Slugging Average : 1951 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1951 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ralph Kiner .627 (.62712) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Stan Musial .614 (.61419) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Roy Campanella .590 (.59010) Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Bobby Thomson .562 (.56178) New York Giants 4
Gil Hodges .527 (.52749) Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Jackie Robinson .527 (.52737) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Monte Irvin .514 (.51434) New York Giants 7
Andy Pafko .501 (.50110) Chicago Cubs 8
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Sid Gordon .500 (.50000) Boston Braves 9
Hank Sauer .486 (.48571) Chicago Cubs 10
Duke Snider .484 (.48350) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Willie Mays .472 (.47198) New York Giants 12
Willie Jones .470 (.46986) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Wally Westlake .462 (.46205) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
St. Louis Cardinals  
Sam Jethroe .460 (.45979) Boston Braves 15
Al Dark .454 (.45356) New York Giants 16
Bob Elliott .448 (.44792) Boston Braves 17
Gus Bell .443 (.44333) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Earl Torgeson .437 (.43718) Boston Braves 19
Willard Marshall .433 (.43284) Boston Braves 20
Don Mueller .431 (.43070) New York Giants 21
Carl Furillo .427 (.42729) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Richie Ashburn .426 (.42613) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Randy Jackson .425 (.42549) Chicago Cubs 24
Wes Westrum .418 (.41828) New York Giants 25



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.

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.

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).