Slugging Average : 1943 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1943 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .562 (.56240) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bill Nicholson .531 (.53125) Chicago Cubs 2
Walker Cooper .463 (.46325) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Bob Elliott .444 (.44406) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Whitey Kurowski .439 (.43870) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Ron Northey .430 (.43003) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Eric Tipton .424 (.42394) Cincinnati Reds 7
Phil Cavarretta .421 (.42075) Chicago Cubs 8
Mel Ott .418 (.41842) New York Giants 9
Billy Herman .417 (.41709) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Ray Sanders .414 (.41423) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Frank McCormick .413 (.41314) Cincinnati Reds 12
Arky Vaughan .413 (.41311) Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Dixie Walker .411 (.41111) Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Lou Klein .410 (.40989) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Augie Galan .406 (.40606) Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Vince DiMaggio .403 (.40345) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Peanuts Lowrey .400 (.40000) Chicago Cubs 18
Elbie Fletcher .395 (.39522) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Joe Medwick .380 (.38028) Brooklyn Dodgers 20
New York Giants  
Ray Mueller .379 (.37939) Cincinnati Reds 21
Tommy Holmes .378 (.37838) Boston Braves 22
Harry Walker .376 (.37589) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Sid Gordon .373 (.37342) New York Giants 24
Mickey Witek .370 (.36977) New York Giants 25



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