Lots of people know the rules of baseball. But unless you're a statistician, junkie, or old-school baseball guru, you may not know the baseball position numbers.
For stat-keeping purposes, every baseball position on the field has a corresponding number.'
Those numbers form a shorthand for scorekeepers, who can easily record something like a groundout to third base or a flyout to right field with just two numbers.'
The baseball position numbers are only important when scoring the defensive side of the ball. They do not come into play when a team is at bat.'