Slugging Average : 1993 American League Top 25

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"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1993 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Juan Gonzalez .632 (.63246) Texas Rangers 1
Ken Griffey, Jr. .617 (.61684) Seattle Mariners 2
Frank Thomas .607 (.60656) Chicago White Sox 3
John Olerud .599 (.59891) Toronto Blue Jays 4
Chris Hoiles .585 (.58473) Baltimore Orioles 5
Rafael Palmeiro .554 (.55444) Texas Rangers 6
Albert Belle .552 (.55219) Cleveland Indians 7
Tim Salmon .536 (.53592) California Angels 8
Mo Vaughn .525 (.52505) Boston Red Sox 9
Paul Molitor .509 (.50943) Toronto Blue Jays 10
Paul O'Neill .504 (.50402) New York Yankees 11
Danny Tartabull .503 (.50292) New York Yankees 12
Dean Palmer .503 (.50289) Texas Rangers 13
Roberto Alomar .492 (.49236) Toronto Blue Jays 14
Mickey Tettleton .492 (.49234) Detroit Tigers 15
Joe Carter .489 (.48922) Toronto Blue Jays 16
Travis Fryman .486 (.48600) Detroit Tigers 17
Carlos Baerga .486 (.48558) Cleveland Indians 18
Greg Vaughn .482 (.48155) Milwaukee Brewers 19
Mike Greenwell .480 (.47963) Boston Red Sox 20
Jay Buhner .476 (.47602) Seattle Mariners 21
Kirby Puckett .474 (.47428) Minnesota Twins 22
Rickey Henderson .474 (.47401) Oakland Athletics 23
Toronto Blue Jays  
Wally Joyner .467 (.46680) Kansas City Royals 24
Cecil Fielder .464 (.46422) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.

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