Slugging Average : 1946 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1946 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .587 (.58654) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Del Ennis .485 (.48519) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Enos Slaughter .465 (.46470) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Whitey Kurowski .462 (.46243) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Dixie Walker .448 (.44792) Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Ron Northey .441 (.44064) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Johnny Hopp .440 (.44045) Boston Braves 7
Phil Cavarretta .435 (.43529) Chicago Cubs 8
Ralph Kiner .430 (.43028) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Pete Reiser .428 (.42790) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Tommy Holmes .424 (.42430) Boston Braves 11
Grady Hatton .422 (.42202) Cincinnati Reds 12
Billy Herman .413 (.41284) Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Boston Braves  
Eddie Waitkus .408 (.40816) Chicago Cubs 14
Willard Marshall .406 (.40588) New York Giants 15
Buddy Blattner .405 (.40476) New York Giants 16
Jim Russell .403 (.40310) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Frank McCormick .397 (.39683) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Johnny Wyrostek .383 (.38349) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Pee Wee Reese .378 (.37823) Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Sid Gordon .378 (.37778) New York Giants 21
Frankie Gustine .378 (.37778) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Tabor .374 (.37365) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Bob Elliott .358 (.35802) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Elbie Fletcher .355 (.35526) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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?

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).