Slugging Average : 1920 American League Top 25

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1920 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth .847 (.84716) New York Yankees 1
George Sisler .632 (.63233) St. Louis Browns 2
Joe Jackson .589 (.58947) Chicago White Sox 3
Tris Speaker .562 (.56159) Cleveland Indians 4
Happy Felsch .540 (.53957) Chicago White Sox 5
Elmer Smith .520 (.51974) Cleveland Indians 6
Bob Meusel .517 (.51739) New York Yankees 7
Baby Doll Jacobson .501 (.50082) St. Louis Browns 8
Eddie Collins .493 (.49336) Chicago White Sox 9
Ken Williams .480 (.47985) St. Louis Browns 10
Bobby Veach .474 (.47386) Detroit Tigers 11
Harry Hooper .470 (.47015) Boston Red Sox 12
Joe Judge .462 (.46247) Washington Senators 13
Jack Tobin .452 (.45194) St. Louis Browns 14
Ty Cobb .451 (.45093) Detroit Tigers 15
Ping Bodie .446 (.44586) New York Yankees 16
Joe Dugan .442 (.44196) Philadelphia Athletics 17
Steve O'Neill .440 (.43967) Cleveland Indians 18
Braggo Roth .432 (.43162) Washington Senators 19
Wally Pipp .430 (.42951) New York Yankees 20
Harry Heilmann .429 (.42910) Detroit Tigers 21
Sam Rice .428 (.42788) Washington Senators 22
Del Pratt .427 (.42683) New York Yankees 23
Ray Chapman .423 (.42299) Cleveland Indians 24
Buck Weaver .420 (.41971) Chicago White Sox 25



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