MarathonMike
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There have been a few major league players that have had the max slugging percentage.
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Baseball Trivia question: Do you know what the highest possible slugging percentage is?
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4.00 is the max.........ruth was the highest at .690 lifetime...There have been a few major league players that have had the max slugging percentage.
MarathonMike
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Correct! I thought it was 1.00 until I saw the formula.4.00 is the max.........ruth was the highest at .690 lifetime...
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I thought the exact same thing when I saw the question but I hesitated for some reason hehe. I thought there must be a trick in there somehow, such as "infinity" due to never being an out.4.00 is the max.........ruth was the highest at .690 lifetime...
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Ty Cobb holds the record for highest career batting average with .366, eight points higher than Rogers Hornsby who has the second-highest career average at .358.[10]4.00 is the max.........ruth was the highest at .690 lifetime...
Batting average (baseball) - Wikipedia
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Slugging percentage, not batting average.Ty Cobb holds the record for highest career batting average with .366, eight points higher than Rogers Hornsby who has the second-highest career average at .358.[10]
Batting average (baseball) - Wikipedia
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MarathonMike
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True but we're talking slugging percentage which is a funkier calculation.Ty Cobb holds the record for highest career batting average with .366, eight points higher than Rogers Hornsby who has the second-highest career average at .358.[10]
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Oops. Failure to read. ThanksSlugging percentage, not batting average.
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The better measurement is OPS, which combines on base percentage with Slugging.
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