Slugging Average : 1986 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1986 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Don Mattingly .573 (.57312) New York Yankees 1
Jesse Barfield .559 (.55857) Toronto Blue Jays 2
Kirby Puckett .537 (.53676) Minnesota Twins 3
George Bell .532 (.53198) Toronto Blue Jays 4
Gary Gaetti .518 (.51846) Minnesota Twins 5
Joe Carter .514 (.51433) Cleveland Indians 6
Larry Parrish .509 (.50862) Texas Rangers 7
Rob Deer .494 (.49356) Milwaukee Brewers 8
Kirk Gibson .492 (.49206) Detroit Tigers 9
Jim Rice .490 (.49029) Boston Red Sox 10
Danny Tartabull .489 (.48924) Seattle Mariners 11
Wade Boggs .486 (.48621) Boston Red Sox 12
George Brett .481 (.48073) Kansas City Royals 13
Kent Hrbek .478 (.47818) Minnesota Twins 14
Dwight Evans .476 (.47637) Boston Red Sox 15
Rickey Henderson .469 (.46875) New York Yankees 16
Alan Trammell .469 (.46864) Detroit Tigers 17
Pete O'Brien .468 (.46824) Texas Rangers 18
Harold Baines .465 (.46491) Chicago White Sox 19
Frank White .465 (.46466) Kansas City Royals 20
Mike Pagliarulo .464 (.46429) New York Yankees 21
Pete Incaviglia .463 (.46296) Texas Rangers 22
Jim Presley .463 (.46266) Seattle Mariners 23
Eddie Murray .463 (.46263) Baltimore Orioles 24
Dave Winfield .462 (.46195) New York Yankees 25



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?

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.