2006-06-27 09:24:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
total bases per at bat
2006-06-27 09:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. slugging percentage (n)
a measure of batting ability similar to a batting average but giving more weight to extra base hits and home runs, calculated as: [singles + (2 x doubles) + ( 3 x triples) + (4 x home runs)] / (at bats); displayed with three decimal places.
SYNONYMS: slugging average (SA, SLG)
So, slugging percentage tells you how many bases you hit for per time at bat.
Steps to calculate:
1. Add up all official at bats. Do not include those at bats that resulted in a walk, sacrifices or hit by pitch.
2. Add up total bases. Total bases are how many bases you reached in all the times you hit safely.
3. Divide total bases by official at bats.
4. Round to the third decimal place. For example, .57051 is .571.
TIPS:
If you hit safely but are out trying to get an extra base on the same play, you get the total base value of the last base you reached safely.
TRIVIA
Babe Ruth holds the record for lifetime slugging percentage in the major leagues with .690. This is why he is still considered the greatest power hitter.
2006-06-27 16:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you hit in baseball.
The term slugging percentage is a misnomer, as it is actually a calculation of average, not percent.
Babe Ruth 1e season:
In 458 at bats, he had 172 hits including 73 singles, 36 doubles, 9 triples, and 54 home runs, which brings the total base count to (172 Ã 1) + (36 Ã 1) + (9 Ã 2) + (54 Ã 3) = 388. He had 458 at bats, so his total number of bases (388) divided by his total at-bats (458) is .847, his slugging average. The next year he slugged .846, and for 80 years those records went unbroken until 2001, when Barry Bonds hit 411 bases in 476 at-bats, bringing his average to .863, unmatched since.
2006-06-27 16:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on a batter's "hitting" the ball and getting on base calculation. If you hit a home run every time you hit the ball, you'd get 1000, if you only got to first base each time, you'd get 250, so if a batter has a 400 slugging %, then each time he hits the ball in play, on average he almost hits a double (which would be a 500 slugging %). Make sense.
2006-06-27 16:29:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slugging Percentage (SLG): Divide the total number of bases of all base hits by the total number of times at bat
Example:Sammy Sosa has 282 total bases and 440 at-bats.
Divide 282 by 440 to get his slugging percentage: 282/440=.641
2006-06-27 16:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by Toxic Valentine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total bases per at bat, Single=1, double=2, triple=3, homer=4, grand slam = BOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMSHALAKA
2006-07-03 12:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋