Slugging Average : 1882 American Association Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1882 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Pete Browning .510 (.51042) Louisville Eclipse 1
Ed Swartwood .489 (.48923) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 2
Billy Taylor .452 (.45151) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3
Mike Mansell .438 (.43804) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 4
Hick Carpenter .422 (.42165) Cincinnati Red Stockings 5
Jack O'Brien .419 (.41909) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Oscar Walker .396 (.39623) St. Louis Brown Stockings 7
Jimmy Wolf .384 (.38365) Louisville Eclipse 8
Tom Brown .370 (.37017) Baltimore Orioles 9
Guy Hecker .368 (.36765) Louisville Eclipse 10
Joe Sommer .364 (.36441) Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Bill Gleason .363 (.36311) St. Louis Brown Stockings 12
Harry Wheeler .355 (.35465) Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
Pop Snyder .353 (.35275) Cincinnati Red Stockings 14
Jack Leary .349 (.34909) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
Baltimore Orioles  
Chick Fulmer .346 (.34568) Cincinnati Red Stockings 16
Charlie Householder .342 (.34202) Baltimore Orioles 17
Ed Whiting .338 (.33766) Baltimore Orioles 18
Ned Cuthbert .335 (.33476) St. Louis Brown Stockings 19
Bill Schenck .333 (.33333) Louisville Eclipse 20
Juice Latham .328 (.32817) Philadelphia Athletics 21
John Peters .324 (.32432) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 22
Ecky Stearns .322 (.32243) Cincinnati Red Stockings 23
John Reccius .316 (.31579) Louisville Eclipse 24
Dan Sullivan .315 (.31469) Louisville Eclipse 25



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?