What is slugging percentage and how do you figure it out?

Question

What is slugging percentage and how do you figure it out?

Answer 1

Total Bases / At Bats

Example: 25 singles, 10 doubles, 1 triple, and 1 Home run = 52 Total Bases. And say you did that in 150 AB, you would get 52/150 = .347 Slug %.

Answer 2

i dont know

Answer 3

Total bases divided by at-bats. So slugging percentage is how many bases per at bat a player reaches safely (on their own hits).

here are a few things to remember:

HR = 4

Triple = 3

double = 2

single = 1

Getting on base without a hit (walk, HBP, fielder's choice, error) does not help the total bases stat.

Total bases is the number of bases reached on your own hits, so if you get a single then advance and score on hits by your teammates, you only get 1 base toward your total bases.

To compute it first compute total bases:

Total bases (TB) = 4 x home runs + 3 x triples + 2 x doubles + singles

Then divide total bases by at-bats

TB/AB = Slug%

Slugging percentage is a combination of a power and average, in order to have a high slugging %, a player needs to bat for a good average AND have decent power.