Slugging Average : 2007 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

2007 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Alex Rodriguez .645 (.64494) New York Yankees 1
Carlos Pena .627 (.62653) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2
David Ortiz .621 (.62113) Boston Red Sox 3
Magglio Ordonez .595 (.59496) Detroit Tigers 4
Jim Thome .563 (.56250) Chicago White Sox 5
Curtis Granderson .552 (.55229) Detroit Tigers 6
Vladimir Guerrero .547 (.54704) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7
Jorge Posada .543 (.54348) New York Yankees 8
B.J. Upton .508 (.50844) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9
Victor Martinez .505 (.50534) Cleveland Indians 10
Torii Hunter .505 (.50500) Minnesota Twins 11
Jack Cust .504 (.50380) Oakland Athletics 12
Carlos Guillen .502 (.50177) Detroit Tigers 13
Mike Lowell .501 (.50085) Boston Red Sox 14
Alex Rios .498 (.49767) Toronto Blue Jays 15
Manny Ramirez .493 (.49275) Boston Red Sox 16
Justin Morneau .492 (.49153) Minnesota Twins 17
Paul Konerko .490 (.48998) Chicago White Sox 18
Hideki Matsui .488 (.48812) New York Yankees 19
Robinson Cano .488 (.48784) New York Yankees 20
Jermaine Dye .486 (.48622) Chicago White Sox 21
Nick Markakis .485 (.48509) Baltimore Orioles 22
Ryan Garko .483 (.48347) Cleveland Indians 23
Adrian Beltre .482 (.48235) Seattle Mariners 24
Frank Thomas .480 (.48023) Toronto Blue Jays 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.

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?

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).