1961 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Mickey Mantle	.687 (.68677)	New York Yankees	1
Norm Cash	.662 (.66168)	Detroit Tigers	2
Jim Gentile	.646 (.64609)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Roger Maris	.620 (.62034)	New York Yankees	4
Harmon Killebrew	.606 (.60628)	Minnesota Twins	5
Rocky Colavito	.580 (.57976)	Detroit Tigers	6
Roy Sievers	.537 (.53659)	Chicago White Sox	7
Leon Wagner	.517 (.51656)	Los Angeles Angels	8
Al Kaline	.515 (.51536)	Detroit Tigers	9
Al Smith	.506 (.50564)	Chicago White Sox	10
Lee Thomas	.491 (.49115)	New York Yankees	11
		Los Angeles Angels
Ken Hunt	.484 (.48434)	Los Angeles Angels	12
Johnny Romano	.483 (.48330)	Cleveland Indians	13
Norm Siebern	.475 (.47500)	Kansas City Athletics	14
Willie Kirkland	.474 (.47429)	Cleveland Indians	15
Bill Skowron	.472 (.47237)	New York Yankees	16
Jim Landis	.470 (.47004)	Chicago White Sox	17
Earl Battey	.470 (.46957)	Minnesota Twins	18
Woodie Held	.468 (.46758)	Cleveland Indians	19
Tito Francona	.459 (.45946)	Cleveland Indians	20
Bob Allison	.450 (.44964)	Minnesota Twins	21
Jackie Brandt	.444 (.44380)	Baltimore Orioles	22
Jimmy Piersall	.442 (.44215)	Cleveland Indians	23
Minnie Minoso	.420 (.42037)	Chicago White Sox	24
Bubba Phillips	.408 (.40842)	Cleveland Indians	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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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?