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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Most of the negative attention has focused on Judge’s 19 strikeouts and a slash line (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage) of .150/.280/.325 and .605 on-base plus slugging.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
As a player, Venable hit .249 with a .315 on-base percentage and .404 slugging percentage in 967 major league games with the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Judge led the majors in a host of categories, including home runs (58), runs batted in, walks, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and total bases.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Or their power numbers will fizzle (in 2021, a .429 slugging percentage in the regular season slipped to .392 in the playoffs).
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
As a player, Venable hit .249 with a .315 on-base percentage and .404 slugging percentage in 967 major league games with the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Judge led the majors in a host of categories, including home runs (58), runs batted in, walks, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and total bases.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Or their power numbers will fizzle (in 2021, a .429 slugging percentage in the regular season slipped to .392 in the playoffs).
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Slugging percentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slugging%20percentage. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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