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|Year=1869 | |Year=1869 | ||
|Year Number=1 | |Year Number=1 | ||
|Headline= | |Headline=Slugging Stat Arrives in Early Form | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Country= | |Country=US | ||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
|City= | |City=New York | ||
|Game=Base Ball, | |Game=Base Ball, | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p> | |Text=<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Average total bases on hits to a game” first appears in the <em>New York Clipper</em></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> on December 4, 1869.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It would continue to be used in 1870 and 1871 before falling out of favor. Slugging average—total bases on hits per at-bat—would be adopted by the National League in 1923 as one of two averages, along with batting average, tracked by the official statistician.</span></span></p> | ||
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|Sources=<p><em><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">New York Clipper </span></em><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">(New York City, NY), 4 December 1869: p. 277. </span></p> | |||
|Submitted by=Colin Dew-Becker | |||
|Submission Note=Email of 9/15/2014 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | “Average total bases on hits to a game” first appears in the New York Clipper on December 4, 1869. It would continue to be used in 1870 and 1871 before falling out of favor. Slugging average—total bases on hits per at-bat—would be adopted by the National League in 1923 as one of two averages, along with batting average, tracked by the official statistician.
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| Sources | New York Clipper (New York City, NY), 4 December 1869: p. 277. |
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| Submitted by | Colin Dew-Becker |
| Submission Note | Email of 9/15/2014 |
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1869.1 Slugging Stat Arrives in Early Form"
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