Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Question about baseball stats. Message-ID: <2123@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Sun, 28-Aug-83 22:52:42 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.2123 Posted: Sun Aug 28 22:52:42 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 29-Aug-83 04:04:51 EDT References: <1123@emory.UUCP> Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 8 Slugging percentage is calculated the same as the batting average, except that where a single counts as 1 for 1, a double counts as 2, a triple as 3 and a homer is 4. So someone who hits homers every time up will have a slugging average of 4.000. Dave Sherman -- {allegra,cornell,floyd,ihnp4,linus,utzoo,uw-beaver,watmath}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave