1944 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Bobby Doerr	.528 (.52778)	Boston Red Sox	1
Bob Johnson	.528 (.52762)	Boston Red Sox	2
Johnny Lindell	.500 (.50000)	New York Yankees	3
Stan Spence	.486 (.48649)	Washington Senators	4
Nick Etten	.466 (.46597)	New York Yankees	5
Ken Keltner	.466 (.46597)	Cleveland Indians
Vern Stephens	.462 (.46154)	St. Louis Browns	7
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.460 (.46034)	New York Yankees	8
Jim Tabor	.445 (.44521)	Boston Red Sox	9
Roy Cullenbine	.445 (.44483)	Cleveland Indians	10
Rudy York	.439 (.43911)	Detroit Tigers	11
Lou Boudreau	.437 (.43664)	Cleveland Indians	12
Dick Siebert	.423 (.42308)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Pete Fox	.419 (.41935)	Boston Red Sox	14
Bobby Estalella	.409 (.40909)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Pinky Higgins	.409 (.40884)	Detroit Tigers	16
Catfish Metkovich	.406 (.40619)	Boston Red Sox	17
Milt Byrnes	.393 (.39312)	St. Louis Browns	18
Mickey Rocco	.392 (.39204)	Cleveland Indians	19
Ralph Hodgin	.385 (.38495)	Chicago White Sox	20
Oris Hockett	.381 (.38074)	Cleveland Indians	21
Wally Moses	.379 (.37944)	Chicago White Sox	22
Joe Kuhel	.378 (.37838)	Washington Senators	23
George McQuinn	.376 (.37597)	St. Louis Browns	24
Hal Trosky	.374 (.37425)	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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).