Slugging Average : 1930 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1930 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth .732 (.73166) New York Yankees 1
Lou Gehrig .721 (.72117) New York Yankees 2
Al Simmons .708 (.70758) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Jimmie Foxx .637 (.63701) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Goose Goslin .601 (.60103) Washington Senators 5
St. Louis Browns  
Ed Morgan .601 (.60103) Cleveland Indians  
Carl Reynolds .584 (.58437) Chicago White Sox 7
Earl Averill .537 (.53745) Cleveland Indians 8
Charlie Gehringer .534 (.53443) Detroit Tigers 9
Heinie Manush .531 (.53069) St. Louis Browns 10
Washington Senators  
Mickey Cochrane .526 (.52567) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Earl Webb .523 (.52339) Boston Red Sox 12
Earle Combs .523 (.52256) New York Yankees 13
Joe Cronin .513 (.51278) Washington Senators 14
Joe Judge .509 (.50905) Washington Senators 15
Dale Alexander .507 (.50664) Detroit Tigers 16
Johnny Hodapp .502 (.50236) Cleveland Indians 17
Dick Porter .498 (.49792) Cleveland Indians 18
Smead Jolley .492 (.49188) Chicago White Sox 19
Red Kress .487 (.48697) St. Louis Browns 20
Marty McManus .475 (.47521) Detroit Tigers 21
Ben Chapman .474 (.47368) New York Yankees 22
Tony Lazzeri .462 (.46235) New York Yankees 23
Sam Rice .457 (.45700) Washington Senators 24
Bing Miller .438 (.43761) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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).

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.

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.