Slugging Average : 1982 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1982 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Robin Yount .578 (.57795) Milwaukee Brewers 1
Dave Winfield .560 (.56030) New York Yankees 2
Eddie Murray .549 (.54909) Baltimore Orioles 3
Doug DeCinces .548 (.54783) California Angels 4
Hal McRae .542 (.54160) Kansas City Royals 5
Dwight Evans .534 (.53366) Boston Red Sox 6
Reggie Jackson .532 (.53208) California Angels 7
Lance Parrish .529 (.52881) Detroit Tigers 8
Cecil Cooper .528 (.52752) Milwaukee Brewers 9
Gary Ward .519 (.51930) Minnesota Twins 10
Fred Lynn .517 (.51695) California Angels 11
Gorman Thomas .506 (.50617) Milwaukee Brewers 12
George Brett .505 (.50543) Kansas City Royals 13
Jim Rice .494 (.49389) Boston Red Sox 14
Toby Harrah .490 (.49003) Cleveland Indians 15
Kent Hrbek .485 (.48496) Minnesota Twins 16
Andre Thornton .484 (.48387) Cleveland Indians 17
Brian Downing .482 (.48154) California Angels 18
Larry Herndon .480 (.48046) Detroit Tigers 19
Richie Zisk .477 (.47714) Seattle Mariners 20
Al Cowens .475 (.47500) Seattle Mariners 21
Cal Ripken, Jr. .475 (.47492) Baltimore Orioles 22
Tom Brunansky .471 (.47084) Minnesota Twins 23
Frank White .469 (.46947) Kansas City Royals 24
Harold Baines .469 (.46875) Chicago White Sox 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?

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).