How to Use slugging percentage in a Sentence

slugging percentage

noun

• The Rangers have the top team slugging percentage in the AL at .459.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 30 July 2023
• The Angels have been near the top of all MLB teams in on-base plus slugging percentage.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• Their 58 runs are fewest in the A.L. and their slugging percentage is the lowest in the major leagues.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2021
• The Astros have the fifth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .423.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
• To that point, the Padres’ slugging percentage at home ranks 28th in baseball.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
• 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
• While the slugging percentage likely won’t translate to MLB, the hit tool and speed should.
  — Chris Blessing, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2021
• The player with the next best on-base plus slugging percentage after Judge’s 1.119?
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• But Trout still entered this last week with the sixth-best OPS and fourth-best slugging percentage (.600) in baseball.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022
• Davis was a two-time All-Star in the 1980s, and his slugging percentage also went up during some of the later years of his career.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2021
• The Wolverines feature an offense that was top three in the Big Ten in scoring and slugging percentage.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2022
• Abreu led the league in hits, RBIs, slugging percentage, total bases and extra-base hits.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• Hiura, who has been sent to the minors twice in search of his swing, has four homers and a .304 slugging percentage and mostly watches from the bench these days.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2021
• The Dodgers’ hope is that the impacts won’t be limited to just home runs, slugging percentage and bat speed, either.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• One, against their offense, which is tied for sixth in runs scored, eighth in on-base percentage and 10th in slugging percentage.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2022
• Three of her seven hits in the series were home runs, resulting in a team-best slugging percentage of .941.
  — Star Tribune, 13 Apr. 2021
• His slugging percentage is up more than 60 points and his OPS almost a hundred.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
• Rangers hitters have a collective .395 slugging percentage to rank sixth in the AL.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 13 Aug. 2022
• Cubs hitters have a collective .390 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the NL.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2022
• In the Dodgers dugout, Mookie Betts, who had the worst slugging percentage in the majors against lefties, smiled at the chance to face the right-handed Anderson instead.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2020
• As a hitter, Ohtani leads the majors in homers and the American League in slugging percentage, a Ruthian feat for certain.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• Gallo’s slugging percentage cratered by nearly 90 points after swapping the Rangers’ shade of blue for the Yankees’.
  — Matthew Roberson, courant.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• Ohtani led in home runs and slugging percentage while also dominating on the mound.
  — Steve Hensonassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
• To this day, Mendoza ranks in the top 10 for career batting average and slugging percentage.
  — Andy Frye, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Ohtani the slugger is leading the MLB in home runs, triples, and slugging percentage, among other categories, and is also one of the best pitchers in baseball.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
• Random chance has cost Soto almost 50 points of slugging percentage this season, which could well be overlooked in the MVP vote.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• Orioles hitters have a collective .388 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 26 Sep. 2022
• Alvarez ranked second and Altuve fourth in on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• Pittsburgh entered Monday last in the majors in runs scored, home runs, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• The Bulldogs set program records in hits, home runs, doubles, slugging percentage and total bases.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2022

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