Slugging Average : 1918 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1918 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .515 (.51544) Detroit Tigers 1
George Burns .467 (.46733) Philadelphia Athletics 2
George Sisler .440 (.44027) St. Louis Browns 3
Tris Speaker .435 (.43524) Cleveland Indians 4
Tilly Walker .423 (.42271) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Wally Pipp .415 (.41547) New York Yankees 6
Braggo Roth .411 (.41067) Cleveland Indians 7
Frank Baker .409 (.40873) New York Yankees 8
Harry Hooper .405 (.40506) Boston Red Sox 9
Joe Wood .403 (.40284) Cleveland Indians 10
Shano Collins .392 (.39178) Chicago White Sox 11
Bobby Veach .391 (.39078) Detroit Tigers 12
Ray Demmitt .370 (.37037) St. Louis Browns 13
Larry Gardner .365 (.36501) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Del Pratt .356 (.35639) New York Yankees 15
Buck Weaver .352 (.35238) Chicago White Sox 16
Ray Chapman .352 (.35202) Cleveland Indians 17
Clyde Milan .346 (.34592) Washington Senators 18
Amos Strunk .344 (.34383) Boston Red Sox 19
Joe Judge .341 (.34064) Washington Senators 20
Jack Tobin .338 (.33750) St. Louis Browns 21
Frank Gilhooley .337 (.33724) New York Yankees 22
Eddie Collins .330 (.33030) Chicago White Sox 23
Chick Gandil .330 (.33030) Chicago White Sox  
Howie Shanks .326 (.32569) 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?

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

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.