Slugging Average : 2002 American League Top 25

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2002 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Thome .677 (.67708) Cleveland Indians 1
Manny Ramirez .647 (.64679) Boston Red Sox 2
Alex Rodriguez .623 (.62340) Texas Rangers 3
Jason Giambi .598 (.59821) New York Yankees 4
Magglio Ordonez .597 (.59661) Chicago White Sox 5
Rafael Palmeiro .571 (.57143) Texas Rangers 6
Mike Sweeney .563 (.56263) Kansas City Royals 7
Carlos Delgado .549 (.54851) Toronto Blue Jays 8
Alfonso Soriano .547 (.54741) New York Yankees 9
Ellis Burks .541 (.54054) Cleveland Indians 10
Garret Anderson .539 (.53918) Anaheim Angels 11
Raul Ibanez .537 (.53722) Kansas City Royals 12
Nomar Garciaparra .528 (.52756) Boston Red Sox 13
Torii Hunter .524 (.52406) Minnesota Twins 14
Eric Chavez .513 (.51282) Oakland Athletics 15
Jacque Jones .511 (.51127) Minnesota Twins 16
Miguel Tejada .508 (.50755) Oakland Athletics 17
Tim Salmon .503 (.50311) Anaheim Angels 18
Carlos Beltran .501 (.50078) Kansas City Royals 19
Paul Konerko .498 (.49825) Chicago White Sox 20
Bernie Williams .493 (.49346) New York Yankees 21
John Olerud .490 (.49005) Seattle Mariners 22
Carlos Lee .484 (.48374) Chicago White Sox 23
Jay Gibbons .482 (.48163) Baltimore Orioles 24
Eric Hinske .481 (.48057) Toronto Blue Jays 25



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).

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.