Slugging Average : 1924 American League Top 25

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1924 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth .739 (.73913) New York Yankees 1
Harry Heilmann .533 (.53333) Detroit Tigers 2
Ken Williams .533 (.53266) St. Louis Browns 3
Baby Doll Jacobson .529 (.52850) St. Louis Browns 4
Goose Goslin .516 (.51641) Washington Senators 5
Joe Hauser .516 (.51601) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Tris Speaker .510 (.51029) Cleveland Indians 7
Ike Boone .497 (.49692) Boston Red Sox 8
Bob Meusel .494 (.49396) New York Yankees 9
Bibb Falk .487 (.48669) Chicago White Sox 10
Harry Hooper .481 (.48109) Chicago White Sox 11
Charlie Jamieson .458 (.45791) Cleveland Indians 12
Wally Pipp .457 (.45671) New York Yankees 13
Eddie Collins .455 (.45504) Chicago White Sox 14
Joe Judge .450 (.44961) Washington Senators 15
Ty Cobb .450 (.44960) Detroit Tigers 16
Heinie Manush .448 (.44787) Detroit Tigers 17
Sam Rice .443 (.44272) Washington Senators 18
Marty McManus .441 (.44118) St. Louis Browns 19
George Burns .437 (.43723) Cleveland Indians 20
Al Simmons .431 (.43098) Philadelphia Athletics 21
Joe Harris .430 (.42974) Boston Red Sox 22
Joe Sewell .429 (.42929) Cleveland Indians 23
Lu Blue .428 (.42785) Detroit Tigers 24
Bobby Veach .426 (.42582) Boston Red Sox 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?

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).