Slugging Average : 1962 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1962 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frank Robinson .624 (.62397) Cincinnati Reds 1
Hank Aaron .618 (.61824) Milwaukee Braves 2
Willie Mays .615 (.61514) San Francisco Giants 3
Frank Howard .560 (.55984) Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Tommy Davis .535 (.53534) Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Don Demeter .520 (.52000) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Orlando Cepeda .518 (.51840) San Francisco Giants 7
Felipe Alou .513 (.51337) San Francisco Giants 8
George Altman .511 (.51124) Chicago Cubs 9
Stan Musial .508 (.50808) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Bob Skinner .504 (.50392) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Ernie Banks .503 (.50328) Chicago Cubs 12
Eddie Mathews .496 (.49627) Milwaukee Braves 13
Frank Thomas .496 (.49562) New York Mets 14
Johnny Callison .491 (.49088) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Gordy Coleman .485 (.48529) Cincinnati Reds 16
Bill White .482 (.48208) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Vada Pinson .477 (.47658) Cincinnati Reds 18
Ken Boyer .470 (.46972) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Billy Williams .466 (.46602) Chicago Cubs 20
Jim Davenport .456 (.45567) San Francisco Giants 21
Roy Sievers .455 (.45493) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Roberto Clemente .454 (.45353) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Willie Davis .453 (.45333) Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Roman Mejias .445 (.44523) Houston Colt .45s 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.

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).

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?