| Slugging Percentage is a baseball batting stat that | | | | SUM (Divided by Total At-Bats) = Slugging |
| assigns value to hits based on the number of | | | | Average. |
| bases reached. The bigger a hit is the more it | | | | In other words, Slugging Average is calculated by |
| raises the Slugging Percentage of the batter. | | | | adding the totals for all the hits the batter has, |
| Slugging Percentage is also sometimes called | | | | then divide by the total number of at bats. For |
| "Slugging Average" or "SLG". "SLG" is considered a | | | | example, a batter goes 2 for 4 and hits a triple |
| reliable indicator of a batters power. It is very | | | | and a double, which is five points. Five points |
| simple to calculate. This article explains how to | | | | divided into 4 at bats equals 1.250 Slugging |
| determine a batters SLG. | | | | Average. |
| Slugging average assigns a bigger value to bigger | | | | Other examples: |
| hits. So the calculation becomes "total bases" | | | | A batter is 7 for 12 on the season. He has hit a |
| divided by the number of at-bats. | | | | HR, 2 TRIPLES, 2 DOUBLES, and 2 SINGLES. The |
| Here are the values for each base hit: | | | | total of bases added up equals 16. Divide the 16 |
| · HR = 4 points. | | | | bases reached by the 12 total at-bats and you |
| · TRIPLE = 3 points. = | | | | get a Slugging Average of 1.333 |
| · DOUBLE = 2 Points. | | | | SLG is expressed as a three-digit decimal. It is |
| · SINGLE = 1 point. | | | | considered the best indication of a batters |
| The formula for determining SLG: | | | | measure of power. |
| (HR x 4 points) + (TRIPLES x 3 points) + | | | | I hope that you found this article to be |
| (DOUBLES x 2 points) + (SINGLES x 1 point) = | | | | informative and easy to understand. Thanks for |
| SUM | | | | reading my article. Have a great day, Nick. |