Math Concepts Much of baseball and softball is about collecting and analyzing statistics.
Statistics can range from the fairly common to the very unusual.
Overall, the general purpose of these statistics is to determine how well a player or team is doing. A player s batting average is calculated by taking the player s total number of hits and dividing it by the total number of at-bats. The total at-bats does not include the times a player hits a sacrifice fly, walks, or gets hit by a pitch. If the player reaches first base on an error, this counts as an at-bat but not as a hit. Even though it is called a batting average, the number is recorded as a three digit decimal, such as .365.