Slugging Average : 2005 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:

"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)
 

2005 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Derrek Lee .662 (.66162) Chicago Cubs 1
Albert Pujols .609 (.60914) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Carlos Delgado .582 (.58157) Florida Marlins 3
Ken Griffey, Jr. .576 (.57637) Cincinnati Reds 4
Andruw Jones .575 (.57509) Atlanta Braves 5
Aramis Ramirez .568 (.56803) Chicago Cubs 6
Miguel Cabrera .561 (.56117) Florida Marlins 7
Jason Bay .559 (.55927) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Morgan Ensberg .557 (.55703) Houston Astros 9
Chad Tracy .553 (.55268) Arizona Diamondbacks 10
Adam Dunn .540 (.53959) Cincinnati Reds 11
Chase Utley .540 (.53959) Philadelphia Phillies  
Todd Helton .534 (.53438) Colorado Rockies 13
Jim Edmonds .533 (.53319) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Lance Berkman .524 (.52350) Houston Astros 15
David Wright .523 (.52348) New York Mets 16
Troy Glaus .522 (.52230) Arizona Diamondbacks 17
Geoff Jenkins .513 (.51301) Milwaukee Brewers 18
Jeff Kent .512 (.51175) Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Cliff Floyd .505 (.50545) New York Mets 20
Matt Holliday .505 (.50522) Colorado Rockies 21
Pat Burrell .504 (.50356) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Jason Lane .499 (.49903) Houston Astros 23
Bill Hall .495 (.49501) Milwaukee Brewers 24
Carlos Lee .487 (.48706) Milwaukee Brewers 25



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.

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?

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