Slugging Average : 1878 National League Top 25

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1878 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Paul Hines .486 (.48638) Providence Grays 1
Tom York .465 (.46468) Providence Grays 2
Orator Shafer .455 (.45489) Indianapolis Browns 3
Lew Brown .453 (.45267) Providence Grays 4
Charley Jones .441 (.44061) Cincinnati Reds 5
Joe Start .439 (.43860) Chicago White Stockings 6
Abner Dalrymple .421 (.42066) Milwaukee Cream Citys 7
Dick Higham .416 (.41637) Providence Grays 8
Jim O'Rourke .412 (.41176) Boston Red Caps 9
Bob Ferguson .405 (.40541) Chicago White Stockings 10
Cap Anson .402 (.40230) Chicago White Stockings 11
Cal McVey .395 (.39483) Cincinnati Reds 12
Terry Larkin .363 (.36283) Chicago White Stockings 13
Jack Burdock .358 (.35772) Boston Red Caps 14
John Clapp .357 (.35741) Indianapolis Browns 15
Will Foley .349 (.34934) Milwaukee Cream Citys 16
Bill Harbridge .346 (.34583) Chicago White Stockings 17
John Peters .341 (.34146) Milwaukee Cream Citys 18
Joe Gerhardt .340 (.33977) Cincinnati Reds 19
Frank Hankinson .338 (.33750) Chicago White Stockings 20
Deacon White .337 (.33721) Cincinnati Reds 21
Andy Leonard .328 (.32824) Boston Red Caps 22
King Kelly .321 (.32068) Cincinnati Reds 23
Charlie Bennett .310 (.30978) Milwaukee Cream Citys 24
Jack Remsen .304 (.30357) Chicago White Stockings 25



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.

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.

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.
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