Slugging Average : 1984 American League Top 25

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1984 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harold Baines .541 (.54130) Chicago White Sox 1
Don Mattingly .537 (.53731) New York Yankees 2
Dwight Evans .532 (.53175) Boston Red Sox 3
Tony Armas .531 (.53052) Boston Red Sox 4
Kent Hrbek .522 (.52236) Minnesota Twins 5
Kirk Gibson .516 (.51601) Detroit Tigers 6
Mike Easler .516 (.51581) Boston Red Sox 7
Dave Winfield .515 (.51499) New York Yankees 8
Cal Ripken, Jr. .510 (.51014) Baltimore Orioles 9
Eddie Murray .508 (.50850) Baltimore Orioles 10
Dave Kingman .505 (.50455) Oakland Athletics 11
George Bell .498 (.49835) Toronto Blue Jays 12
Alvin Davis .497 (.49735) Seattle Mariners 13
Chet Lemon .495 (.49509) Detroit Tigers 14
Don Baylor .489 (.48884) New York Yankees 15
Andre Thornton .484 (.48382) Cleveland Indians 16
Fred Lynn .474 (.47389) California Angels 17
Dwayne Murphy .472 (.47227) Oakland Athletics 18
Lloyd Moseby .470 (.46959) Toronto Blue Jays 19
Alan Trammell .468 (.46847) Detroit Tigers 20
Jim Rice .467 (.46728) Boston Red Sox 21
Larry Parrish .465 (.46493) Texas Rangers 22
Willie Upshaw .464 (.46397) Toronto Blue Jays 23
Brian Downing .462 (.46197) California Angels 24
Tom Brunansky .460 (.46032) Minnesota Twins 25



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.

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.