slugging percentage
noun
variants:
or less commonly slugging average
Definition of slugging percentage
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
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Panik, 28, was hitting .235 with a slugging percentage of .317 and OPS of .627, all career lows, in 103 games this season. — Jon Schultz, SFChronicle.com, "Ex-Giant Joe Panik agrees to deal with Mets, a homecoming for New York native," 9 Aug. 2019 As a team, the Tigers have an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of .670, nearly 40 points below the Blue Jays, the next worst team, and 90 points below the league average. — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, "Why Detroit Tigers catchers have a chance to be historically bad," 28 July 2019 The San Diego State alumnus, who batted .235/.290/.357 in 107 plate appearances with the Padres this season, has a .475 on-base percentage and .775 slugging percentage for El Paso. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres notes: Tatis’ selective stealing; Castillo back on IL; France on the move," 9 Aug. 2019 Kirby hit for power as a college freshman at Kent State, belting nine home runs, two triples and 14 doubles to lead the Mid-American Conference with a .619 slugging percentage. — Anchorage Daily News, "With 7 big blasts, Mat-Su’s Justin Kirby wins the ABL home run derby," 15 July 2019 Dahl enters the All-Star Game hitting .308 with 55 runs, 93 hits, 23 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs, 51 RBIs, .352 on-base average and .530 slugging percentage. — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, "David Dahl overcomes injuries on way to All-Star Game," 9 July 2019 Mancini, at that time, was leading the AL in total bases, tied for second in extra-base hits, third in slugging percentage, tied for fourth in hits, fifth in batting average and sixth in runs. — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, "Schmuck: All-Star snub of Orioles' Trey Mancini shows new voting system has same old issues," 4 July 2019 Marinec led the Cardinals with 11 homers, four triples, 53 RBIs and a .644 slugging percentage. — Paul Johnson, Naperville Sun, "North Central College notes: Dhruvil Patel ends prolific track career at outdoor nationals as a 10-time All-American," 15 June 2019 In 103 games, Panik was hitting .235 with a .310 on-base percentage and .317 slugging percentage, and his .627 OPS was a career low. — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, "Giants cut Joe Panik, second baseman on 2014 champs," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'slugging percentage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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