Slugging Average : 1904 American 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
 

1904 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nap Lajoie .552 (.55154) Cleveland Blues 1
Elmer Flick .449 (.44905) Cleveland Blues 2
Danny Murphy .440 (.43986) Philadelphia Athletics 3
Charlie Hickman .437 (.43659) Cleveland Blues 4
Detroit Tigers  
Chick Stahl .416 (.41567) Boston Americans 5
Buck Freeman .412 (.41206) Boston Americans 6
Willie Keeler .409 (.40884) New York Highlanders 7
Bill Bradley .404 (.40394) Cleveland Blues 8
Socks Seybold .396 (.39608) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Freddy Parent .389 (.38917) Boston Americans 10
John Anderson .385 (.38530) New York Highlanders 11
Jake Stahl .381 (.38077) Washington Senators 12
Lave Cross .379 (.37891) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Jimmy Collins .379 (.37876) Boston Americans 14
Patsy Dougherty .379 (.37867) Boston Americans 15
New York Highlanders  
John Ganzel .376 (.37634) New York Highlanders 16
Sam Crawford .361 (.36121) Detroit Tigers 17
George Davis .359 (.35879) Chicago White Sox 18
Kip Selbach .356 (.35560) Washington Senators 19
Boston Americans  
Bobby Wallace .355 (.35490) St. Louis Browns 20
Jimmy Williams .354 (.35420) New York Highlanders 21
Danny Green .343 (.34328) Chicago White Sox 22
Jesse Burkett .343 (.34261) St. Louis Browns 23
Emmet Heidrick .342 (.34201) St. Louis Browns 24
Topsy Hartsel .341 (.34082) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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.