Slugging Average : 1906 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1906 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Stone .501 (.50086) St. Louis Browns 1
Nap Lajoie .465 (.46512) Cleveland Naps 2
Harry Davis .459 (.45917) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Elmer Flick .441 (.44071) Cleveland Naps 4
Charlie Hickman .421 (.42129) Washington Senators 5
Sam Crawford .407 (.40675) Detroit Tigers 6
Danny Murphy .404 (.40402) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Hal Chase .395 (.39531) New York Highlanders 8
Charlie Hemphill .383 (.38291) St. Louis Browns 9
Jimmy Williams .373 (.37325) New York Highlanders 10
Terry Turner .372 (.37158) Cleveland Naps 11
Frank LaPorte .368 (.36784) New York Highlanders 12
Chick Stahl .366 (.36639) Boston Americans 13
Hobe Ferris .360 (.35960) Boston Americans 14
George Davis .355 (.35537) Chicago White Sox 15
Frank Isbell .352 (.35155) Chicago White Sox 16
Bobby Wallace .345 (.34454) St. Louis Browns 17
John Anderson .343 (.34305) Washington Senators 18
Matty McIntyre .343 (.34280) Detroit Tigers 19
Willie Keeler .338 (.33784) New York Highlanders 20
Topsy Hartsel .334 (.33396) Philadelphia Athletics 21
Wid Conroy .332 (.33157) New York Highlanders 22
Larry Schlafly .329 (.32864) Washington Senators 23
Charlie Jones .326 (.32596) Washington Senators 24
Lave Cross .322 (.32186) Washington Senators 25



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?

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.