Slugging Average : 1999 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1999 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Larry Walker .710 (.71005) Colorado Rockies 1
Mark McGwire .697 (.69674) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Sammy Sosa .635 (.63520) Chicago Cubs 3
Chipper Jones .633 (.63316) Atlanta Braves 4
Brian Giles .614 (.61420) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Vladimir Guerrero .600 (.60000) Montreal Expos 6
Jeff Bagwell .591 (.59075) Houston Astros 7
Todd Helton .587 (.58651) Colorado Rockies 8
Mike Piazza .575 (.57491) New York Mets 9
Carl Everett .571 (.57112) Houston Astros 10
Jeromy Burnitz .561 (.56103) Milwaukee Brewers 11
Jay Bell .557 (.55688) Arizona Diamondbacks 12
Fernando Tatis .553 (.55307) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Mike Lieberthal .551 (.55098) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Eric Karros .550 (.55017) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Bobby Abreu .549 (.54945) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Luis Gonzalez .549 (.54886) Arizona Diamondbacks 17
Henry Rodriguez .544 (.54362) Chicago Cubs 18
Dante Bichette .541 (.54132) Colorado Rockies 19
Sean Casey .539 (.53872) Cincinnati Reds 20
Matt Williams .536 (.53589) Arizona Diamondbacks 21
Greg Vaughn .535 (.53455) Cincinnati Reds 22
Robin Ventura .529 (.52891) New York Mets 23
Reggie Sanders .527 (.52720) San Diego Padres 24
Steve Finley .525 (.52542) Arizona Diamondbacks 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.