salty justice
Registered User
Sorry if this doesnt go here, or if you think it is a dumb question.
But, why are statistical percentages in this sport not given as a percentage? Such as save percentages and shooting percentages. By definition percentage is a success ratio over 100. So if a goalie has a "save percentage" of .955, that is extremely bad, technically speaking it would mean that the goalie makes less than 1 save for every 100 shots.
Why cant they move the decimal over 2 places to make it a real percentage value, or just call it a ratio?
Im not complaining because I or anyone else would ever make the mistake of misunderstanding the stats columns, but why cant they just call something what it is?
They dont make this mistake in baseball. Batting average is not called batting percentage.
But, why are statistical percentages in this sport not given as a percentage? Such as save percentages and shooting percentages. By definition percentage is a success ratio over 100. So if a goalie has a "save percentage" of .955, that is extremely bad, technically speaking it would mean that the goalie makes less than 1 save for every 100 shots.
Why cant they move the decimal over 2 places to make it a real percentage value, or just call it a ratio?
Im not complaining because I or anyone else would ever make the mistake of misunderstanding the stats columns, but why cant they just call something what it is?
They dont make this mistake in baseball. Batting average is not called batting percentage.