25 Best Hitters In Baseball History, Ranked From First To Last

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RANKED: The Biggest And Most Prolific Sluggers In MLB History
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The Biggest And Most Prolific Sluggers In MLB History
Jesse Prout
| 4/13/26
One of the best ways to determine how well-rounded a batter is can be by looking at their slugging percentage. It's a measure that looks at the batting productivity of a hitter. Basically, it's calculated by taking someone's total bases and dividing by their total at-bats.
Of course, how long a player's career lasted and how many balls they buried into the stands define a slugger's legacy more than anything. In this article, we take a look at some of the hardest slugging MLB superstars in league history!
Mark McGwire
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Mark McGwire is the first person on this list to have a career slugging percentage under .600 as he slides in at .5882. He was one of the most prolific home run hitters of all time as he crushed 583 during his career. During his rookie year, he hit 49 home runs, which set a single-season rookie record.
He was a 12-time All-Star, two-time World Series Champion, five-time MLB home run leader and has been named to the MLB All-Century Team.
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Barry Bonds
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Barry Bonds finished his incredible career with the fifth-best slugging percentage in MLB history at .6069. He won eight Gold Gloves, 12 Silver Slugger awards, and 14 All-Star selections.
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He holds the record for most career home runs with 762, most home runs in a single season with 73, and most career walks. He finished his career with a batting average .298, 2,935 hits, and perhaps the most surprising stat is his 514 stolen bases.
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Babe Ruth
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There are only six players in the history of the MLB who have a career slugging percentage over .600 and of course, Babe Ruth is one of them. In fact, he has the best SLG% in the history of the game.
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He boasts a .6897, which is insane. He retired from the league in 1935 with the Boston Braves hitting a .342 batting average for his career, with 2,873 hits, 714 home runs, and 2,213 RBIs. He's a seven-time World Series Champion and 12-time AL home run leader.
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Willie Mays
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Willie Mays spent nearly all of his 22 seasons in the MLB with the New York/ San Francisco Giants before finishing his career with the New York Mets. His career slugging percentage .5575 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Mays was a 22-time All-Star, four-time NL stolen base leader and a 12-time Gold Glove award winner. He was named to the MLB All-Century Team and MLB All-Time Team.
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Lou Gehrig
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Lou Gehrig has the third-best career slugging percentage at .6324. He was nicknamed the "Iron Horse," playing his entire MLB career with the New York Yankees from 1923-1939.
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He was a seven-time All-Star and a six-time World Series Champion that finished his career with a .340 batting average, 2,721 hits and 1,995 RBIs. Along with Babe Ruth and Ted Williams, Gehrig was named to the MLB All-Century Team and the MLB All-Time Team.
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Manny Ramirez
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Manny Ramirez is a 12-time All-Star who currently holds the record for most postseason home runs in MLB history. His career slugging percentage is .5854 and his career batting average is .312, to go with his 2,574 hits and 555 career home runs. In 1999, while playing for the Cleveland Indians, he set the team's single-season RBI record with 165 during that season (Hack Wilson holds the league record with 191).
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Ramirez is a two-time World Series champion, he was the 2004 World Series MVP and nine-time Silver Slugger award winner.
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Joe DiMaggio
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Joe DiMaggio is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak, which is a record that still stands. He had a career slugging percentage of .5788 and was a three-time league MVP, and was an All-Star every single year he played (13 seasons).
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He knocked 2,214 hits, 361 home runs, and 1,537 RBIs. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 with almost 90% of the vote and was named to the MLB All-Century Team.
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Jimmie Foxx
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Jimmie Foxx played 20 seasons in the MLB for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, And Philadelphia Phillies and finished his career with a .6093 career slugging percentage.
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While he was with the Athletics and the Red Sox he had 12 consecutive seasons hitting 30 home runs and 13 consecutive seasons with over 100 runs batted in. Foxx became the second player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs after Babe Ruth.
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Rogers Hornsby
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Rogers Hornsby played 23 seasons in the major leagues with four different teams. He had a career slugging percentage of .5765 which puts him at number 10 on the list.
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He had 2,930 hits and his .358 career batting average has him second all-time to Ty Cobb. In 1924 he was able to maintain a .424 batting average, which has not been matched since. He's a World Series champion, two-time NL MVP, and seven-time NL batting champion.
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Hank Greenberg
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Hank Greenberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956 with 85% of the vote. He had the sixth highest slugging percentage all-time at .6050.
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He was a two-time World Series champion, two-time AL MVP, four-time AL RBI leader, and five-time All-Star. He was the first Jewish superstar to be on an American sports team and made national headlines when he refused to play baseball on Yom Kippur.
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Mickey Mantle
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Mickey Mantle played his entire MLB career with the New York Yankees. He's regarded as the best switch hitter to ever play in the league as he finished his career with a slugging percentage of .5568 and a career batting average just under .300. He had 2,415 hits and 536 home runs while adding 1,509 RBIs.
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He was a 20-time All-Star, seven-time World Series champion, Triple Crown winner in 1956 and a four-time AL home run leader.
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Mike Trout
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Mike Trout is the only player on this list that's still playing in the MLB. His career slugging percentage sits at .5729 right now, and with the new $426 million contract he just signed, there's certainly room for improvement.
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He came into the league in 2011 and has since been a seven-time All-Star, two-time AL MVP, six-time Silver Slugger and was apart of the 30-30 club in 2012. He already has over 1,190 career hits and sports a career batting average of .307.
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Larry Walker
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Larry Walker is the only Canadian on this list. He had an MLB career that spanned over 17-seasons with three different teams. He was a five-time All-Star, while also capturing seven Gold-Gloves, three Silver Sluggers and was also a three-time NL batting champion.
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Walker produced a .313 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, and crushed 383 home runs. He managed to get over 2,000 hits and 1,311 RBIs which led him getting inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Pete Rose
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Even though Pete Rose retired with a career slugging percentage of only .375, we'd…

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