In baseball the stat line for a hitter who strikes out, flies out or grounds out in all of his at-bats during a game is shown as 0 - 4 or 0 - 5. The stat sheet for a basketball player who continually shoots and misses without scoring a point might show 0 - 7 or 0 - 10. In athletic terms this is an O-fer . . . O for 4 or O for 5 . . . O-fer.
