Top 25 Slugging Average in 2006 in the American League

Slugging Average : 2006 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)

2006 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Travis Hafner .659 (.65859) Cleveland Indians 1

David Ortiz .636 (.63620) Boston Red Sox 2

Jermaine Dye .622 (.62152) Chicago White Sox 3

Manny Ramirez .619 (.61915) Boston Red Sox 4

Jim Thome .598 (.59796) Chicago White Sox 5

Justin Morneau .559 (.55912) Minnesota Twins 6

Jason Giambi .558 (.55830) New York Yankees 7

Vladimir Guerrero .552 (.55189) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8

Paul Konerko .551 (.55124) Chicago White Sox 9

Frank Thomas .545 (.54506) Oakland Athletics 10

Vernon Wells .542 (.54173) Toronto Blue Jays 11

Grady Sizemore .533 (.53282) Cleveland Indians 12

Robinson Cano .525 (.52490) New York Yankees 13

Alex Rodriguez .523 (.52273) New York Yankees 14

Carlos Guillen .519 (.51934) Detroit Tigers 15

Raul Ibanez .516 (.51597) Seattle Mariners 16

Alex Rios .516 (.51556) Toronto Blue Jays 17

Mark Teixeira .514 (.51433) Texas Rangers 18

Troy Glaus .513 (.51296) Toronto Blue Jays 19

Lyle Overbay .508 (.50775) Toronto Blue Jays 20

Joe Mauer .507 (.50672) Minnesota Twins 21

Joe Crede .506 (.50551) Chicago White Sox 22

Mike Cuddyer .504 (.50449) Minnesota Twins 23

Richie Sexson .504 (.50423) Seattle Mariners 24

Miguel Tejada .498 (.49846) Baltimore Orioles 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 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).

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