Slugging Average : 1933 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1933 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx .703 (.70332) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Lou Gehrig .605 (.60540) New York Yankees 2
Babe Ruth .582 (.58170) New York Yankees 3
Mickey Cochrane .515 (.51515) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Bob Johnson .505 (.50467) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Bill Dickey .490 (.48954) New York Yankees 6
Tony Lazzeri .486 (.48566) New York Yankees 7
Pinky Higgins .485 (.48501) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Al Simmons .481 (.48099) Chicago White Sox 9
Earl Averill .474 (.47412) Cleveland Indians 10
Charlie Gehringer .468 (.46815) Detroit Tigers 11
Hank Greenberg .468 (.46771) Detroit Tigers 12
Joe Kuhel .467 (.46678) Washington Senators 13
Roy Johnson .466 (.46584) Boston Red Sox 14
Heinie Manush .459 (.45897) Washington Senators 15
Sam West .458 (.45841) St. Louis Browns 16
Bruce Campbell .457 (.45679) St. Louis Browns 17
Goose Goslin .452 (.45173) Washington Senators 18
Carl Reynolds .451 (.45053) St. Louis Browns 19
Dusty Cooke .447 (.44714) Boston Red Sox 20
Joe Cronin .445 (.44518) Washington Senators 21
Luke Appling .443 (.44281) Chicago White Sox 22
Ben Chapman .437 (.43717) New York Yankees 23
Buddy Myer .436 (.43585) Washington Senators 24
John Stone .434 (.43380) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.