Slugging Percentage?

[ntrdame316]

What is it? And how is it caculated? Thanks

[Amazinz]

Total Bases / At-Bats

[matmat]

what amazinz said:

(1*singles + 2*doubles + 3*triples + 4*homers)/AtBats

the way to actually calculate it using common stats:
(hits + doubles + 2*triples + 3*homers)/AtBats

[thetongueofire]

another way to look at it... slug. percentage and BA is kinda similar. BA 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 cos bigger hits count more.