Slugging Average : 1952 National League Top 25

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1952 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .538 (.53806) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Hank Sauer .531 (.53086) Chicago Cubs 2
Ted Kluszewski .509 (.50905) Cincinnati Reds 3
Gil Hodges .500 (.50000) Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Ralph Kiner .500 (.50000) Pittsburgh Pirates  
Duke Snider .494 (.49438) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Sid Gordon .483 (.48276) Boston Braves 7
Bobby Thomson .482 (.48191) New York Giants 8
Del Ennis .475 (.47466) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Jackie Robinson .465 (.46471) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Hank Thompson .454 (.45390) New York Giants 11
Roy Campanella .453 (.45299) Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Eddie Mathews .447 (.44697) Boston Braves 13
Enos Slaughter .445 (.44510) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Andy Pafko .439 (.43920) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Al Dark .431 (.43124) New York Giants 16
Granny Hamner .428 (.42785) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Solly Hemus .425 (.42456) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Dee Fondy .424 (.42419) Chicago Cubs 19
Red Schoendienst .424 (.42419) St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Mueller .421 (.42105) New York Giants 21
Gus Bell .419 (.41880) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Dick Sisler .404 (.40449) Cincinnati Reds 23
St. Louis Cardinals  
Whitey Lockman .396 (.39604) New York Giants 24
Willard Marshall .393 (.39309) Boston Braves 25
Cincinnati Reds  



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 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?