Slugging Average : 1907 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:

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1907 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .468 (.46777) Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford .460 (.46048) Detroit Tigers 2
Elmer Flick .412 (.41166) Cleveland Naps 3
George Stone .399 (.39933) St. Louis Browns 4
Harry Davis .395 (.39519) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Nap Lajoie .393 (.39293) Cleveland Naps 6
Topsy Hartsel .367 (.36686) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Socks Seybold .363 (.36348) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Jim Delahanty .361 (.36072) St. Louis Browns 9
Washington Senators  
Frank LaPorte .360 (.35957) New York Highlanders 10
Jimmy Williams .359 (.35913) New York Highlanders 11
Hal Chase .357 (.35743) New York Highlanders 12
Bunk Congalton .346 (.34556) Cleveland Naps 13
Boston Americans  
Danny Murphy .345 (.34542) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Charlie Jones .343 (.34325) Washington Senators 15
Claude Rossman .342 (.34151) Detroit Tigers 16
Harry Niles .339 (.33943) St. Louis Browns 17
Bob Unglaub .338 (.33824) Boston Americans 18
Simon Nicholls .337 (.33696) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Ollie Pickering .337 (.33681) St. Louis Browns 20
George Moriarty .336 (.33638) New York Highlanders 21
Kid Elberfeld .336 (.33557) New York Highlanders 22
Jimmy Collins .333 (.33333) Boston Americans 23
Philadelphia Athletics  
Dave Altizer .326 (.32593) Washington Senators 24
Joe Yeager .326 (.32569) 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).

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.