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Quote: Originally Posted by ktd1976

It does make sense as a percent though. Taking 1 base every at bat would be 100% Taking more than 1 base every at bat would be over 100% It is also NOT a weighted average. The hits don't matter. Total bases are what are being measured. Now, you can argue that it is an average, but it is still a percent. Look at it this way. A player with a .500 SLG. On average they are getting 1/2 base each at bat. That is 50%. It is still a percent. Just like Batting Average is an "average" but also a percent. Someone with a .330 batting average gets a hit 33% of the time. But, at any rate, it is NOT a weighted average. Because someone who gets 2 singles (2 bases) would have the same SLG percentage as someone who got a double (2 bases) Each total base is treated equally. What SLG is meant to show, is the QUALITY of the hits the player gets.

It’s weighted cause each hit does have a weight to it. 3 singles and 1 triple may equal the same slugging but that’s the whole point. The one triple is literally worth more in the realm of this calculation. I have giving evidence shown how this is true shown why it isn’t a percentage. I have literally studied for years in math and statistics to know the differences between the two.

It still though measures the quality of what a players at bats are. If someone has .650 slugging it means each at bat has a average of .65 bases. In a game of 4 at bats this means on average that player is going to get at least 1.3 bases could be they just hit one single could be a lucky day they get two singles maybe they just hit a double could be a home run and yes that means they went above and beyond 1.3 but as in all things averages have highs and lows, that’s why it is an average.

In the end the understand of how to use the slugging seems to be used for a player is correct for everyone so no real reason to keep rubbing in circles.