Slugging Average : 1953 American League Top 25

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1953 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Al Rosen .613 (.61269) Cleveland Indians 1
Gus Zernial .559 (.55935) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Yogi Berra .523 (.52286) New York Yankees 3
Ray Boone .519 (.51911) Cleveland Indians 4
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Mickey Vernon .518 (.51809) Washington Senators 5
Mickey Mantle .497 (.49675) New York Yankees 6
Larry Doby .487 (.48733) Cleveland Indians 7
George Kell .483 (.48261) Boston Red Sox 8
Gene Woodling .468 (.46835) New York Yankees 9
Vic Wertz .466 (.46591) St. Louis Browns 10
Minnie Minoso .466 (.46583) Chicago White Sox 11
Bob Nieman .453 (.45276) Detroit Tigers 12
Hank Bauer .446 (.44622) New York Yankees 13
Dale Mitchell .446 (.44600) Cleveland Indians 14
Sam Mele .437 (.43659) Chicago White Sox 15
Jim Delsing .436 (.43633) Detroit Tigers 16
Sammy White .435 (.43487) Boston Red Sox 17
Dave Philley .424 (.42419) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Jim Rivera .420 (.41975) Chicago White Sox 19
Gil McDougald .416 (.41590) New York Yankees 20
Dick Gernert .415 (.41498) Boston Red Sox 21
Jim Busby .415 (.41468) Washington Senators 22
Eddie Robinson .413 (.41301) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Billy Goodman .409 (.40856) Boston Red Sox 24
Jackie Jensen .408 (.40761) Washington Senators 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.

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).