1949 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.650 (.65018)	Boston Red Sox	1
Vern Stephens	.539 (.53934)	Boston Red Sox	2
Tommy Henrich	.526 (.52555)	New York Yankees	3
Bobby Doerr	.497 (.49723)	Boston Red Sox	4
Roy Sievers	.471 (.47134)	St. Louis Browns	5
Larry Doby	.468 (.46801)	Cleveland Indians	6
George Kell	.467 (.46743)	Detroit Tigers	7
Vic Wertz	.465 (.46546)	Detroit Tigers	8
Eddie Robinson	.459 (.45920)	Washington Senators	9
Dick Kokos	.459 (.45908)	St. Louis Browns	10
Sam Chapman	.455 (.45501)	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Eddie Joost	.453 (.45333)	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Mickey Vernon	.443 (.44349)	Cleveland Indians	13
Jack Graham	.430 (.43000)	St. Louis Browns	14
Hoot Evers	.428 (.42824)	Detroit Tigers	15
Dale Mitchell	.428 (.42813)	Cleveland Indians	16
Cass Michaels	.421 (.42068)	Chicago White Sox	17
Dom DiMaggio	.420 (.41983)	Boston Red Sox	18
Hank Majeski	.417 (.41741)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Bob Dillinger	.417 (.41728)	St. Louis Browns	20
Pete Suder	.416 (.41573)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Jerry Priddy	.414 (.41360)	St. Louis Browns	22
Al Zarilla	.411 (.41132)	St. Louis Browns	23
		Boston Red Sox
Joe Gordon	.407 (.40665)	Cleveland Indians	24
Elmer Valo	.404 (.40402)	Philadelphia Athletics	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.