Slugging Average : 1941 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1941 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams .735 (.73465) Boston Red Sox 1
Joe DiMaggio .643 (.64325) New York Yankees 2
Jeff Heath .586 (.58632) Cleveland Indians 3
Charlie Keller .580 (.57988) New York Yankees 4
Sam Chapman .543 (.54348) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Cecil Travis .520 (.51974) Washington Senators 6
Tommy Henrich .519 (.51859) New York Yankees 7
Joe Cronin .508 (.50772) Boston Red Sox 8
Jimmie Foxx .505 (.50513) Boston Red Sox 9
Ken Keltner .485 (.48537) Cleveland Indians 10
George McQuinn .479 (.47879) St. Louis Browns 11
Bob Johnson .478 (.47826) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Taffy Wright .468 (.46784) Chicago White Sox 13
Joe Gordon .466 (.46599) New York Yankees 14
Roy Cullenbine .465 (.46507) St. Louis Browns 15
Dick Siebert .460 (.46039) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Bruce Campbell .457 (.45703) Detroit Tigers 17
Wally Judnich .456 (.45604) St. Louis Browns 18
Rudy York .456 (.45593) Detroit Tigers 19
Bobby Doerr .450 (.45000) Boston Red Sox 20
Jim Tabor .446 (.44578) Boston Red Sox 21
Mickey Vernon .443 (.44256) Washington Senators 22
Frankie Hayes .442 (.44191) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Buddy Lewis .434 (.43409) Washington Senators 24
Gee Walker .431 (.43146) Cleveland Indians 25



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