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  1. 02-16-2019, 10:32 AM #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Arguably stats like batting average are contrived, and frankly, misunderstood.

    Not to mention, stupidly titled. I mean, it’s not an average, it’s a percentage. (And to make it weirder, it’s slugging percentage is not a percentage; it’s an average.)
    I don't quite get it. If BA is a % why isn't SLG a %? The only difference is it measures total bases instead of hits.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    I don't quite get it. If BA is a % why isn't SLG a %? The only difference is it measures total bases instead of hits.

    Slugging percentage is not measured out of 100%. (A perfect SLG is 4.000, or 400%.).

    The best way to describe the number is it represents the average number of bases per at bat...
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Slugging percentage is not measured out of 100%. (A perfect SLG is 4.000, or 400%.).
    I see what you're saying, but 400% can still be a real world percentage.

    (Sales were up by more than 200% over last year.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    I see what you're saying, but 400% can still be a real world percentage.

    (Sales were up by more than 200% over last year.)

    If a player is slugging .562, what is that 56.2% of?
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    If a player is slugging .562, what is that 56.2% of?
    He's delivering 56.2 bases per 100 at bats.
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    IMO, both batting average and slugging percentage could be considered an average or a percentage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kimmi View Post
    IMO, both batting average and slugging percentage could be considered an average or a percentage.
    Agreed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    He's delivering 56.2 bases per 100 at bats.
    Yes. He is averaging 56.2 bases per 100 at bats. Where as a .320 hitter is getting a hit in 32 percent of his at bats...
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Yes. He is averaging 56.2 bases per 100 at bats. Where as a .320 hitter is getting a hit in 32 percent of his at bats...
    A .320 hitter is also averaging 32 hits per 100 at bats.

    Kimmi is right, you can use either term-whichever one pleases you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    A .320 hitter is also averaging 32 hits per 100 at bats.

    Kimmi is right, you can use either term-whichever one pleases you.

    Not sure how slugging percentage is a percentage...
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Not sure how slugging percentage is a percentage...
    How about splitting the difference - batting average and slugging average?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    How about splitting the difference - batting average and slugging average?

    I’m ok with that...
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