1997 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Larry Walker	.720 (.72007)	Colorado Rockies	1
Mike Piazza	.638 (.63849)	Los Angeles Dodgers	2
Jeff Bagwell	.592 (.59187)	Houston Astros	3
Andres Galarraga	.585 (.58500)	Colorado Rockies	4
Ray Lankford	.585 (.58495)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Barry Bonds	.585 (.58459)	San Francisco Giants	6
Todd Hundley	.549 (.54916)	New York Mets	7
Vinny Castilla	.547 (.54739)	Colorado Rockies	8
Tony Gwynn	.547 (.54730)	San Diego Padres	9
Raul Mondesi	.541 (.54058)	Los Angeles Dodgers	10
J.T. Snow	.510 (.51036)	San Francisco Giants	11
Dante Bichette	.510 (.50980)	Colorado Rockies	12
Ken Caminiti	.508 (.50823)	San Diego Padres	13
David Segui	.505 (.50545)	Montreal Expos	14
Butch Huskey	.503 (.50318)	New York Mets	15
Craig Biggio	.501 (.50081)	Houston Astros	16
Moises Alou	.493 (.49257)	Florida Marlins	17
Ryan Klesko	.490 (.49036)	Atlanta Braves	18
John Olerud	.489 (.48855)	New York Mets	19
Wally Joyner	.486 (.48571)	San Diego Padres	20
Jeff Blauser	.482 (.48170)	Atlanta Braves	21
Sammy Sosa	.480 (.47975)	Chicago Cubs	22
Chipper Jones	.479 (.47906)	Atlanta Braves	23
Henry Rodriguez	.479 (.47899)	Montreal Expos	24
Rondell White	.478 (.47804)	Montreal Expos	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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.