Batting average

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The batting average (dt about. Batting average ) is the best-known statistics to describe the offensive performance of a player in baseball .

To calculate the batting average (abbreviated: AVG), the number of valid hits by which the batter has reached at least first base (" hits ") is divided by the number of all attempts at which the batter either a hit has been successful, it was made while trying to reach first base or only reached first base due to an error in field defense (“ error ”) (“ at bats ”). The result is a relative frequency and is always between 0 and 1.

To represent the batting average, three decimal places are written after a point (decimal point in the Anglo-American language area, especially in the USA) (for example: .286). The exception here is a batting average of 1, which is written to 1,000. A batting average of .286 means that a batter was successful in 28.6% of his attempts to hit.

One of the biggest criticisms of the batting average for mapping a player's offensive performance is that the player's ability to differentiate between good (“ strikes ”) and bad throws (“ balls ”) by the pitcher (thrower) and thus first base with a walk to achieve remains unconsidered. In addition, the batting average evaluates all hits equally, no matter how good they were and how many bases the player was able to run as a result, so it ignores the batterer's power. These values ​​are shown in the On-Base Percentage (OBP) or in the Slugging Percentage (SLG).

Web links

ehow.com - Instructions for calculating the batting average