Slugging Average : 1919 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

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

1919 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth .657 (.65741) Boston Red Sox 1
George Sisler .530 (.53033) St. Louis Browns 2
Bobby Veach .519 (.51859) Detroit Tigers 3
Ty Cobb .515 (.51509) Detroit Tigers 4
Joe Jackson .506 (.50581) Chicago White Sox 5
Harry Heilmann .477 (.47672) Detroit Tigers 6
Baby Doll Jacobson .453 (.45275) St. Louis Browns 7
Tilly Walker .450 (.44956) Philadelphia Athletics 8
George Burns .447 (.44681) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Jack Tobin .438 (.43827) St. Louis Browns 10
Tris Speaker .433 (.43320) Cleveland Indians 11
Braggo Roth .431 (.43128) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Boston Red Sox  
Happy Felsch .428 (.42829) Chicago White Sox 13
Ray Chapman .420 (.42032) Cleveland Indians 14
Sam Rice .411 (.41113) Washington Senators 15
Joe Judge .409 (.40883) Washington Senators 16
Ping Bodie .406 (.40632) New York Yankees 17
Eddie Collins .405 (.40541) Chicago White Sox 18
Roger Peckinpaugh .404 (.40397) New York Yankees 19
Buck Weaver .401 (.40105) Chicago White Sox 20
Wally Pipp .398 (.39771) New York Yankees 21
Larry Gardner .393 (.39313) Cleveland Indians 22
Del Pratt .393 (.39279) New York Yankees 23
Frank Baker .388 (.38801) New York Yankees 24
Chick Gandil .383 (.38322) Chicago White Sox 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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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