1979 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Fred Lynn	.637 (.63653)	Boston Red Sox	1
Jim Rice	.596 (.59612)	Boston Red Sox	2
Sixto Lezcano	.573 (.57294)	Milwaukee Brewers	3
George Brett	.563 (.56279)	Kansas City Royals	4
Reggie Jackson	.544 (.54409)	New York Yankees	5
Steve Kemp	.543 (.54286)	Detroit Tigers	6
Gorman Thomas	.539 (.53860)	Milwaukee Brewers	7
Bobby Grich	.537 (.53745)	California Angels	8
Ken Singleton	.533 (.53333)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Don Baylor	.530 (.53025)	California Angels	10
Ben Oglivie	.525 (.52529)	Milwaukee Brewers	11
Cecil Cooper	.508 (.50847)	Milwaukee Brewers	12
Chet Lemon	.496 (.49640)	Chicago White Sox	13
Butch Hobson	.496 (.49621)	Boston Red Sox	14
Bruce Bochte	.493 (.49278)	Seattle Mariners	15
Darrell Porter	.484 (.48405)	Kansas City Royals	16
Dave Revering	.483 (.48305)	Oakland Athletics	17
Eddie Murray	.475 (.47525)	Baltimore Orioles	18
Al Oliver	.470 (.46951)	Texas Rangers	19
Paul Molitor	.469 (.46918)	Milwaukee Brewers	20
Dan Ford	.464 (.46397)	California Angels	21
Bobby Bonds	.463 (.46283)	Cleveland Indians	22
Brian Downing	.462 (.46169)	California Angels	23
John Mayberry	.461 (.46121)	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Dan Meyer	.459 (.45905)	Seattle Mariners	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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?