Slugging Average : 1970 American League Top 25

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1970 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Yastrzemski .592 (.59187) Boston Red Sox 1
Boog Powell .549 (.54943) Baltimore Orioles 2
Harmon Killebrew .546 (.54649) Minnesota Twins 3
Frank Howard .546 (.54594) Washington Senators 4
Tommy Harper .522 (.52152) Milwaukee Brewers 5
Frank Robinson .520 (.52017) Baltimore Orioles 6
Tony Oliva .514 (.51433) Minnesota Twins 7
Tony Conigliaro .498 (.49821) Boston Red Sox 8
Reggie Smith .497 (.49655) Boston Red Sox 9
Bill Melton .488 (.48833) Chicago White Sox 10
Vada Pinson .481 (.48084) Cleveland Indians 11
Rico Petrocelli .473 (.47341) Boston Red Sox 12
Roy White .473 (.47291) New York Yankees 13
Ray Fosse .469 (.46889) Cleveland Indians 14
Roy Foster .468 (.46751) Cleveland Indians 15
George Scott .467 (.46667) Boston Red Sox 16
Don Mincher .460 (.46004) Oakland Athletics 17
Alex Johnson .459 (.45928) California Angels 18
Jim Fregosi .459 (.45923) California Angels 19
Jim Northrup .458 (.45833) Detroit Tigers 20
Reggie Jackson .458 (.45775) Oakland Athletics 21
Bob Oliver .451 (.45098) Kansas City Royals 22
Al Kaline .450 (.44968) Detroit Tigers 23
Bert Campaneris .448 (.44776) Oakland Athletics 24
Mike Epstein .444 (.44419) Washington Senators 25



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?

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).