Slugging Average : 1879 National 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)
 

1879 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

John O'Rourke .521 (.52050) Boston Red Caps 1
Charley Jones .510 (.50986) Boston Red Caps 2
King Kelly .493 (.49275) Cincinnati Reds 3
Paul Hines .482 (.48166) Providence Grays 4
Jim O'Rourke .459 (.45856) Providence Grays 5
Ned Williamson .447 (.44688) Chicago White Stockings 6
Buttercup Dickerson .440 (.44000) Cincinnati Reds 7
Charlie Eden .425 (.42493) Cleveland Blues 8
Deacon White .423 (.42342) Cincinnati Reds 9
Tom York .421 (.42105) Providence Grays 10
Cap Anson .414 (.41410) Chicago White Stockings 11
Joe Start .404 (.40379) Providence Grays 12
Sadie Houck .402 (.40169) Boston Red Caps 13
Silver Flint .398 (.39815) Chicago White Stockings 14
Hardy Richardson .396 (.39583) Buffalo Bisons 15
Pete Hotaling .390 (.39024) Cincinnati Reds 16
Cal McVey .381 (.38136) Cincinnati Reds 17
Oscar Walker .380 (.37979) Buffalo Bisons 18
Ed Cogswell .377 (.37712) Boston Red Caps 19
George Wright .374 (.37371) Providence Grays 20
Abner Dalrymple .372 (.37237) Chicago White Stockings 21
Lew Brown .372 (.37200) Providence Grays 22
Chicago White Stockings  
Doc Kennedy .368 (.36788) Cleveland Blues 23
Joe Hornung .367 (.36677) Buffalo Bisons 24
John Morrill .362 (.36207) Boston Red Caps 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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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