1978 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Jim Rice	.600 (.59970)	Boston Red Sox	1
Larry Hisle	.533 (.53269)	Milwaukee Brewers	2
Doug DeCinces	.526 (.52642)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Amos Otis	.525 (.52469)	Kansas City Royals	4
Andre Thornton	.516 (.51575)	Cleveland Indians	5
Gorman Thomas	.515 (.51549)	Milwaukee Brewers	6
Leon Roberts	.515 (.51483)	Seattle Mariners	7
Rico Carty	.502 (.50189)	Toronto Blue Jays	8
		Oakland Athletics
Ben Oglivie	.497 (.49680)	Milwaukee Brewers	9
Fred Lynn	.492 (.49168)	Boston Red Sox	10
Al Oliver	.490 (.48952)	Texas Rangers	11
Eddie Murray	.480 (.48033)	Baltimore Orioles	12
Bobby Bonds	.480 (.47965)	Chicago White Sox	13
		Texas Rangers
Reggie Jackson	.478 (.47750)	New York Yankees	14
Carlton Fisk	.475 (.47461)	Boston Red Sox	15
Don Baylor	.472 (.47208)	California Angels	16
Jason Thompson	.472 (.47199)	Detroit Tigers	17
George Brett	.467 (.46667)	Kansas City Royals	18
Ken Singleton	.462 (.46215)	Baltimore Orioles	19
Graig Nettles	.460 (.45997)	New York Yankees	20
Mitchell Page	.459 (.45930)	Oakland Athletics	21
Sixto Lezcano	.459 (.45928)	Milwaukee Brewers	22
Dwight Evans	.449 (.44869)	Boston Red Sox	23
Lou Piniella	.445 (.44492)	New York Yankees	24
Darrell Porter	.444 (.44423)	Kansas City Royals	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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.