highest career slugging percentage through 1987

Before 1988, Babe Ruth had the best slugging percentage, with a slugging percentage of .690.

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NAMESLGGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPAVGOBPOPSwRCWRAAwOBAwRC+BRAA
1Babe 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
2Ted 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
3Lou 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
4Jimmie 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
5Hank 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
6Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
.597
169
610
107
171
29
4
52
127
75
6
149
1
2
699
364
85
0
8
8
6
.280
.361
.957
129
43.5
.400
150
44.7
7Kal Daniels
K. Daniels
.585
182
549
107
181
34
5
32
87
82
3
92
41
10
637
321
71
2
1
12
10
.330
.419
1.004
131
54.1
.427
163
49.4
8Joe 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
9Rogers 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
10Johnny 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
11Stan 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
12Willie 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
13Mickey 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
14Hank 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
15Ralph 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
16Hack 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
17Chuck 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
18Don Mattingly
D. Mattingly
.543
713
2,792
442
923
198
13
123
516
222
6
179
4
7
3,078
1,516
334
13
45
50
73
.331
.376
.919
536
180.7
.394
147
173.4
19Eric Davis
E. Davis
.542
374
1,185
276
323
51
11
82
219
183
3
321
156
22
1,380
642
144
2
7
13
14
.273
.369
.911
241
78.5
.392
142
69.6
20Duke 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
21Buzz 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
22Frank 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
23Mike Schmidt
M. Schmidt
.536
2,254
7,814
1,435
2,107
380
57
530
1,505
1,437
73
1,824
171
91
9,439
4,191
967
16
99
187
139
.270
.384
.920
1646
588
.400
150
538.1
24Al 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
25Dick 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

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94
68
.580
88
74
.543
6.0
80
82
.494
14.0
77
85
.475
17.0
74
88
.457
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103
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Cubs Cubs - w
89
73
.549
14.0
82
80
.506
21.0
77
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.475
26.0
75
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NL WestWLPCTGB
100
62
.617
91
71
.562
9.0
86
76
.531
14.0
65
97
.401
35.0
58
104
.358
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Rays Rays - y
98
64
.605
93
68
.578
4.5
87
75
.537
11.0
79
82
.491
18.5
79
83
.488
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
85
77
.525
84
78
.519
1.0
77
85
.475
8.0
76
86
.469
9.0
69
93
.426
16.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
81
81
.500
80
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.494
1.0
76
86
.469
5.0
64
98
.395
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