Slugging Average : 1996 National League Top 25

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1996 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ellis Burks .639 (.63948) Colorado Rockies 1
Gary Sheffield .624 (.62428) Florida Marlins 2
Ken Caminiti .621 (.62088) San Diego Padres 3
Barry Bonds .615 (.61509) San Francisco Giants 4
Andres Galarraga .601 (.60064) Colorado Rockies 5
Jeff Bagwell .570 (.57042) Houston Astros 6
Barry Larkin .567 (.56673) Cincinnati Reds 7
Sammy Sosa .564 (.56426) Chicago Cubs 8
Mike Piazza .563 (.56307) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Bernard Gilkey .562 (.56217) New York Mets 10
Henry Rodriguez .562 (.56203) Montreal Expos 11
Todd Hundley .550 (.55000) New York Mets 12
Vinny Castilla .548 (.54849) Colorado Rockies 13
Steve Finley .531 (.53130) San Diego Padres 14
Dante Bichette .531 (.53081) Colorado Rockies 15
Ryan Klesko .530 (.53030) Atlanta Braves 16
Chipper Jones .530 (.53010) Atlanta Braves 17
Eric Davis .523 (.52289) Cincinnati Reds 18
Ron Gant .504 (.50358) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Benito Santiago .503 (.50312) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jeff King .497 (.49746) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Raul Mondesi .495 (.49527) Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Fred McGriff .494 (.49433) Atlanta Braves 23
Marquis Grissom .489 (.48882) Atlanta Braves 24
Ray Lankford .486 (.48624) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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.