Slugging Average : 1914 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1914 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sherry Magee .509 (.50919) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Gavvy Cravath .499 (.49900) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Zack Wheat .452 (.45216) Brooklyn Robins 3
Beals Becker .446 (.44553) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Jake Daubert .432 (.43249) Brooklyn Robins 5
Casey Stengel .425 (.42476) Brooklyn Robins 6
Heinie Zimmerman .424 (.42376) Chicago Cubs 7
George Burns .417 (.41711) New York Giants 8
Vic Saier .415 (.41527) Chicago Cubs 9
Red Smith .395 (.39479) Brooklyn Robins 10
Boston Braves  
Chief Wilson .393 (.39310) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Dots Miller .393 (.39267) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Jack Dalton .391 (.39140) Brooklyn Robins 13
Fred Luderus .388 (.38826) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Art Fletcher .379 (.37938) New York Giants 15
Fred Merkle .375 (.37500) New York Giants 16
Tommy Leach .373 (.37262) Chicago Cubs 17
Dode Paskert .366 (.36585) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Bob Bescher .365 (.36523) New York Giants 19
Heinie Groh .358 (.35824) Cincinnati Reds 20
Butch Schmidt .356 (.35568) Boston Braves 21
Lee Magee .354 (.35350) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Larry Doyle .353 (.35250) New York Giants 23
Wildfire Schulte .351 (.35054) Chicago Cubs 24
Hans Lobert .349 (.34851) Philadelphia Phillies 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.