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Slugging average is the ratio of the total number of bases achieved on hits divided by the number of official times at bat. The variables used for hitterswere: batting average (ba), runs batted in (rbi's), slugging average (sa), runs scored (r), strike outs (so), stolen bases (sb), and fielding average (fa).
Slugging percentage represents the total number of bases a player records per at-bat. Unlike on-base percentage, slugging percentage deals only with hits and does not include walks and hit-by-pitches in its equation. Slugging percentage exists mainly as a response to a noticeable flaw in batting average: Not all hits are created equal. In batting average, a single and a home run are valued the same. But in slugging percentage, home runs are counted four times as much as each single.