Slugging Average : 1922 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1922 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth .672 (.67241) New York Yankees 1
Ken Williams .627 (.62735) St. Louis Browns 2
Tris Speaker .606 (.60563) Cleveland Indians 3
Harry Heilmann .598 (.59780) Detroit Tigers 4
George Sisler .594 (.59386) St. Louis Browns 5
Ty Cobb .565 (.56464) Detroit Tigers 6
Bing Miller .551 (.55140) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Tilly Walker .549 (.54867) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Bob Meusel .522 (.52220) New York Yankees 9
Jack Tobin .474 (.47360) St. Louis Browns 10
Johnny Mostil .472 (.47162) Chicago White Sox 11
Bobby Veach .468 (.46764) Detroit Tigers 12
Wally Pipp .466 (.46620) New York Yankees 13
Baby Doll Jacobson .463 (.46306) St. Louis Browns 14
Marty McManus .459 (.45875) St. Louis Browns 15
Joe Judge .450 (.45008) Washington Senators 16
George Burns .446 (.44624) Boston Red Sox 17
Harry Hooper .444 (.44352) Chicago White Sox 18
Joe Wood .442 (.44158) Cleveland Indians 19
Earl Sheely .437 (.43726) Chicago White Sox 20
Bibb Falk .433 (.43271) Chicago White Sox 21
Chick Galloway .433 (.43257) Philadelphia Athletics 22
Charlie Jamieson .429 (.42857) Cleveland Indians 23
Hank Severeid .427 (.42747) St. Louis Browns 24
Del Pratt .427 (.42669) Boston Red Sox 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.

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 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?