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

The Yankees led all of MLB in runs scored, home runs, wRC+, slugging percentage and wOBA, among other statistics. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026

That season, Robinson did nothing less than lead the league in home runs, RBIs, runs, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and total bases and was the unanimous league Most Valuable Player. —Raymond Daniel Burke, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026

Among all 17-year-olds who played in the DSL last season, Rodriguez ranked top 10 in average, on base percentage, on base plus slugging percentage and wRC+. —Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026

Merrill’s balance through the swing and bat-to-ball skill placed him in the top 1% and 14%, respectively, in launch-angle sweet-spot percentage and expected slugging percentage last year. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for slugging percentage

• centage