Slugging Average : 1928 National League Top 25

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1928 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .632 (.63169) Boston Braves 1
Jim Bottomley .628 (.62847) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Chick Hafey .604 (.60385) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Hack Wilson .588 (.58846) Chicago Cubs 4
Paul Waner .547 (.54651) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Del Bissonette .543 (.54344) Brooklyn Robins 6
Mel Ott .524 (.52414) New York Giants 7
Bill Terry .518 (.51761) New York Giants 8
Babe Herman .514 (.51440) Brooklyn Robins 9
Freddie Lindstrom .511 (.51084) New York Giants 10
Don Hurst .508 (.50758) Philadelphia Phillies 11
George Grantham .486 (.48636) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Harvey Hendrick .478 (.47765) Brooklyn Robins 13
Riggs Stephenson .477 (.47656) Chicago Cubs 14
Kiki Cuyler .473 (.47295) Chicago Cubs 15
Freddy Leach .469 (.46939) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Pie Traynor .462 (.46221) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Frankie Frisch .441 (.44059) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Travis Jackson .436 (.43575) New York Giants 19
Lloyd Waner .434 (.43399) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
George Sisler .434 (.43381) Boston Braves 21
Jimmy Welsh .431 (.43067) New York Giants 22
Rube Bressler .429 (.42914) Brooklyn Robins 23
Lance Richbourg .428 (.42810) Boston Braves 24
Pinky Whitney .426 (.42564) Philadelphia Phillies 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.

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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.