Slugging Average : 1917 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1917 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .484 (.48375) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Gavvy Cravath .473 (.47316) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Edd Roush .454 (.45402) Cincinnati Reds 3
George Burns .412 (.41206) New York Giants 4
Heinie Groh .411 (.41068) Cincinnati Reds 5
Walton Cruise .399 (.39887) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Jack Smith .398 (.39827) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Hal Chase .394 (.39369) Cincinnati Reds 8
Red Smith .392 (.39208) Boston Braves 9
Heinie Zimmerman .391 (.39145) New York Giants 10
Dave Robertson .391 (.39098) New York Giants 11
Benny Kauff .388 (.38819) New York Giants 12
Ed Konetchy .380 (.37975) Boston Braves 13
Max Carey .378 (.37755) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Casey Stengel .375 (.37523) Brooklyn Robins 15
Possum Whitted .373 (.37251) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Fred Merkle .368 (.36804) Brooklyn Robins 17
Chicago Cubs  
Les Mann .367 (.36712) Chicago Cubs 18
Dode Paskert .363 (.36264) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Doug Baird .357 (.35671) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
St. Louis Cardinals  
Rabbit Maranville .357 (.35651) Boston Braves 21
Larry Doyle .353 (.35294) Chicago Cubs 22
Fred Luderus .351 (.35057) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Milt Stock .349 (.34929) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Hy Myers .348 (.34820) Brooklyn Robins 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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).