highest career slugging percentage before 1990

Before 1990, Babe Ruth had the best slugging percentage, with a slugging percentage of .690.

Interpreted as:

highest career slugging percentage with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player before 1990

	NAME	SLG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.690	2,503	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,214	2,062	43	1,330	123		10,617	5,793	1,356	113				.342	.474	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
2	Ted Williams T. Williams	.634	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.344	.482	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
3	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.632	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,995	1,508	45	790	102		9,660	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.447	1.080	2265	1,046.8	.477	173	980
4	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.609	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	534	1,922	1,452	13	1,311	87		9,670	4,956	1,117	71			69	.325	.428	1.038	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8
5	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	.605	1,394	5,193	1,046	1,628	379	71	331	1,274	852	16	844	58		6,096	3,142	781	35			66	.313	.412	1.017	1287	556.1	.453	154	446.7
6	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.579	1,736	6,821	1,390	2,214	389	131	361	1,537	790	46	369	30	0	7,671	3,948	881	14			130	.325	.398	.977	1517	604.1	.439	152	528.8
7	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.577	2,259	8,173	1,579	2,930	541	169	301	1,584	1,038	48	679	135		9,475	4,712	1,011	216				.358	.434	1.010	2018	899	.459	173	863.2
8	Johnny Mize J. Mize	.562	1,884	6,443	1,118	2,011	367	83	359	1,337	856	52	524	28	0	7,371	3,621	809	20			76	.312	.397	.959	1421	546.3	.433	157	508.1
9	Stan Musial S. Musial	.559	3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
10	Willie Mays W. Mays	.557	2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	1,903	1,464	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
11	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	.557	2,401	8,102	1,676	2,415	344	72	536	1,509	1,733	13	1,710	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.977	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
12	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	.555	3,298	12,364	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	1,402	32	1,383	240	73	13,940	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	328	.305	.374	.928	2453	936.4	.403	153	858.5
13	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	.548	1,472	5,205	971	1,451	216	39	369	1,015	1,011	24	749	22	2	6,256	2,852	624	9	7	1	126	.279	.398	.946	1167	442.7	.427	147	364.2
14	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	.545	1,348	4,760	884	1,461	266	67	244	1,063	674	20	713	52		5,556	2,593	577	102				.307	.395	.940	1050	349.3	.421	143	321.6
15	Chuck Klein C. Klein	.543	1,753	6,486	1,168	2,076	398	74	300	1,201	601	12	521	79		7,168	3,522	772	69			15	.320	.379	.922	1310	404.5	.411	133	313.3
16	Duke Snider D. Snider	.540	2,143	7,161	1,259	2,116	358	85	407	1,333	971	21	1,237	99	50	8,237	3,865	850	52	32	104	166	.295	.380	.919	1439	489.8	.404	139	398.8
17	Buzz Arlett B. Arlett	.538	121	418	65	131	26	7	18	72	45	5	39	3		469	225	51	1				.313	.387	.925	87	29.1	.417	133	19.7
18	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	.537	2,808	10,006	1,829	2,943	528	72	586	1,812	1,420	198	1,532	204	77	11,743	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	270	.294	.389	.926	2083	807.2	.404	153	717.1
19	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.535	2,215	8,759	1,507	2,927	539	149	307	1,828	615	30	737	88		9,515	4,685	995	111			23	.334	.380	.915	1714	519.5	.410	130	400.1
20	Dick Allen D. Allen	.534	1,749	6,332	1,099	1,848	320	79	351	1,119	894	16	1,556	133	52	7,314	3,379	750	19	53	138	164	.292	.378	.912	1258	491.7	.400	155	443.3
21	Earl Averill E. Averill	.534	1,669	6,353	1,224	2,019	401	128	238	1,164	774	33	518	70		7,215	3,390	767	55			7	.318	.395	.928	1348	434.1	.417	131	313
22	Mel Ott M. Ott	.533	2,730	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,860	1,708	64	896	89		11,337	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.414	.947	2204	826.4	.430	156	794.2
23	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.532	970	3,264	624	1,140	175	41	113	542	333	23	122	36		3,659	1,736	329	39				.349	.413	.945	717	250.6	.426	142	211.5
24	Babe Herman B. Herman	.532	1,552	5,603	882	1,818	399	110	181	997	520	11	553	94		6,226	2,980	690	92			1	.324	.383	.915	1127	341.8	.410	139	323.4
25	Ken Williams K. Williams	.530	1,397	4,862	860	1,552	285	77	196	916	566	28	287	154		5,616	2,579	558	160				.319	.393	.924	1025	343.9	.420	134	259.4