i am confused a bit about the Slugging% in baseball.. can any one explain?
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Slugging percentage is calculated as total bases divided by total number of at bats. Total bases are calculated like this:\nSingle = 1 base\nDouble = 2 bases\nTriple = 3 bases\nHome run = 4 bases\n\nYou add up all the hits using the point system above, and then divide by the number of at bats.\n\nFor example, if a batter takes 10 at bats, during which he hits 2 singles, a double, and a home run, he has 8 total bases (2 for the 2 singles, another 2 for the double, and 4 for the home run). You take 8 and divide by 10, for an .800 slugging percentage. That's a really good slugging percentage.
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That is why. Everyone thinks that baseball pitchers can't hit and that is not always true. I can't think of their names right now but I know that there are quite a few pitchers who can hit a baseball and some who have hit home runs. A few have even hit game winning home runs in the past. I think we need to give the pitchers a little more credit when it comes to hitting a baseball.
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Ian M was close.  Popups are batter mistakes. They can be caused by good pitching or bad hitting or a combination. Line drives are normally hits that just happened to be right at somebody or were snared by good defense. Fly outs are usually also hitter mistakes. Though some well hit balls wind up in this catagory as well. Ones that didn't quite make it out of the park or that happened to be right at an outfielder. So a fly out is not a negitive against a hitter unless they are struggling and they are seeing a large number of lazy flyouts. \n\nThe reason they are called different things is it effects the play of the game. A good flyball pitcher for example is one that gets hitters under the ball thus a nice lazy flyout. If the hitter isn't fooled then flyball pitchers tend to produce quite a few home runs. Why is this important. Well you don't want a fly ball pitcher if you are the GM for teams like the Rockies, Cubs, Redsox. So it is signifcant in what kind of pitcher you are. Groundball pitchers are usually guys with good stuff who fool the batters consistantly into being on top of the ball, thus driving it into the dirt for normally easy outs.  Pitchers that give up line drives are going to get hurt. They can get lucky for a time but those line drives are going to start falling in for hits sooner or later. So it is a diagnostic stat for pitching coaches and managers. They can watch how many line drives a pitcher is giving up and see warning signs even if the pitcher is still doing well at the time. \n\nIt is also a diagnostic for hitters. For example you have two hitters both hitting .260 who are not skilled posisition players. Anybody hitting below .270 who plays 1st, 3rd, LF, RF or DH is not doing thier job. Doesn't matter how many HRs they have. One player is hitting .260 but has hit alot of line drives that were snared. That's a player who will see thier BA improve because those line drives will start dropping in for hits sooner or later. It means the hitter is getting a good bead on the ball and driving it. The other hitter is KOing alot, when not KOing is hitting lazy fly balls, pop ups and such. That is a hitter who is in a serious funk or one that's going back to the minors very soon. \n\nThe types of outs are also distinguished because of the level of difficulty for the defenders. A defender who drops a fly out is probably going to get an error. One who drops a line drive might be ruled a hit because of the velocity of the ball. Popups also signify the infield fly rule if they qualify. So you have to distinguish a popup in the infield to denote the effects on existing baserunners. \n\nGround outs are the other significant catagory you left out. Those are typically hitter mistakes as well. On top of the ball means a ground out, under the ball fly out, partial contact equal foul ball or pop up. Dead on with the meat of the bat means line drives, hits and well hit balls.
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I know what you're asking for, but I don't think I can give you a great answer.  The best way I can think of answering your question is that you are trying to make contact with the ball; you are trying to strike it with the bat.  You swing and miss or do not swing at a potential good pitch, which will equal to your first attempt of striking the ball.\n\nHa ha ha.....not sure if that's true, but after I read this, surprises me..sounds like it's the right answer.
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Hits&#92;at bats\n\nBe sure to take into account though that:\nWalks, Hit-by-pitch, and sacrifices are not ABs.\n\nAlso that it's only a hit if you reach safely and no one else gets out advancing to the next base.  (ex.  Bob is on first, Ken hits the ball.  Bob gets out at second and Ken is now if first)  This is called a fielder's choice.\n\nAlso reaching safely on an error is not a hit.\n\nBoth of the above count as at-bats without hits.\n\nNow if he is coaching little league.  Depending on the age you might not want to bother with errors and just credit the kid with a hit.
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It is possible due to the fluctuations in at bats.  These are not the actual stats but for illustrative purposes.\n\nHere is an example\nBabe 1st half 57/200=.285, Babe 2nd Half, 33/104=.317\nBabe Total for Year=90/304=.296\n\nLou 1st Half 55/200=.275, Lou 2nd half=79/250=.316\nLou Total for Year 134/450=.298\n\nThe at bats say it all.
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What? Never heard that rule. I was of the understanding that if the ball hit the top of the wall/fence and went out, it was a home run. I guess there could be a different rule for softball.
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its stat accumulation basically. Depends on the settings of your league...or which style roto or h2h. so if u have a 5x5 league... the catagories are hits,runs,home runs,stolen bases and batting average offensively. Its wins, saves, K's era and whip for pitchers. so offensively you want the most hits,runs etc and pitching you want most wins saves k's but lowest era and whip.
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The situation might change. For instance, if there is only one runner on third base and the pitcher balks, there is suddenly nobody on base. There isn't much reason to intentionally walk a guy at that point. Other than that, I can't really imagine a time when you might do this.
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It is the same as in baseball i think.   You take the total of bases from your hits.  1 for a single 2 for a double 3 for a triple and 4 for a homerun and divide it by the number of at bats.
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SLG = [(1*hit)+(2*double)+(3*triple)+(4*HR)]/at bat Slugging percentage is defined like total bases divided by at bats. visit for more information www.factbug.org More important than statistics is the game. Enjoy it!!!
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hitting for the cycle...in fact it happened last night for a player on the mets and Billy Wagner blew the save...that loss also broke a 25 straight win streak for  others who hit for the cycle and their teams won...84% of the time when you hit for the cycle...your team will win...oh well
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Good question.  My UNFOUNDED GUESS is that as the game started, more players (like the rest of the population) were right-handed.  If you bat right-handed, running counter-clockwise means you don't have to turn around when leaving the batter's box.  So running in that direction was just easier for most batters.\n\nThat's all I can think of...I'm curious to know the real explanation.
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it doesnt matter what inning it is.  you have an undefined percentage of scoring in any inning against any team and any pitcher.  and just because the yankees scored 3 in the first once doesnt mean anything.  whoever said that should stay out of these forums cause you dont know anything.
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Easton made a bat called the Z-core several years ago...there were -5s and -8s...but i think that was before the rule changes only allowed the use of -3s in college and high school...after the rule change i think easton changed the model name to something else
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Pitcher's statistic: Ratio of strikeouts (k) to walks (bb).  If a pitcher has struckout 10 batters, and walked 5, his k/bb = 10/5, or 2.0.  \n\nIt's an indication of his command, if he strikes out more batters than he walks, he has good control of his pitches.
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Justin's OBP was .375.\n\nJeter's was .417 (4th in the league)....\n\nHow is .375 better than .417?\n\n\n\nAs far as fielding percentages go, no knowledgeable fan would compare the fielding percentage of a first baseman with that of a shortstop.  Jeter won the Gold Glove, at the most important defensive position.  Justin did not win the gold glove, even though he plays the easiest defensive position.\n\n\nIf you're a first baseman and you DON'T hit more HRs and drive in more runs than a shortstop, you're not going to keep your job very long. (The reason first basemen are expected to be top offensive players is because the position is so easy to play, that teams can almost always find someone who can play that postion and also hit)\n\nJustin drove in 130 runs and scored 97... Jeter drove in 97 and scored 118. Not a huge difference in run production, until you account for the fact that Justin is a first baseman, and Jeter is a shortstop. If anything, Jeter would get an edge here (Sabermetric "runs created" formula credits Justin with 125 runs created, Jeter with 123...but again, Jeter is a shortstop). However, MVP voters have always been biased toward players who drive in, as opposed to scoring, runs.\n\nDespite 11 straight division titles, the Yanks have only had 1 MVP during that time... during their four World Championship seasons, the MVP awards went to the Texas Rangers (3 times) and the Oakland A's (once).   A-Rod's winning the award in 2005 may actually have hurt Jeter's chances this year... and yes, there is a definite anti-Yankee bias in MVP voting.\n\nJeter also held the Yankees together this season and led them to the best record in the AL... despite Matsui, Shefield and Cano missing quite a bit of playing time with injuries...and depsite the fact that their pitching was TERRIBLE...\n\nJustin's RBI total is the reason he won the award.\n\nNeil D is correct in pointing out that you really couldn't go "wrong" either way...there were a few good candidates in the AL this year...but Jeter did deserve the award, imo.