Slugging Average : 1921 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)
 

1921 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .639 (.63851) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Austin McHenry .531 (.53136) St. Louis Cardinals 2
George Kelly .528 (.52811) New York Giants 3
Irish Meusel .515 (.51536) Philadelphia Phillies 4
New York Giants  
Jack Fournier .505 (.50523) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Cy Williams .488 (.48754) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Frankie Frisch .485 (.48544) New York Giants 7
Zack Wheat .484 (.48415) Brooklyn Robins 8
Tommy Griffith .464 (.46374) Brooklyn Robins 9
Ray Powell .462 (.46154) Boston Braves 10
Jimmy Johnston .460 (.45994) Brooklyn Robins 11
Ed Konetchy .458 (.45806) Brooklyn Robins 12
Philadelphia Phillies  
Ross Youngs .456 (.45635) New York Giants 13
Ray Grimes .449 (.44906) Chicago Cubs 14
Billy Southworth .441 (.44112) Boston Braves 15
Tony Boeckel .441 (.44088) Boston Braves 16
Dave Bancroft .441 (.44059) New York Giants 17
Max Carey .430 (.42994) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Carson Bigbee .427 (.42722) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Charlie Grimm .409 (.40925) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Pat Duncan .408 (.40789) Cincinnati Reds 21
Cotton Tierney .405 (.40498) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Max Flack .400 (.40035) Chicago Cubs 23
Jake Daubert .399 (.39922) Cincinnati Reds 24
Sam Bohne .398 (.39804) Cincinnati Reds 25



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.

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.