How to Use slugging percentage in a Sentence

slugging percentage

noun
  • Last year’s Twins were 11th in runs scored and slugging percentage.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • To that point, the Padres’ slugging percentage at home ranks 28th in baseball.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • That's a 21-point decrease in slugging percentage, across all big league hitters.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, the on-base-plus-slugging percentage of Betts has dropped more than 200 points.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 13 July 2019
  • Maikel Garcia led baseball in slugging percentage on chase pitches.
    — Sam McDowell 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The Angels have been near the top of all MLB teams in on-base plus slugging percentage.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • The Dodgers led the National League in home runs and slugging percentage.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The batting average and slugging percentage are the lowest of any 29-game stretch in his career.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The Bruins led the country in home runs and slugging percentage, with eight batters having at least 13 homers.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • The 2017 Astros ranked first in the majors in slugging percentage and last in strikeouts.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 23 June 2019
  • The 2025 Guardians rank 56th out of 60 in slugging percentage.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • The Padres entered Sunday ranked 24th in on-base plus slugging percentage and 25th in home runs.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But Miami has the fifth-fewest runs in the majors, the least homers in the NL, and rank second to last in slugging percentage.
    — Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 July 2018
  • These performance numbers are displayed like batting averages and slugging percentages on a baseball card.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • There are five other qualified hitters in baseball this season with similar walk rates, strikeout rates and slugging percentages.
    — Andrea Arcadipane, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • As a hitter, Ohtani leads the big leagues with 31 homers and ranks among the leaders in runs, RBIs and slugging percentage.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
  • In an era of home runs and slugging percentage, Hyeseong Kim’s staying power comes from a sprinkle of this, a dash of that and a little magic at just the right times.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • Ornelas’ slugging percentage over parts of four seasons in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 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
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, the Yankees are 17-2 against the Orioles and in those games their team slugging percentage is equal to the career of Lou Gehrig.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The Brewers ranked a more respectable 12th in slugging percentage, and some of their most dynamic hitters were either not performing or not yet on the team early in the season.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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 Guardians ranked 29th in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage during the regular season.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Merrill’s balance through the swing and bat-to-ball skill placed him in the top 1% and 14%, respectively, in launch-angle sweet-spot percentage and expected slugging percentage last year.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Since joining the Cubs in a surprising trade with the Houston Astros this past winter, Tucker has led the team in runs, on-base percentage and on-base plus slugging percentage.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Despite all this fresh blood and Cronenworth’s all-around utility, the Padres entered Tuesday ranked 15th in the majors in slugging percentage since the trade deadline.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Yankees led all of MLB in runs scored, home runs, wRC+, slugging percentage and wOBA, among other statistics.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Among all 17-year-olds who played in the DSL last season, Rodriguez ranked top 10 in average, on base percentage, on base plus slugging percentage and wRC+.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • That season, Robinson did nothing less than lead the league in home runs, RBIs, runs, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and total bases and was the unanimous league Most Valuable Player.
    — Raymond Daniel Burke, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026

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