slugging percentage
noun
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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
Ron FimriteQuentin 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
Jon HeymanThe 28-year-old reached career-best figures in runs, RBIs, doubles (35), home runs (23) and slugging average (.505).—Jim Allen
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Only Schmidt and Mathews topped both that on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Despite his ability to reach base, Wade only hit eight home runs with a .381 slugging percentage, which ranked below average for first basemen.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
Judge led the league in homers for the third time in his career, launching 58 long balls while posting league highs in WAR (10.8), RBIs (144), slugging percentage (.701), on-base percentage (.458) and OPS+ (223).
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider these stats from the past three seasons: 2022- 23 home runs, 93 RBIs, .454 slugging percentage in 155 games
2023= 25 home runs, 98 RBIs.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Despite his ability to reach base, Wade only hit eight home runs with a .381 slugging percentage, which ranked below average for first basemen.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
Judge led the league in homers for the third time in his career, launching 58 long balls while posting league highs in WAR (10.8), RBIs (144), slugging percentage (.701), on-base percentage (.458) and OPS+ (223).
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider these stats from the past three seasons: 2022- 23 home runs, 93 RBIs, .454 slugging percentage in 155 games
2023= 25 home runs, 98 RBIs.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Slugging percentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slugging%20percentage. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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