What is the average batting average? What is a high batting average?
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I believe the avg. batting avg. is around .275.  I feel a high batting avg. is .300 or above.
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I guess it depends on how your league scores.\n\nHoward will have a bunch more homers and RBIs, but he'll strike out a ton.\n\nSizemore should hit for higher average, with some pop.  He can steal bases, he's a stellar defensive player.  His 308 average and .390 OBP aren't too bad at all.\n\nActually, Sizemore's got the better OBP (.390 to .358)
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OPS is a players on-base percentage plus his slugging average.   spotts1701 already told you how to calculate OBP; Slugging average is total bases (i.e., singles+2*doubles+3*triples +4*HR) divided by total at-bats.
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Fielder's choice counts as an at-bat, but not a hit if the batter reaches first base or not.  Batting average is calculated by dividing at-bats into hits or hits/at-bats.  E.g. 150/450 = .333 batting average.\n\nI would also like to add that walks and sacrifices do count as plate appearances, but do not factor into at-bats.  I think number of plate appearances define eligibility for batting average leaders.
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pretty good one-batting 300 aint bad for baseball-keep the peace old hippie here
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higher batting average is better\nlower era is better
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Okay, this will seem a little bit confusing, since it involves mathmatical formulas. \nIn baseball statistics, slugging average (or slugging percent) (often abbreviated SLG or SA) is a measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats. \nThe formula is SLG= (h + d + 2t + 3hr) / (n_{AB}) \n- h stands for hits, d stands for doubles, t is triples, ht is homeruns, and n_{ab} is at bats for a certain player. \nHere's an example of slugging percentage:\nIn 1920, Babe Ruth was playing his first season for the New York Yankees. In 458 at bats, he had 172 hits, 36 doubles, 9 triples, and 54 home runs, which brings the total base count to (172 × 1) + (36 × 1) + (9 × 2) + (54 × 3) = 388. He had 458 at bats, so his total number of bases (388) divided by his total at-bats (458) is .847, his slugging average.\nAnother way of doing slugging percentage SLG = (s + 2d + 3t + 4h)/(n_{AB}), where s, are the number of singles; so that each base touched counts as one. \n(MLB.com and many major statistical sources often don't note the number of singles a player has hit both because they assume that the reader can quickly figure it out)\n\nSlugging average is actually extremely useful in finding many different statistical numbers for batters. Long after it was first invented, the slugging average gained new significance when baseball analysts realized that it combined with on-base percentage to form a very good measure of a player's overall production. Allen Barra and George Ignatin were apparently the first to combine the two statistics, multiplying them together to form what is now known as "SLOB" (Slugging × On-Base). Bill James applied this principle to his Runs Created formula several years later (and perhaps independently), essentially multiplying SLOB × At-Bats (the actual formula for Runs Created is: RC = [(Hits + Walks)(TotalBases)] / [AtBats + Walks]). In 1984, Pete Palmer and John Thorn developed perhaps the most widespread means of combining slugging and on-base average: OPS. "OPS" simply stands for "on-base plus slugging", and is a simple addition of the two values. While less accurate than SLOB and Runs Created, OPS is extremely easy to calculate, and has become the unofficial shorthand form of player evaluation in recent years.\n\nThe term "slugging percentage" is technically incorrect. SLG in fact measures an AVERAGE, not a percent
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Easy enough:\n\nERA= (ER/IP)*9\n\nER = Earned Runs\nIP = Innings Pitched\nERA = average number of runs allowed per nine innings
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Work on your spares. If you make all your spares and throw one double a game you can average 200. You don't need to throw a lot of strikes to have a high average.
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you're kidding, juan pierre is absolute trash, unelss by "best lead off hitter ever" you mean a .235 BA, an abysmal .272 OBP, ZERO home runs, and a whole whopping 4 RBIs. Starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo already has 2 Home Runs, 2 more than Pierre's zero.  SPs Tom Glavine has a better batting average and on base percentage, Livan Hernandez has more RBIs.  Hell Livan Hernandez is more of a threat at the plate right now.  Awful.
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Well this depends on if someone is on base or not, and how many outs have been recorded in the inning.  If no one is on base, the highest number of pitches would be 6. \n\nIf someone is on base.. the highest number of pitches would be 11.. here's why..\n\nIf a batter is at bat.. works a full count, and a runner is thrown out stealing with two outs.. that batter would come back up to bat in the next inning.. same at bat, but a new count.
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total bases per at bat
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The average of 4 numbers is their sum divided by 4.\n\nSo (90 + 76 + 66 + s) / 4 >= 70  where s is the score on the fourth test.
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depends mostly average.
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There are many things that can happen in baseball that are counted oddly in the stats. Walks dont count as at bats, neither do sacrifice hits. Fielders choices, reaching on errors or dropped third strikes all count as outs even though you reached base. When a batter is hit by a pitch it also doesnt count as an at bat. So to calculate batting average you would simply divide hits by at bats. To calculate OBP you would divide hits+walks+hbp by at bats+walks+HBP+sacrifice flies\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_base_percentage
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Team one decent batting, need pitching.\n\nTeam two good pitching, and decent batting.\n\nGet pitching now.\n\nQuarter way through season change some batting.\n\nI'm no expert, though I play and have a decent record.
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In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by multiplying the number of earned runs allowed by nine and dividing by the number of innings pitched.\n\nIt looks like this:\nERA = 9(ER/IP)