Slugging Average : 1948 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1948 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .702 (.70213) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Mize .564 (.56429) New York Giants 2
Sid Gordon .537 (.53743) New York Giants 3
Ralph Kiner .533 (.53333) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Del Ennis .525 (.52462) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Andy Pafko .516 (.51642) Chicago Cubs 6
Hank Sauer .504 (.50377) Cincinnati Reds 7
Bob Elliott .474 (.47407) Boston Braves 8
Enos Slaughter .470 (.46995) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Wally Westlake .456 (.45561) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Johnny Wyrostek .455 (.45508) Cincinnati Reds 11
Whitey Lockman .454 (.45377) New York Giants 12
Jackie Robinson .453 (.45296) Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Bill Nicholson .445 (.44534) Chicago Cubs 14
Tommy Holmes .439 (.43932) Boston Braves 15
Al Dark .433 (.43278) Boston Braves 16
Willard Marshall .419 (.41899) New York Giants 17
Eddie Waitkus .416 (.41637) Chicago Cubs 18
Dick Sisler .408 (.40807) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Bobby Thomson .401 (.40127) New York Giants 20
Richie Ashburn .400 (.39957) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Earl Torgeson .397 (.39726) Boston Braves 22
Nippy Jones .397 (.39709) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Pee Wee Reese .390 (.39046) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Bill Rigney .389 (.38915) New York Giants 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.