Slugging and OBP question

[Past Member]

I'm not reallly into the stats of players besides the basic average, home runs, and runs batted in. My question is, just like the average everyone wants to be at or above is .300 what is the ".300" for on base percentage and slugging percentage. Just curious. Help me out please BF.net nation.

[brettac1]

If you consider a .300 AVG to be elite, I guess it's a .400 OBP and .500 SLG.

[BillScottCanRake]

Here are the current league averages:

 

AL (BA/OBP/SLG)

.269/.334/.427

 

NL

.263/.331/.417

 

To have a top-20 OBP (among qualifiers), a players OBP needs to be .390 or higher. To have a top-20 SLG (among qualifiers), a players SLG needs to be .541 or higher.

 

All statistics found at hardballtimes.com

[rluzinski]

Also, since what's "good" or "great" OBP and SLG is heavily dependant on the poistion the player plays, you have to take that into consideration. I use this link to keep track of current averages on position.

 

League Positional Batting Averages