Slugging Average : 1983 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1983 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Brett .563 (.56250) Kansas City Royals 1
Jim Rice .550 (.54952) Boston Red Sox 2
Eddie Murray .538 (.53780) Baltimore Orioles 3
Carlton Fisk .518 (.51844) Chicago White Sox 4
Cal Ripken, Jr. .517 (.51735) Baltimore Orioles 5
Willie Upshaw .515 (.51468) Toronto Blue Jays 6
Dave Winfield .513 (.51338) New York Yankees 7
Cecil Cooper .508 (.50832) Milwaukee Brewers 8
Ron Kittle .504 (.50385) Chicago White Sox 9
Robin Yount .503 (.50346) Milwaukee Brewers 10
Greg Luzinski .502 (.50199) Chicago White Sox 11
Lloyd Moseby .499 (.49907) Toronto Blue Jays 12
Don Baylor .494 (.49438) New York Yankees 13
Kent Hrbek .489 (.48932) Minnesota Twins 14
Wade Boggs .486 (.48625) Boston Red Sox 15
Fred Lynn .483 (.48284) California Angels 16
Lance Parrish .483 (.48264) Detroit Tigers 17
Larry Herndon .478 (.47761) Detroit Tigers 18
Larry Parrish .474 (.47387) Texas Rangers 19
Alan Trammell .471 (.47129) Detroit Tigers 20
Chet Lemon .464 (.46436) Detroit Tigers 21
Hal McRae .462 (.46180) Kansas City Royals 22
Lou Whitaker .457 (.45723) Detroit Tigers 23
Tony Armas .453 (.45296) Boston Red Sox 24
Roy Smalley .452 (.45233) New York Yankees 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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