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slugging percentage

noun

Definition of SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

:  the ratio (as a rate per thousand) of the total number of bases reached on base hits to official times at bat for a baseball player —called also slugging average
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First Known Use of SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

circa 1949

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