Slugging Average : 1982 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1982 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Robin Yount .578 (.57795) Milwaukee Brewers 1
Dave Winfield .560 (.56030) New York Yankees 2
Eddie Murray .549 (.54909) Baltimore Orioles 3
Doug DeCinces .548 (.54783) California Angels 4
Hal McRae .542 (.54160) Kansas City Royals 5
Dwight Evans .534 (.53366) Boston Red Sox 6
Reggie Jackson .532 (.53208) California Angels 7
Lance Parrish .529 (.52881) Detroit Tigers 8
Cecil Cooper .528 (.52752) Milwaukee Brewers 9
Gary Ward .519 (.51930) Minnesota Twins 10
Fred Lynn .517 (.51695) California Angels 11
Gorman Thomas .506 (.50617) Milwaukee Brewers 12
George Brett .505 (.50543) Kansas City Royals 13
Jim Rice .494 (.49389) Boston Red Sox 14
Toby Harrah .490 (.49003) Cleveland Indians 15
Kent Hrbek .485 (.48496) Minnesota Twins 16
Andre Thornton .484 (.48387) Cleveland Indians 17
Brian Downing .482 (.48154) California Angels 18
Larry Herndon .480 (.48046) Detroit Tigers 19
Richie Zisk .477 (.47714) Seattle Mariners 20
Al Cowens .475 (.47500) Seattle Mariners 21
Cal Ripken, Jr. .475 (.47492) Baltimore Orioles 22
Tom Brunansky .471 (.47084) Minnesota Twins 23
Frank White .469 (.46947) Kansas City Royals 24
Harold Baines .469 (.46875) Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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.

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.