Top 25 Slugging Average in 1987 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1987 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1987 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Mark McGwire .618 (.61759) Oakland Athletics 1

George Bell .605 (.60492) Toronto Blue Jays 2

Wade Boggs .588 (.58802) Boston Red Sox 3

Dwight Evans .569 (.56932) Boston Red Sox 4

Paul Molitor .566 (.56559) Milwaukee Brewers 5

Larry Sheets .563 (.56290) Baltimore Orioles 6

Don Mattingly .559 (.55888) New York Yankees 7

Alan Trammell .551 (.55109) Detroit Tigers 8

Kent Hrbek .545 (.54507) Minnesota Twins 9

Danny Tartabull .541 (.54124) Kansas City Royals 10

Brook Jacoby .541 (.54074) Cleveland Indians 11

Matt Nokes .536 (.53579) Detroit Tigers 12

Kirby Puckett .534 (.53365) Minnesota Twins 13

Wally Joyner .528 (.52837) California Angels 14

Ivan Calderon .526 (.52583) Chicago White Sox 15

Alvin Davis .516 (.51552) Seattle Mariners 16

Darrell Evans .501 (.50100) Detroit Tigers 17

Pete Incaviglia .497 (.49705) Texas Rangers 18

George Brett .496 (.49649) Kansas City Royals 19

Tom Brunansky .489 (.48872) Minnesota Twins 20

Kirk Gibson .489 (.48871) Detroit Tigers 21

Brian Downing .487 (.48677) California Angels 22

Gary Gaetti .485 (.48459) Minnesota Twins 23

Larry Parrish .483 (.48294) Texas Rangers 24

Chet Lemon .481 (.48085) Detroit Tigers 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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

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.

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).

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