Slugging Average : 1919 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1919 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth .657 (.65741) Boston Red Sox 1
George Sisler .530 (.53033) St. Louis Browns 2
Bobby Veach .519 (.51859) Detroit Tigers 3
Ty Cobb .515 (.51509) Detroit Tigers 4
Joe Jackson .506 (.50581) Chicago White Sox 5
Harry Heilmann .477 (.47672) Detroit Tigers 6
Baby Doll Jacobson .453 (.45275) St. Louis Browns 7
Tilly Walker .450 (.44956) Philadelphia Athletics 8
George Burns .447 (.44681) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Jack Tobin .438 (.43827) St. Louis Browns 10
Tris Speaker .433 (.43320) Cleveland Indians 11
Braggo Roth .431 (.43128) Philadelphia Athletics 12
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Happy Felsch .428 (.42829) Chicago White Sox 13
Ray Chapman .420 (.42032) Cleveland Indians 14
Sam Rice .411 (.41113) Washington Senators 15
Joe Judge .409 (.40883) Washington Senators 16
Ping Bodie .406 (.40632) New York Yankees 17
Eddie Collins .405 (.40541) Chicago White Sox 18
Roger Peckinpaugh .404 (.40397) New York Yankees 19
Buck Weaver .401 (.40105) Chicago White Sox 20
Wally Pipp .398 (.39771) New York Yankees 21
Larry Gardner .393 (.39313) Cleveland Indians 22
Del Pratt .393 (.39279) New York Yankees 23
Frank Baker .388 (.38801) New York Yankees 24
Chick Gandil .383 (.38322) Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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.