Slugging Average : 1929 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1929 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .679 (.67940) Chicago Cubs 1
Chuck Klein .657 (.65747) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Mel Ott .635 (.63486) New York Giants 3
Chick Hafey .633 (.63250) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Lefty O'Doul .622 (.62226) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Hack Wilson .618 (.61847) Chicago Cubs 6
Babe Herman .612 (.61160) Brooklyn Robins 7
Jim Bottomley .568 (.56786) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Riggs Stephenson .562 (.56162) Chicago Cubs 9
Johnny Frederick .545 (.54459) Brooklyn Robins 10
Paul Waner .534 (.53356) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Kiki Cuyler .532 (.53242) Chicago Cubs 12
Don Hurst .525 (.52462) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Bill Terry .522 (.52224) New York Giants 14
Travis Jackson .490 (.49002) New York Giants 15
Frankie Frisch .484 (.48387) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Pinky Whitney .482 (.48203) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Lloyd Waner .479 (.47885) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Del Bissonette .476 (.47564) Brooklyn Robins 19
Curt Walker .474 (.47358) Cincinnati Reds 20
Pie Traynor .472 (.47222) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Taylor Douthit .471 (.47145) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Freddie Lindstrom .464 (.46448) New York Giants 23
Adam Comorosky .461 (.46089) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Rube Bressler .461 (.46053) Brooklyn Robins 25



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

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

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?