Top 25 Slugging Average in 1947 in the National League

Slugging Average : 1947 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1947 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Ralph Kiner .639 (.63894) Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Johnny Mize .614 (.61433) New York Giants 2

Walker Cooper .586 (.58641) New York Giants 3

Whitey Kurowski .544 (.54386) St. Louis Cardinals 4

Willard Marshall .528 (.52811) New York Giants 5

Bob Elliott .517 (.51712) Boston Braves 6

Bobby Thomson .508 (.50826) New York Giants 7

Stan Musial .504 (.50426) St. Louis Cardinals 8

Harry Walker .487 (.48733) St. Louis Cardinals 9

Philadelphia Phillies

Earl Torgeson .481 (.48120) Boston Braves 10

Hank Greenberg .478 (.47761) Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Bill Nicholson .466 (.46612) Chicago Cubs 12

Eddie Miller .457 (.45688) Cincinnati Reds 13

Andy Pafko .454 (.45419) Chicago Cubs 14

Enos Slaughter .452 (.45191) St. Louis Cardinals 15

Grady Hatton .448 (.44847) Cincinnati Reds 16

Billy Cox .442 (.44234) Pittsburgh Pirates 17

Sid Gordon .442 (.44165) New York Giants 18

Carl Furillo .437 (.43707) Brooklyn Dodgers 19

Dixie Walker .427 (.42722) Brooklyn Dodgers 20

Jackie Robinson .427 (.42712) Brooklyn Dodgers 21

Pee Wee Reese .426 (.42647) Brooklyn Dodgers 22

Bill Rigney .420 (.41996) New York Giants 23

Bruce Edwards .418 (.41826) Brooklyn Dodgers 24

Tommy Holmes .416 (.41586) Boston Braves 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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.

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

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