Slugging Average : 1904 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)
 

1904 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .520 (.52041) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Cy Seymour .439 (.43879) Cincinnati Reds 2
Frank Chance .430 (.43016) Chicago Cubs 3
Harry Lumley .428 (.42808) Brooklyn Superbas 4
Dave Brain .408 (.40779) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Jake Beckley .403 (.40290) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Sam Mertes .393 (.39286) New York Giants 7
Moose McCormick .392 (.39229) New York Giants 8
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Delahanty .389 (.38878) Boston Beaneaters 9
John Titus .387 (.38690) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Dan McGann .387 (.38685) New York Giants 11
Joe Kelley .385 (.38530) Cincinnati Reds 12
Cozy Dolan .383 (.38280) Cincinnati Reds 13
Fred Odwell .380 (.38034) Cincinnati Reds 14
Ginger Beaumont .374 (.37398) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Duff Cooley .373 (.37259) Boston Beaneaters 16
Homer Smoot .365 (.36538) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Art Devlin .354 (.35443) New York Giants 18
Claude Ritchey .347 (.34743) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
George Browne .347 (.34732) New York Giants 20
Roy Thomas .345 (.34476) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Fred Tenney .341 (.34146) Boston Beaneaters 22
Ed Abbaticchio .337 (.33679) Boston Beaneaters 23
Bill Dahlen .337 (.33652) New York Giants 24
Tommy Leach .335 (.33506) Pittsburgh Pirates 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?