Slugging Average : 1891 American Association Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1891 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Dan Brouthers .512 (.51235) Boston Red Stockings 1
Jocko Milligan .505 (.50549) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Duke Farrell .474 (.47357) Boston Red Stockings 3
Tom Brown .469 (.46859) Boston Red Stockings 4
Lave Cross .458 (.45771) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Denny Lyons .455 (.45455) St. Louis Browns 6
Hugh Duffy .453 (.45336) Boston Red Stockings 7
Tip O'Neill .447 (.44722) St. Louis Browns 8
George Van Haltren .443 (.44346) Baltimore Orioles 9
Henry Larkin .441 (.44106) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Deacon McGuire .426 (.42615) Washington Senators 11
Perry Werden .424 (.42391) Baltimore Orioles 12
Charlie Duffee .420 (.42029) Columbus Colts 13
George Wood .413 (.41288) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Emmett Seery .411 (.41129) Cincinnati Porkers 15
Tommy McCarthy .408 (.40830) St. Louis Browns 16
John Carney .394 (.39413) Cincinnati Porkers 17
Milwaukee Brewers  
Bill Hallman .394 (.39353) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Jack Boyle .392 (.39180) St. Louis Browns 19
Jim Canavan .380 (.38028) Cincinnati Porkers 20
Milwaukee Brewers  
Tommy Corcoran .376 (.37573) Philadelphia Athletics 21
Bill Johnson .369 (.36875) Baltimore Orioles 22
Curt Welch .368 (.36770) Baltimore Orioles 23
Joe Mulvey .364 (.36424) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Jim McTamany .364 (.36398) Columbus Colts 25
Philadelphia Athletics  



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