Slugging Average : 1920 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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1920 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .559 (.55857) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Cy Williams .497 (.49661) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Ross Youngs .477 (.47676) New York Giants 3
Irish Meusel .473 (.47297) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Zack Wheat .463 (.46312) Brooklyn Robins 5
Hy Myers .462 (.46220) Brooklyn Robins 6
Dave Robertson .462 (.46200) Chicago Cubs 7
Edd Roush .453 (.45250) Cincinnati Reds 8
Jack Fournier .438 (.43774) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Casey Stengel .436 (.43596) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Ed Konetchy .431 (.43058) Brooklyn Robins 11
Jake Daubert .423 (.42315) Cincinnati Reds 12
Austin McHenry .423 (.42262) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Max Flack .406 (.40577) Chicago Cubs 14
George Burns .399 (.39937) New York Giants 15
George Kelly .397 (.39661) New York Giants 16
Art Fletcher .396 (.39636) New York Giants 17
Philadelphia Phillies  
Dode Paskert .396 (.39630) Chicago Cubs 18
Heinie Groh .393 (.39273) Cincinnati Reds 19
Carson Bigbee .391 (.39091) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Dave Bancroft .387 (.38662) Philadelphia Phillies 21
New York Giants  
Milt Stock .382 (.38185) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Walter Holke .378 (.37750) Boston Braves 23
Frankie Frisch .375 (.37500) New York Giants 24
Doc Lavan .374 (.37403) St. Louis Cardinals 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.

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.

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).