Slugging Average : 1964 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1964 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Boog Powell .606 (.60613) Baltimore Orioles 1
Mickey Mantle .591 (.59140) New York Yankees 2
Tony Oliva .557 (.55655) Minnesota Twins 3
Bob Allison .553 (.55285) Minnesota Twins 4
Harmon Killebrew .548 (.54766) Minnesota Twins 5
Brooks Robinson .521 (.52124) Baltimore Orioles 6
Rocky Colavito .507 (.50680) Kansas City Athletics 7
Dick Stuart .491 (.49088) Boston Red Sox 8
Jimmie Hall .480 (.48039) Minnesota Twins 9
Pete Ward .473 (.47310) Chicago White Sox 10
Al Kaline .469 (.46857) Detroit Tigers 11
Jim Gentile .465 (.46469) Kansas City Athletics 12
Roger Maris .464 (.46394) New York Yankees 13
Jim Fregosi .463 (.46337) Los Angeles Angels 14
Bill Freehan .462 (.46154) Detroit Tigers 15
Don Lock .461 (.46094) Washington Senators 16
Eddie Bressoud .456 (.45583) Boston Red Sox 17
Elston Howard .455 (.45455) New York Yankees 18
Sam Bowens .453 (.45309) Baltimore Orioles 19
Norm Cash .453 (.45303) Detroit Tigers 20
Carl Yastrzemski .452 (.45150) Boston Red Sox 21
Leon Wagner .434 (.43370) Cleveland Indians 22
Zoilo Versalles .431 (.43096) Minnesota Twins 23
Bill Skowron .428 (.42804) Washington Senators 24
Chicago White Sox  
Dick McAuliffe .427 (.42729) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.