SLG
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | Slugging percentage |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Sports, Business & Finance |
SLG has two meanings. It stands for Slugging percentage (baseball) or Sales-led growth (marketing & advertising).
Meanings of SLG at a glance
| # | SLG stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slugging percentage | Sports › Baseball |
| 2 | Sales-led growth | Business & Finance › Marketing & Advertising |
1. Slugging percentage
Sports · Baseball Abbreviations
Measure of hitting power: total bases divided by at-bats, so a single counts 1, a double 2, a triple 3 and a home run 4. Despite the name, it is an average rather than a percentage and can exceed 1.000 in theory.
Example: His .598 SLG led the American League.
Barry Bonds slugged a record .863 in 2001, and Babe Ruth holds the career record at about .690. Combining SLG with OBP gives OPS. Isolated power (ISO), slugging minus batting average, strips out singles to measure pure extra-base power.
2. Sales-led growth
Business & Finance · Marketing & Advertising Abbreviations
Strategy in which revenue is driven mainly by sales teams that prospect, run demos and negotiate contracts, typical of complex, high-priced enterprise products.
Example: Our security product is SLG because buyers need custom deployments and procurement reviews.
Often contrasted with product-led growth, though most enterprise software companies combine the two.
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- SB – Stolen base
- SF – Sacrifice fly
- SHO – Shutout
- SP – Starting pitcher
- SS – Shortstop
- SV – Save
- TB – Total bases
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