Slugging Average : 1914 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1914 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker .503 (.50263) Boston Red Sox 1
Sam Crawford .483 (.48282) Detroit Tigers 2
Joe Jackson .464 (.46358) Cleveland Naps 3
Eddie Collins .452 (.45247) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Frank Baker .442 (.44211) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Tilly Walker .441 (.44101) St. Louis Browns 6
Del Pratt .411 (.41096) St. Louis Browns 7
Duffy Lewis .398 (.39804) Boston Red Sox 8
Clyde Milan .396 (.39588) Washington Senators 9
George Burns .389 (.38912) Detroit Tigers 10
Larry Gardner .385 (.38517) Boston Red Sox 11
Shano Collins .376 (.37625) Chicago White Sox 12
Rube Oldring .371 (.37124) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Bobby Veach .369 (.36911) Detroit Tigers 14
Stuffy McInnis .368 (.36806) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Harry Hooper .364 (.36415) Boston Red Sox 16
Chick Gandil .359 (.35932) Washington Senators 17
Jack Graney .352 (.35217) Cleveland Naps 18
Marty Kavanagh .351 (.35080) Detroit Tigers 19
Eddie Foster .351 (.35065) Washington Senators 20
John Leary .343 (.34334) St. Louis Browns 21
Ray Demmitt .342 (.34175) Detroit Tigers 22
Chicago White Sox  
Amos Strunk .342 (.34158) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Eddie Murphy .340 (.34031) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Ray Morgan .340 (.34012) Washington Senators 25



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.

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 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?