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by Yoyo Head on March 8th, 2004
Walks do not count in slugging percentage.
Batting average and slugging percentage are similar. Whereas batting average measures the percentage of the time you get a hit, it counts all hits equally. Slugging percentage counts them as 1 for singles, 2 for doubles, 3 for triples, and 4 for home runs. So it's the same information as batting average, with a little more info because bigger hits count more.
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