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How do you find batting average?

How do you find batting average?. Finding Batting Average. Step 1 Add up your hits. Example: 35 hits

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How do you find batting average?

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  1. How do you findbatting average?

  2. Finding Batting Average • Step 1 Add up your hits. • Example: 35 hits • Step 2 Add up your at bats. At bats include every time you hit safely or hit into an out, including a strike out. Getting on base by an error or fielder's choice is considered an out. A sacrifice, walk or hit by pitch is not counted as a hit or an out. • Example: 98 at bats • Step 3 Divide your hits by your at bats. • Example: 35/98 = .357142857 • Step 4 Round off the number to the third decimal place. • Example: .357142857 is .357.

  3. Let’s do a problem! • Derek Jeter has had 246 at bats with having 50 singles, 34 doubles, 3 triples, and 3 homeruns. What is his batting average? • Step 1: Add his hits: 50 + 34 + 3 + 3 = 90 • Step 2: Add his at bats: 246 • Step 3: Divide hits and at bats: 90/246 = .3658 • Step 4: Round to nearest hundredth: .366 • ANSWER: Derek Jeter is batting .366

  4. Let’s try another problem! • Take the Detroit Tigers Magglio Ordonez statistics from 2007 and find his average. • Yr Team Games AB Runs 1B 2B 3B HR 2007 Tigers 157 595 117 134 54 0 28 • Remember to do the 4 steps!

  5. How to do the problem! Step 1: Yr Team Games AB Runs 1B 2B 3B HR 2007 Tigers 157 595 117 134 54 0 28 • Add hits 134 + 54 + 0 + 28 = 216 • Step 2: • Add At Bats = 595 • Step 3: • Divide Hits/At Bats which is 216/595 = 0.3630252 • Step 4: • Round to the nearest hundredth = 0.363 • Final Answer: • Magglio Ordonez batted 0.363 in 2007 and won the batting title (the highest batting average)

  6. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jeter • http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=ordonma01 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magglio_Ordonez

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