Slugging Average : 1983 American League Top 25

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1983 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
George Brett .563 (.56250) Kansas City Royals 1
Jim Rice .550 (.54952) Boston Red Sox 2
Eddie Murray .538 (.53780) Baltimore Orioles 3
Carlton Fisk .518 (.51844) Chicago White Sox 4
Cal Ripken, Jr. .517 (.51735) Baltimore Orioles 5
Willie Upshaw .515 (.51468) Toronto Blue Jays 6
Dave Winfield .513 (.51338) New York Yankees 7
Cecil Cooper .508 (.50832) Milwaukee Brewers 8
Ron Kittle .504 (.50385) Chicago White Sox 9
Robin Yount .503 (.50346) Milwaukee Brewers 10
Greg Luzinski .502 (.50199) Chicago White Sox 11
Lloyd Moseby .499 (.49907) Toronto Blue Jays 12
Don Baylor .494 (.49438) New York Yankees 13
Kent Hrbek .489 (.48932) Minnesota Twins 14
Wade Boggs .486 (.48625) Boston Red Sox 15
Fred Lynn .483 (.48284) California Angels 16
Lance Parrish .483 (.48264) Detroit Tigers 17
Larry Herndon .478 (.47761) Detroit Tigers 18
Larry Parrish .474 (.47387) Texas Rangers 19
Alan Trammell .471 (.47129) Detroit Tigers 20
Chet Lemon .464 (.46436) Detroit Tigers 21
Hal McRae .462 (.46180) Kansas City Royals 22
Lou Whitaker .457 (.45723) Detroit Tigers 23
Tony Armas .453 (.45296) Boston Red Sox 24
Roy Smalley .452 (.45233) New York Yankees 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.

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).

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.
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