It's the final day of the 1941 season and Ted Williams' batting average is .39955.  What will he do?  sit this out and guarantee a historic .400 season or take a chance and aim for mathematic immortality?   Find the answer to this and other exciting stories in a dugout full of whole numbers, fractions and decimals, percentages, proportions and problem-solving.  Fun for fifth-graders and above, this thematic unit teachers, fundamental concepts that connect the calculator and the clubhouse while learning, using and interpreting the statistics of famous ballplayers.  Computation is the key in determining batting averages and slugging percentages.  Will it be a single, double, triple, or home run?  It all depends on the hitter's math skills in this interactive game where long division and the long ball are one and the same.  Batter up!

             I.      Objectives – in completing this lesson, students will:

A.     Examine how everyday mathematical concepts, such as addition, subtraction, fractions, decimals, etc., apply to baseball and the real world.

B.     Analyze baseball statistics and interpret data in terms of fundamental mathematic operations.

C.     Understand the application of baseball statistics and how they are calculated using basic mathematical principles.