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 Padres do lead the major leagues in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage since July 19. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Now months removed from a thumb surgery that cost him half a season, Kirk leads the Jays in average, on-base and slugging percentage, hits, RBIs and walks over the last 18 days. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

That's a 21-point decrease in slugging percentage, across all big league hitters. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026

In an era of home runs and slugging percentage, Hyeseong Kim’s staying power comes from a sprinkle of this, a dash of that and a little magic at just the right times. — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 28 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for slugging percentage

• centage