Slugging Average : 1914 American League Top 25

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1914 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker .503 (.50263) Boston Red Sox 1
Sam Crawford .483 (.48282) Detroit Tigers 2
Joe Jackson .464 (.46358) Cleveland Naps 3
Eddie Collins .452 (.45247) Philadelphia Athletics 4
Frank Baker .442 (.44211) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Tilly Walker .441 (.44101) St. Louis Browns 6
Del Pratt .411 (.41096) St. Louis Browns 7
Duffy Lewis .398 (.39804) Boston Red Sox 8
Clyde Milan .396 (.39588) Washington Senators 9
George Burns .389 (.38912) Detroit Tigers 10
Larry Gardner .385 (.38517) Boston Red Sox 11
Shano Collins .376 (.37625) Chicago White Sox 12
Rube Oldring .371 (.37124) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Bobby Veach .369 (.36911) Detroit Tigers 14
Stuffy McInnis .368 (.36806) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Harry Hooper .364 (.36415) Boston Red Sox 16
Chick Gandil .359 (.35932) Washington Senators 17
Jack Graney .352 (.35217) Cleveland Naps 18
Marty Kavanagh .351 (.35080) Detroit Tigers 19
Eddie Foster .351 (.35065) Washington Senators 20
John Leary .343 (.34334) St. Louis Browns 21
Ray Demmitt .342 (.34175) Detroit Tigers 22
Chicago White Sox  
Amos Strunk .342 (.34158) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Eddie Murphy .340 (.34031) Philadelphia Athletics 24
Ray Morgan .340 (.34012) Washington Senators 25



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.

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.