How to Use on-base percentage in a Sentence

on-base percentage

noun
  • His on-base percentage was fourth best in the league.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Milwaukee ranks fourth in bases on balls and third in on-base percentage.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • His on-base percentage is 163rd.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • Their on-base percentage is 73 points higher.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • While the walks have helped increase his on-base percentage, his slugging percentage has gone down.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The Yankees lead all teams in homers, RBI, on-base percentage and more.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • Taveras’ on-base percentage is a concern, as the Rangers aren’t anywhere close to their production from last year.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Wells also acknowledged that his on-base percentage is terribly low.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That contact and his good on-base percentage should be helpful to Los Angeles.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Nonetheless, his on-base percentage ranks fourth, a mark of just how scared pitchers have been of Judge during his decade at the plate.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In spite of their pitching problems and low on-base percentage, the Angels have remained in the playoff picture.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Over the last 14 days the Angels have the tenth-best average against right-handed pitching and the eighth-best on-base percentage.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • His homers and RBIs are just a tick better per game since the punch, but his on-base percentage and batting average are markedly worse.
    — Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
  • The team’s batting average this season was one point better, the on-base percentage three points better and the slugging percentage six points better.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Judge leads baseball in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging and OPS.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Suzuki's batting average and on-base percentage would be the worst marks of his four-year career, and his slugging percentage this season would be the second-lowest of his career.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Rangers’ seven home runs and their OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage) at home rank second-to-last in baseball.
    — Mac Engel april 30, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
  • His batting average, on-base percentage and OPS were also higher than in the regular season.
    — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Of the nine regulars in the Dodgers’ lineup, however, the only one with a lower on-base percentage than Ohtani is Max Muncy.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The offense, which will finish near the bottom of MLB in slugging percentage, on-base percentage and batting average, is a mess.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Xavier Edwards pushed the lead to 3-0 with a solo homer in the fifth, the second home run of the season for the National League leader in on-base percentage.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
  • In August, their offense led baseball in several stats, such as on-base percentage, slugging percentage and RBIs.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Panthers currently have a player who has the best batting average in the ACC and the second-best on-base percentage in the nation.
    — Cassidy Wood, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Miami Marlins’ infielder finds himself amid the best start to his major league career, leading his team in hits, runs, batting average and on-base percentage.
    — Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The Guardians ranked 29th in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage during the regular season.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Nimmo started altering his approach after the 2022 season, when his on-base percentage had already fallen off 30-plus points from that level.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Caglianone is third in MLB in WAR this month, fifth in average, fourth in on-base percentage, fourth in slugging, tied for fifth in runs scored and tied for fifth in home runs.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
  • Undergirding his declines in batting average, on-base percentage and power production were decreases in exit velocity and barrel rate and an increase in chase rate.
    — Al Melchior, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Base running Thanks to top-10 rankings in walk rate and on-base percentage, the Twins have had plenty of base runners and plenty of chances to follow through on promises of more aggressive base running.
    — Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The struggles of that trio have almost everything to do with the Padres’ offense ranking last in runs, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging and OPS.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026

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