slugging percentage

noun

variants or less commonly slugging average

baseball

: a statistic that reflects a batter's ability to get extra-base hits and that is expressed as a ratio (such as a rate per thousand) of the total number of bases reached on base hits (with one base for a single, two for a double, three for a triple, and four for a home run) to official times at bat

He drove in 118 runs, batted .289 and had the highest slugging percentage (.618) in the majors.

—Ron Fimrite

Quentin finished last week second in the American League in home runs (14), RBIs (48) and slugging percentage (.571) and sixth in on-base percentage (.396).

—Jon Heyman

The 28-year-old reached career-best figures in runs, RBIs, doubles (35), home runs (23) and slugging average (.505).

—Jim Allen

Examples of slugging percentage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite all this fresh blood and Cronenworth’s all-around utility, the Padres entered Tuesday ranked 15th in the majors in slugging percentage since the trade deadline. —Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

Since joining the Cubs in a surprising trade with the Houston Astros this past winter, Tucker has led the team in runs, on-base percentage and on-base plus slugging percentage. —Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

Entering Tuesday night, San Francisco ranked last in the majors in batting average (.209), on-base percentage (.275) and slugging percentage (.340) against lefties. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025

These performance numbers are displayed like batting averages and slugging percentages on a baseball card. —Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for slugging percentage

• centage