Youth Baseball Digest – What is Baseball Slugging Percentage? How is Slugging Percentage Calculated?
Slugging Percentage is a baseball batting stat that assigns value to hits based on the number of bases reached. The bigger a hit is the more it raises the Slugging Percentage of the batter. Slugging Percentage is also sometimes called “Slugging Average” or “SLG”. “SLG” is considered a reliable indicator of a batters power. It is very simple to calculate. This article explains how to determine a batters SLG. Slugging average assigns a bigger value to bigger hits. So the calculation becomes “total bases” divided by the number of at-bats. Here are the values for each base hit: · HR = 4 points. · TRIPLE = 3 points. = · DOUBLE = 2 Points. · SINGLE = 1 point. The formula for determining SLG: (HR x 4 points) + (TRIPLES x 3 points) + (DOUBLES x 2 points) + (SINGLES x 1 point) = SUM SUM (Divided by Total At-Bats) = Slugging Average. In other words, Slugging Average is calculated by adding the totals for all the hits the batter has, then divide by the total number of at bats. For example, a batt
