Top 25 Slugging Average in 1917 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1917 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1917 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Ty Cobb .570 (.56973) Detroit Tigers 1

Tris Speaker .486 (.48566) Cleveland Indians 2

Bobby Veach .457 (.45709) Detroit Tigers 3

George Sisler .453 (.45269) St. Louis Browns 4

Joe Jackson .429 (.42937) Chicago White Sox 5

Ping Bodie .418 (.41831) Philadelphia Athletics 6

Ray Chapman .409 (.40853) Cleveland Indians 7

Happy Felsch .403 (.40348) Chicago White Sox 8

Duffy Lewis .392 (.39241) Boston Red Sox 9

Braggo Roth .388 (.38788) Cleveland Indians 10

Harry Heilmann .387 (.38669) Detroit Tigers 11

Wally Pipp .380 (.37990) New York Yankees 12

Sam Rice .369 (.36860) Washington Senators 13

Frank Baker .365 (.36528) New York Yankees 14

Eddie Collins .363 (.36348) Chicago White Sox 15

Buck Weaver .362 (.36242) Chicago White Sox 16

Amos Strunk .361 (.36111) Philadelphia Athletics 17

Tim Hendryx .359 (.35878) New York Yankees 18

Stuffy McInnis .351 (.35097) Philadelphia Athletics 19

Harry Hooper .349 (.34884) Boston Red Sox 20

Larry Gardner .345 (.34531) Boston Red Sox 21

Dick Hoblitzel .343 (.34286) Boston Red Sox 22

Baby Doll Jacobson .340 (.34026) St. Louis Browns 23

Del Pratt .338 (.33778) St. Louis Browns 24

Clyde Milan .333 (.33333) Washington Senators 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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.

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).

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