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Babe Ruth holds the MLB career slugging percentage record (.690).

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.

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re: last time Remember Sox-Cubs? Forget it

For insertion into: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League Defunct and proposed teams

Addition to "Defunct and Proposed Teams"

I drafted this piece, planning to add it to the Proposed Teams section. However, I had some difficulty integrating the citations. Perhaps someone more adept at this would do the needed surgery. New York should be added to the map, and the table. No nickname was proposed in any of my sources. The starting year would be 1974 plus or minus. It was popssible that the Giants would be evicted earlier once the City took over Yankee Stadium. However, the renovations may have delayed things after that. WHPratt (talk) 04:26, 15 January 2014 (UTC) Correction: they wouldn't go on the map, only in the table. WHPratt (talk) 14:46, 15 January 2014 (UTC) I take back the correction: they should be treated the same as Miami or Atlantic. This is interesting information (in my opinion) because it shows an alternate path that the CFL could have taken, expanding in limited fashion (requiring CFL rules and field stndards) to places in the U.S. the the NFL was ignoring. The eventual U.S. experimnent was along different lines. WHPratt (talk) 16:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC) This particular section goes back and forth, but I still think that the proposed N.Y. franchise warrants inclusion. WHPratt (talk) 02:34, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

I remember reading those articles years ago while looking through old New York Times microfilms at the library, and the tone clearly is that the CFL was not interested, but the city officials were being needlessly persistent. It was really just a negotiation tactic to try to keep the Giants with in city borders, and not wind up in the Meadowlands. (City officials, for over a decade after the move, still held grudges that nobody else cared about.) it wasn't a serious proposal, just local politics. Either way, it is obvious that the league was not looking to add a team, and there was no league interest in US expansion at the time; the later US expansion was a completely unrelated development and not a result of this outside-the-league idea, it deserves no more than a passing mention (anything else would be WP:UNDUE), and should not in anyway be linked to the later US expansion as it is unrelated (to draw such a conclusion would be WP:SYNTH). oknazevad (talk) 14:12, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

The City of New York sought a CFL franchise in 1971, after the New York Giants had announced plans to move out of Yankee Stadium by 1974 (ultimately to East Rutherford, New Jersey). New York Deputy Mayor Richard Aurelio met with CFL commissioner Jake Gaudaur in October of 1971 about a possible expansion team for the city. Gaudaur stipulated that any expansion team must necessarily abide by the current CFL rules, in that only 14 players "trained outside of Canada" could be permitted on the 32-man roster.[1] [2] City officials were prepared to spend US$24 million to expand the playing area at Yankee Stadium, using portable seating to accommodate the larger CFL field.[3] Robert Schmertz, part-owner of the NBA's Portland Trailblazers and Canadian-born singer Paul Anka put up separate $25,000 deposits towards a franchise[4]

Gaudaur, however, felt that U.S. expansion would hurt the league at the present time. "I know it sounds nationalistic," he said, "But I'd have some concern that if we started to let in the bigger United States cities, the smaller Canadian cities might fall by the wayside." He cited the way that American interests now dominated the National Hockey League. His concerns were supported by Federal Health Minister John Munro, who felt that "expansion to the States would permit an erosion of Canadianism."[5] The expansion plans were not approved.

Yankee Stadium was renovated by 1976, but did not secure a regular football tenant for the remainder of its history. The CFL expanded to include U.S. teams for its 1993-95 seasons.

References Jump up ^ Eskenazi, Gerald, “Canadian Football League Franchise for New York Will Be Discussed ...,” New York Times; Oct 31, 1971; p. S3. Jump up ^ “Hopes for New York Club In C.F.L. Slim, Aurelio Told,” New York Times; Nov 1, 1971; p. 60. Jump up ^ Ranzal, Edward, “Hopes Rise for Canadian Football Here,” New York Times; Nov 2, 1971; p. 19. Jump up ^ “2 Bidders Said to Seek C.F.L. Franchise Here,” New York Times; Nov 8, 1971; p. 60. Jump up ^ “CANADA FOOTBALL IS LOOKING TO U.S.: Prospect of Expansion Stirs a Nationwide Debate,” New York Times; Nov 26, 1972; p. S2. NFL-CFL

The City of New York sought a CFL franchise in 1971, after the New York Giants had announced plans to move out of Yankee Stadium by 1974 (ultimately to East Rutherford, New Jersey). New York Deputy Mayor Richard Aurelio met with CFL commissioner Jake Gaudaur in October of 1971 about a possible expansion team for the city. Gaudaur stipulated that any expansion team must necessarily abide by the current CFL rules, in that only 14 players "trained outside of Canada" could be permitted on the 32-man roster. City officials were prepared to spend US$24 million to expand the playing area at Yankee Stadium, using portable seating to accommodate the larger CFL field. Robert Schmertz, part-owner of the NBA's Portland Trailblazers and Canadian-born singer Paul Anka put up separate $25,000 deposits towards a franchise

Gaudaur, however, felt that U.S. expansion would hurt the league at the present time. "I know it sounds nationalistic," he said, "But I'd have some concern that if we started to let in the bigger United States cities, the smaller Canadian cities might fall by the wayside." He cited the way that American interests now dominated the National Hockey League. His concerns were supported by Federal Health Minister John Munro, who felt that "expansion to the States would permit an erosion of Canadianism." The expansion plans were not approved.

Yankee Stadium was renovated by 1976, but did not secure a regular football tenant for the remainder of its history. The CFL expanded to include U.S. teams for its 1993-95 seasons.

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