1979 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Dave Kingman	.613 (.61278)	Chicago Cubs	1
Mike Schmidt	.564 (.56377)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
George Foster	.561 (.56136)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Dave Winfield	.558 (.55779)	San Diego Padres	4
Bob Horner	.552 (.55236)	Atlanta Braves	5
Larry Parrish	.551 (.55147)	Montreal Expos	6
Dave Parker	.526 (.52572)	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Keith Hernandez	.513 (.51311)	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Ted Simmons	.507 (.50670)	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Gary Matthews	.502 (.50238)	Atlanta Braves	10
Ron Cey	.499 (.49897)	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Steve Garvey	.497 (.49691)	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
Gary Carter	.485 (.48515)	Montreal Expos	13
Jack Clark	.476 (.47628)	San Francisco Giants	14
Andre Dawson	.468 (.46792)	Montreal Expos	15
Davey Lopes	.464 (.46392)	Los Angeles Dodgers	16
Johnny Bench	.459 (.45905)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Garry Templeton	.458 (.45833)	St. Louis Cardinals	18
George Hendrick	.456 (.45639)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Dusty Baker	.455 (.45487)	Los Angeles Dodgers	20
Ellis Valentine	.454 (.45438)	Montreal Expos	21
Ray Knight	.454 (.45372)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Jerry Martin	.453 (.45318)	Chicago Cubs	23
Lee Mazzilli	.449 (.44891)	New York Mets	24
Gene Tenace	.445 (.44492)	San Diego Padres	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. 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. 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.