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| '''Total average''' is a [[baseball]] statistic devised by sportswriter [[Thomas Boswell]] in the 1970s. The statistic is designed to measure a hitter's overall offensive contributions.
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| The definition of the statistic is simple. A player gets a credit for every base he accumulates and a penalty for every out he makes. So a player gets one credit for a single, [[base on balls|walk]], [[stolen base]] or being [[hit by pitch|hit by a pitch]]; two for a [[Double (baseball)|double]]; three for a [[Triple (baseball)|triple]]; and four for a [[home run]]. A player's Total Average is calculated by adding all the bases together and dividing them by the number of outs the player makes.
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| The formula is:
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| <math>TA = \frac{TB+HBP+BB+SB}{AB-H+CS+GIDP}</math> | |
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| where
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| *TA = Total average
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| *TB = Total bases
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| *HBP = Hit by pitch
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| *BB = Walks
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| *SB = Stolen base
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| *CS = Caught stealing
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| *AB = At bats
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| *H = Hits
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| *GIDP = grounded into double play
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| Because Total average emphasizes walks and extra base hits - and de-emphasizes singles - it has much in common with statistics developed by [[Bill James]] and other [[sabermetrics|sabermetricians]]. Like [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]], total average gives credit to players who draw a lot of walks and hit with a lot of power: [[Babe Ruth]], [[Barry Bonds]], [[Ted Williams]] and [[Frank Thomas (AL baseball player)|Frank Thomas]] for instance.
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| James himself was critical of total average.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Total Average}}
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