Pitchers don’t hit anymore. Even when they did, they weren’t exactly sluggers, as long as you don’t count Babe Ruth. So when there’s a very real stat out there that says one former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher had a better career slugging percentage than the 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates have as a team, that doesn’t seem ideal. But here’s that stat. Zack Greinke delivers the magic. Zack Greinke had a career .336 slugging percentage. The 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates are slugging .334. pic.twitter.com/DQAQWW4M2P — Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 18, 2025 MORE: Yankees’ scoreless inning streak risks shattering infamous 1908 record Greinke was one of the better hitting pitchers, to be fair. But not great. His