Slugging Average : 1939 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
 

1939 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx .694 (.69379) Boston Red Sox 1
Joe DiMaggio .671 (.67100) New York Yankees 2
Hank Greenberg .622 (.62200) Detroit Tigers 3
Ted Williams .609 (.60885) Boston Red Sox 4
Hal Trosky .589 (.58929) Cleveland Indians 5
Bob Johnson .553 (.55331) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Charlie Gehringer .544 (.54433) Detroit Tigers 7
George Selkirk .517 (.51675) New York Yankees 8
George McQuinn .515 (.51540) St. Louis Browns 9
Bill Dickey .513 (.51250) New York Yankees 10
Frankie Hayes .510 (.51044) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Joe Gordon .506 (.50617) New York Yankees 12
Charlie Keller .500 (.50000) New York Yankees 13
Red Rolfe .495 (.49537) New York Yankees 14
Jeff Heath .494 (.49420) Cleveland Indians 15
Joe Cronin .492 (.49231) Boston Red Sox 16
Ken Keltner .489 (.48893) Cleveland Indians 17
Buddy Lewis .478 (.47761) Washington Senators 18
Joe Kuhel .460 (.45971) Chicago White Sox 19
Bruce Campbell .449 (.44889) Cleveland Indians 20
Bobby Doerr .448 (.44762) Boston Red Sox 21
Jim Tabor .447 (.44714) Boston Red Sox 22
Gee Walker .443 (.44314) Chicago White Sox 23
Mike Kreevich .436 (.43623) Chicago White Sox 24
Taffy Wright .435 (.43487) 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).

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.