| Individual and team batting averages are one of | | | | score book. This is a task that is made much |
| the best indicators of how effective your practice | | | | easier if your keep your individual player game |
| drills and game preparation is. Batting average is a | | | | totals updated after every game. At-bats include |
| simple 3 digit number that expresses how often a | | | | all hits, strikeouts, reaches on errors, sacrifices, |
| batter has gotten a hit for the total number of | | | | walks, and hit by pitch events. |
| at-bats. There is a simple formula used to | | | | Step #3 - Now Divide your hits by your at bats |
| determine your batting average. This articles | | | | to get a number. Round the number to 3 decimal |
| clearly explains how it is calculated. | | | | places such as.250,.333 or.257. |
| Youth Baseball Digest: Calculating your Batting | | | | Here are other points to remember when |
| Average | | | | calculating your average: |
| There is a simple formula used to determine your | | | | 1. The Batting Average is a number with three |
| batting average: | | | | decimal places that represents a percentage. For |
| H ÷ AB = BA | | | | example, a batter with a.333 average has gotten |
| What the formula is saying is that you divide the | | | | on base with a hit 33.33 % of the times he has |
| total number of hits by the total number of at | | | | batted. A batter with a.250 average has gotten |
| bats and the resulting number is your average. | | | | on base with a hit 25% of the times he has |
| If you need it to be broken down into clearly | | | | batted. |
| defined steps, here they are: | | | | 2. Getting on base as a result of an error or |
| Step #1 - Count the total number of hits your | | | | fielder's choice does not count as a hit on the hit |
| batter has recorded in the score book, up to this | | | | total. |
| date. This is a task that is made much easier if | | | | I hope that you found this article to be |
| your keep your individual player per game totals | | | | informative. I really appreciate you taking the time |
| updated after every game. | | | | to read it. Good Luck to your team in the coming |
| Step #2 - Count your total number of at-bats | | | | season. |
| that have been recorded up to this date in your | | | | |