Top 25 Slugging Average in 1985 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1985 American League Top 25

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1985 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

George Brett .585 (.58545) Kansas City Royals 1

Don Mattingly .567 (.56748) New York Yankees 2

Jesse Barfield .536 (.53618) Toronto Blue Jays 3

Eddie Murray .523 (.52316) Baltimore Orioles 4

Darrell Evans .519 (.51881) Detroit Tigers 5

Kirk Gibson .518 (.51807) Detroit Tigers 6

Rickey Henderson .516 (.51554) New York Yankees 7

Mike Young .513 (.51333) Baltimore Orioles 8

Phil Bradley .498 (.49766) Seattle Mariners 9

Carlton Fisk .488 (.48803) Chicago White Sox 10

Jim Rice .487 (.48718) Boston Red Sox 11

Reggie Jackson .487 (.48696) California Angels 12

Mike Davis .484 (.48446) Oakland Athletics 13

Jim Presley .484 (.48421) Seattle Mariners 14

Rich Gedman .484 (.48394) Boston Red Sox 15

George Bell .479 (.47941) Toronto Blue Jays 16

Lance Parrish .479 (.47905) Detroit Tigers 17

Wade Boggs .478 (.47779) Boston Red Sox 18

Steve Balboni .477 (.47667) Kansas City Royals 19

Dave Winfield .471 (.47077) New York Yankees 20

Cal Ripken, Jr. .469 (.46885) Baltimore Orioles 21

Harold Baines .467 (.46719) Chicago White Sox 22

Lou Whitaker .456 (.45649) Detroit Tigers 23

Cecil Cooper .456 (.45642) Milwaukee Brewers 24

Greg Walker .454 (.45424) Chicago White Sox 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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).

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.

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