Slugging Average : 1970 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)
 

1970 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie McCovey .612 (.61212) San Francisco Giants 1
Tony Perez .589 (.58944) Cincinnati Reds 2
Johnny Bench .587 (.58678) Cincinnati Reds 3
Billy Williams .586 (.58648) Chicago Cubs 4
Rico Carty .584 (.58368) Atlanta Braves 5
Jim Hickman .582 (.58171) Chicago Cubs 6
Hank Aaron .574 (.57364) Atlanta Braves 7
Dick Allen .560 (.55991) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Orlando Cepeda .543 (.54321) Atlanta Braves 9
Cito Gaston .543 (.54281) San Diego Padres 10
Dick Dietz .515 (.51521) San Francisco Giants 11
Willie Stargell .511 (.51055) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Nate Colbert .509 (.50874) San Diego Padres 13
Willie Mays .506 (.50628) San Francisco Giants 14
Bobby Bonds .504 (.50377) San Francisco Giants 15
Joe Torre .498 (.49840) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Rusty Staub .497 (.49736) Montreal Expos 17
Jimmy Wynn .493 (.49278) Houston Astros 18
Ollie Brown .489 (.48876) San Diego Padres 19
Lee May .484 (.48430) Cincinnati Reds 20
Joe Pepitone .482 (.48171) Houston Astros 21
Chicago Cubs  
Ron Santo .476 (.47568) Chicago Cubs 22
Bobby Tolan .475 (.47538) Cincinnati Reds 23
Pete Rose .470 (.46995) Cincinnati Reds 24
Tommie Agee .469 (.46855) New York Mets 25



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?

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).