1978 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Dave Parker	.585 (.58520)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Reggie Smith	.559 (.55928)	Los Angeles Dodgers	2
George Foster	.546 (.54636)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Jack Clark	.537 (.53716)	San Francisco Giants	4
Jeff Burroughs	.529 (.52869)	Atlanta Braves	5
Greg Luzinski	.526 (.52593)	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Ted Simmons	.512 (.51163)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Steve Garvey	.499 (.49922)	Los Angeles Dodgers	8
Dave Winfield	.499 (.49915)	San Diego Padres	9
Ellis Valentine	.489 (.48947)	Montreal Expos	10
Bill Madlock	.481 (.48098)	San Francisco Giants	11
George Hendrick	.467 (.46653)	San Diego Padres	12
		St. Louis Cardinals
Richie Hebner	.464 (.46437)	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Gary Matthews	.462 (.46203)	Atlanta Braves	14
Jose Cruz	.460 (.46018)	Houston Astros	15
Larry Parrish	.454 (.45385)	Montreal Expos	16
Ron Cey	.452 (.45225)	Los Angeles Dodgers	17
Bob Watson	.451 (.45119)	Houston Astros	18
Tony Perez	.449 (.44853)	Montreal Expos	19
Andre Dawson	.442 (.44171)	Montreal Expos	20
Mike Schmidt	.435 (.43470)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Lee Mazzilli	.432 (.43173)	New York Mets	22
Gary Carter	.422 (.42214)	Montreal Expos	23
Pete Rose	.421 (.42137)	Cincinnati Reds	24
Davey Lopes	.421 (.42078)	Los Angeles Dodgers	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

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