Slugging Average : 1973 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1973 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie Stargell .646 (.64559) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Darrell Evans .556 (.55630) Atlanta Braves 2
Davey Johnson .546 (.54562) Atlanta Braves 3
Cesar Cedeno .537 (.53714) Houston Astros 4
Bobby Bonds .530 (.53033) San Francisco Giants 5
Tony Perez .527 (.52660) Cincinnati Reds 6
Joe Morgan .493 (.49306) Cincinnati Reds 7
Bob Bailey .489 (.48928) Montreal Expos 8
Greg Luzinski .484 (.48361) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Lee May .479 (.47890) Houston Astros 10
Ken Singleton .479 (.47857) Montreal Expos 11
Richie Hebner .477 (.47741) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Dave Roberts .472 (.47182) San Diego Padres 13
Joe Ferguson .470 (.47023) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Rick Monday .469 (.46931) Chicago Cubs 15
Al Oliver .463 (.46330) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Mike Lum .462 (.46199) Atlanta Braves 17
Garry Maddox .460 (.45997) San Francisco Giants 18
Ron Fairly .458 (.45763) Montreal Expos 19
Dusty Baker .454 (.45364) Atlanta Braves 20
Willie Crawford .453 (.45295) Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Nate Colbert .450 (.44991) San Diego Padres 22
Bob Watson .449 (.44852) Houston Astros 23
Gary Matthews .444 (.44444) San Francisco Giants 24
Willie Davis .444 (.44407) Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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