Slugging Average : 1934 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1934 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ripper Collins .615 (.61500) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Mel Ott .591 (.59107) New York Giants 2
Wally Berger .546 (.54634) Boston Braves 3
Paul Waner .539 (.53923) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Joe Medwick .529 (.52903) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Arky Vaughan .511 (.51075) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Chuck Klein .510 (.51034) Chicago Cubs 7
Len Koenecke .509 (.50870) Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Gabby Hartnett .502 (.50228) Chicago Cubs 9
Johnny Moore .494 (.49400) Cincinnati Reds 10
Philadelphia Phillies  
Babe Herman .488 (.48822) Chicago Cubs 11
Jo-Jo Moore .486 (.48621) New York Giants 12
Kiki Cuyler .474 (.47406) Chicago Cubs 13
Chick Hafey .471 (.47103) Cincinnati Reds 14
Ethan Allen .468 (.46816) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Bill Terry .463 (.46346) New York Giants 16
Gus Suhr .459 (.45899) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Sam Leslie .456 (.45604) Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Buzz Boyle .447 (.44703) Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Danny Taylor .440 (.43951) Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Jim Bottomley .439 (.43885) Cincinnati Reds 21
Travis Jackson .436 (.43595) New York Giants 22
Dolph Camilli .432 (.43173) Chicago Cubs 23
Philadelphia Phillies  
Pepper Martin .425 (.42511) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Buck Jordan .413 (.41309) Boston Braves 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).