Slugging Average : 1983 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)
 

1983 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dale Murphy .540 (.53990) Atlanta Braves 1
Andre Dawson .539 (.53870) Montreal Expos 2
Pedro Guerrero .531 (.53082) Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Mike Schmidt .524 (.52434) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Darrell Evans .516 (.51625) San Francisco Giants 5
George Hendrick .493 (.49338) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Chris Chambliss .481 (.48098) Atlanta Braves 7
Jody Davis .480 (.48039) Chicago Cubs 8
Jose Cruz .463 (.46296) Houston Astros 9
Jeffrey Leonard .461 (.46124) San Francisco Giants 10
Keith Moreland .460 (.45966) Chicago Cubs 11
Ron Cey .460 (.45955) Chicago Cubs 12
Dickie Thon .457 (.45719) Houston Astros 13
Lonnie Smith .453 (.45325) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Ken Landreaux .451 (.45114) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Bill Madlock .444 (.44397) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Ray Knight .444 (.44379) Houston Astros 17
Gary Redus .444 (.44371) Cincinnati Reds 18
Gary Carter .444 (.44362) Montreal Expos 19
Jack Clark .441 (.44106) San Francisco Giants 20
Bill Buckner .436 (.43610) Chicago Cubs 21
Tony Pena .435 (.43542) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Mike Marshall .434 (.43441) Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Tim Wallach .434 (.43373) Montreal Expos 24
Terry Kennedy .434 (.43352) San Diego Padres 25



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

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.

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.