Total Bases
Bases from hits: 1 for a single up to 4 for a homer.
What it actually is. Total bases: one for a single up to four for a home run, added up.
What a scout reads off it. It is the raw material of slugging percentage and is most useful as a season counting stat, where it captures the whole of a hitter's damage in one figure.
Where the lines are. Babe Ruth's 457 total bases in 1921 is the record and is one of the oldest untouched marks in the book.
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