Slugging Average : 1876 National 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1876 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ross Barnes .590 (.59006) Chicago White Stockings 1
George Hall .545 (.54478) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Lip Pike .472 (.47163) St. Louis Brown Stockings 3
Cap Anson .450 (.44984) Chicago White Stockings 4
Levi Meyerle .449 (.44922) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Paul Hines .439 (.43934) Chicago White Stockings 6
Charley Jones .420 (.42029) Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Jim O'Rourke .420 (.41987) Boston Red Caps 8
Ezra Sutton .419 (.41949) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Deacon White .419 (.41914) Chicago White Stockings 10
John Peters .418 (.41772) Chicago White Stockings 11
Dick Higham .407 (.40705) Hartford Dark Blues 12
Cal McVey .406 (.40584) Chicago White Stockings 13
George Wright .397 (.39701) Boston Red Caps 14
Jimmy Hallinan .383 (.38333) New York Mutuals 15
Al Spalding .373 (.37329) Chicago White Stockings 16
Jim Devlin .369 (.36913) Louisville Grays 17
Tom York .369 (.36882) Hartford Dark Blues 18
Joe Battin .367 (.36749) St. Louis Brown Stockings 19
Wes Fisler .360 (.35971) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Chick Fulmer .356 (.35581) Louisville Grays 21
Jack Remsen .352 (.35185) Hartford Dark Blues 22
John Glenn .351 (.35145) Chicago White Stockings 23
Joe Gerhardt .336 (.33562) Louisville Grays 24
Tim Murnane .334 (.33442) Boston Red Caps 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.

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.

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.