Slugging Percentage

The slugging percentage is a baseball statistics. It is a measure of how many bases reached a batsman per shock passage ( at-bats ).

Formula

To calculate the slugging percentage ( SLG), one adds ( directly reached after you have successfully hit the first base, 1B), the number of singles, double the number of doubles (2B ), three times the number of triples (3B ) and the four times the number of home runs (HR). This sum is divided by the number of shock crossings as a whole ( at-bats, AB).

For example, if a batsman in 100 runs every 10 singles, 10 doubles, 10 triples and 10 home runs scored (ie also 60 times resigns ahead of time), he has a SLG of (10 20 30 40) / 100 = 1.000. The maximum achievable slugging percentage is 4.000, ie, when a hitter in every beat of passage scored a home run (ie, four slugging points).

Assessment

Slugging percentage is a common measure to determine the impact force ( " slugging " ) of a hitters. However, it is the only reality simplified from: good batsmen, the ball, and thus provoke Walks are here disadvantaged.

Related statistics

The batting average is calculated similarly, but weights all the singles, doubles, triples and home runs the same. This is measured by itself, the ability to get the ball with a hit into play, what home-run specialists disadvantaged. On- base percentage calculated the frequency with which a batsman ever comes into play, thus also considered Walks.