Slugging Average : 1973 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1973 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Reggie Jackson .531 (.53061) Oakland Athletics 1
Sal Bando .498 (.49831) Oakland Athletics 2
Frank Robinson .489 (.48876) California Angels 3
George Scott .488 (.48841) Milwaukee Brewers 4
Thurman Munson .487 (.48748) New York Yankees 5
Jeff Burroughs .487 (.48669) Texas Rangers 6
Amos Otis .484 (.48370) Kansas City Royals 7
John Mayberry .478 (.47843) Kansas City Royals 8
Dave May .473 (.47276) Milwaukee Brewers 9
Rod Carew .471 (.47069) Minnesota Twins 10
Bobby Murcer .464 (.46429) New York Yankees 11
Carl Yastrzemski .463 (.46296) Boston Red Sox 12
Orlando Cepeda .444 (.44364) Boston Red Sox 13
Gene Tenace .443 (.44314) Oakland Athletics 14
Carlton Fisk .441 (.44094) Boston Red Sox 15
Bill Melton .439 (.43929) Chicago White Sox 16
Johnny Briggs .426 (.42623) Milwaukee Brewers 17
Earl Williams .425 (.42484) Baltimore Orioles 18
Tommy Harper .422 (.42226) Boston Red Sox 19
Larry Hisle .422 (.42202) Minnesota Twins 20
Carlos May .412 (.41230) Chicago White Sox 21
Bob Oliver .412 (.41176) California Angels 22
Bob Coluccio .411 (.41096) Milwaukee Brewers 23
Tony Oliva .410 (.40981) Minnesota Twins 24
Charlie Spikes .409 (.40909) Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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.

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?