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slugging percentage noun[ C ] uk /ˈslʌɡ.ɪŋ pəˌsen.tɪdʒ/ us /ˈslʌɡ.ɪŋ pɚˌsen.t̬ɪdʒ/ in baseball, the average number of bases(= the places that a player has to touch in order to score) reached by a batter each time they are at bat: He has the highest slugging percentage in the league. His slugging percentage has fallen in each of the last three seasons. He retired with a career slugging percentage of .497. Very few players in the league have slugging percentages above .600. Babe Ruth still holds the record for the highest career slugging percentage. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |