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Baseball and Slugging percentage

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Difference between Baseball and Slugging percentage

Baseball vs. Slugging percentage

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter.

Similarities between Baseball and Slugging percentage

Baseball and Slugging percentage have 22 things in common (in Unionpedia): At bat, Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Base on balls, Baseball statistics, Batting (baseball), Batting average, Bill James, Branch Rickey, Double (baseball), Home run, List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders, Major League Baseball, Moneyball, New York Yankees, On-base percentage, On-base plus slugging, Pete Palmer, Plate appearance, Sabermetrics, Single (baseball), Triple (baseball).

At bat

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher.

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Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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Barry Bonds

Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants.

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Base on balls

A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out.

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Baseball statistics

Baseball statistics play an important role in evaluating a player's and/or team's progress.

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Batting (baseball)

In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team.

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Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batsmen in cricket and batters in baseball and softball.

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Bill James

George William James (born October 5, 1949) is an American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential.

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Branch Rickey

Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an American baseball player and sports executive.

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Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.

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Home run

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process.

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List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders

In baseball statistics, total bases (TBs) is the number of bases a player has gained with hits.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Moneyball

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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On-base percentage

In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP; sometimes referred to as on-base average/OBA, as the statistic is rarely presented as a true percentage) is a statistic generally measuring how frequently a batter reaches base.

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On-base plus slugging

On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging average.

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Pete Palmer

Pete Palmer (born January 30, 1938) is an American sports statistician and encyclopedia editor.

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Plate appearance

In baseball statistics, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting.

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Sabermetrics

Sabermetrics is the empirical analysis of baseball, especially baseball statistics that measure in-game activity.

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Single (baseball)

In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball (thus becoming a runner) and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out.

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Triple (baseball)

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.

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Baseball and Slugging percentage Comparison

Baseball has 370 relations, while Slugging percentage has 41. As they have in common 22, the Jaccard index is 5.35% = 22 / (370 + 41).

References

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