Cody Bellinger with the Los Angeles Dodgers had the following stats one year for 449 at bats: Singles – 72, Doubles – 27, Triples – 2, Home Runs – 42.  What was his slugging average?

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Cody Bellinger with the Los Angeles Dodgers had the following stats one year for 449 at bats: Singles – 72, Doubles – 27, Triples – 2, Home Runs – 42.  What was his slugging average?

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Slugging average for a given player is defined as  ratio of weighted sum of the scores that the player has made to the total number of at bat, i.e., 

SLA=1×singles+2×doubles+3×triples+4×Homerunstotal number of at bats for given player

Here, slugging average for Cody Bellinger can be obtained as:

SLA=72+2×27+3×2+4×42449

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