Babe Ruth Career Slugging Pct Overview
Babe Ruth's Slugging Pct was 0.69 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career.
1920 was his best season when his Slugging Pct was 0.849 and his worst season was 1914
when his Slugging Pct was 0.3. Babe Ruth outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals,
besting USA (0.364513), The Lost Generation (0.346911), Y (0.456361), mlb (0.365601), and RF (0.397329) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Slugging percentage (SLG) is a meaure of hitter prodution similar to that of the batting average, however it weights extra base hits higher than singles instead of weighting all hits the same. It is calculated by dividing total bases by batting average for a player or team over a given period. Generally, for Slugging Pct, higher is better. (
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Babe Ruth Lifetime Slugging Pct
Stats similar to Slugging Pct for Babe Ruth
| Babe RuthSlugging Pct |
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Career | 0.69 |
Season Avg. | 0.634 |
162 Game Avg. | 0.69 |
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Babe Ruth Slugging Pct By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Babe Ruth's yearly Slugging Pct
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RF, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Babe Ruth Slugging Pct By Year Change
This waterfall chart attempts to show how Babe Ruth's career Slugging Pct changed per season.
This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Slugging Pct Babe Ruth
had at that season in his career.
Babe Ruth Slugging Pct By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Babe Ruth and related player groups by summarizing Slugging Pct
for each season played by Babe Ruth. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!
Babe Ruth Slugging Pct Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Babe Ruth Slugging Pct stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
RF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Babe Ruth career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players
for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may
not have been a hall of famer playing that year.