# Has anybody compared Slugging average of BIP to BABIP?

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**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-compared-slugging-average-of-bip-to-babip/720475 "2015-05-21T04:25:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-compared-slugging-average-of-bip-to-babip/720475/1 "2015-05-21T04:25:05Z")

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It is becoming increasingly accepted that a pitcher’s [BABIP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average_on_balls_in_play) is largely based on luck. Has a similar study been done with slugging average of balls in play? I suspect that SABIP _is_ somewhat in the pitcher’s hands but I’m interested in seeing some stats.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-compared-slugging-average-of-bip-to-babip/720475/2 "2015-05-22T14:18:59Z")

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Someone MAY have done such a study, but for all practical purposes, wouldn’t the number of home runs yielded tell us if a pitcher regularly tosses up meatballs that can be hit a mile? Stat heads DO put a lot of emphasis on home runs yielded, which is about as instructive a stat as slugging percentage, and requires less effort to figure out.