SQL JOIN with 2 aggregates returning incorrect results - sql

Question

I am trying to join 3 different tables to get how many Home Runs a player has in his career along with how many Awards they have recieved. However, I'm getting incorrect results:
Peoples
PlayerId
Battings
PlayerId, HomeRuns
AwardsPlayers
PlayerId, AwardName
Current Attempt
SELECT TOP 25 Peoples.PlayerId, SUM(Battings.HomeRuns) as HomeRuns, COUNT(AwardsPlayers.PlayerId)
FROM Peoples
JOIN Battings ON Battings.PlayerId = Peoples.PlayerId
JOIN AwardsPlayers ON AwardsPlayers.PlayerId = Battings.PlayerId
GROUP BY Peoples.PlayerId
ORDER BY SUM(HomeRuns) desc
Result
PlayerID HomeRuns AwardCount
bondsba01 35814 1034
ruthba01 23562 726
rodrial01 21576 682
mayswi01 21120 736
willite01 20319 741
griffke02 18270 667
schmimi01 18084 594
musiast01 16150 748
pujolal01 14559 414
dimagjo01 12996 468
ripkeca01 12499 609
gehrilo01 12325 425
aaronha01 12080 368
foxxji01 11748 462
ramirma02 10545 399
benchjo01 10114 442
sosasa01 9744 304
ortizda01 9738 360
piazzmi01 9394 396
winfida01 9300 460
rodriiv01 9019 667
robinfr02 8790 330
dawsoan01 8760 420
robinbr01 8576 736
hornsro01 8127 648
I am pretty confident it's my second join Do I need to do some sort of subquery or should this work? Barry Bonds definitely does not have 35,814 Home Runs nor does he have 1,034 Awards
If I just do a single join, I get the correct output:
SELECT TOP 25 Peoples.PlayerId, SUM(Battings.HomeRuns) as HomeRuns
FROM Peoples
JOIN Battings ON Battings.PlayerId = Peoples.PlayerId
GROUP BY Peoples.PlayerId
ORDER BY SUM(HomeRuns) desc
bondsba01 762
aaronha01 755
ruthba01 714
rodrial01 696
mayswi01 660
pujolal01 633
griffke02 630
thomeji01 612
sosasa01 609
robinfr02 586
mcgwima01 583
killeha01 573
palmera01 569
jacksre01 563
ramirma02 555
schmimi01 548
ortizda01 541
mantlmi01 536
foxxji01 534
mccovwi01 521
thomafr04 521
willite01 521
bankser01 512
matheed01 512
ottme01 511
What am I doing wrong? I'm sure it's how I'm joining my second table (AwardsPlayers)

Answer 1

I think you have two independent dimensions. The best approach is to aggregate before joining:
SELECT TOP 25 p.PlayerId, b.HomeRuns, ap.cnt
FROM Peoples p LEFT JOIN
(SELECT b.PlayerId, SUM(b.HomeRuns) as HomeRuns
FROM Battings b
GROUP BY b.PlayerId
) b
ON b.PlayerId = p.PlayerId LEFT JOIN
(SELECT ap.PlayerId, COUNT(*) as cnt
FROM AwardsPlayers ap
GROUP BY ap.PlayerId
) ap
ON ap.PlayerId = p.PlayerId
ORDER BY b.HomeRuns desc;
Result
bondsba01 762 47
aaronha01 755 16
ruthba01 714 33
rodrial01 696 31
mayswi01 660 32
pujolal01 633 23
griffke02 630 29
thomeji01 612 6
sosasa01 609 16
robinfr02 586 15
mcgwima01 583 9
killeha01 573 8
palmera01 569 8
jacksre01 563 13
ramirma02 555 19
schmimi01 548 33
ortizda01 541 18
mantlmi01 536 15
foxxji01 534 22
mccovwi01 521 10
thomafr04 521 10
willite01 521 39
bankser01 512 10
matheed01 512 4
ottme01 511 11