Table 1. Single season injuries of professional baseball players grouped according to positions, types of injury, total number days missed and the average days missed per injury.
| Pitchers | Catchers | Position players | All players | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic zone | Total injured pitchers | Total days missed | Days missed per injured player | Total injured catchers | Total days missed | Days missed per injured player | Total injured position players | Total days missed | Days missed per injured player | Total injured players | Total days missed | Days missed per injured player |
| Shoulder | 12 | 419 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 527 | 59 | 25 | 946 | 38 |
| Elbow | 12 | 466 | 39 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 18 | 486 | 27 |
| Wrist | 6 | 107 | 18 | 4 | 89 | 22 | 7 | 75 | 11 | 17 | 271 | 16 |
| Back | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 119 | 15 | 11 | 113 | 10 |
| Abdominal /groin | 5 | 122 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 318 | 20 | 24 | 471 | 20 |
| Hip | 5 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 66 | 7 | 159 | 23 |
| Knee | 8 | 297 | 37 | 2 | 60 | 30 | 9 | 80 | 9 | 19 | 437 | 23 |
| Ankle/foot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 296 | 30 | 13 | 326 | 25 |
| Total | 53 | 1452 | 27 | 18 | 229 | 13 | 63 | 1548 | 25 | 134 | 3209 | 24 |