Slugging Average : 1887 American Association 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1887 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Tip O'Neill .718 (.71781) St. Louis Browns 1
Bob Caruthers .616 (.61628) St. Louis Browns 2
Pete Browning .588 (.58804) Louisville Colonels 3
Oyster Burns .568 (.56840) Baltimore Orioles 4
Denny Lyons .559 (.55916) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Dave Orr .545 (.54496) New York Metropolitans 6
Dave Foutz .534 (.53363) St. Louis Browns 7
Jumbo Davis .513 (.51267) Baltimore Orioles 8
Yank Robinson .510 (.50958) St. Louis Browns 9
John Reilly .497 (.49738) Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Reddy Mack .485 (.48485) Louisville Colonels 11
John Kerins .484 (.48444) Louisville Colonels 12
Guy Hecker .484 (.48379) Louisville Colonels 13
Frank Fennelly .482 (.48191) Cincinnati Red Stockings 14
Mike Griffin .480 (.48041) Baltimore Orioles 15
Harry Stovey .479 (.47920) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Pete Hotaling .478 (.47849) Cleveland Blues 17
Darby O'Brien .477 (.47687) New York Metropolitans 18
Henry Larkin .472 (.47156) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Bid McPhee .462 (.46218) Cincinnati Red Stockings 20
Fred Mann .460 (.46008) Cleveland Blues 21
Philadelphia Athletics  
Paul Radford .459 (.45946) New York Metropolitans 22
Germany Smith .455 (.45536) Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 23
Joe Werrick .452 (.45184) Louisville Colonels 24
Charlie Comiskey .444 (.44425) St. Louis Browns 25



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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