Slugging Average : 2008 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
 

2008 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Albert Pujols .653 (.65267) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ryan Ludwick .591 (.59108) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Chipper Jones .574 (.57403) Atlanta Braves 3
Lance Berkman .567 (.56679) Houston Astros 4
Ryan Braun .553 (.55319) Milwaukee Brewers 5
Ryan Howard .543 (.54262) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Hanley Ramirez .540 (.53990) Florida Marlins 7
Matt Holliday .538 (.53803) Colorado Rockies 8
Chase Utley .535 (.53542) Philadelphia Phillies 9
David Wright .534 (.53355) New York Mets 10
Alfonso Soriano .532 (.53201) Chicago Cubs 11
Brian McCann .523 (.52259) Atlanta Braves 12
Carlos Delgado .518 (.51839) New York Mets 13
Aramis Ramirez .518 (.51805) Chicago Cubs 14
Dan Uggla .514 (.51412) Florida Marlins 15
Mike Jacobs .514 (.51363) Florida Marlins 16
Adam Dunn .513 (.51257) Cincinnati Reds 17
Arizona Diamondbacks  
Andre Ethier .510 (.51048) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Adrian Gonzalez .510 (.50974) San Diego Padres 19
Pat Burrell .507 (.50746) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Prince Fielder .507 (.50680) Milwaukee Brewers 21
Joey Votto .506 (.50570) Cincinnati Reds 22
Geovany Soto .504 (.50405) Chicago Cubs 23
Stephen Drew .502 (.50245) Arizona Diamondbacks 24
Carlos Beltran .500 (.50000) New York Mets 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.

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?