Question on batting average...

Question

Does a players batting average go down more if he grounds into a double play compared to if he just grounded out for ONE out..?

Answer 1

Nope.  

Answer 2

No.  Point is he is 0 for 1 on the play.  A difference that does occur, however may be in terms of RBI'S.   If a run scores on the play before a tag play ended the innng or the force plays involved did not end it, the batter will not get an RBI if he hit into a double play, but will if only one out occurred.

Answer 3

nope

Answer 4

No

Answer 5

No difference.  one out

Answer 6

no. All that matters is that there was an out on the play, and there was not intended to be.

Answer 7

It's batting AVERAGE.  Math doesn't understand the difference between grounding out for one or two outs.  Batting average is mathamatically calculated by taking a players number of hits and dividing it by his number of at-bats.  Example:  If you have 50 hits in 175 at bats...your batting average is .286