highest single season slugging percentage from 1922 to 1949

Between 1922 and 1949, Babe Ruth had the best slugging percentage in a season, with a slugging percentage of .772 in 1927.

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	NAME	SLG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.772	1927	NYY	151	540	158	192	29	8	60	165	137	0	89	7	6	691	417	97	14		.356	.486	1.258	195	109.9	.545	212	104.8
2	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.765	1927	NYY	155	584	149	218	52	18	47	173	109	3	84	10	8	717	447	117	21		.373	.474	1.240	199	110.9	.540	209	105.6
3	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.764	1923	NYY	152	522	151	205	45	13	41	130	170	4	93	17	21	699	399	99	3		.393	.545	1.309	211	124.7	.571	230	120.4
4	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.756	1925	SLN	138	504	133	203	41	10	39	143	83	2	39	5	3	605	381	90	16		.403	.489	1.245	173	94.1	.540	208	90.1
5	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.749	1932	PHA	154	585	151	213	33	9	58	169	116	0	96	3	7	701	438	100	0		.364	.469	1.218	193	105.6	.522	198	95.8
6	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.739	1924	NYY	153	529	143	200	39	7	46	124	142	4	81	9	13	681	391	92	6		.378	.513	1.252	193	109.2	.549	210	102
7	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.737	1926	NYY	152	495	139	184	30	5	47	153	144	3	76	11	9	652	365	82	10		.372	.516	1.253	184	105.6	.551	216	100.6
8	Ted Williams T. Williams	.735	1941	BSA	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	147	3	27	2	4	606	335	73	0	10	.406	.553	1.287	179	108.8	.568	221	96.9
9	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.732	1930	NYY	145	518	150	186	28	9	49	153	136	1	61	10	10	676	379	86	21		.359	.493	1.225	192	97	.517	204	100.6
10	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	.723	1930	CHC	155	585	146	208	35	6	56	191	105	1	84	3		709	423	97	18		.356	.454	1.177	189	89	.497	171	78.9
11	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.722	1922	SLN	154	623	141	250	46	14	42	152	65	1	50	17	12	704	450	102	15		.401	.459	1.181	186	97.8	.520	197	92.7
12	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.721	1930	NYY	154	581	143	220	42	17	41	173	101	3	63	12	14	703	419	100	18		.379	.473	1.194	193	94.5	.507	198	98.3
13	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.709	1928	NYY	154	536	163	173	29	8	54	146	137	3	87	4	5	684	380	91	8		.323	.463	1.172	174	90.6	.510	201	89.3
14	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.708	1930	PHA	138	554	152	211	41	16	36	165	39	1	34	9	2	611	392	93	17		.381	.423	1.130	153	67.4	.480	173	63.8
15	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.706	1934	NYY	154	579	128	210	40	6	49	166	109	2	31	9	5	690	409	95	0		.363	.465	1.172	182	94.8	.511	194	90.9
16	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.704	1938	BSA	149	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	119	0	76	5	4	685	398	92	1		.349	.462	1.166	178	91.7	.508	173	74.2
17	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.703	1933	PHA	149	573	125	204	37	9	48	163	96	1	93	2	2	670	403	94	0		.356	.449	1.153	170	92.1	.510	189	79.8
18	Stan Musial S. Musial	.702	1948	SLN	155	611	135	230	46	18	39	131	79	3	34	7		694	429	103	1	18	.376	.450	1.152	174	92.3	.512	201	86.4
19	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.700	1931	NYY	145	534	149	199	31	3	46	162	128	1	51	5	4	663	374	80	0		.373	.495	1.195	181	98.6	.525	206	95.1
20	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.697	1929	NYY	135	499	121	172	26	6	46	154	72	3	60	5	3	587	348	78	13		.345	.430	1.128	144	66.1	.486	185	67.7
21	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.696	1936	NYY	155	579	167	205	37	7	49	152	130	7	46	3	4	719	403	93	3		.354	.478	1.174	192	97.6	.512	178	85.8
22	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.696	1924	SLN	143	536	121	227	43	14	25	94	89	2	32	5	12	640	373	82	13		.424	.507	1.203	175	96.7	.537	221	95.9
23	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.694	1939	BSA	124	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	89	2	72	4	3	563	324	76	5	17	.360	.464	1.158	144	74.3	.507	181	63.5
24	Chuck Klein C. Klein	.687	1930	PHN	156	648	158	250	59	8	40	170	54	4	50	4		719	445	107	13		.386	.436	1.123	181	80	.481	152	58.7
25	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	.683	1938	DET	155	556	143	175	23	4	58	147	119	3	92	7	5	681	380	85	3		.315	.438	1.122	166	80.3	.489	162	62

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