In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats. Unlike batting average, slugging percentage gives more weight to extra-base hits with doubles, triples, and home runs, relative to singles. Plate appearances ending in walks are specifically excluded from this calculation, as an appearance that ends in a walk is not counted as an at-bat.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career slugging percentage of .6897. Ted Williams (.6338), Lou Gehrig (.6324), Mule Suttles (.6179), Turkey Stearnes (.6165), Oscar Charleston (.6145), Jimmie Foxx (.6093), Barry Bonds (.6069), and Hank Greenberg (.6050) are the only other players with a career slugging percentage over .600. With the inclusion of Negro league players in MLB statistics, Josh Gibson becomes the career slugging percentage leader with an SLG of .718.
Key
edit| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career slugging percentage. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player | Name of the player. |
| SLG | Total career slugging percentage. |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List
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- Stats updated as of June 14, 2024.
| Rank | Player | SLG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth* | .6897 |
| 2 | Ted Williams* | .6338 |
| 3 | Lou Gehrig* | .6324 |
| 4 | Mule Suttles* | .6179 |
| 5 | Turkey Stearnes* | .6165 |
| 6 | Oscar Charleston* | .6145 |
| 7 | Jimmie Foxx* | .6093 |
| 8 | Barry Bonds | .6069 |
| 9 | Hank Greenberg* | .6050 |
| 10 | Aaron Judge | .5943 |
| 11 | Mark McGwire | .5882 |
| 12 | Manny Ramirez | .5854 |
| 13 | Mike Trout | .5808 |
| 14 | Joe DiMaggio* | .5788 |
| 15 | Rogers Hornsby* | .5765 |
| 16 | Larry Walker* | .5652 |
| 17 | Albert Belle | .5638 |
| 18 | Johnny Mize* | .5620 |
| 19 | Juan González | .5607 |
| 20 | Stan Musial* | .5591 |
| 21 | Shohei Ohtani | .5583 |
| 22 | Mickey Mantle* | .5568 |
| 23 | Willie Mays* | .5566 |
| 24 | Frank Thomas* | .5549 |
| 25 | Hank Aaron* | .5545 |
| 26 | Jim Thome* | .5541 |
| 27 | Vladimir Guerrero* | .5525 |
| 28 | David Ortiz* | .5515 |
| 29 | Alex Rodriguez | .5502 |
| 30 | Ralph Kiner* | .5479 |
| 31 | Carlos Delgado | .5459 |
| 32 | Mike Piazza* | .5452 |
| 33 | Hack Wilson* | .5447 |
| 34 | Albert Pujols | .5438 |
| 35 | Chuck Klein* | .5430 |
| 36 | Jeff Bagwell* | .5403 |
| 37 | Duke Snider* | .5397 |
| 38 | Todd Helton* | .5391 |
| 39 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | .5378 |
| 40 | Frank Robinson* | .5370 |
| 41 | Lance Berkman | .5369 |
| 42 | Willie Wells* | .5355 |
| 43 | Al Simmons* | .5349 |
| 44 | Sammy Sosa | .5338 |
| 45 | Dick Allen | .5336 |
| Earl Averill* | .5336 | |
| 47 | Mel Ott* | .5331 |
| 48 | Ryan Braun | .5323 |
| 49 | Babe Herman | .5319 |
| Lefty O'Doul | .5319 |
Notes
edit- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
Sources
edit- "Career Leaders & Records for Slugging %". Baseball-Reference.com.