Top 25 Slugging Average in 1988 in the American League

Slugging Average : 1988 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)

1988 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Jose Canseco .569 (.56885) Oakland Athletics 1

Fred McGriff .552 (.55224) Toronto Blue Jays 2

Gary Gaetti .551 (.55128) Minnesota Twins 3

Kirby Puckett .545 (.54490) Minnesota Twins 4

Mike Greenwell .531 (.53051) Boston Red Sox 5

Dave Winfield .530 (.52952) New York Yankees 6

Dave Henderson .525 (.52465) Oakland Athletics 7

Kent Hrbek .520 (.51961) Minnesota Twins 8

Danny Tartabull .515 (.51479) Kansas City Royals 9

George Brett .509 (.50934) Kansas City Royals 10

Wade Boggs .490 (.48973) Boston Red Sox 11

Dwight Evans .487 (.48658) Boston Red Sox 12

Cory Snyder .483 (.48337) Cleveland Indians 13

Ellis Burks .481 (.48148) Boston Red Sox 14

Joe Carter .478 (.47826) Cleveland Indians 15

Mark McGwire .478 (.47818) Oakland Athletics 16

Eddie Murray .474 (.47430) Baltimore Orioles 17

Robin Yount .465 (.46538) Milwaukee Brewers 18

Alan Trammell .464 (.46352) Detroit Tigers 19

Don Mattingly .462 (.46244) New York Yankees 20

Alvin Davis .462 (.46234) Seattle Mariners 21

Paul Molitor .452 (.45156) Milwaukee Brewers 22

George Bell .446 (.44625) Toronto Blue Jays 23

Brian Downing .442 (.44215) California Angels 24

Rob Deer .441 (.44106) Milwaukee Brewers 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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.

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