How to Calculate Slugging Percentage

Slugging percentage is a classic baseball statistic and shows a hitter's power.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

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 & Warnings

• 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.
• Slugging percentage tells you how many bases you hit for per time at bat.
• 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.
• Errors and fielder's choices are considered outs, not hits. They are included in official at bats.