What is the highest Slugging Average in a season?

Answer 1

Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:

SEASON

SLG YEAR SLG

1 Barry Bonds 2001 .863

2 Babe Ruth 1920 .847

3 Babe Ruth 1921 .846

4 Barry Bonds 2004 .812

5 Barry Bonds 2002 .799

6 Babe Ruth 1927 .772

7 Lou Gehrig 1927 .765

8 Babe Ruth 1923 .764

9 Rogers Hornsby 1925 .756

10 Mark McGwire 1998 .752

11 Jeff Bagwell 1994 .750

T12 Jimmie Foxx 1932 .749

T12 Barry Bonds 2003 .749

14 Babe Ruth 1924 .739

15 Babe Ruth 1926 .737

16 Sammy Sosa 2001 .737

17 Ted Williams 1941 .735

18 Babe Ruth 1930 .732

19 Ted Williams 1957 .731

20 Mark McGwire 1996 .730

21 Frank Thomas 1994 .729

22 Hack Wilson 1930 .723

23 Rogers Hornsby 1922 .722

24 Lou Gehrig 1930 .721

25 Larry Walker 1997 .720

26 Albert Belle 1994 .714

27 Larry Walker 1999 .710

28 Babe Ruth 1928 .709

29 Al Simmons 1930 .708

30 Lou Gehrig 1934 .706

31 Mickey Mantle 1956 .705

32 Jimmie Foxx 1938 .704

33 Jimmie Foxx 1933 .703

34 Stan Musial 1948 .702

35 Babe Ruth 1931 .700

36 Todd Helton 2000 .698

37 Babe Ruth 1929 .697

38 Manny Ramirez 2000 .697

39 Mark McGwire 1999 .697

40 Lou Gehrig 1936 .696

41 Rogers Hornsby 1924 .696

42 Hugh Duffy 1894 .694

43 Jimmie Foxx 1939 .694

44 Tip O'Neill 1887 .691

45 Albert Belle 1995 .690

46 Luis Gonzalez 2001 .688

47 Barry Bonds 2000 .688

48 Mickey Mantle 1961 .687

49 Chuck Klein 1930 .687

50 Sam Thompson 1894 .686

51 Todd Helton 2001 .685

52 Hank Greenberg 1938 .683

53 Kevin Mitchell 1994 .681

54 Rogers Hornsby 1929 .679

55 Babe Herman 1930 .678

56 Barry Bonds 1993 .677

57 Jim Thome 2002 .677

58 Ken Griffey Jr. 1994 .674

59 Joe DiMaggio 1937 .673

60 Babe Ruth 1922 .672

61 Albert Pujols 2006 .671

62 Joe DiMaggio 1939 .671

63 Hank Greenberg 1940 .670

64 Hank Aaron 1971 .669

65 Hank Greenberg 1937 .668

66 Ted Williams 1946 .667

67 Willie Mays 1954 .667

68 Albert Pujols 2003 .667

69 Mickey Mantle 1957 .665

70 Carlos Delgado 2000 .664

71 Vladimir Guerrero 2000 .664

72 George Brett 1980 .664

73 Manny Ramirez 1999 .663

74 Lou Gehrig 1931 .662

75 Larry Walker 2001 .662

76 Norm Cash 1961 .662

77 Derrek Lee 2005 .662

78 Babe Ruth 1932 .661

79 Jason Giambi 2001 .660

80 Ryan Howard 2006 .659

81 Willie Mays 1955 .659

82 Travis Hafner 2006 .659

83 Ralph Kiner 1949 .658

84 Chuck Klein 1929 .657

85 Babe Ruth 1919 .657

86 Albert Pujols 2004 .657

87 Willie McCovey 1969 .656

88 Albert Belle 1998 .655

89 Sam Thompson 1895 .654

90 Jimmie Foxx 1934 .653

91 Chick Hafey 1930 .652

92 Ted Williams 1949 .650

93 Bill Joyce 1894 .648

94 Lou Gehrig 1928 .648

95 Ted Williams 1942 .648

96 Duke Snider 1954 .647

T97 Jason Giambi 2000 .647

T97 Barry Bonds 1994 .647

99 Sammy Sosa 1998 .647

100 Manny Ramirez 2002 .647

101 Ken Griffey Jr. 1997 .646

102 Mark McGwire 1997 .646

103 Chuck Klein 1932 .646

104 Jim Gentile 1961 .646

105 Willie Stargell 1973 .646

106 Willie Mays 1965 .645

107 Mike Schmidt 1981 .644

108 Hal Trosky 1936 .644

109 Nap Lajoie 1901 .643

T110 Joe DiMaggio 1941 .643

T110 Juan Gonzalez 1996 .643

112 Lou Gehrig 1937 .643

113 Gary Sheffield 2000 .643

114 Jim Edmonds 2004 .643

115 Ted Kluszewski 1954 .642

116 Al Simmons 1929 .642

117 Joe Medwick 1937 .641

118 Al Simmons 1931 .641

119 Ellis Burks 1996 .639

120 Ralph Kiner 1947 .639

121 Rogers Hornsby 1921 .639

122 Mike Piazza 1997 .638

123 Brady Anderson 1996 .637

124 Frank Robinson 1966 .637

125 Jimmie Foxx 1930 .637

126 Fred Lynn 1979 .637

T127 Richard Hidalgo 2000 .636

T127 David Ortiz 2006 .636

129 Hank Aaron 1959 .636

130 Johnny Mize 1940 .636

131 Jimmie Foxx 1935 .636

132 Kevin Mitchell 1989 .635

133 Sammy Sosa 1999 .635

134 Mel Ott 1929 .635

135 Ted Williams 1954 .635

136 Ted Williams 1947 .634

137 Sammy Sosa 2000 .634

138 Chipper Jones 1999 .633

139 Chick Hafey 1929 .632

140 Juan Gonzalez 1993 .632

141 George Sisler 1920 .632

142 Rogers Hornsby 1928 .632

T143 Dick Allen 1966 .632

T143 Harry Heilmann 1923 .632

145 Ed Delahanty 1896 .631

146 George Foster 1977 .631

147 Jimmie Foxx 1936 .631

148 Alex Rodriguez 1996 .631

149 Juan Gonzalez 1998 .630

150 Rafael Palmeiro 1999 .630

151 Larry Walker 1998 .630

152 Gabby Hartnett 1930 .630

153 Todd Helton 2003 .630

154 Adrian Beltre 2004 .629

155 Jim Bottomley 1928 .628

156 Hank Greenberg 1935 .628

157 Duke Snider 1955 .628

T158 Willie Stargell 1971 .628

T158 Edgar Martinez 1995 .628

160 Ken Griffey Jr. 1996 .628

161 Rogers Hornsby 1923 .627

162 Ken Williams 1922 .627

T163 Duke Snider 1953 .627

T163 Ralph Kiner 1951 .627

165 Earl Averill 1936 .627

166 Eddie Mathews 1953 .627

167 Frank Thomas 1996 .626

168 Joe DiMaggio 1940 .626

169 Johnny Mize 1939 .626

170 Willie Mays 1957 .626

171 Frank Thomas 2000 .625

172 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .625

173 Gary Sheffield 1996 .624

174 Stan Musial 1949 .624

175 Mike Schmidt 1980 .624

176 Frank Robinson 1962 .624

177 Barry Bonds 1992 .624

178 Jim Thome 2001 .624

179 Ken Williams 1923 .623

180 Alex Rodriguez 2002 .623

181 Moises Alou 2000 .623

182 Albert Belle 1996 .623

183 Fred McGriff 1994 .623

184 Lefty O'Doul 1929 .622

185 Hank Greenberg 1939 .622

186 Alex Rodriguez 2001 .622

187 Carl Yastrzemski 1967 .622

188 Brian Giles 2002 .622

189 Jermaine Dye 2006 .622

190 Fred Dunlap 1884 .621

191 Lance Berkman 2006 .621

192 Ty Cobb 1911 .621

193 Ken Caminiti 1996 .621

194 Lou Gehrig 1932 .621

195 Lance Berkman 2001 .620

196 Roger Maris 1961 .620

197 Dante Bichette 1995 .620

198 Todd Helton 2004 .620

199 Rocky Colavito 1958 .620

200 Bill Terry 1930 .619

201 Manny Ramirez 2006 .619

202 Hack Wilson 1929 .618

203 Hank Aaron 1962 .618

204 Mark McGwire 1987 .618

205 Jim Edmonds 2003 .617

206 Ken Griffey Jr. 1993 .617

207 Ed Delahanty 1895 .617

208 Harry Heilmann 1927 .616

209 Jeff Bagwell 2000 .615

210 Willie Mays 1962 .615

211 Barry Bonds 1996 .615

212 Ripper Collins 1934 .615

213 Ted Williams 1948 .615

214 Wally Berger 1930 .614

215 Johnny Mize 1947 .614

216 Ernie Banks 1958 .614

217 Brian Giles 1999 .614

218 Stan Musial 1951 .614

219 Mike Piazza 2000 .614

220 Goose Goslin 1928 .614

221 Johnny Mize 1938 .614

222 Dave Kingman 1979 .613

223 Al Rosen 1953 .613

224 Manny Ramirez 2004 .613

225 Willie McCovey 1970 .612

226 Jim Thome 1996 .612

227 Babe Herman 1929 .612

228 Stan Musial 1957 .612

229 Ken Griffey Jr. 1998 .611

230 Frank Thomas 1997 .611

231 Mickey Mantle 1955 .611

232 Frank Robinson 1961 .611

233 Roy Campanella 1953 .611

234 Albert Pujols 2001 .610

235 Alex Rodriguez 2005 .610

236 Tris Speaker 1923 .610

237 Albert Pujols 2005 .609

238 Ted Williams 1939 .609

239 Stan Musial 1953 .609

T240 Manny Ramirez 2001 .609

T240 Barry Bonds 1998 .609

242 Orlando Cepeda 1961 .609

243 Reggie Jackson 1969 .608

244 Stan Musial 1954 .607

245 Larry Walker 1995 .607

246 Willie Mays 1964 .607

247 Arky Vaughan 1935 .607

248 Hank Aaron 1969 .607

249 Matt Williams 1994 .607

250 Frank Thomas 1993 .607

251 Alex Rodriguez 2000 .606

252 Frank Thomas 1995 .606

253 Harry Heilmann 1921 .606

254 Harmon Killebrew 1961 .606

255 Billy Williams 1972 .606

256 Boog Powell 1964 .606

257 Mike Piazza 1995 .606

258 Tris Speaker 1922 .606

259 Lou Gehrig 1933 .605

260 Ted Williams 1956 .605

261 George Bell 1987 .605

262 Chipper Jones 2001 .605

263 Mickey Mantle 1962 .605

264 Hank Greenberg 1946 .604

T265 Gary Sheffield 2003 .604

T265 Lefty O'Doul 1930 .604

267 David Ortiz 2005 .604

268 Troy Glaus 2000 .604

269 Chick Hafey 1928 .604

270 Nomar Garciaparra 1999 .603

271 Paul O'Neill 1994 .603

272 David Ortiz 2004 .603

273 Eddie Mathews 1954 .603

274 Dick Allen 1972 .603

275 Chuck Klein 1933 .602

276 Andres Galarraga 1993 .602

277 Larry Walker 2002 .602

278 Jeff Heath 1938 .602

279 Joe Kelley 1894 .602

280 Juan Gonzalez 1999 .601

281 Eddie Mathews 1955 .601

T282 Goose Goslin 1930 .601

T282 Eddie Morgan 1930 .601

284 Mel Ott 1932 .601

285 Andres Galarraga 1996 .601

286 Hank Greenberg 1934 .600

T287 Vladimir Guerrero 1999 .600

T287 Hank Aaron 1957 .600

289 Jim Rice 1978 .600

290 Alex Rodriguez 2003 .600

291 Bob Hamelin 1994 .599

292 Nomar Garciaparra 2000 .599

293 Manny Ramirez 1998 .599

294 John Olerud 1993 .599

295 Hal Trosky 1934 .598

296 Jason Giambi 2002 .598

297 Kiki Cuyler 1925 .598

298 Vladimir Guerrero 2004 .598

299 Scott Rolen 2004 .598

300 Jim Thome 2006 .598

301 Harry Heilmann 1922 .598

302 Duke Snider 1956 .598

303 Shawn Green 2001 .598

304 Joe DiMaggio 1948 .598

305 Ty Cobb 1925 .598

306 Reggie Jackson 1980 .597

307 Joe Adcock 1956 .597

308 Greg Vaughn 1998 .597

309 Jack Clark 1987 .597

310 Magglio Ordonez 2002 .597

311 Stan Musial 1950 .596

312 Jeff Kent 2000 .596

313 Jim Rice 1979 .596

314 David Justice 1997 .596

315 Ernie Banks 1959 .596

316 Al Simmons 1925 .596

317 Ty Cobb 1921 .596

318 Ernie Banks 1955 .596

319 Edgar Martinez 1996 .595

320 Frank Robinson 1960 .595

321 Travis Hafner 2005 .595

322 Johnny Mize 1937 .595

323 Andres Galarraga 1998 .595

324 Carlos Beltran 2006 .594

325 Tim Salmon 1995 .594

326 Brian Giles 2000 .594

T327 Manny Ramirez 2005 .594

T327 Greg Luzinski 1977 .594

329 George Sisler 1922 .594

330 Hank Aaron 1961 .594

331 Ted Williams 1940 .594

332 Sammy Sosa 2002 .594

333 Jim Rice 1977 .593

334 Carlos Delgado 2003 .593

335 Danny Tartabull 1991 .593

336 Vladimir Guerrero 2002 .593

337 Eric Davis 1987 .593

338 Eddie Mathews 1959 .593

339 Carlos Delgado 1998 .592

340 Moises Alou 1994 .592

341 Andres Galarraga 1994 .592

342 Bob Cerv 1958 .592

T343 Jeff Bagwell 1997 .592

T343 Carl Yastrzemski 1970 .592

345 Cecil Fielder 1990 .592

346 Mickey Mantle 1958 .592

347 David Ortiz 2003 .592

348 Andy Pafko 1950 .591

349 Mickey Mantle 1964 .591

350 Mo Vaughn 1998 .591

351 Mel Ott 1934 .591

352 Jeff Bagwell 1999 .591

353 Ralph Kiner 1950 .590

354 Brian Giles 2001 .590

355 Juan Gonzalez 2001 .590

356 Joe Jackson 1911 .590

357 Roy Campanella 1951 .590

358 Ross Barnes 1876 .590

359 Ed Delahanty 1902 .590

360 Joe Jackson 1920 .589

361 Tony Perez 1970 .589

362 Hal Trosky 1939 .589

363 Vinny Castilla 1998 .589

364 Juan Gonzalez 1997 .589

365 Vladimir Guerrero 1998 .589

366 Rico Petrocelli 1969 .589

367 Hack Wilson 1928 .588

368 Jack Fournier 1923 .588

369 Wade Boggs 1987 .588

370 Mel Ott 1936 .588

371 Shawn Green 1999 .588

372 Phil Nevin 2001 .588

373 Geoff Jenkins 2000 .588

374 Dolph Camilli 1937 .587

375 Larry Walker 1994 .587

376 Manny Ramirez 2003 .587

377 Johnny Bench 1970 .587

378 Carl Everett 2000 .587

379 Duke Snider 1957 .587

380 Stan Musial 1946 .587

381 Todd Helton 1999 .587

382 Billy Williams 1970 .586

383 Walker Cooper 1947 .586

384 Matt Holliday 2006 .586

385 Hank Aaron 1963 .586

386 Jeff Heath 1941 .586

387 Rogers Hornsby 1927 .586

T388 Willie McCovey 1966 .586

T388 Alex Rodriguez 1999 .586

390 George Brett 1985 .585

391 Dave Parker 1978 .585

392 Andres Galarraga 1997 .585

393 Ted Kluszewski 1955 .585

394 Ray Lankford 1997 .585

395 Ed Delahanty 1894 .585

396 Joe DiMaggio 1950 .585

397 Chris Hoiles 1993 .585

398 Barry Bonds 1997 .585

399 Mark McGwire 1992 .585

400 Nomar Garciaparra 1998 .584

401 Carl Reynolds 1930 .584

402 Chuck Klein 1931 .584

403 Jim Thome 1998 .584

404 Ty Cobb 1912 .584

405 David Justice 2000 .584

406 Ted Williams 1958 .584

407 Willie Mays 1961 .584

408 Gary Sheffield 1994 .584

409 Harmon Killebrew 1969 .584

410 Rico Carty 1970 .584

T411 Willie Mays 1958 .583

T411 Frank Robinson 1959 .583

T411 Rudy York 1940 .583

414 Ed Delahanty 1893 .583

415 Walt Dropo 1950 .583

416 Lou Gehrig 1935 .583

417 Rafael Palmeiro 1995 .583

418 Travis Hafner 2004 .583

419 Roy Campanella 1955 .583

420 Jim Edmonds 2000 .583

421 Darryl Strawberry 1987 .583

422 Mo Vaughn 1996 .583

423 Willie Mays 1959 .583

424 Mel Ott 1938 .583

425 Gary Sheffield 2001 .583

426 Lou Gehrig 1929 .582

427 Willie Mays 1963 .582

428 Moises Alou 1998 .582

429 Eric Davis 1998 .582

430 Manny Ramirez 1996 .582

431 Ed Delahanty 1899 .582

432 Jim Hickman 1970 .582

433 Babe Ruth 1933 .582

434 Carlos Delgado 2005 .582

435 Willie Stargell 1966 .581

436 Roger Maris 1960 .581

437 Joe DiMaggio 1938 .581

438 Dick Stuart 1961 .581

439 Mel Ott 1939 .581

440 Dan Brouthers 1886 .581

441 Jim Thome 2004 .581

442 Jimmie Foxx 1940 .581

443 Jake Stenzel 1894 .580

444 Carl Furillo 1953 .580

445 Will Clark 1987 .580

446 Bill Terry 1932 .580

447 Gary Sheffield 1992 .580

448 Charlie Keller 1941 .580

449 Dale Alexander 1929 .580

450 Rocky Colavito 1961 .580

451 Dale Murphy 1987 .580

452 Edgar Martinez 2000 .579

453 Ernie Banks 1957 .579

454 Hack Wilson 1927 .579

455 Rudy York 1938 .579

T456 Roy Sievers 1957 .579

T456 Joe Jackson 1912 .579

458 Jim Thome 1997 .579

459 Gil Hodges 1954 .579

460 Reggie Sanders 1995 .579

461 Cliff Floyd 2001 .578

462 Jim Bottomley 1925 .578

463 Trot Nixon 2003 .578

464 Tris Speaker 1925 .578

465 Robin Yount 1982 .578

466 Lance Berkman 2002 .578

467 Bret Boone 2001 .578

468 Mel Ott 1930 .578

469 Aramis Ramirez 2004 .578

470 Tino Martinez 1997 .577

471 Dolph Camilli 1936 .577

472 Harry Heilmann 1930 .577

473 Bobby Higginson 1996 .577

474 Barry Bonds 1995 .577

T475 Joe Medwick 1936 .577

T475 Tommy Holmes 1945 .577

477 Pedro Guerrero 1985 .577

478 Todd Helton 2002 .577

479 Rickey Henderson 1990 .577

480 Ken Griffey Jr. 2005 .576

481 Joe Morgan 1976 .576

482 Frank Robinson 1967 .576

483 Mo Vaughn 1994 .576

484 Joe DiMaggio 1936 .576

485 Ken Griffey Jr. 1999 .576

486 Reggie Smith 1977 .576

487 Bobby Bonilla 1995 .576

488 Earl Averill 1931 .576

489 Joe Medwick 1935 .576

490 Cy Williams 1923 .576

491 Bill Lange 1895 .575

492 Heinie Manush 1928 .575

493 Bernie Williams 1998 .575

494 Andruw Jones 2005 .575

495 Mike Piazza 1999 .575

496 Freddy Lindstrom 1930 .575

497 Mo Vaughn 1995 .575

498 Mark Teixeira 2005 .575

499 Frank Howard 1969 .574

500 Wally Post 1955 .574