Slugging Average : 1897 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1897 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Nap Lajoie .569 (.56881) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Willie Keeler .539 (.53901) Baltimore Orioles 2
Ed Delahanty .538 (.53774) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Fred Clarke .533 (.53282) Louisville Colonels 4
George Davis .509 (.50867) New York Giants 5
Bobby Wallace .504 (.50388) Cleveland Spiders 6
Chick Stahl .499 (.49893) Boston Beaneaters 7
Joe Kelley .489 (.48911) Baltimore Orioles 8
Jake Beckley .485 (.48499) New York Giants 9
Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Collins .482 (.48204) Boston Beaneaters 10
Hugh Duffy .482 (.48182) Boston Beaneaters 11
Jake Stenzel .481 (.48134) Baltimore Orioles 12
Bill Lange .480 (.48017) Chicago Colts 13
Jesse Burkett .476 (.47582) Cleveland Spiders 14
Harry Davis .473 (.47319) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Hughie Jennings .469 (.46925) Baltimore Orioles 16
Elmer Smith .463 (.46253) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Kip Selbach .461 (.46091) Washington Senators 18
Jimmy Ryan .458 (.45769) Chicago Colts 19
Tommy Tucker .456 (.45628) Boston Beaneaters 20
Washington Senators  
John Anderson .455 (.45528) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 21
Mike Tiernan .451 (.45076) New York Giants 22
Jack Doyle .448 (.44783) Baltimore Orioles 23
Candy LaChance .446 (.44615) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 24
Herman Long .444 (.44444) Boston Beaneaters 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.
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