Slugging Average : 1908 American League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1908 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .475 (.47504) Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford .457 (.45685) Detroit Tigers 2
Doc Gessler .423 (.42299) Boston Red Sox 3
Claude Rossman .418 (.41794) Detroit Tigers 4
Matty McIntyre .383 (.38313) Detroit Tigers 5
George Stovall .380 (.38015) Cleveland Naps 6
Nap Lajoie .375 (.37522) Cleveland Naps 7
Jake Stahl .371 (.37127) New York Highlanders 8
Boston Red Sox  
George Stone .369 (.36905) St. Louis Browns 9
Danny Murphy .368 (.36762) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Bob Unglaub .360 (.35978) Boston Red Sox 11
Washington Senators  
Harry Davis .357 (.35673) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Charlie Hemphill .356 (.35644) New York Highlanders 13
Bill Hinchman .353 (.35345) Cleveland Naps 14
Hobe Ferris .353 (.35315) St. Louis Browns 15
Germany Schaefer .342 (.34247) Detroit Tigers 16
Amby McConnell .335 (.33466) Boston Red Sox 17
Topsy Hartsel .330 (.33043) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Patsy Dougherty .326 (.32573) Chicago White Sox 19
Bobby Wallace .324 (.32444) St. Louis Browns 20
Jimmy Williams .321 (.32096) St. Louis Browns 21
Harry Lord .318 (.31786) Boston Red Sox 22
Bill Bradley .318 (.31752) Cleveland Naps 23
Clyde Milan .315 (.31546) Washington Senators 24
Ed Hahn .313 (.31320) Chicago White Sox 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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.