Slugging Average : 1915 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)
 

1915 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gavvy Cravath .510 (.50958) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Fred Luderus .457 (.45691) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Tom Long .446 (.44576) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Vic Saier .445 (.44467) Chicago Cubs 4
Larry Doyle .442 (.44162) New York Giants 5
Bill Hinchman .438 (.43847) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Tommy Griffith .436 (.43568) Cincinnati Reds 7
Honus Wagner .422 (.42226) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Cy Williams .398 (.39768) Chicago Cubs 9
Sherry Magee .392 (.39229) Boston Braves 10
Heinie Groh .390 (.39012) Cincinnati Reds 11
Frank Snyder .387 (.38689) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Fred Merkle .384 (.38416) New York Giants 13
Jake Daubert .381 (.38051) Brooklyn Robins 14
Heinie Zimmerman .379 (.37885) Chicago Cubs 15
Dave Robertson .379 (.37868) New York Giants 16
George Burns .375 (.37460) New York Giants 17
Wildfire Schulte .373 (.37273) Chicago Cubs 18
Doc Johnston .372 (.37201) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bob Fisher .370 (.36972) Chicago Cubs 20
Red Killefer .362 (.36216) Cincinnati Reds 21
Zack Wheat .360 (.35985) Brooklyn Robins 22
Casey Stengel .353 (.35294) Brooklyn Robins 23
Red Smith .352 (.35155) Boston Braves 24
Butch Schmidt .352 (.35153) Boston Braves 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.

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.

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?