User:WHPratt/sandbox



In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats, through the following formula, where AB is the number of at bats for a given player, and 1B, 2B, 3B, and HR are the number of singles, doubles, triples, and home runs, respectively:


 * $$ \mathrm{SLG} = \frac{(\mathit{1B}) + (2 \times \mathit{2B}) + (3 \times \mathit{3B}) + (4 \times \mathit{HR})}{AB}$$

However, singles are rarely reported separately in statistical sources. It may prove easier to use an alternative formula, one which credits one base per hit and adds on the extra bases:


 * $$ \mathrm{SLG} = \frac{(\mathit{H}) + (\mathit{2B}) + (2 \times \mathit{3B}) + (3 \times \mathit{HR})}{AB}$$

Unlike batting average, slugging percentage gives more weight to extra-base hits such as doubles and home runs, relative to singles. Plate appearances resulting in walks are specifically excluded from this calculation, as an appearance that ends in a walk is not counted as an at bat.

Retrosheet.org doesn't tabulate singles separately in player listings.

Baseballreference.com doesn't.

espm.com dosn't in batting stats. Nor does usatoday (sprts weekly)

The Boys’ Baseball Benefit Game was an annual charity event staged in Chicago from 1949 through 1972, wherein the Chicago Cubs of the National League played an exhibition game against the Chicago White Sox of the American League.

In July of 1949, the Cubs and the White Sox took advantage coincident off-days during the season to contest an annual “Boys’ Baseball Benefit” game to raise funds for the support of various youth baseball organizations, usually for the purchase of equipment and for the upkeep of playground facilities in the Chicago Park District. Although no game was played in 1950, as the All-Star Game was scheduled for Comiskey Park, the game would be staged annually from 1951 through 1972.

As the Cubs held spring training in Arizona and the White Sox in Florida, these games usually represented the only on-field meeting of the Chicago teams in those years, and these were very popular events locally, drawing bigger crowds than did typical league games. In 1964, 3,000 fans ended up sitting in the outfield after seats sold out. With a few exceptions, all of the games were staged at Comiskey Park because attendance tended to be better for night games, and Wrigley Field lacked lights in these days. Attendance, and the revenue it generated, was the objective. Receipts figures ranged from a low of approximately $35,000 to highs just under $100,000 in some years. Of course, “bragging rights” to the city’s title were also at stake, but these were exhibition games.

The competing clubs tolerated roster substitutions, and both teams would often give their second stringers some work with only token appearances from the front-line players. It was common for one or both teams to start a minor league pitcher from their system. Dick Ellsworth, just out of high school, mode his first professional start in the 1958 game, and threw a four-hit shutout for the Cubs, and became a mainstay of their staff. Other starters were never heard from again, at least not at the major league level.

Naturally, if one team was involved in a pennant race, that team wisely chose to rest its stars --.in 1951, the Sox had six players absent due to their selection for the next day’s All-Star Game. The underdog opponent felt free to try a bit harder to win (e.g., in 1961, bullpen ace Don Elston finished for the Cubs). Still, coverage of the game invariably stated that whatever the result, “Boys’ Baseball’ was the real winner.

Often a curfew set, so that one team could catch a train (or a plane) to the next league game; this meant that ties were a possibility, though none occurred (in 1954, Eddie Miksis hit a Poor Man’s Homer in the Gloamin' to avoid such a tie.)   They often tried out fringe players, free-agents (the Sox picked up the recently released Ned Garver for just the benefit game) or minor leaguers. Former Cleveland star, Mike Garcia was a batting practice for the Sox, and got to pitch in the 1960 game. Dave DeBusschere, ultimately to become a basketball Hall-of-Famer, threw five innings for the Sox in 1962. Ernie Banks, who’d been a first baseman since 1961, played shortstop again in the 1970 game. Banks also suited up for the 1972 game despite having retired from league play the previous season. The Boys’ Baseball Benefit Games date	site	att	winner	score*	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Ref 07/11/1949	Comiskey Park	36,459	Cubs	4-2	Johnny Schmitz	Bob Kuzava 1950	no game 07/09/1951	Comiskey Park	22,109	White Sox	3-2	Lou Kretlow	Bob Rush 06/26/1952	Comiskey Park	32,405	White Sox	5-4	Howie Judson	Bob Schultz 07/02/1953	Wrigley Field ††	12,403	Cubs	4-2	Tom Simpson	Bob Keegan 07/01/1954	Comiskey Park	22,755	Cubs	7-6	Johnny Klippstein	Harry Dorish 08/15/1955	Comiskey Park	26,028	Cubs	7-6 [10]	Don Kaiser	Jack Harshman 08/13/1956	Comiskey Park	23,438	White Sox	4-0	Dixie Howell	Moe Drabowsky 08/12/1957	Comiskey Park	20,111	Cubs	2-0	Turk Lown	Bill Fischer 06/16/1958	Comiskey Park	21,804	Cubs	1-0	Dick Ellsworth	Bob Shaw 06/22/1959	Comiskey Park	29,383	Cubs	3-2	Bobby Anderson	Barry Latman 06/13/1960	Comiskey Park	28,408	White Sox	7-0 [6] 	Herb Score	John Gray 06/26/1961	Comiskey Park	21,862	Cubs	5-1	Jim Brewer	Ned Garver 05/14/1962	Comiskey Park	20,675	Cubs	2-1	Glen Hobbie	Russ Kemmerer 07/01/1963	Comiskey Park	37,256	Cubs	4-2	Jim Brewer	Mike Joyce 06/25/1964	Comiskey Park † 	52,712	White Sox	11-1	Frank Kreutzer	Dick Scott 07/26/1965	Comiskey Park	37,470	White Sox	7-2	Juan Pizarro	Ernie Broglio 07/25/1966	Comiskey Park †	47,064	White Sox	5-4	Juan Pizarro	Bill Hands 06/22/1967	Comiskey Park	39,443	White Sox	2-0	Fred Klages	Cal Koonce 07/10/1968	Comiskey Park †	23,994	White Sox	1-0	Eddie Smith	Darcy Fast 08/18/1969	Comiskey Park	33,333	Cubs	2-0	Archie Reynolds	Bart Johnson 05/21/1970	Comiskey Park †	28,863	Cubs	7-6	Archie Reynolds	Gerry Arrigo 06/24/1971	Wrigley Field ††	32,485‡	White Sox	7-3	Stan Perzanowski	Ray Newman 08/14/1972	Comiskey Park	38,153	Cubs	3-1	Tom Phoebus	Jim O’Toole 1973-84	no game Summary: Cubs 13 wins, White Sox 10 wins.