Chapter 13.1, Problem 25ES

Baseball In baseball, a batter’s slugging average, which measures the hatter’s power as a hitter, is a type of weighted mean. If s, d, t, and h represent the numbers of singles, doubles, triples, and home runs, respectively, that a player achieves in n times at bat, then the player’s slugging average is $\frac{s+2d+3t+4h}{n}$.

Find the players slugging average for the season or seasons described. Slugging averages are given to the nearest thousandth.

Albert Pujols, in his 2006 season with the St. Louis Cardinals, was at bat 535 times and achieved 94 singles, 33 doubles, 1 triple, and 49 home runs.