Slugging Average : 1924 National League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1924 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .696 (.69590) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Cy Williams .552 (.55197) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Zack Wheat .549 (.54947) Brooklyn Robins 3
Kiki Cuyler .539 (.53863) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Jack Fournier .536 (.53641) Brooklyn Robins 5
George Kelly .531 (.53065) New York Giants 6
Ross Youngs .521 (.52091) New York Giants 7
Edd Roush .501 (.50104) Cincinnati Reds 8
Jim Bottomley .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Ray Blades .487 (.48684) St. Louis Cardinals 10
George Harper .474 (.47423) Cincinnati Reds 11
Philadelphia Phillies  
Frankie Frisch .468 (.46766) New York Giants 12
George Grantham .458 (.45842) Chicago Cubs 13
Andy High .448 (.44845) Brooklyn Robins 14
Curt Walker .436 (.43590) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Cincinnati Reds  
Travis Jackson .428 (.42785) New York Giants 16
Glenn Wright .425 (.42532) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Eddie Brown .424 (.42418) Brooklyn Robins 18
Irish Meusel .423 (.42259) New York Giants 19
Max Carey .417 (.41736) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Pie Traynor .417 (.41651) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Rabbit Maranville .399 (.39899) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Walter Holke .394 (.39432) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Charlie Grimm .389 (.38930) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Casey Stengel .382 (.38178) Boston Braves 25



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.

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.