Top 25 Slugging Average in 1957 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1957 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)

1957 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Ted Williams .731 (.73095) Boston Red Sox 1

Mickey Mantle .665 (.66456) New York Yankees 2

Roy Sievers .579 (.57867) Washington Senators 3

Gene Woodling .521 (.52093) Cleveland Indians 4

Vic Wertz .485 (.48544) Cleveland Indians 5

Charlie Maxwell .482 (.48171) Detroit Tigers 6

Al Kaline .478 (.47834) Detroit Tigers 7

Gus Zernial .471 (.47140) Kansas City Athletics 8

Rocky Colavito .471 (.47072) Cleveland Indians 9

Bill Skowron .470 (.47046) New York Yankees 10

Jackie Jensen .469 (.46875) Boston Red Sox 11

Larry Doby .464 (.46394) Chicago White Sox 12

Hank Bauer .455 (.45511) New York Yankees 13

Minnie Minoso .454 (.45423) Chicago White Sox 14

Jim Lemon .450 (.44981) Washington Senators 15

Gil McDougald .442 (.44156) New York Yankees 16

Yogi Berra .438 (.43776) New York Yankees 17

Bob Nieman .429 (.42921) Baltimore Orioles 18

Frank Malzone .427 (.42744) Boston Red Sox 19

Ray Boone .418 (.41775) Detroit Tigers 20

Jimmy Piersall .415 (.41544) Boston Red Sox 21

Nellie Fox .415 (.41519) Chicago White Sox 22

Bob Boyd .408 (.40825) Baltimore Orioles 23

Frank Bolling .405 (.40451) Detroit Tigers 24

Al Pilarcik .398 (.39803) Baltimore Orioles 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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.

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.

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?

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