1953 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Al Rosen	.613 (.61269)	Cleveland Indians	1
Gus Zernial	.559 (.55935)	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Yogi Berra	.523 (.52286)	New York Yankees	3
Ray Boone	.519 (.51911)	Cleveland Indians	4
		Detroit Tigers
Mickey Vernon	.518 (.51809)	Washington Senators	5
Mickey Mantle	.497 (.49675)	New York Yankees	6
Larry Doby	.487 (.48733)	Cleveland Indians	7
George Kell	.483 (.48261)	Boston Red Sox	8
Gene Woodling	.468 (.46835)	New York Yankees	9
Vic Wertz	.466 (.46591)	St. Louis Browns	10
Minnie Minoso	.466 (.46583)	Chicago White Sox	11
Bob Nieman	.453 (.45276)	Detroit Tigers	12
Hank Bauer	.446 (.44622)	New York Yankees	13
Dale Mitchell	.446 (.44600)	Cleveland Indians	14
Sam Mele	.437 (.43659)	Chicago White Sox	15
Jim Delsing	.436 (.43633)	Detroit Tigers	16
Sammy White	.435 (.43487)	Boston Red Sox	17
Dave Philley	.424 (.42419)	Philadelphia Athletics	18
Jim Rivera	.420 (.41975)	Chicago White Sox	19
Gil McDougald	.416 (.41590)	New York Yankees	20
Dick Gernert	.415 (.41498)	Boston Red Sox	21
Jim Busby	.415 (.41468)	Washington Senators	22
Eddie Robinson	.413 (.41301)	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Billy Goodman	.409 (.40856)	Boston Red Sox	24
Jackie Jensen	.408 (.40761)	Washington Senators	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. 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.