Slugging Average : 1884 Union Association Top 25

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1884 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the Union Association

Fred Dunlap .621 (.62138) St. Louis Maroons 1
Billy Taylor .548 (.54839) St. Louis Maroons 2
Orator Shafer .501 (.50107) St. Louis Maroons 3
Buster Hoover .495 (.49455) Philadelphia Keystones 4
Dick Burns .457 (.45714) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 5
Ed Crane .451 (.45093) Boston Unions 6
Buttercup Dickerson .446 (.44550) St. Louis Maroons 7
Jack Gleason .441 (.44051) St. Louis Maroons 8
Jack Clements .429 (.42938) Philadelphia Keystones 9
Dave Rowe .429 (.42887) St. Louis Maroons 10
Harry Moore .414 (.41432) Washington Nationals 11
Emmett Seery .411 (.41113) Baltimore Monumentals 12
Kansas City Unions  
Tom O'Brien .394 (.39421) Boston Unions 13
Abner Powell .387 (.38743) Washington Nationals 14
Jumbo Schoeneck .387 (.38732) Chicago Browns 15
Pittsburgh Stogies  
Baltimore Monumentals  
Martin Powell .378 (.37838) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 16
Joe Flynn .375 (.37500) Philadelphia Keystones 17
Boston Unions  
Lou Sylvester .372 (.37237) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 18
Henry Boyle .366 (.36641) St. Louis Maroons 19
Eddie Fusselback .366 (.36634) Baltimore Monumentals 20
Bill Harbridge .361 (.36070) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 21
Yank Robinson .359 (.35904) Baltimore Monumentals 22
Frank McLaughlin .358 (.35798) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 23
Chicago Browns  
Kansas City Unions  
Phil Baker .356 (.35580) Washington Nationals 24
Bill Hawes .355 (.35530) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 25



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