Slugging Average : 1902 American League 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:

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1902 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ed Delahanty .590 (.58985) Washington Senators 1
Charlie Hickman .539 (.53933) Boston Americans 2
Cleveland Blues  
Bill Bradley .515 (.51455) Cleveland Blues 3
Socks Seybold .506 (.50575) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Buck Freeman .502 (.50177) Boston Americans 5
Jimmy Williams .500 (.50000) Baltimore Orioles 6
Bill Keister .462 (.46170) Washington Senators 7
Jimmy Collins .459 (.45921) Boston Americans 8
Jimmy Ryan .448 (.44835) Washington Senators 9
Harry Davis .444 (.44385) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Scoops Carey .440 (.44027) Washington Senators 11
Lave Cross .440 (.44007) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Kip Selbach .427 (.42744) Baltimore Orioles 13
Chick Stahl .421 (.42126) Boston Americans 14
Jesse Burkett .418 (.41772) St. Louis Browns 15
Charlie Hemphill .418 (.41765) Cleveland Blues 16
St. Louis Browns  
Bill Coughlin .414 (.41365) Washington Senators 17
Elmer Flick .408 (.40781) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Cleveland Blues  
George Davis .402 (.40206) Chicago White Stockings 19
Jack McCarthy .398 (.39833) Cleveland Blues 20
Patsy Dougherty .397 (.39726) Boston Americans 21
Emmet Heidrick .396 (.39597) St. Louis Browns 22
Bobby Wallace .393 (.39271) St. Louis Browns 23
Danny Green .391 (.39085) Chicago White Stockings 24
Topsy Hartsel .391 (.39083) Philadelphia Athletics 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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).