Slugging Average : 1950 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1950 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe DiMaggio .585 (.58476) New York Yankees 1
Walt Dropo .583 (.58318) Boston Red Sox 2
Hoot Evers .551 (.55133) Detroit Tigers 3
Larry Doby .545 (.54473) Cleveland Indians 4
Al Rosen .543 (.54332) Cleveland Indians 5
Vic Wertz .533 (.53309) Detroit Tigers 6
Yogi Berra .533 (.53266) New York Yankees 7
Bobby Doerr .519 (.51877) Boston Red Sox 8
Vern Stephens .511 (.51115) Boston Red Sox 9
Al Zarilla .493 (.49257) Boston Red Sox 10
Luke Easter .487 (.48704) Cleveland Indians 11
Gus Zernial .484 (.48435) Chicago White Sox 12
George Kell .484 (.48362) Detroit Tigers 13
Don Lenhardt .481 (.48125) St. Louis Browns 14
Irv Noren .459 (.45941) Washington Senators 15
Billy Goodman .455 (.45519) Boston Red Sox 16
Dom DiMaggio .452 (.45238) Boston Red Sox 17
Johnny Groth .451 (.45053) Detroit Tigers 18
Eddie Robinson .450 (.45027) Washington Senators 19
Chicago White Sox  
Sherm Lollar .449 (.44949) St. Louis Browns 20
Dick Kokos .447 (.44694) St. Louis Browns 21
Phil Rizzuto .439 (.43922) New York Yankees 22
Sam Chapman .434 (.43400) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Sam Mele .432 (.43218) Washington Senators 24
Gene Woodling .412 (.41203) New York Yankees 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).

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.