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How does an error affect a batters batting average?
Scooter: A players batting average is figured by taking the number of hits, lets say 12 and dividing that by the number of at bats, say 50. That would equate to a .240 avg.
An error lowers your batting average, as does a fielders choice, since both are recorded as a time at bat; but are not hits.
A walk, hit by pitch or sacrifice do not count as a time at bat, they are separate statistics.
Thank you for the question.
Yours in baseball,
Rick
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Rick Bundy
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I can answer all questions relating to the fundamentals of baseball from t-ball to college, individual and team instruction, game strategy, drills, practice organizaton, coaching philosophies and, last, but not least, the mental game.
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4 years little league
4 years high school baseball( 2 varsity)
2 years junior college baseball
1 summer, Central Illinois Collegiate League, Galesburg, Pioneers
2 years, four year college
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Retired teacher 31 years (retired 4)
36 years high school baseball coaching/15 as a head coach/19 varsity asst, 2010 was the 36th.
I am in my 10th year as a coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks Training Centers, the official youth baseball and fast pitch softball camps of The Arizona Diamondbacks.
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