Top 25 Slugging Average in 1882 in the National League

Slugging Average : 1882 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)

1882 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Dan Brouthers .547 (.54701) Buffalo Bisons 1

Roger Connor .530 (.53009) Troy Trojans 2

Jim Whitney .510 (.50996) Boston Red Caps 3

Cap Anson .500 (.50000) Chicago White Stockings 4

Paul Hines .467 (.46702) Providence Grays 5

Charlie Bennett .450 (.45029) Detroit Wolverines 6

Jack Glasscock .450 (.44972) Cleveland Blues 7

King Kelly .432 (.43236) Chicago White Stockings 8

John Morrill .424 (.42407) Boston Red Caps 9

George Gore .422 (.42234) Chicago White Stockings 10

Harry Stovey .422 (.42222) Worcester Ruby Legs 11

George Wood .421 (.42133) Detroit Wolverines 12

Lee Richmond .421 (.42105) Worcester Ruby Legs 13

Abner Dalrymple .421 (.42065) Chicago White Stockings 14

Ned Williamson .408 (.40805) Chicago White Stockings 15

Joe Start .407 (.40730) Providence Grays 16

Buck Ewing .405 (.40549) Troy Trojans 17

Joe Hornung .402 (.40206) Boston Red Caps 18

Curry Foley .402 (.40176) Buffalo Bisons 19

Jackie Hayes .399 (.39877) Worcester Ruby Legs 20

Tom York .393 (.39252) Providence Grays 21

Hardy Richardson .390 (.38983) Buffalo Bisons 22

Silver Flint .390 (.38973) Chicago White Stockings 23

Bill Phillips .388 (.38806) Cleveland Blues 24

Mike Muldoon .378 (.37830) Cleveland Blues 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.

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 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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