AB
At bat
A popular baseball statistic that represents the number of times a player comes to home plate to bat; can also stand for "at bats" for a player who has multiple plate appearances; used to calculate the batting avg of a player by dividing the number of hits by at bats.
Example
He can't buy a hit today. He has 5 AB and no hits.
Related Slang
avg | Batting average |
hr | Home run |
RBI | Runs batted in |
MLB | Major League Baseball |
AL | American League |
NL | National League |
AB stands for "action by," which is often used in emails to communicate when you want something done by a certain time, aka a deadline.
It is typically used in work-related emails when a superior needs an employee to complete a task or project by a time of day or date. The acronym is especially helpful when a person is busy and doesn't have time to type everything out.
There are plenty of things that need to be completed -- both big and small. Examples include purchasing office supplies, putting together a real estate proposal, coordinating musicians for a charity performance, summarizing quarterly earnings, or launching a website.