Top 25 Slugging Average in 1998 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1998 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1998 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Albert Belle .655 (.65517) Chicago White Sox 1

Juan Gonzalez .630 (.63036) Texas Rangers 2

Ken Griffey, Jr. .611 (.61137) Seattle Mariners 3

Manny Ramirez .599 (.59895) Cleveland Indians 4

Carlos Delgado .592 (.59245) Toronto Blue Jays 5

Mo Vaughn .591 (.59113) Boston Red Sox 6

Nomar Garciaparra .584 (.58444) Boston Red Sox 7

Jim Thome .584 (.58409) Cleveland Indians 8

Eric Davis .582 (.58186) Baltimore Orioles 9

Bernie Williams .575 (.57515) New York Yankees 10

Rafael Palmeiro .565 (.56543) Baltimore Orioles 11

Edgar Martinez .565 (.56475) Seattle Mariners 12

Alex Rodriguez .560 (.55977) Seattle Mariners 13

Tim Salmon .533 (.53348) Anaheim Angels 14

Tony Clark .522 (.52159) Detroit Tigers 15

Jose Canseco .518 (.51801) Toronto Blue Jays 16

Ivan Rodriguez .513 (.51295) Texas Rangers 17

Matt Stairs .511 (.51052) Oakland Athletics 18

Dean Palmer .510 (.51049) Kansas City Royals 19

Paul O'Neill .510 (.50997) New York Yankees 20

Shawn Green .510 (.50952) Toronto Blue Jays 21

Will Clark .507 (.50722) Texas Rangers 22

Jim Edmonds .506 (.50584) Anaheim Angels 23

Tino Martinez .505 (.50471) New York Yankees 24

Travis Fryman .504 (.50449) Cleveland Indians 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).

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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