Top 25 Slugging Average in 1970 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1970 American League Top 25

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1970 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Carl Yastrzemski .592 (.59187) Boston Red Sox 1

Boog Powell .549 (.54943) Baltimore Orioles 2

Harmon Killebrew .546 (.54649) Minnesota Twins 3

Frank Howard .546 (.54594) Washington Senators 4

Tommy Harper .522 (.52152) Milwaukee Brewers 5

Frank Robinson .520 (.52017) Baltimore Orioles 6

Tony Oliva .514 (.51433) Minnesota Twins 7

Tony Conigliaro .498 (.49821) Boston Red Sox 8

Reggie Smith .497 (.49655) Boston Red Sox 9

Bill Melton .488 (.48833) Chicago White Sox 10

Vada Pinson .481 (.48084) Cleveland Indians 11

Rico Petrocelli .473 (.47341) Boston Red Sox 12

Roy White .473 (.47291) New York Yankees 13

Ray Fosse .469 (.46889) Cleveland Indians 14

Roy Foster .468 (.46751) Cleveland Indians 15

George Scott .467 (.46667) Boston Red Sox 16

Don Mincher .460 (.46004) Oakland Athletics 17

Alex Johnson .459 (.45928) California Angels 18

Jim Fregosi .459 (.45923) California Angels 19

Jim Northrup .458 (.45833) Detroit Tigers 20

Reggie Jackson .458 (.45775) Oakland Athletics 21

Bob Oliver .451 (.45098) Kansas City Royals 22

Al Kaline .450 (.44968) Detroit Tigers 23

Bert Campaneris .448 (.44776) Oakland Athletics 24

Mike Epstein .444 (.44419) Washington Senators 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox � including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.

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