Slugging Average : 1900 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:

"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)
 

1900 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .573 (.57306) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Elmer Flick .545 (.54495) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Nap Lajoie .510 (.50998) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Joe Kelley .485 (.48458) Brooklyn Superbas 4
Charlie Hickman .482 (.48203) New York Giants 5
Jesse Burkett .474 (.47406) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Kip Selbach .461 (.46080) New York Giants 7
Buck Freeman .452 (.45215) Boston Beaneaters 8
Willie Keeler .449 (.44938) Brooklyn Superbas 9
Jake Beckley .434 (.43369) Cincinnati Reds 10
Ed Delahanty .430 (.43043) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Sam Crawford .429 (.42931) Cincinnati Reds 12
Chick Stahl .421 (.42134) Boston Beaneaters 13
Danny Green .416 (.41645) Chicago Orphans 14
John McGraw .416 (.41617) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Tom Daly .414 (.41399) Brooklyn Superbas 16
Sam Mertes .407 (.40748) Chicago Orphans 17
George Davis .406 (.40610) New York Giants 18
Tom O'Brien .404 (.40426) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bill Bradley .399 (.39865) Chicago Orphans 20
Bill Keister .398 (.39839) St. Louis Cardinals 21
George Van Haltren .398 (.39755) New York Giants 22
Billy Hamilton .396 (.39615) Boston Beaneaters 23
Fred Clarke .396 (.39599) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Jimmy Collins .394 (.39420) Boston Beaneaters 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?