What does FLD% mean in BASEBALL

Fielding Percentage (FLD%) is a statistic used to measure the success of a player's defensive performance in baseball. It measures how well a player can field his position and is calculated using the number of successful plays made against the total number of chances.

Fielding Percentage (FLD%) is calculated by dividing the number of putouts, assists, and errors that a player records during games over their total chances for those events. The resulting percentage gives an accurate representation of how well an individual fielder has performed throughout the course of a season or game.

Putouts are when a fielder catches or touches an airborne ball with his glove or bare hand before it touches ground, or tags another base runner with his glove when holding onto the ball while on-base. Putouts are one type of play that contribute to calculating FLD%.

Assists are when a fielder touches the ball while it's in play—either with their glove, bat, cap, bare hand or any other part of their body—before it results in an out. Assists are another type of play which contribute to calculations for FLD%.

Errors are when a fielder makes a mistake on an opportunity for making an out which results in either an advance for runners or runs being scored that would have otherwise been prevented if no error was committed. Errors are yet another type of play which adds to calculations for FLD%.