How to Calculate Isolated Power in Baseball

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By Nicholas Malinowski
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Isolated power is a statistic that can be used to determine a baseball hitter's pure power output. It is a combination of more common statistics slugging percentage and batting average.

Difficulty: Moderate

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Step 1

Consider that isolated power is defined as Slugging Percentage minus Batting Average.
Step 2

Determine slugging percentage: Add a player's singles plus 2 times doubles plus 3 times triples plus 4 times home runs. Divide this number by the player's at bats. Or: (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) / At Bats.
Step 3

Determine batting average divide a player's at bat total from his hit total, or Hits/At Bats.
Step 4

Calculate Isolated Power by subtracting batting average from slugging percentage.