Percentage of Extra-Base Hits

Abstract

The authors use the percentage of extra-base hits (PXBH) to describe a player’s power. The PXBH is a player’s number of base hits divided by his total number of hits. This statistic shows the hitter’s potential to influence the game offensively. The top five career extra-base hits leaders are Hank Greenberg (.4797), Babe Ruth (.4720), Mike Schmidt (.4543), Dave Kingman (.4489), and Lou Gehrig (.4373). There are three tables: career extra-base hits leaders, PXBH leaders for individual seasons, and PXBH leaders