Slugging Average : 1916 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
 

1916 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker .502 (.50183) Cleveland Indians 1
Joe Jackson .495 (.49493) Chicago White Sox 2
Ty Cobb .493 (.49262) Detroit Tigers 3
Bobby Veach .433 (.43286) Detroit Tigers 4
Happy Felsch .427 (.42674) Chicago White Sox 5
Amos Strunk .421 (.42096) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Wally Pipp .417 (.41651) New York Yankees 7
Harry Heilmann .410 (.41020) Detroit Tigers 8
George Sisler .400 (.40000) St. Louis Browns 9
Eddie Collins .396 (.39633) Chicago White Sox 10
Tilly Walker .394 (.39400) Boston Red Sox 11
Del Pratt .391 (.39094) St. Louis Browns 12
Larry Gardner .387 (.38742) Boston Red Sox 13
Jack Graney .384 (.38370) Cleveland Indians 14
George Burns .382 (.38205) Detroit Tigers 15
Stuffy McInnis .361 (.36133) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Harry Hooper .350 (.34957) Boston Red Sox 17
Roger Peckinpaugh .346 (.34601) New York Yankees 18
Burt Shotton .345 (.34528) St. Louis Browns 19
Duffy Lewis .343 (.34281) Boston Red Sox 20
Shano Collins .342 (.34156) Chicago White Sox 21
Chick Gandil .341 (.34146) Cleveland Indians 22
Whitey Witt .337 (.33748) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Ward Miller .328 (.32784) St. Louis Browns 24
Lee Magee .325 (.32549) New York Yankees 25



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.

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.