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Slugging percentage
Slugging percentage (SLG), or slugging average, is baseball's total bases per at-bat, weighting singles 1, doubles 2, triples 3, home runs 4; excludes walks. Career record: Josh Gibson .718.
Softball
Softball: bat-and-ball sport invented 1887 at Chicago's Farragut Boat Club by George Hancock; renamed softball in 1926; seven-inning WBSC rules; Olympic women's event since 1996.
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics: women's tournament, 21-27 July 2021, Yokohama and Fukushima. Japan beat USA 2-0 for a second straight gold; Canada took bronze; six teams competed.
Softball at the 2026 Asian Games
Softball at the 2026 Asian Games: women's softball at the 20th Asian Games in Anjo, Aichi, Japan, 26 September to 3 October 2026. Eight teams; Japan beat China 7-0 for gold, its seventh straight title; Chinese Taipei took bronze.
Softball at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Softball at the 2028 Summer Olympics (LA28): six-team women's round-robin tournament at OKC Softball Park (Devon Park), Oklahoma City, July 23–29, 2028, returning after Tokyo 2020; US leads all-time medals.
Softball at the Summer Olympics
Olympic women's fast-pitch softball tournament, also called softball at the Games; debuted Atlanta 1996, played 1996-2008 and Tokyo 2020, returns at LA 2028 in Oklahoma City; US leads with 3 golds.
Son Min Han
Son Min Han (손민한, born 1975), South Korean right-handed pitcher for the Lotte Giants; Olympic bronze medalist at Sydney 2000, 1996 Olympian, 103-72 KBO career record through 2009, and KPBA president at its 2009 unionization vote.
Song Seung Jun
Song Seung Jun (송승준), South Korean baseball player born 1980 in Busan, Lotte Giants affiliate; won gold with Korea in the men's baseball tournament at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Not the footballer or actor of similar name.
Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray (Sonny Douglas Gray, born 1989, Smyrna, TN) is an MLB right-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox; former Athletics, Yankees, Reds, Twins, Cardinals starter; twice AL Cy Young top-three finisher (2015, 2023).
Sosuke Genda
Sosuke Genda (源田 壮亮), born 1993 in Oita, Japan, is the shortstop of NPB's Saitama Seibu Lions, a seven-time Golden Glove winner, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist, and 2023 World Baseball Classic champion with Samurai Japan.
South End Grounds
South End Grounds (Walpole Street Grounds) was Boston's National League baseball park, home of the Braves franchise 1871-1914 across three ballparks, including the 1888 Grand Pavilion, destroyed by fire in 1894 and rebuilt.
South Side Park
South Side Park (Schorling Park), Chicago wooden ballpark at 39th and Princeton/Wentworth; first American League game April 24, 1901; White Sox home 1901-10, American Giants 1911-40; burned 1940, site now Wentworth Gardens.
Sparky Anderson
Sparky Anderson (George Lee Anderson, 1934-2010), American MLB manager of the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers; won World Series in 1975, 1976, and 1984, first manager to win it in both leagues, 2,194 wins, Hall of Fame 2000.
Spencer Arrighetti
Spencer Arrighetti (born 2000) is an MLB right-handed pitcher, drafted by Houston in 2021, 2024 Astros Rookie of the Year, traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in August 2026 for Daulton Varsho.
Spencer Miles
Spencer David Miles (born 2000, Columbia, Missouri) is an MLB relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays; drafted 4th round 2022 by the Giants from Missouri, acquired via the 2025 Rule 5 draft, debuted March 28, 2026.
Spitball
The spitball, also known as the spitter, is a baseball pitch doctored with saliva, legal until Major League Baseball banned it before the 1920 season.
Sports-related curses
Sports-related curses: folk hexes blamed for team failures, chiefly baseball's Curse of the Bambino (Babe Ruth sale, ended 2004) and Curse of the Billy Goat (1945, ended 2016), plus Mayo, Colavito, and Ramsey curses.
Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park, later Busch Stadium, was the St. Louis ballpark at Grand and Dodier, home of the AL Browns 1902-1953 and NL Cardinals 1920-1966, site of the 1944 all-St. Louis World Series, demolished in 1966.
Spring training
Spring training: MLB's preseason in Florida (Grapefruit League) and Arizona (Cactus League), 15 teams each; began 1886 in Hot Springs, Arkansas; exhibition games whose stats never count officially.
Springfield Cardinals
Springfield Cardinals, Double-A Texas League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in Springfield, Missouri, 2005-2026; won Texas League titles in 2012 and 2025; rebranded as the Ozarks Springbirds for 2027.
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals, called the Perfectos until 1900, are a Major League Baseball club in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1882, with 11 World Series championships and 23 pennants.
St. Lucie Mets
St. Lucie Mets: Single-A Florida State League affiliate of the New York Mets since 1988, based at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida; league champions in 1988, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2006, and 2022.
St. Paul Saints
St. Paul Saints, Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins since 2021 in the International League; founded 1993 as an independent Northern League team, later American Association, playing at CHS Field (opened 2015) in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Stacey Nuveman
Stacey Nuveman, also known as Stacey Annette Nuveman-Deniz, is an American former softball catcher who won Olympic gold medals in 2000 and 2004.
Stan Musial
Stan Musial (Stanley Frank Musial, "Stan the Man"), 1920-2013, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder and first baseman 1941-1963; 3,630 hits, .331 average, 475 home runs, three NL MVPs, three World Series titles, Hall of Fame 1969 first ballot.
Starlin Castro
Starlin Castro (Starlin DeJesus Castro), Dominican MLB infielder born 1990, four-time All-Star with Cubs, Yankees, Marlins, Nationals; record six RBI in 2010 MLB debut, 1,722 career hits, .280 average.
Starling Marte
Starling Javier Marte (born 1988, Santo Domingo) is a Dominican MLB outfielder, 2x All-Star and 2x Gold Glove winner, career .284 with active-leading 361 steals and 107 outfield assists, now with the Royals.
Staten Island Yankees
Staten Island Yankees, the "Baby Bombers": New York–Penn League short-season Class A affiliate of the New York Yankees, 1999–2020, six league titles, played at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, eliminated in MLB's 2020 minor league reorganization and replaced by the independent FerryHawks.
Stephen Strasburg
Stephen James Strasburg is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played his entire career with the Washington Nationals and was the 2019 World Series MVP.
Stephen Vogt
Stephen Vogt (born 1984) is a former MLB catcher and current Cleveland Guardians manager; two-time AL All-Star and 2021 World Series champion who won back-to-back AL Manager of the Year awards in 2024 and 2025.