dirty said:By the MLB Rule book....Total Bases are Decided By a Safe hit...Then you count the bases you Obtain after that safe hit (without Error)....
A single is One Base...Double is 2 bases...Etc....
The reason they do this is becuase they want to Distinguish the Real hitters from the Guys that can't hit too well and all they do is walk and hit the ball weakly and they get on base...
That is why they have On BAse Percentage for the Leadoff type guys and singles hitters ...and the Total Bases for the Gap hitters and the power hitters...
They had to have a way to differentiate the two