Slugging Average : 1932 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)
 

1932 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx .749 (.74872) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Babe Ruth .661 (.66083) New York Yankees 2
Lou Gehrig .621 (.62081) New York Yankees 3
Earl Averill .569 (.56894) Cleveland Indians 4
Al Simmons .548 (.54776) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Heinie Manush .520 (.52000) Washington Senators 6
Mickey Cochrane .510 (.50965) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Tony Lazzeri .506 (.50588) New York Yankees 8
Charlie Gehringer .497 (.49676) Detroit Tigers 9
Joe Cronin .492 (.49192) Washington Senators 10
John Stone .486 (.48625) Detroit Tigers 11
Eric McNair .478 (.47834) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Smead Jolley .476 (.47644) Chicago White Sox 13
Boston Red Sox  
Ben Chapman .473 (.47332) New York Yankees 14
Goose Goslin .469 (.46853) St. Louis Browns 15
Gee Walker .465 (.46458) Detroit Tigers 16
Joe Vosmik .462 (.46216) Cleveland Indians 17
Earle Combs .455 (.45516) New York Yankees 18
Roy Johnson .450 (.45037) Detroit Tigers 19
Boston Red Sox  
Bruce Campbell .447 (.44681) Chicago White Sox 20
St. Louis Browns  
Jack Burns .438 (.43760) St. Louis Browns 21
Bill Cissell .437 (.43664) Chicago White Sox 22
Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Myer .426 (.42634) Washington Senators 23
Red Kress .425 (.42504) St. Louis Browns 24
Chicago White Sox  
Fred Schulte .425 (.42478) St. Louis Browns 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?

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.