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 Marlins also rank last in slugging percentage (.285), 26th in batting average (.197) and 29th in OPS (..559). —Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024

His batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage have all declined in each of his four MLB seasons. —Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above