1945 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.476 (.47627)	New York Yankees	1
Vern Stephens	.473 (.47285)	St. Louis Browns	2
Roy Cullenbine	.444 (.44403)	Cleveland Indians	3
		Detroit Tigers
Nick Etten	.437 (.43717)	New York Yankees	4
Bobby Estalella	.435 (.43459)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Bob Johnson	.425 (.42533)	Boston Red Sox	6
Wally Moses	.420 (.42004)	Chicago White Sox	7
Dutch Meyer	.418 (.41794)	Cleveland Indians	8
Rudy York	.413 (.41345)	Detroit Tigers	9
Eddie Lake	.410 (.41015)	Boston Red Sox	10
Johnny Dickshot	.407 (.40741)	Chicago White Sox	11
Eddie Mayo	.405 (.40519)	Detroit Tigers	12
Pat Seerey	.401 (.40097)	Cleveland Indians	13
Joe Kuhel	.400 (.39962)	Washington Senators	14
Hal Peck	.399 (.39866)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
George McQuinn	.398 (.39752)	St. Louis Browns	16
Hersh Martin	.392 (.39216)	New York Yankees	17
George Binks	.391 (.39091)	Washington Senators	18
Mickey Rocco	.388 (.38761)	Cleveland Indians	19
Milt Byrnes	.387 (.38688)	St. Louis Browns	20
Doc Cramer	.379 (.37893)	Detroit Tigers	21
Skeeter Newsome	.370 (.36986)	Boston Red Sox	22
George Myatt	.365 (.36531)	Washington Senators	23
Oscar Grimes	.358 (.35833)	New York Yankees	24
Dick Siebert	.358 (.35777)	Philadelphia Athletics	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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. Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.