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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Rather than relying on traditional data like home runs or hits, the team's general manager, Billy Beane, tracked advanced metrics like on-base percentage (how often a player gets on base) and slugging percentage (a measure of productivity per at-bat).
—Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Wong retires with a .256 batting average, .330 on-base percentage, and .390 slugging percentage in 1,189 games with the Cardinals, Brewers, Mariners, and Dodgers.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
Her on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 1.892 is the highest of any college softball player since the statistic was first officially tracked in 2016.
—Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2025
This version is leading the National League in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, OPS+, hits, doubles and bWAR.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Wong retires with a .256 batting average, .330 on-base percentage, and .390 slugging percentage in 1,189 games with the Cardinals, Brewers, Mariners, and Dodgers.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
Her on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 1.892 is the highest of any college softball player since the statistic was first officially tracked in 2016.
—Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2025
This version is leading the National League in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, OPS+, hits, doubles and bWAR.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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“Slugging percentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slugging%20percentage. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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