Slugging Average : 1968 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1968 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Howard .552 (.55184) Washington Senators 1
Willie Horton .543 (.54297) Detroit Tigers 2
Ken Harrelson .518 (.51776) Boston Red Sox 3
Carl Yastrzemski .495 (.49536) Boston Red Sox 4
Tony Oliva .477 (.47660) Minnesota Twins 5
Bob Allison .456 (.45629) Minnesota Twins 6
Bill Freehan .454 (.45370) Detroit Tigers 7
Reggie Jackson .452 (.45208) Oakland Athletics 8
Jim Northrup .447 (.44655) Detroit Tigers 9
Frank Robinson .444 (.44418) Baltimore Orioles 10
Reggie Smith .430 (.43011) Boston Red Sox 11
Rick Reichardt .421 (.42135) California Angels 12
Brooks Robinson .416 (.41612) Baltimore Orioles 13
Roy White .414 (.41421) New York Yankees 14
Boog Powell .411 (.41091) Baltimore Orioles 15
Tony Horton .411 (.41090) Cleveland Indians 16
Dick McAuliffe .411 (.41053) Detroit Tigers 17
Rick Monday .402 (.40249) Oakland Athletics 18
Mickey Mantle .398 (.39770) New York Yankees 19
Danny Cater .393 (.39286) Oakland Athletics 20
Ted Uhlaender .389 (.38934) Minnesota Twins 21
Ken McMullen .382 (.38241) Washington Senators 22
Tommy McCraw .375 (.37526) Chicago White Sox 23
Cesar Tovar .372 (.37194) Minnesota Twins 24
Jim Fregosi .365 (.36482) California Angels 25



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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.