372, [11] six points higher than Ty Cobb who has the second-highest career average ...

  4. Game score - Wikipedia

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    Start with 50 points. Add one point for each out recorded, so three points for every complete inning pitched. Add two points for each inning completed after the fourth. Add one point for each strikeout. Subtract two points for each hit allowed. Subtract four points for each earned run allowed. Subtract two points for each unearned run allowed.

  5. Batting average - Wikipedia

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    In cricket, a player's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out.Since the number of runs a player scores and how often they get out are primarily measures of their own playing ability, and largely independent of their teammates, batting average is a good metric for an individual player's skill as a batter.

  6. Slugging percentage - Wikipedia

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    The maximum possible slugging percentage is 4.000. [2] A number of MLB players have had a 4.000 career slugging percentage for a short amount of time by hitting a home run in their first major league at bat.

  7. Total bases - Wikipedia

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    Two players have hit for 14 total bases in a postseason game. [19] Albert Pujols is the only player to accomplish this in the World Series, doing so for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the 2011 World Series, when he had two singles and three home runs. [20]

  8. Scoring in Gaelic games - Wikipedia

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    Whichever team scored more goals won the game; if teams were tied on goals, points were counted, and forfeit points were worth 1 ⁄ 5 of a point. The score was written in the format goals–points (forfeit points), e.g. Tipperary's score of 1-1 (1) in the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final. Forfeit points rarely made any ...

  9. American football rules - Wikipedia

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    The objective of this game is to score more points than the other team during the allotted time. [1] The team with the ball (the offense) has 4 plays (downs) to advance at least 10 yards, and can score points once they reach the opposite end of the field, which is home to a scoring zone called the end zone, as well as the goalposts.