1956 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Mickey Mantle	.705 (.70544)	New York Yankees	1
Ted Williams	.605 (.60500)	Boston Red Sox	2
Charlie Maxwell	.534 (.53400)	Detroit Tigers	3
Yogi Berra	.534 (.53359)	New York Yankees	4
Al Kaline	.530 (.52998)	Detroit Tigers	5
Bill Skowron	.528 (.52802)	New York Yankees	6
Minnie Minoso	.525 (.52477)	Chicago White Sox	7
Ray Boone	.518 (.51767)	Detroit Tigers	8
Mickey Vernon	.511 (.51117)	Boston Red Sox	9
Vic Wertz	.509 (.50936)	Cleveland Indians	10
Jim Lemon	.502 (.50186)	Washington Senators	11
Jackie Jensen	.497 (.49654)	Boston Red Sox	12
Bob Nieman	.495 (.49533)	Chicago White Sox	13
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Harry Simpson	.490 (.48987)	Kansas City Athletics	14
Harvey Kuenn	.470 (.47039)	Detroit Tigers	15
Roy Sievers	.467 (.46727)	Washington Senators	16
Larry Doby	.466 (.46627)	Chicago White Sox	17
Gus Triandos	.462 (.46239)	Baltimore Orioles	18
Jimmy Piersall	.449 (.44925)	Boston Red Sox	19
Vic Power	.447 (.44717)	Kansas City Athletics	20
Hank Bauer	.445 (.44527)	New York Yankees	21
Gil McDougald	.443 (.44292)	New York Yankees	22
Sherm Lollar	.438 (.43778)	Chicago White Sox	23
Al Smith	.433 (.43346)	Cleveland Indians	24
Pete Runnels	.433 (.43253)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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?