Slugging Average - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition slugging-average

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a measure of the effectiveness of a batter at reaching base and advancing other runners calculated as the sum of the number of bases reached on each hit divided by the total number of times at bat A double counts two bases a triple three a home run four Thus a batter with four singles two doubles and a triple in 20 official times at bat would have a slugging average of 0550 and a batting average of 0350 Also called slugging percentage Compare batting average