1998 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Albert Belle	.655 (.65517)	Chicago White Sox	1
Juan Gonzalez	.630 (.63036)	Texas Rangers	2
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.611 (.61137)	Seattle Mariners	3
Manny Ramirez	.599 (.59895)	Cleveland Indians	4
Carlos Delgado	.592 (.59245)	Toronto Blue Jays	5
Mo Vaughn	.591 (.59113)	Boston Red Sox	6
Nomar Garciaparra	.584 (.58444)	Boston Red Sox	7
Jim Thome	.584 (.58409)	Cleveland Indians	8
Eric Davis	.582 (.58186)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Bernie Williams	.575 (.57515)	New York Yankees	10
Rafael Palmeiro	.565 (.56543)	Baltimore Orioles	11
Edgar Martinez	.565 (.56475)	Seattle Mariners	12
Alex Rodriguez	.560 (.55977)	Seattle Mariners	13
Tim Salmon	.533 (.53348)	Anaheim Angels	14
Tony Clark	.522 (.52159)	Detroit Tigers	15
Jose Canseco	.518 (.51801)	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Ivan Rodriguez	.513 (.51295)	Texas Rangers	17
Matt Stairs	.511 (.51052)	Oakland Athletics	18
Dean Palmer	.510 (.51049)	Kansas City Royals	19
Paul O'Neill	.510 (.50997)	New York Yankees	20
Shawn Green	.510 (.50952)	Toronto Blue Jays	21
Will Clark	.507 (.50722)	Texas Rangers	22
Jim Edmonds	.506 (.50584)	Anaheim Angels	23
Tino Martinez	.505 (.50471)	New York Yankees	24
Travis Fryman	.504 (.50449)	Cleveland Indians	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).