List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders
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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), Jimmie Foxx (.6093), Barry Bonds (.6069), and Hank Greenberg (.6050) are the only other players with a career slugging percentage over .600.
Key
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. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List
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- Stats updated as of August 13, 2020
Notes
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.