slugging average

American

noun

Baseball.

a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.

Etymology

Origin of slugging average

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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In addition to his .406 batting average–no major league player since him has hit .400–the left fielder led the league with 37 homers, 135 runs and had a slugging average of .735.”

From Fox News • Sep. 28, 2020

Yes, he has 19 homers and 43 RBI and a slugging average of .509.

From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2018

In venture, it’s not batting average that matters; it’s slugging average.

From The New Yorker • May 11, 2015

He has the lowest on-base percentage, the lowest slugging average, the lowest OPS.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014

It’s incredibly hard to raise the slugging average of your 3-4-5 hitters by 50 points over their 1,550 at-bats, much less by 75 to 100 points.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2013

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