Slugging Average : 1949 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1949 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ralph Kiner .658 (.65756) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Stan Musial .624 (.62418) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Jackie Robinson .528 (.52782) Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Del Ennis .525 (.52459) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Bobby Thomson .518 (.51794) New York Giants 5
Enos Slaughter .511 (.51056) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Hank Sauer .507 (.50688) Cincinnati Reds 7
Chicago Cubs  
Carl Furillo .506 (.50638) Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Sid Gordon .505 (.50511) New York Giants 9
Roy Campanella .498 (.49771) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Duke Snider .493 (.49275) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Wally Westlake .490 (.48952) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Bob Elliott .467 (.46680) Boston Braves 13
Gil Hodges .453 (.45302) Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Andy Pafko .449 (.44894) Chicago Cubs 15
Walker Cooper .436 (.43612) New York Giants 16
Cincinnati Reds  
Whitey Lockman .430 (.42950) New York Giants 17
Willard Marshall .429 (.42886) New York Giants 18
Willie Jones .421 (.42105) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Grady Hatton .413 (.41341) Cincinnati Reds 20
Ted Kluszewski .411 (.41055) Cincinnati Reds 21
Pee Wee Reese .410 (.41005) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Elbie Fletcher .402 (.40194) Boston Braves 23
Jimmy Bloodworth .385 (.38496) Cincinnati Reds 24
Roy Smalley .382 (.38155) Chicago Cubs 25



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