Question

I am stuck on this baseball chart for 5 days. All I need is to answer some 3 questions.
Can someone just help me with the right formulas?

Answer 1

Michael Jordan is widely known for his legendary basketball career. He is a said to be one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1993, Jordan retired from the NBA to pursue a professional baseball career. Do you think his baseball career damaged his renowned athletic career?

The following chart contains Michael Jordan's Baseball Stats. Research baseball statistics online to determine what each labels represent in the baseball world.


Year Avg Gm AB R H TB 2B 3B HR

1994 0.202 127 436 46 88 116 17 1 3


1) How can you use the given information to determine how many singles Jordan hit during his baseball career? Do the calculation and show your work.


2) Find MJ's slugging average. Do the calculation and show your work.


3) Based on his slugging average, do you think Jordan was a good baseball player? Do you think baseball damaged his renowned athletic career?



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Answer 2

@ParthKohli @mathmale, @ganeshie8 @No.name

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_statistics

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Can someone just tell me the correct formula for number 1 ? I am very tired and I was stuck on this since ever-:(

Answer 6

I think your table has a typo :

Year Avg Gm AB R H \(\large \color{Red}{1B}\) 2B 3B HR

1994 0.202 127 436 46 88 116 17 1 3

Answer 7

I'll check

Answer 8

It says TB in my lesson. I don't know why, are you sure it is 1B and not TB ?

Answer 9

I have no clue about baseball - I thought it could be a typo based on the link I gave you earlier >.<

Answer 10

In that link it says \(1B = Singles\)
but in your table there is no such thing as \(1B\), so I am really not not that sure

Answer 11

They wouldn't ask me to find the singles if the were already given

Answer 12

thats a good point :) lets do some more research

Answer 13

Yeah, I would think that my table s correct then.

Answer 14

So how do I find the singles ?

Answer 15

First, we need to understand what TB represents

Answer 16

Total Bases

Answer 17

yeah, hows is it calculated ?

Answer 18

`TB – Total bases: one for each single, two for each double, three for each triple, and four for each home run [H + 2B + (2 * 3B) + (3 * HR)] or [1B + (2 * 2B) + (3 * 3B) + (4 * HR)] `

Answer 19

Year Avg Gm AB R H TB 2B 3B HR

1994 0.202 127 436 46 88 116 17 1 3

Answer 20

use the last four columns :

TB = 1*singles + 2*doubles + 3*triples + 4*quadruples

Answer 21

116 = 1*singles + 2*17 + 3*1 + 4*3

solve `singles`

Answer 22

Okay, I'll solve for singles:)

Answer 23

116 = 1×(1B) + 2×17 + 3×1 + 4×3
116 = 1×(1B) + 34 + 3 + 12
116 = 1B + 49
67 = 1B

Answer 24

Okay and how do I find the slugging average ?

Answer 25

Looks good to me
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=116-2*17-3*1-4*3

Answer 26

search for `SLG` in the earlier wiki link, looks it also has some formula...

Answer 27

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slugging_average

Answer 28

SLG = TB/AB

Answer 29

SLG = [ 1×(1B) + 2×(2B) + 3×(3B) + 4×(HR) ] / AB
SLG = [ 1×(67) + 2×(17) + 3×(1) + 4×(3) ] / 436
SLG = [ 67 + 34 + 3 + 12 ] / 436
SLG = [ 116 ] / 436
SLG = 116 / 436 ≈ 0.27

right ?

Answer 30

yes, but TB was already given in the table right ?

Answer 31

Yes. So either way I am correct. Right ?

Answer 32

Yep !

Answer 33

So he was therefore not a good player, if his slugging average is 0.27

Answer 34

(question 3 )

Answer 35

not sure, @nincompoop

Answer 36

Yeah, I just really know almost nothing about baseball -:(