List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders

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Babe Ruth, the all-time leader in career slugging percentage.

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.

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.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List[]

Ted Williams, second all-time in career slugging percentage.
  • Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
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 Mark McGwire .5882
11 Manny Ramirez .5854
12 Mike Trout .5831
13 Joe DiMaggio * .5788
14 Rogers Hornsby * .5765
15 Larry Walker * .5652
16 Albert Belle .5638
17 Johnny Mize * .5620
18 Juan González .5607
19 Stan Musial * .5591
20 Willie Mays * .5575
21 Mickey Mantle * .5568
22 Frank Thomas * .5549
23 Hank Aaron * .5545
24 Jim Thome * .5541
25 Vladimir Guerrero * .5525
26 David Ortiz .5515
27 Alex Rodriguez .5502
28 Ralph Kiner * .5479
29 Carlos Delgado .5459
30 Mike Piazza * .5452
31 Hack Wilson * .5447
32 Albert Pujols .5436
33 Chuck Klein * .5430
34 Giancarlo Stanton .5429
35 Jeff Bagwell * .5403
36 Duke Snider * .5397
37 Todd Helton .5391
38 Ken Griffey, Jr. * .5378
39 Frank Robinson * .5370
40 Lance Berkman .5369
Willie Wells * .5369
42 Nolan Arenado .5349
Al Simmons * .5349
44 Sammy Sosa .5338
45 Dick Allen .5336
Earl Averill * .5336
47 Mel Ott * .5331
48 Miguel Cabrera .5324
49 Ryan Braun .5323
50 Babe Herman .5319
Rank Player SLG
Lefty O'Doul .5319
52 Ken Williams .5304
53 Chipper Jones * .5293
54 Willie Stargell * .5286
55 J. D. Martinez .5281
56 Mike Schmidt * .5273
57 Jim Edmonds .5271
58 Nelson Cruz .5270
59 Jud Wilson * .5266
60 Chick Hafey * .5261
61 Bryce Harper .5240
62 Mo Vaughn .5231
63 Trevor Story .5230
64 Wally Berger .5216
Hal Trosky .5216
66 Paul Goldschmidt .5212
67 Nomar Garciaparra .5206
68 Harry Heilmann * .5205
69 Joey Votto .5202
70 Dan Brouthers * .5201
71 Kevin Mitchell .5198
72 Mookie Betts .5177
Charlie Keller .5177
74 Shoeless Joe Jackson .5174
75 Jason Giambi .5164
76 Moisés Alou .5157
Josh Hamilton .5157
78 Edgar Martínez * .5155
79 Ryan Howard .5152
80 José Abreu .5148
81 Willie McCovey * .5147
82 José Canseco .5145
Rafael Palmeiro .5145
84 Gary Sheffield .5139
85 Ty Cobb * .5117
86 Ellis Burks .5104
87 Matt Holliday .5102
88 Eddie Mathews * .5094
Mark Teixeira .5094
90 Fred McGriff .5091
91 Freddie Freeman .5088
Jeff Heath .5088
93 Harmon Killebrew * .5085
94 Richie Sexson .5069
95 Bob Johnson .5059
Bill Terry * .5059
97 Prince Fielder .5056
98 Darryl Strawberry .5054
99 Sam Thompson * .5053
100 Ed Delahanty * .5052

Notes[]

  1. ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

Sources[]

  • "Career Leaders & Records for Slugging %". Baseball-Reference.com.
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