Slugging Average : 1957 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)
 

1957 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie Mays .626 (.62564) New York Giants 1
Stan Musial .612 (.61155) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hank Aaron .600 (.60000) Milwaukee Braves 3
Duke Snider .587 (.58661) Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Ernie Banks .579 (.57912) Chicago Cubs 5
Eddie Mathews .540 (.54021) Milwaukee Braves 6
Frank Robinson .529 (.52864) Cincinnati Redlegs 7
Gil Hodges .511 (.51123) Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Wally Moon .508 (.50775) St. Louis Cardinals 9
George Crowe .504 (.50405) Cincinnati Redlegs 10
Dale Long .496 (.49642) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Chicago Cubs  
Del Ennis .494 (.49388) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Don Hoak .482 (.48204) Cincinnati Redlegs 13
Ed Bouchee .470 (.47038) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Ed Bailey .463 (.46292) Cincinnati Redlegs 15
Frank Thomas .460 (.45960) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Red Schoendienst .451 (.45062) New York Giants 17
Milwaukee Braves  
Walt Moryn .447 (.44718) Chicago Cubs 18
Dick Groat .437 (.43713) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Wally Post .437 (.43683) Cincinnati Redlegs 20
Rip Repulski .436 (.43605) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Gus Bell .420 (.41961) Cincinnati Redlegs 22
Ken Boyer .414 (.41360) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Charlie Neal .411 (.41071) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Gino Cimoli .410 (.40977) Brooklyn Dodgers 25



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.

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

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.