Slugging Average : 1918 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:

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1918 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Edd Roush .455 (.45517) Cincinnati Reds 1
Jake Daubert .429 (.42929) Brooklyn Robins 2
Rogers Hornsby .416 (.41587) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Sherry Magee .415 (.41500) Cincinnati Reds 4
Al Wickland .398 (.39759) Boston Braves 5
Charlie Hollocher .397 (.39686) Chicago Cubs 6
Heinie Groh .396 (.39554) Cincinnati Reds 7
George Cutshaw .395 (.39525) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Lee Magee .394 (.39434) Cincinnati Reds 9
George Burns .389 (.38925) New York Giants 10
Fred Merkle .388 (.38797) Chicago Cubs 11
Zack Wheat .386 (.38631) Brooklyn Robins 12
Les Mann .384 (.38446) Chicago Cubs 13
Irish Meusel .383 (.38266) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Fred Luderus .378 (.37821) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Gavvy Cravath .376 (.37559) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Ross Youngs .376 (.37553) New York Giants 17
Cy Williams .373 (.37322) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Red Smith .373 (.37296) Boston Braves 19
Dode Paskert .371 (.37093) Chicago Cubs 20
Greasy Neale .367 (.36658) Cincinnati Reds 21
Heinie Zimmerman .363 (.36285) New York Giants 22
Max Flack .360 (.35983) Chicago Cubs 23
Max Carey .348 (.34829) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Jimmy Johnston .347 (.34711) Brooklyn Robins 25



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).

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.

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.