Slugging Average : 1923 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
 

1923 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .627 (.62736) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Jack Fournier .588 (.58835) Brooklyn Robins 2
Cy Williams .576 (.57570) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Jim Bottomley .535 (.53537) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Edd Roush .531 (.53131) Cincinnati Reds 5
Pie Traynor .489 (.48864) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Frankie Frisch .485 (.48518) New York Giants 7
Hack Miller .482 (.48247) Chicago Cubs 8
Charlie Grimm .480 (.47957) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Irish Meusel .477 (.47731) New York Giants 10
Bernie Friberg .473 (.47349) Chicago Cubs 11
Bob O'Farrell .471 (.47124) Chicago Cubs 12
Max Carey .452 (.45246) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
George Kelly .452 (.45179) New York Giants 14
Billy Southworth .448 (.44845) Boston Braves 15
Cotton Tierney .447 (.44667) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Philadelphia Phillies  
Ross Youngs .446 (.44631) New York Giants 17
Jigger Statz .440 (.43969) Chicago Cubs 18
Pat Duncan .438 (.43816) Cincinnati Reds 19
Jimmy Johnston .426 (.42560) Brooklyn Robins 20
Tommy Griffith .424 (.42412) Brooklyn Robins 21
Walter Holke .418 (.41815) Philadelphia Phillies 22
George Grantham .414 (.41404) Chicago Cubs 23
Tony Boeckel .405 (.40493) Boston Braves 24
Dave Bancroft .399 (.39865) New York Giants 25



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