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by BuckyF on October 11th, 2003

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How is slugging percentage calculated?

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  • by Anonymous on October 28th, 2003

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    Slugging percentage is a ratio of bases per plate appearance. If a batter hits a home run in his only plate appearance, his slugging percentage is 4.000 If a player draws a walk, that counts as a plate appearance even though it is not an at-bat, and his slugging percentage is 1.000 If a player has a double and a home run in 3 plate appearances, his slugging percentage is 2.000 The walks are what allowed Barry Bonds to break Babe Ruth's record for highest slugging percentage in 2001 by slugging over .800

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    • Great explanation

      AB-Joel

      by AB-Joel on October 28th, 2003

    • Walks are certainly NOT used in calculating SLG%.

      carbonite

      by carbonite on November 12th, 2003

    • It's bases per at-bat, not plate appearances. Walks are not factored into slugging. He's confused with on-base pct.

      Bob Colayco

      by Bob Colayco on November 24th, 2003

    • Wrong. Walks are NOT a part of this calculation. Check ESPN or any other baseball site, something David did not do.

      joe white

      by joe white on January 24th, 2004

    • Sorry, walks don't count. Try this MLB link: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/baseball_basics/stats_101.jsp

      Joshua Zambrano

      by Joshua Zambrano on April 14th, 2004

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