Baseball Math in Your Class

Bring Math into Your Class with the BBHOF

Use daily boxscores to help teach fractions, decimals and problem solving through batting averages, slugging percentages free from the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum. Updated each weekday.

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James Yasko replied to James Yasko's discussion 'February 6'February 6
A: 112 Show Your Work: I know, I know. Critical thinking on a Friday! So it's not as hard as you're probably thinking. We know that, in order to find slugging percentage, it's total bases divided by at-bats. If you multiply 617 (at-bats) by .6142...
James Yasko replied to James Yasko's discussion 'February 5'February 5
A: Johnson, by .003 of a run per nine innings. Explanation: Johnson has recorded 12118 outs (4039 x 3 = 12117, plus one out). So set up a ratio, where x over 1461 earned runs = 27 outs over 12118 outs. 1461x27 = 39447. Divide 39447 by 12118 and i...
James Yasko replied to James Yasko's discussion 'February 4'February 4
A: Vladimir Guerrero, .575 to .574. Show Your Work: Helton has 1145 singles to go with his extra-base hits. That amounts to 3420 total bases in 5962 at-bats - .5736. Do the same process with Vlad and you get 3802 total bases in 6617 at-bats, or ....

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So...what are we doing, exactly?

The Baseball Hall of Fame is a non-profit, educational institution. This is a way we can connect with schools in a free, easy, open way to reinforce math concepts. We do offer an education program entitled "Batter Up" either on-site or through videoconferencing. Click the link to see the online thematic unit.

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