highest slugging percentage in a month from 1900 to 1929, min 20 games

Between the 1900 and 1929 seasons, Babe Ruth had the highest slugging percentage with 20+ games played in a month, with a slugging percentage of 1.000 in May 1928.

Interpreted as:
highest slugging percentage by a player in a month from 1900 to 1929, min 20 games
NAME SLG G MONTH AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP OPS
1 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
1.000
29
May 1928
99
32
41
5
4
15
37
28
1
20
0
129
99
24
1
.414
.547
1.547
2 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.979
29
June 1921
95
34
38
10
3
13
28
34
0
18
3
129
93
26
0
.400
.558
1.537
3 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.970
34
July 1920
100
45
44
10
2
13
33
43
1
19
5
147
97
25
3
.440
.611
1.581
4 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.960
29
June 1920
100
38
45
7
4
12
37
30
1
17
6
131
96
23
0
.450
.580
1.540
5 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.929
28
August 1921
98
38
44
13
2
10
34
30
0
13
2
129
91
25
1
.449
.578
1.507
6 Chick Hafey
C. Hafey
.925
27
July 1928
106
30
49
18
2
9
34
8
1
10
3
116
98
29
1
.462
.504
1.429
7 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.922
27
September 1927
103
29
39
3
1
17
43
19
0
15
3
126
95
21
4
.379
.475
1.398
8 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.921
23
May 1920
76
25
25
5
2
12
26
18
1
12
2
95
70
19
0
.329
.463
1.384
9 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.916
22
September 1929
83
28
39
10
0
9
30
11
0
11
0
98
76
19
4
.470
.532
1.448
10 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.896
29
August 1924
106
29
54
13
2
8
22
15
0
7
0
127
95
23
6
.509
.570
1.466
11 Bing Miller
B. Miller
.895
24
May 1922
95
24
41
2
3
12
27
6
2
6
0
104
85
17
1
.432
.476
1.370
12 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.892
21
September 1925
74
21
36
11
2
5
20
14
0
8
2
91
66
18
3
.486
.568
1.460
13 Chuck Klein
C. Klein
.888
28
July 1929
116
24
52
7
1
14
40
13
0
11
1
129
103
22
0
.448
.504
1.392
14 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.885
37
July 1924
131
43
59
9
3
14
40
31
0
16
2
164
116
26
2
.450
.556
1.441
15 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.880
28
June 1925
100
31
48
9
2
9
31
25
0
6
2
126
88
20
1
.480
.584
1.464
16 Joe Jackson
J. Jackson
.873
29
June 1912
102
28
54
16
8
1
7
2
4
113
89
25
2
.529
.568
1.440
17 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.867
26
June 1926
83
22
35
7
0
10
32
26
2
11
0
112
72
17
1
.422
.568
1.435
18 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.865
31
July 1923
111
36
51
9
3
10
27
29
0
18
1
140
96
22
0
.459
.571
1.436
19 Gabby Hartnett
G. Hartnett
.862
20
July 1925
65
17
24
8
0
8
15
7
0
9
0
75
56
16
3
.369
.431
1.292
20 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.859
25
September 1920
85
24
32
9
1
10
21
29
0
14
1
116
73
20
2
.376
.535
1.394
21 Jim Bottomley
J. Bottomley
.852
28
June 1925
108
19
48
11
3
9
32
14
0
4
3
125
92
23
3
.444
.508
1.360
22 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.849
25
August 1923
86
25
38
9
1
8
30
28
2
12
2
117
73
18
1
.442
.586
1.435
23 Mandy Brooks
M. Brooks
.845
26
June 1925
103
25
42
10
4
9
34
5
0
6
5
111
87
23
3
.408
.435
1.280
24 Heinie Manush
H. Manush
.835
25
September 1928
103
22
51
10
5
5
28
9
0
1
3
112
86
20
0
.495
.536
1.371
25 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.829
23
June 1927
76
21
29
5
1
9
19
20
0
16
1
97
63
15
1
.382
.510
1.339
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