Slugging Average Single Season Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for Slugging Average

Take a combination of total bases and divide by the players at bats and you will be able to calculate a players slugging average. In 1920, Babe Ruth set the all time single season record when he hit fifty-four (54) home runs in four-hundred fifty-eight (458) at bats (plus his other extra base hits) giving him an unbelievable slugging average that year of .847. So unbelievable that when Barry Bonds crushed the record in 2001 he secured his place in baseball immortality.

Note: Three point one plate (3.1) appearances per scheduled game are needed to make this list, raw averages are presented to further clarify the one-hundred (100) greatest single season slugging averages, and a bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the most recently completed Major League season.

"Baseball was mighty good to me, but I was born ten (10) years too soon (in regards to the salary differences being awarded to players during the 1950s)." - Hall of Fame First Baseman Jimmie Foxx (#12 Overall Single Season Leader for Slugging Average)

Slugging Average Single Season Leaders 'Top 500'
Name	Slugging Average	Year	Team	League	Rank
Barry Bonds	.863 (.86345)	2001	San Francisco Giants	NL	1
Babe Ruth	.847 (.84716)	1920	New York Yankees	AL	2
Babe Ruth	.846 (.84630)	1921	New York Yankees	AL	3
Barry Bonds	.812 (.81233)	2004	San Francisco Giants	NL	4
Barry Bonds	.799 (.79901)	2002	San Francisco Giants	NL	5
Babe Ruth	.772 (.77222)	1927	New York Yankees	AL	6
Lou Gehrig	.765 (.76541)	1927	New York Yankees	AL	7
Babe Ruth	.764 (.76437)	1923	New York Yankees	AL	8
Rogers Hornsby	.756 (.75595)	1925	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	9
Mark McGwire	.752 (.75246)	1998	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	10
Jimmie Foxx	.749 (.74872)	1932	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	11
Barry Bonds	.749 (.74872)	2003	San Francisco Giants	NL
Babe Ruth	.739 (.73913)	1924	New York Yankees	AL	13
Babe Ruth	.737 (.73737)	1926	New York Yankees	AL	14
Sammy Sosa	.737 (.73657)	2001	Chicago Cubs	NL	15
Ted Williams	.735 (.73465)	1941	Boston Red Sox	AL	16
Babe Ruth	.732 (.73166)	1930	New York Yankees	AL	17
Ted Williams	.731 (.73095)	1957	Boston Red Sox	AL	18
Mark McGwire	.730 (.73050)	1996	Oakland Athletics	AL	19
Frank Thomas	.729 (.72932)	1994	Chicago White Sox	AL	20
Hack Wilson	.723 (.72308)	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	21
Rogers Hornsby	.722 (.72231)	1922	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	22
Lou Gehrig	.721 (.72117)	1930	New York Yankees	AL	23
Larry Walker	.720 (.72007)	1997	Colorado Rockies	NL	24
Tip O'Neill	.718 (.71781)	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA	25
Larry Walker	.710 (.71005)	1999	Colorado Rockies	NL	26
Babe Ruth	.709 (.70896)	1928	New York Yankees	AL	27
Al Simmons	.708 (.70758)	1930	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	28
Lou Gehrig	.706 (.70639)	1934	New York Yankees	AL	29
Mickey Mantle	.705 (.70544)	1956	New York Yankees	AL	30
Jimmie Foxx	.704 (.70442)	1938	Boston Red Sox	AL	31
Jimmie Foxx	.703 (.70332)	1933	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	32
Stan Musial	.702 (.70213)	1948	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	33
Babe Ruth	.700 (.70037)	1931	New York Yankees	AL	34
Todd Helton	.698 (.69828)	2000	Colorado Rockies	NL	35
Babe Ruth	.697 (.69739)	1929	New York Yankees	AL	36
Manny Ramirez	.697 (.69704)	2000	Cleveland Indians	AL	37
Mark McGwire	.697 (.69674)	1999	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	38
Lou Gehrig	.696 (.69603)	1936	New York Yankees	AL	39
Rogers Hornsby	.696 (.69590)	1924	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	40
Hugh Duffy	.694 (.69388)	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	41
Jimmie Foxx	.694 (.69379)	1939	Boston Red Sox	AL	42
Albert Belle	.690 (.69048)	1995	Cleveland Indians	AL	43
Luis Gonzalez	.688 (.68801)	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	44
Barry Bonds	.688 (.68750)	2000	San Francisco Giants	NL	45
Mickey Mantle	.687 (.68677)	1961	New York Yankees	AL	46
Chuck Klein	.687 (.68673)	1930	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	47
Sam Thompson	.686 (.68650)	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	48
Todd Helton	.685 (.68484)	2001	Colorado Rockies	NL	49
Hank Greenberg	.683 (.68345)	1938	Detroit Tigers	AL	50
Rogers Hornsby	.679 (.67940)	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL	51
Babe Herman	.678 (.67752)	1930	Brooklyn Robins	NL	52
Barry Bonds	.677 (.67718)	1993	San Francisco Giants	NL	53
Jim Thome	.677 (.67708)	2002	Cleveland Indians	AL	54
Joe DiMaggio	.673 (.67311)	1937	New York Yankees	AL	55
Babe Ruth	.672 (.67241)	1922	New York Yankees	AL	56
Albert Pujols	.671 (.67103)	2006	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	57
Joe DiMaggio	.671 (.67100)	1939	New York Yankees	AL	58
Hank Greenberg	.670 (.67016)	1940	Detroit Tigers	AL	59
Hank Aaron	.669 (.66869)	1971	Atlanta Braves	NL	60
Hank Greenberg	.668 (.66835)	1937	Detroit Tigers	AL	61
Ted Williams	.667 (.66732)	1946	Boston Red Sox	AL	62
Willie Mays	.667 (.66726)	1954	New York Giants	NL	63
Albert Pujols	.667 (.66667)	2003	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	64
Mickey Mantle	.665 (.66456)	1957	New York Yankees	AL	65
Carlos Delgado	.664 (.66432)	2000	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	66
Vladimir Guerrero	.664 (.66375)	2000	Montreal Expos	NL	67
George Brett	.664 (.66370)	1980	Kansas City Royals	AL	68
Manny Ramirez	.663 (.66284)	1999	Cleveland Indians	AL	69
Lou Gehrig	.662 (.66236)	1931	New York Yankees	AL	70
Larry Walker	.662 (.66197)	2001	Colorado Rockies	NL	71
Norm Cash	.662 (.66168)	1961	Detroit Tigers	AL	72
Derrek Lee	.662 (.66162)	2005	Chicago Cubs	NL	73
Babe Ruth	.661 (.66083)	1932	New York Yankees	AL	74
Jason Giambi	.660 (.65962)	2001	Oakland Athletics	AL	75
Ryan Howard	.659 (.65921)	2006	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	76
Willie Mays	.659 (.65862)	1955	New York Giants	NL	77
Travis Hafner	.659 (.65859)	2006	Cleveland Indians	AL	78
Albert Pujols	.658 (.65845)	2009	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	79
Ralph Kiner	.658 (.65756)	1949	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	80
Chuck Klein	.657 (.65747)	1929	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	81
Babe Ruth	.657 (.65741)	1919	Boston Red Sox	AL	82
Albert Pujols	.657 (.65709)	2004	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	83
Willie McCovey	.656 (.65580)	1969	San Francisco Giants	NL	84
Albert Belle	.655 (.65517)	1998	Chicago White Sox	AL	85
Sam Thompson	.654 (.65428)	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	86
Jimmie Foxx	.653 (.65306)	1934	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	87
Albert Pujols	.653 (.65267)	2008	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	88
Chick Hafey	.652 (.65247)	1930	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	89
Ted Williams	.650 (.65018)	1949	Boston Red Sox	AL	90
Bill Joyce	.648 (.64789)	1894	Washington Senators	NL	91
Lou Gehrig	.648 (.64769)	1928	New York Yankees	AL	92
Ted Williams	.648 (.64751)	1942	Boston Red Sox	AL	93
Duke Snider	.647 (.64726)	1954	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	94
Jason Giambi	.647 (.64706)	2000	Oakland Athletics	AL	95
Sammy Sosa	.647 (.64697)	1998	Chicago Cubs	NL	96
Manny Ramirez	.647 (.64679)	2002	Boston Red Sox	AL	97
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.646 (.64638)	1997	Seattle Mariners	AL	98
Mark McGwire	.646 (.64630)	1997	Oakland Athletics	AL	99
Mark McGwire	.646 (.64630)	1997	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	99
Chuck Klein	.646 (.64615)	1932	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	100
Jim Gentile	.646 (.64609)	1961	Baltimore Orioles	AL	101
Willie Stargell	.646 (.64559)	1973	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	102
Willie Mays	.645 (.64516)	1965	San Francisco Giants	NL	103
Alex Rodriguez	.645 (.64494)	2007	New York Yankees	AL	104
Hal Trosky	.644 (.64388)	1936	Cleveland Indians	AL	105
Joe DiMaggio	.643 (.64325)	1941	New York Yankees	AL	106
Juan Gonzalez	.643 (.64325)	1996	Texas Rangers	AL
Lou Gehrig	.643 (.64323)	1937	New York Yankees	AL	108
Gary Sheffield	.643 (.64271)	2000	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	109
Jim Edmonds	.643 (.64257)	2004	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	110
Ted Kluszewski	.642 (.64223)	1954	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	111
Al Simmons	.642 (.64200)	1929	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	112
Joe Medwick	.641 (.64139)	1937	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	113
Al Simmons	.641 (.64133)	1931	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	114
Ellis Burks	.639 (.63948)	1996	Colorado Rockies	NL	115
Ralph Kiner	.639 (.63894)	1947	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	116
Rogers Hornsby	.639 (.63851)	1921	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	117
Mike Piazza	.638 (.63849)	1997	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	118
Nap Lajoie	.638 (.63787)	1901	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	119
Brady Anderson	.637 (.63731)	1996	Baltimore Orioles	AL	120
Frank Robinson	.637 (.63715)	1966	Baltimore Orioles	AL	121
Jimmie Foxx	.637 (.63701)	1930	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	122
Fred Lynn	.637 (.63653)	1979	Boston Red Sox	AL	123
David Ortiz	.636 (.63620)	2006	Boston Red Sox	AL	124
Richard Hidalgo	.636 (.63620)	2000	Houston Astros	NL
Hank Aaron	.636 (.63593)	1959	Milwaukee Braves	NL	126
Johnny Mize	.636 (.63558)	1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	127
Jimmie Foxx	.636 (.63551)	1935	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	128
Kevin Mitchell	.635 (.63536)	1989	San Francisco Giants	NL	129
Sammy Sosa	.635 (.63520)	1999	Chicago Cubs	NL	130
Mel Ott	.635 (.63486)	1929	New York Giants	NL	131
Ted Williams	.635 (.63472)	1954	Boston Red Sox	AL	132
Ted Williams	.634 (.63447)	1947	Boston Red Sox	AL	133
Sammy Sosa	.634 (.63411)	2000	Chicago Cubs	NL	134
Josh Hamilton	.633 (.63320)	2010	Texas Rangers	AL	135
Chipper Jones	.633 (.63316)	1999	Atlanta Braves	NL	136
Chick Hafey	.632 (.63250)	1929	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	137
Juan Gonzalez	.632 (.63246)	1993	Texas Rangers	AL	138
George Sisler	.632 (.63233)	1920	St. Louis Browns	AL	139
Rogers Hornsby	.632 (.63169)	1928	Boston Braves	NL	140
Dick Allen	.632 (.63168)	1966	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	141
Harry Heilmann	.632 (.63168)	1923	Detroit Tigers	AL
Ed Delahanty	.631 (.63126)	1896	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	143
George Foster	.631 (.63089)	1977	Cincinnati Reds	NL	144
Jimmie Foxx	.631 (.63077)	1936	Boston Red Sox	AL	145
Alex Rodriguez	.631 (.63062)	1996	Seattle Mariners	AL	146
Juan Gonzalez	.630 (.63036)	1998	Texas Rangers	AL	147
Rafael Palmeiro	.630 (.63009)	1999	Texas Rangers	AL	148
Larry Walker	.630 (.62996)	1998	Colorado Rockies	NL	149
Gabby Hartnett	.630 (.62992)	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	150
Todd Helton	.630 (.62950)	2003	Colorado Rockies	NL	151
Adrian Beltre	.629 (.62876)	2004	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	152
Jim Bottomley	.628 (.62847)	1928	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	153
Hank Greenberg	.628 (.62843)	1935	Detroit Tigers	AL	154
Duke Snider	.628 (.62825)	1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	155
Willie Stargell	.628 (.62818)	1971	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	156
Edgar Martinez	.628 (.62818)	1995	Seattle Mariners	AL
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.628 (.62752)	1996	Seattle Mariners	AL	158
Rogers Hornsby	.627 (.62736)	1923	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	159
Ken Williams	.627 (.62735)	1922	St. Louis Browns	AL	160
Ralph Kiner	.627 (.62712)	1951	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	161
Duke Snider	.627 (.62712)	1953	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL
Earl Averill	.627 (.62704)	1936	Cleveland Indians	AL	163
Eddie Mathews	.627 (.62694)	1953	Milwaukee Braves	NL	164
Carlos Pena	.627 (.62653)	2007	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL	165
Frank Thomas	.626 (.62619)	1996	Chicago White Sox	AL	166
Joe DiMaggio	.626 (.62598)	1940	New York Yankees	AL	167
Johnny Mize	.626 (.62589)	1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	168
Willie Mays	.626 (.62564)	1957	New York Giants	NL	169
Frank Thomas	.625 (.62543)	2000	Chicago White Sox	AL	170
Jimmie Foxx	.625 (.62476)	1929	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	171
Gary Sheffield	.624 (.62428)	1996	Florida Marlins	NL	172
Stan Musial	.624 (.62418)	1949	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	173
Mike Schmidt	.624 (.62409)	1980	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	174
Frank Robinson	.624 (.62397)	1962	Cincinnati Reds	NL	175
Barry Bonds	.624 (.62368)	1992	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	176
Jim Thome	.624 (.62357)	2001	Cleveland Indians	AL	177
Ken Williams	.623 (.62342)	1923	St. Louis Browns	AL	178
Alex Rodriguez	.623 (.62340)	2002	Texas Rangers	AL	179
Moises Alou	.623 (.62335)	2000	Houston Astros	NL	180
Albert Belle	.623 (.62292)	1996	Cleveland Indians	AL	181
Miguel Cabrera	.622 (.62226)	2010	Detroit Tigers	AL	182
Lefty O'Doul	.622 (.62226)	1929	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Hank Greenberg	.622 (.62200)	1939	Detroit Tigers	AL	184
Alex Rodriguez	.622 (.62184)	2001	Texas Rangers	AL	185
Carl Yastrzemski	.622 (.62176)	1967	Boston Red Sox	AL	186
Brian Giles	.622 (.62173)	2002	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	187
Jermaine Dye	.622 (.62152)	2006	Chicago White Sox	AL	188
Fred Dunlap	.621 (.62138)	1884	St. Louis Maroons	UA	189
Lance Berkman	.621 (.62127)	2006	Houston Astros	NL	190
David Ortiz	.621 (.62113)	2007	Boston Red Sox	AL	191
Ty Cobb	.621 (.62098)	1911	Detroit Tigers	AL	192
Ken Caminiti	.621 (.62088)	1996	San Diego Padres	NL	193
Lou Gehrig	.621 (.62081)	1932	New York Yankees	AL	194
Lance Berkman	.620 (.62045)	2001	Houston Astros	NL	195
Dante Bichette	.620 (.62003)	1995	Colorado Rockies	NL	196
Todd Helton	.620 (.61974)	2004	Colorado Rockies	NL	197
Rocky Colavito	.620 (.61963)	1958	Cleveland Indians	AL	198
Bill Terry	.619 (.61927)	1930	New York Giants	NL	199
Manny Ramirez	.619 (.61915)	2006	Boston Red Sox	AL	200
Hack Wilson	.618 (.61847)	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL	201
Hank Aaron	.618 (.61824)	1962	Milwaukee Braves	NL	202
Prince Fielder	.618 (.61780)	2007	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	203
Mark McGwire	.618 (.61759)	1987	Oakland Athletics	AL	204
Jim Edmonds	.617 (.61745)	2003	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	205
Bill Dickey	.617 (.61702)	1936	New York Yankees	AL	206
Jose Bautista	.617 (.61687)	2010	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	207
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.617 (.61684)	1993	Seattle Mariners	AL	208
Ed Delahanty	.617 (.61667)	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	209
Bob Caruthers	.616 (.61628)	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA	210
Harry Heilmann	.616 (.61584)	1927	Detroit Tigers	AL	211
Jeff Bagwell	.615 (.61525)	2000	Houston Astros	NL	212
Willie Mays	.615 (.61514)	1962	San Francisco Giants	NL	213
Barry Bonds	.615 (.61509)	1996	San Francisco Giants	NL	214
Ripper Collins	.615 (.61500)	1934	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	215
Ted Williams	.615 (.61493)	1948	Boston Red Sox	AL	216
Wally Berger	.614 (.61441)	1930	Boston Braves	NL	217
Johnny Mize	.614 (.61433)	1947	New York Giants	NL	218
Ernie Banks	.614 (.61426)	1958	Chicago Cubs	NL	219
Brian Giles	.614 (.61420)	1999	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	220
Stan Musial	.614 (.61419)	1951	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	221
Mike Piazza	.614 (.61411)	2000	New York Mets	NL	222
Goose Goslin	.614 (.61404)	1928	Washington Senators	AL	223
Johnny Mize	.614 (.61394)	1938	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	224
Dave Kingman	.613 (.61278)	1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	225
Al Rosen	.613 (.61269)	1953	Cleveland Indians	AL	226
Manny Ramirez	.613 (.61268)	2004	Boston Red Sox	AL	227
Willie McCovey	.612 (.61212)	1970	San Francisco Giants	NL	228
Jim Thome	.612 (.61188)	1996	Cleveland Indians	AL	229
Babe Herman	.612 (.61160)	1929	Brooklyn Robins	NL	230
Stan Musial	.612 (.61155)	1957	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	231
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.611 (.61137)	1998	Seattle Mariners	AL	232
Frank Thomas	.611 (.61132)	1997	Chicago White Sox	AL	233
Mickey Mantle	.611 (.61122)	1955	New York Yankees	AL	234
Frank Robinson	.611 (.61101)	1961	Cincinnati Reds	NL	235
Roy Campanella	.611 (.61079)	1953	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	236
Albert Pujols	.610 (.61017)	2001	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	237
Alex Rodriguez	.610 (.60992)	2005	New York Yankees	AL	238
Tris Speaker	.610 (.60976)	1923	Cleveland Indians	AL	239
Albert Pujols	.609 (.60914)	2005	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	240
Ted Williams	.609 (.60885)	1939	Boston Red Sox	AL	241
Stan Musial	.609 (.60877)	1953	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	242
Manny Ramirez	.609 (.60870)	2001	Boston Red Sox	AL	243
Barry Bonds	.609 (.60870)	1998	San Francisco Giants	NL
Orlando Cepeda	.609 (.60855)	1961	San Francisco Giants	NL	245
Reggie Jackson	.608 (.60838)	1969	Oakland Athletics	AL	246
Jose Bautista	.608 (.60819)	2011	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	247
Giancarlo Stanton	.608 (.60802)	2012	Miami Marlins	NL	248
Stan Musial	.607 (.60745)	1954	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	249
Larry Walker	.607 (.60729)	1995	Colorado Rockies	NL	250
Willie Mays	.607 (.60727)	1964	San Francisco Giants	NL	251
Arky Vaughan	.607 (.60721)	1935	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	252
Hank Aaron	.607 (.60695)	1969	Atlanta Braves	NL	253
Matt Holliday	.607 (.60692)	2007	Colorado Rockies	NL	254
Frank Thomas	.607 (.60656)	1993	Chicago White Sox	AL	255
Alex Rodriguez	.606 (.60650)	2000	Seattle Mariners	AL	256
Frank Thomas	.606 (.60649)	1995	Chicago White Sox	AL	257
Harry Heilmann	.606 (.60631)	1921	Detroit Tigers	AL	258
Harmon Killebrew	.606 (.60628)	1961	Minnesota Twins	AL	259
Billy Williams	.606 (.60627)	1972	Chicago Cubs	NL	260
Boog Powell	.606 (.60613)	1964	Baltimore Orioles	AL	261
Miguel Cabrera	.606 (.60611)	2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	262
Tris Speaker	.606 (.60563)	1922	Cleveland Indians	AL	263
Lou Gehrig	.605 (.60540)	1933	New York Yankees	AL	264
Ted Williams	.605 (.60500)	1956	Boston Red Sox	AL	265
George Bell	.605 (.60492)	1987	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	266
Chipper Jones	.605 (.60490)	2001	Atlanta Braves	NL	267
Mickey Mantle	.605 (.60477)	1962	New York Yankees	AL	268
Chipper Jones	.604 (.60429)	2007	Atlanta Braves	NL	269
Hank Greenberg	.604 (.60421)	1946	Detroit Tigers	AL	270
Gary Sheffield	.604 (.60417)	2003	Atlanta Braves	NL	271
Lefty O'Doul	.604 (.60417)	1930	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
David Ortiz	.604 (.60399)	2005	Boston Red Sox	AL	273
Troy Glaus	.604 (.60391)	2000	Anaheim Angels	AL	274
Chick Hafey	.604 (.60385)	1928	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	275
Nomar Garciaparra	.603 (.60338)	1999	Boston Red Sox	AL	276
David Ortiz	.603 (.60309)	2004	Boston Red Sox	AL	277
Eddie Mathews	.603 (.60294)	1954	Milwaukee Braves	NL	278
Dick Allen	.603 (.60277)	1972	Chicago White Sox	AL	279
Prince Fielder	.602 (.60237)	2009	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	280
Chuck Klein	.602 (.60231)	1933	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	281
Andres Galarraga	.602 (.60213)	1993	Colorado Rockies	NL	282
Larry Walker	.602 (.60168)	2002	Colorado Rockies	NL	283
Jeff Heath	.602 (.60159)	1938	Cleveland Indians	AL	284
Joe Kelley	.602 (.60158)	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL	285
Manny Ramirez	.601 (.60145)	2008	Boston Red Sox	AL	286
Manny Ramirez	.601 (.60145)	2008	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	286
Juan Gonzalez	.601 (.60142)	1999	Texas Rangers	AL	287
Eddie Mathews	.601 (.60120)	1955	Milwaukee Braves	NL	288
Ed Morgan	.601 (.60103)	1930	Cleveland Indians	AL	289
Goose Goslin	.601 (.60103)	1930	St. Louis Browns	AL
Goose Goslin	.601 (.60103)	1930	Washington Senators	AL
Mel Ott	.601 (.60071)	1932	New York Giants	NL	291
Andres Galarraga	.601 (.60064)	1996	Colorado Rockies	NL	292
Hank Greenberg	.600 (.60034)	1934	Detroit Tigers	AL	293
Hank Aaron	.600 (.60000)	1957	Milwaukee Braves	NL	294
Vladimir Guerrero	.600 (.60000)	1999	Montreal Expos	NL
Jim Rice	.600 (.59970)	1978	Boston Red Sox	AL	296
Alex Rodriguez	.600 (.59967)	2003	Texas Rangers	AL	297
Joey Votto	.600 (.59963)	2010	Cincinnati Reds	NL	298
Al Simmons	.599 (.59939)	1925	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	299
Nomar Garciaparra	.599 (.59924)	2000	Boston Red Sox	AL	300
Manny Ramirez	.599 (.59895)	1998	Cleveland Indians	AL	301
John Olerud	.599 (.59891)	1993	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	302
Hal Trosky	.598 (.59840)	1934	Cleveland Indians	AL	303
Jason Giambi	.598 (.59821)	2002	New York Yankees	AL	304
Kiki Cuyler	.598 (.59806)	1925	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	305
Vladimir Guerrero	.598 (.59804)	2004	Anaheim Angels	AL	306
Scott Rolen	.598 (.59800)	2004	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	307
Jim Thome	.598 (.59796)	2006	Chicago White Sox	AL	308
Carlos Gonzalez	.598 (.59796)	2010	Colorado Rockies	NL
Harry Heilmann	.598 (.59780)	1922	Detroit Tigers	AL	310
Duke Snider	.598 (.59779)	1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	311
Shawn Green	.598 (.59774)	2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	312
Joe DiMaggio	.598 (.59764)	1948	New York Yankees	AL	313
Ty Cobb	.598 (.59759)	1925	Detroit Tigers	AL	314
Reggie Jackson	.597 (.59728)	1980	New York Yankees	AL	315
Joe Adcock	.597 (.59692)	1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL	316
Ryan Braun	.597 (.59680)	2011	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	317
Jack Clark	.597 (.59666)	1987	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	318
Magglio Ordonez	.597 (.59661)	2002	Chicago White Sox	AL	319
Stan Musial	.596 (.59640)	1950	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	320
Albert Pujols	.596 (.59625)	2010	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	321
Jeff Kent	.596 (.59625)	2000	San Francisco Giants	NL
Jim Rice	.596 (.59612)	1979	Boston Red Sox	AL	323
David Justice	.596 (.59596)	1997	Cleveland Indians	AL	324
Ernie Banks	.596 (.59593)	1959	Chicago Cubs	NL	325
Ty Cobb	.596 (.59566)	1921	Detroit Tigers	AL	326
Ernie Banks	.596 (.59564)	1955	Chicago Cubs	NL	327
Ryan Braun	.595 (.59532)	2012	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	328
Edgar Martinez	.595 (.59519)	1996	Seattle Mariners	AL	329
Magglio Ordonez	.595 (.59496)	2007	Detroit Tigers	AL	330
Frank Robinson	.595 (.59483)	1960	Cincinnati Reds	NL	331
Travis Hafner	.595 (.59465)	2005	Cleveland Indians	AL	332
Johnny Mize	.595 (.59464)	1937	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	333
Andres Galarraga	.595 (.59459)	1998	Atlanta Braves	NL	334
Carlos Beltran	.594 (.59412)	2006	New York Mets	NL	335
Tim Salmon	.594 (.59404)	1995	California Angels	AL	336
Brian Giles	.594 (.59392)	2000	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	337
Manny Ramirez	.594 (.59386)	2005	Boston Red Sox	AL	338
Greg Luzinski	.594 (.59386)	1977	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
George Sisler	.594 (.59386)	1922	St. Louis Browns	AL
Hank Aaron	.594 (.59370)	1961	Milwaukee Braves	NL	341
Ted Williams	.594 (.59358)	1940	Boston Red Sox	AL	342
Jim Rice	.593 (.59317)	1977	Boston Red Sox	AL	343
Carlos Delgado	.593 (.59298)	2003	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	344
Danny Tartabull	.593 (.59298)	1991	Kansas City Royals	AL
Vladimir Guerrero	.593 (.59283)	2002	Montreal Expos	NL	346
Eric Davis	.593 (.59283)	1987	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Eddie Mathews	.593 (.59259)	1959	Milwaukee Braves	NL	348
Carlos Delgado	.592 (.59245)	1998	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	349
Bob Cerv	.592 (.59223)	1958	Kansas City Athletics	AL	350
Jeff Bagwell	.592 (.59187)	1997	Houston Astros	NL	351
Carl Yastrzemski	.592 (.59187)	1970	Boston Red Sox	AL
Mickey Mantle	.592 (.59152)	1958	New York Yankees	AL	353
David Ortiz	.592 (.59152)	2003	Boston Red Sox	AL
Andy Pafko	.591 (.59144)	1950	Chicago Cubs	NL	355
Mickey Mantle	.591 (.59140)	1964	New York Yankees	AL	356
Mo Vaughn	.591 (.59113)	1998	Boston Red Sox	AL	357
Ryan Ludwick	.591 (.59108)	2008	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	358
Mel Ott	.591 (.59107)	1934	New York Giants	NL	359
Jeff Bagwell	.591 (.59075)	1999	Houston Astros	NL	360
Brian Giles	.590 (.59028)	2001	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	361
Juan Gonzalez	.590 (.59023)	2001	Cleveland Indians	AL	362
Joe Jackson	.590 (.59019)	1911	Cleveland Naps	AL	363
Roy Campanella	.590 (.59010)	1951	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	364
Ross Barnes	.590 (.59006)	1876	Chicago White Stockings	NL	365
Ed Delahanty	.590 (.58985)	1902	Washington Senators	AL	366
Joe Jackson	.589 (.58947)	1920	Chicago White Sox	AL	367
Tony Perez	.589 (.58944)	1970	Cincinnati Reds	NL	368
Hal Trosky	.589 (.58929)	1939	Cleveland Indians	AL	369
Vinny Castilla	.589 (.58915)	1998	Colorado Rockies	NL	370
Juan Gonzalez	.589 (.58912)	1997	Texas Rangers	AL	371
Vladimir Guerrero	.589 (.58909)	1998	Montreal Expos	NL	372
Rico Petrocelli	.589 (.58879)	1969	Boston Red Sox	AL	373
Hack Wilson	.588 (.58846)	1928	Chicago Cubs	NL	374
Jack Fournier	.588 (.58835)	1923	Brooklyn Robins	NL	375
Pete Browning	.588 (.58804)	1887	Louisville Colonels	AA	376
Wade Boggs	.588 (.58802)	1987	Boston Red Sox	AL	377
Mel Ott	.588 (.58801)	1936	New York Giants	NL	378
Shawn Green	.588 (.58795)	1999	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	379
Phil Nevin	.588 (.58791)	2001	San Diego Padres	NL	380
Geoff Jenkins	.588 (.58789)	2000	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	381
Dolph Camilli	.587 (.58737)	1937	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	382
Joe Mauer	.587 (.58700)	2009	Minnesota Twins	AL	383
Manny Ramirez	.587 (.58699)	2003	Boston Red Sox	AL	384
Johnny Bench	.587 (.58678)	1970	Cincinnati Reds	NL	385
Carl Everett	.587 (.58669)	2000	Boston Red Sox	AL	386
Stan Musial	.587 (.58654)	1946	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	387
Todd Helton	.587 (.58651)	1999	Colorado Rockies	NL	388
Billy Williams	.586 (.58648)	1970	Chicago Cubs	NL	389
Walker Cooper	.586 (.58641)	1947	New York Giants	NL	390
Matt Holliday	.586 (.58638)	2006	Colorado Rockies	NL	391
Matt Kemp	.586 (.58638)	2011	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
Hank Aaron	.586 (.58637)	1963	Milwaukee Braves	NL	393
Jeff Heath	.586 (.58632)	1941	Cleveland Indians	AL	394
Rogers Hornsby	.586 (.58627)	1927	New York Giants	NL	395
Miguel Cabrera	.586 (.58566)	2011	Detroit Tigers	AL	396
Willie McCovey	.586 (.58566)	1966	San Francisco Giants	NL
George Brett	.585 (.58545)	1985	Kansas City Royals	AL	398
Dave Parker	.585 (.58520)	1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	399
Andres Galarraga	.585 (.58500)	1997	Colorado Rockies	NL	400
Ted Kluszewski	.585 (.58497)	1955	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	401
Ray Lankford	.585 (.58495)	1997	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	402
Ed Delahanty	.585 (.58487)	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	403
Joe DiMaggio	.585 (.58476)	1950	New York Yankees	AL	404
Chris Hoiles	.585 (.58473)	1993	Baltimore Orioles	AL	405
Barry Bonds	.585 (.58459)	1997	San Francisco Giants	NL	406
Nomar Garciaparra	.584 (.58444)	1998	Boston Red Sox	AL	407
Carl Reynolds	.584 (.58437)	1930	Chicago White Sox	AL	408
Chuck Klein	.584 (.58418)	1931	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	409
Jim Thome	.584 (.58409)	1998	Cleveland Indians	AL	410
Lou Gehrig	.584 (.58409)	1929	New York Yankees	AL
Ty Cobb	.584 (.58409)	1912	Detroit Tigers	AL
David Justice	.584 (.58397)	2000	Cleveland Indians	AL	413
David Justice	.584 (.58397)	2000	New York Yankees	AL	413
Paul Konerko	.584 (.58394)	2010	Chicago White Sox	AL	414
Ted Williams	.584 (.58394)	1958	Boston Red Sox	AL
Willie Mays	.584 (.58392)	1961	San Francisco Giants	NL	416
Rico Carty	.584 (.58368)	1970	Atlanta Braves	NL	417
Frank Robinson	.583 (.58333)	1959	Cincinnati Reds	NL	418
Rudy York	.583 (.58333)	1940	Detroit Tigers	AL
Willie Mays	.583 (.58333)	1958	San Francisco Giants	NL
Ed Delahanty	.583 (.58319)	1893	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	421
Walt Dropo	.583 (.58318)	1950	Boston Red Sox	AL	422
Lou Gehrig	.583 (.58318)	1935	New York Yankees	AL
Rafael Palmeiro	.583 (.58303)	1995	Baltimore Orioles	AL	424
Travis Hafner	.583 (.58299)	2004	Cleveland Indians	AL	425
Roy Campanella	.583 (.58296)	1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	426
Jim Edmonds	.583 (.58286)	2000	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	427
Darryl Strawberry	.583 (.58271)	1987	New York Mets	NL	428
Mo Vaughn	.583 (.58268)	1996	Boston Red Sox	AL	429
Willie Mays	.583 (.58261)	1959	San Francisco Giants	NL	430
Mel Ott	.583 (.58254)	1938	New York Giants	NL	431
Gary Sheffield	.583 (.58252)	2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	432
Willie Mays	.582 (.58221)	1963	San Francisco Giants	NL	433
Moises Alou	.582 (.58219)	1998	Houston Astros	NL	434
Eric Davis	.582 (.58186)	1998	Baltimore Orioles	AL	435
Manny Ramirez	.582 (.58182)	1996	Cleveland Indians	AL	436
Ed Delahanty	.582 (.58176)	1899	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	437
Jim Hickman	.582 (.58171)	1970	Chicago Cubs	NL	438
Babe Ruth	.582 (.58170)	1933	New York Yankees	AL	439
Carlos Delgado	.582 (.58157)	2005	Florida Marlins	NL	440
Willie Stargell	.581 (.58144)	1966	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	441
Joe DiMaggio	.581 (.58097)	1938	New York Yankees	AL	442
Dick Stuart	.581 (.58083)	1961	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	443
Mel Ott	.581 (.58081)	1939	New York Giants	NL	444
Dan Brouthers	.581 (.58078)	1886	Detroit Wolverines	NL	445
Jimmie Foxx	.581 (.58058)	1940	Boston Red Sox	AL	446
Jake Stenzel	.580 (.58046)	1894	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	447
Carl Furillo	.580 (.58038)	1953	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	448
Will Clark	.580 (.58034)	1987	San Francisco Giants	NL	449
Bill Terry	.580 (.58009)	1932	New York Giants	NL	450
Gary Sheffield	.580 (.57989)	1992	San Diego Padres	NL	451
Charlie Keller	.580 (.57988)	1941	New York Yankees	AL	452
Dale Alexander	.580 (.57987)	1929	Detroit Tigers	AL	453
Rocky Colavito	.580 (.57976)	1961	Detroit Tigers	AL	454
Dale Murphy	.580 (.57951)	1987	Atlanta Braves	NL	455
Edgar Martinez	.579 (.57914)	2000	Seattle Mariners	AL	456
Ernie Banks	.579 (.57912)	1957	Chicago Cubs	NL	457
Hack Wilson	.579 (.57895)	1927	Chicago Cubs	NL	458
Derrek Lee	.579 (.57895)	2009	Chicago Cubs	NL
Rudy York	.579 (.57883)	1938	Detroit Tigers	AL	460
Roy Sievers	.579 (.57867)	1957	Washington Senators	AL	461
Joe Jackson	.579 (.57867)	1912	Cleveland Naps	AL
Gil Hodges	.579 (.57858)	1954	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	463
Reggie Sanders	.579 (.57851)	1995	Cincinnati Reds	NL	464
Cliff Floyd	.578 (.57838)	2001	Florida Marlins	NL	465
Jim Bottomley	.578 (.57835)	1925	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	466
Trot Nixon	.578 (.57823)	2003	Boston Red Sox	AL	467
Tris Speaker	.578 (.57809)	1925	Cleveland Indians	AL	468
Robin Yount	.578 (.57795)	1982	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	469
Lance Berkman	.578 (.57785)	2002	Houston Astros	NL	470
Bret Boone	.578 (.57785)	2001	Seattle Mariners	AL
Mel Ott	.578 (.57774)	1930	New York Giants	NL	472
Aramis Ramirez	.578 (.57770)	2004	Chicago Cubs	NL	473
Tino Martinez	.577 (.57744)	1997	New York Yankees	AL	474
Dolph Camilli	.577 (.57736)	1936	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	475
Harry Heilmann	.577 (.57734)	1930	Cincinnati Reds	NL	476
Bobby Higginson	.577 (.57727)	1996	Detroit Tigers	AL	477
Barry Bonds	.577 (.57708)	1995	San Francisco Giants	NL	478
Joe Medwick	.577 (.57704)	1936	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	479
Tommy Holmes	.577 (.57704)	1945	Boston Braves	NL
Pedro Guerrero	.577 (.57700)	1985	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	481
Todd Helton	.577 (.57685)	2002	Colorado Rockies	NL	482
Rickey Henderson	.577 (.57669)	1990	Oakland Athletics	AL	483
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.576 (.57637)	2005	Cincinnati Reds	NL	484
Joe Morgan	.576 (.57627)	1976	Cincinnati Reds	NL	485
Frank Robinson	.576 (.57620)	1967	Baltimore Orioles	AL	486
Joe DiMaggio	.576 (.57614)	1936	New York Yankees	AL	487
Reggie Smith	.576 (.57582)	1977	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	488
Bobby Bonilla	.576 (.57581)	1995	Baltimore Orioles	AL	489
Bobby Bonilla	.576 (.57581)	1995	New York Mets	NL	489
Earl Averill	.576 (.57576)	1931	Cleveland Indians	AL	490
Joe Medwick	.576 (.57571)	1935	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	491
Bill Lange	.575 (.57531)	1895	Chicago Colts	NL	492
Heinie Manush	.575 (.57524)	1928	St. Louis Browns	AL	493
Bernie Williams	.575 (.57515)	1998	New York Yankees	AL	494
Mike Piazza	.575 (.57491)	1999	New York Mets	NL	495
Freddie Lindstrom	.575 (.57471)	1930	New York Giants	NL	496
Mo Vaughn	.575 (.57455)	1995	Boston Red Sox	AL	497
Mark Teixeira	.575 (.57453)	2005	Texas Rangers	AL	498
Wally Post	.574 (.57404)	1955	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL	499
Chipper Jones	.574 (.57403)	2008	Atlanta Braves	NL	500
Name	Slugging Average	Year	Team	League	Rank
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