How to Calculate Slugging Average Percentage in Baseball

A really neat statistic in baseball is the slugging average / percentage. It gives hitters credit for the amount of extra bases they hit over the course of the season. Basically, it measures how much of a 'slugger' a player is. Read on to learn how to Calculate Slugging Average Percentage in Baseball

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. First, you need to determine how many bases a player has reached for each at bat. A single equals one (1) base. A double two (2) bases, a triple equals three (3) bases and a home run equals four (4) bases

2. Take the amount of bases a player has reached during the course of the season and total them together. For example, if a player batted 10 times with two singles, one triple and seven strike outs, he would have reached a total of 5 bases. 1 (single) + 1 (single) + 3 (triple) = 5 bases.

3. Then determine, how many times the player has come up to bat. Using the example above, let's presume he batted 10 times.

4. Then, divide the total number of bases reached, by the total 'at bats' and you'll have the slugging percentage.

5. In this case you would divide 5 by 10 for a slugging average/percentage of .500 (5/10=.500 slugging average)