Slugging Average : 1927 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1927 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .586 (.58627) New York Giants 1
Hack Wilson .579 (.57895) Chicago Cubs 2
Paul Waner .549 (.54896) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Bill Terry .529 (.52931) New York Giants 4
Jim Bottomley .509 (.50871) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Cy Williams .502 (.50203) Philadelphia Phillies 6
George Harper .495 (.49482) New York Giants 7
Riggs Stephenson .491 (.49050) Chicago Cubs 8
Travis Jackson .486 (.48614) New York Giants 9
Joe Harris .472 (.47202) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Frankie Frisch .472 (.47164) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Pie Traynor .456 (.45550) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Gabby Hartnett .454 (.45434) Chicago Cubs 13
George Grantham .454 (.45386) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Freddy Leach .444 (.44403) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Freddie Lindstrom .436 (.43594) New York Giants 16
Harvey Hendrick .424 (.42358) Brooklyn Robins 17
Jimmy Welsh .423 (.42254) Boston Braves 18
Lloyd Waner .410 (.41017) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Fresco Thompson .409 (.40871) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Chuck Dressen .405 (.40511) Cincinnati Reds 21
Russ Wrightstone .403 (.40338) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Edd Roush .402 (.40175) New York Giants 23
Eddie Brown .401 (.40143) Boston Braves 24
Charlie Grimm .398 (.39779) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).