1943 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Rudy York	.527 (.52715)	Detroit Tigers	1
Charlie Keller	.525 (.52539)	New York Yankees	2
Vern Stephens	.482 (.48242)	St. Louis Browns	3
Jeff Heath	.481 (.48113)	Cleveland Indians	4
Dick Wakefield	.434 (.43444)	Detroit Tigers	5
Nick Etten	.420 (.42024)	New York Yankees	6
Joe Gordon	.413 (.41252)	New York Yankees	7
Bobby Doerr	.412 (.41225)	Boston Red Sox	8
Chet Laabs	.409 (.40862)	St. Louis Browns	9
Luke Appling	.407 (.40684)	Chicago White Sox	10
Milt Byrnes	.406 (.40559)	St. Louis Browns	11
Stan Spence	.405 (.40526)	Washington Senators	12
Roy Cullenbine	.404 (.40369)	Cleveland Indians	13
Bob Johnson	.400 (.39954)	Washington Senators	14
Lou Boudreau	.388 (.38776)	Cleveland Indians	15
Mickey Vernon	.387 (.38698)	Washington Senators	16
Guy Curtright	.379 (.37910)	Chicago White Sox	17
Pinky Higgins	.377 (.37667)	Detroit Tigers	18
Jim Tabor	.374 (.37430)	Boston Red Sox	19
George McQuinn	.374 (.37416)	St. Louis Browns	20
George Case	.374 (.37357)	Washington Senators	21
Billy Johnson	.367 (.36655)	New York Yankees	22
Don Gutteridge	.366 (.36617)	St. Louis Browns	23
Pete Fox	.366 (.36605)	Boston Red Sox	24
Johnny Lindell	.365 (.36508)	New York Yankees	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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). 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?