Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
⚾ Powerful hitting 🥊 Heavy hitting 💧 A skincare method
slugging

slugging

6 4.4
Hitting a baseball very hard to get extra bases or a home run
  • noun
  • /ˈslʌɡɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : slugging
  • His impressive playoff performance included a slugging percentage that helped secure the championship title for the team.
  • slugging percentage
  • slugging average
  • high slugging

Examples

  • Three indicators of batting success are readily available in the STATS, Inc. data: batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Young hit .353 in the series against the Yankees, with a slugging percentage of .765.

    Blog text (11)

  • SA refers to lifetime slugging average.

    Academic text (1991)

  • San Francisco is a very nice sixth in on-base percentage and a sweet #5 in slugging percentage.

    Blog text (10)

  • The most difficult variables to predict were batting average and slugging percentage.

    Academic text (1990)

  • During the regular AFL season, he led the league in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage.

    Blog text (5)

  • Offensive criteria were runs batted in, batting average, slugging percentage, number of runs scored, runs created, and on-base percentage.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Jose Reyes had a .347 on-base percentage and a .433 slugging percentage; his career averages are .342 and .440.

    Blog text (3)

  • In 1994, Thomas led the league in both runs scored and slugging percentage, showcasing his powerful hitting skills.

  • With a career-high slugging percentage of .700, he proved himself as one of the strongest hitters in baseball history.

Antonyms

ground ball
  • Jargon
12 3.4

In baseball, a ball hit so it rolls or bounces on the ground

How Powerful

home run
169 2.3
slugging
  • Jargon
6 4.4
two-base hit
  • Specialized
4.2
base hit
10 3.3
grounder
  • Jargon
13 5.6
bunt
  • Jargon
7 6.2

Surface Forms

slugging singular
slugging plural

Morphology

slugging = slug (transparent) = slug + ing

Derived by adding '-ing' to the verb 'slug' in the sense of powerful hitting; the sporting sense is a straightforward extension.

Etymology

Slugging in baseball comes from the verb slug and the word slugger, a player who hits the ball very hard, so you can picture powerful, heavy hits. That's why slugging means the act or skill of hitting the ball with great power.