2000 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Manny Ramirez	.697 (.69704)	Cleveland Indians	1
Carlos Delgado	.664 (.66432)	Toronto Blue Jays	2
Jason Giambi	.647 (.64706)	Oakland Athletics	3
Frank Thomas	.625 (.62543)	Chicago White Sox	4
Alex Rodriguez	.607 (.60650)	Seattle Mariners	5
Troy Glaus	.604 (.60391)	Anaheim Angels	6
Nomar Garciaparra	.599 (.59924)	Boston Red Sox	7
Carl Everett	.587 (.58669)	Boston Red Sox	8
David Justice	.584 (.58397)	Cleveland Indians	9
		New York Yankees
Edgar Martinez	.579 (.57914)	Seattle Mariners	10
Bernie Williams	.566 (.56611)	New York Yankees	11
Jermaine Dye	.561 (.56073)	Kansas City Royals	12
Brad Fullmer	.558 (.55809)	Toronto Blue Jays	13
Rafael Palmeiro	.558 (.55752)	Texas Rangers	14
Magglio Ordonez	.546 (.54592)	Chicago White Sox	15
Darin Erstad	.541 (.54142)	Anaheim Angels	16
Tim Salmon	.540 (.54049)	Anaheim Angels	17
Bobby Higginson	.538 (.53769)	Detroit Tigers	18
Jim Thome	.531 (.53142)	Cleveland Indians	19
Jorge Posada	.527 (.52673)	New York Yankees	20
Mike Sweeney	.523 (.52265)	Kansas City Royals	21
Tony Batista	.519 (.51935)	Toronto Blue Jays	22
Garret Anderson	.519 (.51932)	Anaheim Angels	23
Shannon Stewart	.518 (.51801)	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Travis Fryman	.516 (.51568)	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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 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? 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.