L
1. What does L stand for?
Losses
Example
"He has 16 W and 5 L with an ERA of 2.60.
Wow, that's pretty good!"
Wow, that's pretty good!"
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Last Updated: October 1, 2014
2. What is l short for?
Laughing
Means the person is laughing. Also written <L>. More commonly written LOL.
Example
"That was a pretty funny joke. <L>"
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Last Updated: November 27, 2013
Baseball Slang Quiz: Can you bat 1.000?
An acronym used to keep track of the amount of games a player or team has lost.
The acronym commonly appears as a sports statistic. In baseball, it is often used to measure a pitcher's success, which is unfair since a pitcher relies on his team to score runs for him in order to get the W and not the "L."