Top 25 Slugging Average in 1986 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1986 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1986 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Don Mattingly .573 (.57312) New York Yankees 1

Jesse Barfield .559 (.55857) Toronto Blue Jays 2

Kirby Puckett .537 (.53676) Minnesota Twins 3

George Bell .532 (.53198) Toronto Blue Jays 4

Gary Gaetti .518 (.51846) Minnesota Twins 5

Joe Carter .514 (.51433) Cleveland Indians 6

Larry Parrish .509 (.50862) Texas Rangers 7

Rob Deer .494 (.49356) Milwaukee Brewers 8

Kirk Gibson .492 (.49206) Detroit Tigers 9

Jim Rice .490 (.49029) Boston Red Sox 10

Danny Tartabull .489 (.48924) Seattle Mariners 11

Wade Boggs .486 (.48621) Boston Red Sox 12

George Brett .481 (.48073) Kansas City Royals 13

Kent Hrbek .478 (.47818) Minnesota Twins 14

Dwight Evans .476 (.47637) Boston Red Sox 15

Rickey Henderson .469 (.46875) New York Yankees 16

Alan Trammell .469 (.46864) Detroit Tigers 17

Pete O'Brien .468 (.46824) Texas Rangers 18

Harold Baines .465 (.46491) Chicago White Sox 19

Frank White .465 (.46466) Kansas City Royals 20

Mike Pagliarulo .464 (.46429) New York Yankees 21

Pete Incaviglia .463 (.46296) Texas Rangers 22

Jim Presley .463 (.46266) Seattle Mariners 23

Eddie Murray .463 (.46263) Baltimore Orioles 24

Dave Winfield .462 (.46195) New York Yankees 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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.

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.

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?

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